IBM Netfinity 4500R Product information sheet

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IBM® Netfinity®4500R
User’s Reference
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IBM
IBM® Netfinity®4500R
User’s Reference
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NOTE
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First Edition (March, 2000)
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Safety
Safety Before installing this product, read the Safety Information book.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia o Manual de Informações sobre Segurança.
Læs hæftet med sikkerhedsforskrifter, før du installerer dette produkt.
Lue Safety Information -kirjanen, ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen.
Avant de procéder à l'installation de ce produit, lisez le manuel Safety Information.
Vor Beginn der Installation die Broschüre mit Sicherheitshinweisen lesen.
Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere l'opuscolo contenente le informazioni
sulla sicurezza.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Przed zainstalowaniem tego produktu należy przeczytać broszurę Informacje Dotyczące
Bezpieczeństwa.

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Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst het boekje met veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Les heftet om sikkerhetsinformasjon (Safety Information) før du installerer dette
produktet.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia o folheto Informações sobre Segurança.
Antes de instalar este producto, lea la Información de Seguridad.
Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.
Перед установкой продукта прочтите брошюру по технике безопасности
(Safety Information).
Pred inštaláciou tohto produktu si pre ítajte Informa nú brožúrku o bezpe nosti.
Preden namestite ta izdelek, preberite knjižico Varnostne informacije.
Installálás el tt olvassa el a Biztonsági el írások kézikönyvét !

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Safety
Statement 1
Danger
Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is
hazardous.
To avoid a shock hazard:
•Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation,
maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
•Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet.
•Connect to properly wired outlets any equipment that will be attached to
this product.
•When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables.
•Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or
structural damage.
•Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems,
networks, and modems before you open the device covers, unless
instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures.
•Connect and disconnect cables as described in the following table when
installing, moving, or opening covers on this product or attached devices.
To connect:
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, attach all cables to devices.
3. Attach signal cables to connectors.
4. Attach power cords to outlet.
5. Turn device ON.
To disconnect:
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, remove power cords from
outlet.
3. Remove signal cables from
connectors.
4. Remove all cables from devices.

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Statement 2
CAUTION:
When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or an
equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your system has a
module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with the same module type
made by the same manufacturer. The battery contains lithium and can explode
if not properly used, handled, or disposed of.
Do not:
• Throw or immerse into water.
• Heat to more than 100 C (212 F)
• Repair or disassemble
Dispose of the battery as required by local ordinances or regulations.
Statement 3
CAUTION:
When laser products (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or
transmitters) are installed, note the following:
• Do not remove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser product could
result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation. There are no serviceable
parts inside the device.
• Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than
those specified herein might result in hazardous radiation exposure.
Danger
Some laser products contain an embedded Class 3A or Class 3B laser diode. Note
the following. Laser radiation when open. Do not stare into the beam, do not view
directly with optical instruments, and avoid direct exposure to the beam.

