IBM x3400 - System - 7975

Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . .81
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Typical operating system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . .82
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . .83
Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . .83
Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Configuring hot-swap SAS, hot-swap SATA, or Simple-swap SATA (some
models) RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Configuring simple-swap SATA RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Cabling the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . .91
Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine firmware . . . . . .91
Completing the setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 101
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . 103
Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Product recycling and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement . . . . . . . . 109
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement . . . . . . . .110
Avis de conformité à la réglementation d’Industrie Canada . . . . . . .110
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . .110
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement . . . . . . . .110
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement . . . . . . . .110
Taiwanese Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chinese Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement . . . 111
Korean Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
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