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Safety
Statement 4
≥18 kg (37 lbs) ≥32 kg (70.5 lbs) ≥55 kg (121.2 lbs)
CAUTION:
Use safe practices when lifting.
Statement 5
CAUTION:
The power control button on the device and the power supply do not turn off
the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might have more
than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the device, ensure
that all power cords are disconnected from the power source.
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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1.Introducing the IBM Netfinity
4500R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications and features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices used in this book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . 4
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operator information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2.Arranging your workspace . . . . 9
Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Air circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3.Configuring your server . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . 11
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 11
Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the SCSISelect utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . . . . . 18
Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . . . . 18
Chapter 4.Using the ServerGuide CDs . . 21
Features at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setup and configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Network operating system (NOS) installation overview .
24
Setting up multiple servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing your NOS without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 24
Additional programs included with ServerGuide. . . . 25
NOS updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Error symptoms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 5.Using Netfinity Manager . . . . . 27
Managing your IBM Netfinity server with Netfinity
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Netfinity Manager documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Netfinity Manager system requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Netfinity Manager for OS/2 system requirements. 28
Netfinity Manager for Windows 95 and Windows 98
system requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Netfinity Manager for Windows NT system
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starting the Netfinity Manager installation program . 30
Netfinity Manager database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
DB2 database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing and configuring the database . . . . . . . 37
Activating the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Granting and revoking database privileges . . . . 38
Deleting the database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lotus Notes database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes
database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ODBC database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ODBC database configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Creating the Netfinity Manager tables . . . . . . . . 44
Supported and certified databases. . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Starting Netfinity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Netfinity Manager Service Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Netfinity Manager service descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 48
Advanced System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert on LAN configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Capacity Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cluster Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Critical File Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
DMI Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ECC Memory Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Event Scheduler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power-On Error Detect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Predictive Failure Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Remote Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote Workstation Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Screen View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Security Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Serial Connection Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Service Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Software Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Diagnostics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Information Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Partition Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Update Connector Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Web Manager Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Delaying Netfinity Manager startup on OS/2 systems
53
Getting more information about Netfinity Manager . . 53
Installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automated installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Customized installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 6.Installing Options. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Major components of the Netfinity 4500R server. . . . . 59
System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
System board options connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
System board internal cable connectors . . . . . . . . . . 61
System board external port connectors . . . . . . . . . . 62
System board switches and jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
System board LED locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
System reliability considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Working inside a server with power on . . . . . . . . . . 67
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Safety information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Working with adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adapter considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Internal drive bays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SCSI drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SCSI IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing a hot-swap drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing a non-hot-swap drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing a hot-swap power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing a Netfinity 3-Pack Ultra160 Hot-Swap
Expansion Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Routing the Advanced System Management Interconnect
option cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing a hot-swap fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the server cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting external options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Input/Output ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Parallel port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Viewing or changing the parallel-port assignments
93
Parallel port connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Video port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Keyboard port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Auxiliary-device (pointing device) port. . . . . . . . . . 97
Ultra3 SCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SCSI cabling requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Setting SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SCSI connector pin-number assignments. . . . . . 99
Serial ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Viewing or changing the serial-port assignments . .
100
Serial-port connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Universal Serial Bus ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
USB cables and hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
USB-port connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ethernet port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . 102
Failover for redundant Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Ethernet port connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Advanced System Management ports . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cabling the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Installing the server in a rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 7.Solving problems. . . . . . . . . . 107
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
POST beep code descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
POST error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Event/error logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Small computer system interface messages . . . . . . . . 122
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . 122
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Diagnostic error message tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Identifying problems using LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Power supply LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Light path diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Diagnostics panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Light path diagnostics table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Recovering BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . 145
Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart. . . . . 146
Ethernet controller messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Novell NetWare or IntraNetWare server ODI driver
messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Network driver interface specification 2.01 (OS/2)
driver messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
NDIS 4.0 (Windows NT) driver messages. . . . . 152
UNIX messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Getting help, service, and information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Service support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Before you call for service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Getting customer support and service . . . . . . . . . . 159
Using the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Using electronic support services. . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Getting information by fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Getting help online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Getting help by telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Getting help around the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Purchasing additional services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Enhanced PC support line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
900-number operating system and hardware
support line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Network and server support line . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ordering support line services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warranty and repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ordering publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Appendix A. Product warranties and
notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warranty Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty for United States,
Puerto Rico, and Canada (Part 1 - General Terms) 165
IBM Statement of Warranty Worldwide except
Canada, Puerto Rico, Turkey, United States (Part 1 –
General Terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Part 2 - Worldwide Country-Unique Terms. . . . . . 170
Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Edition Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Year 2000 readiness and instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement. . . 177
United Kingdom telecommunications safety
requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
European Union EMC Directive conformance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Taiwan electrical emission statement . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference
(VCCI) statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM Netfinity 4500R
IntroducingtheNetfinity4500Rserver Your IBM®Netfinity®4500R server is a high-performance server that supports
symmetric multiprocessing (SMP). It is ideally suited for networking environments
that require superior microprocessor performance, efficient memory management,
flexibility, and large amounts of reliable data storage.
Performance, ease of use, reliability, and expansion capabilities were key
considerations during the design of your server. These design features make it
possible for you to customize the system hardware to meet your needs today, while
providing flexible expansion capabilities for the future.
Your IBM Netfinity 4500R server comes with a three-year limited warranty and 90-
Day IBM Start Up Support. If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can obtain
up-to-date information about your server model and other IBM server products at the
following World Wide Web address: http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/netfinity/
Note: The information label containing the serial number, machine type, model
number, and agency marks for your server is located on the right side of the
server.

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Introducing the Netfinity 4500R server
Specifications and features
The following table provides a summary of the features and specifications for your
Netfinity 4500R server.
Microprocessor:
•Intel
®Pentium®III
• 256 KB Level-2 cache
• Supports up to two
microprocessors
Memory:
• Maximum: 4 GB
• Type: ECC, SDRAM,
Registered DIMMs
• Slots: 4 non-interleaved
Drives standard:
• Diskette: 1.44 MB
• CD-ROM: 40X IDE
Expansion bays:
• Hot-swap: 3 slim high
• Non-hot-swap: Two 5.25-
inch
PCI expansion slots:
• Three 33 MHz/64-bit
• Two 33 MHz/32-bit
Hot-swap power supplies:
270 Watt (115-230 Vac)
• Minimum: One
• Maximum: Two, second
power supply provides
redundant power
Redundant cooling:
Three hot-swap fans
Video:
• S3 video controller
• Compatible with SVGA
and VGA
• 8 MB video memory
Size (3U):
• Height: 13.4 mm (5.25 in.)
• Depth: 66.1 mm (26 in.)
• Width: 41.5 mm (16.3 in.)
• Weight: 22.7 to 29.5 Kg (50
to 65 lbs.) depending
upon configuration
Integrated functions:
• Netfinity Advanced
System Management
processor
• Dual channel Ultra3 SCSI
controller
• One 10BASE-T/100BASE-
TX AMD Ethernet
controller
• Two serial ports
• One parallel port
• Two universal serial bus
ports
• Keyboard port
•Mouseport
• Video port
Acoustical noise emissions:
• Sound power, idling
(open bay): 6.3 bel
maximum
• Sound power, operating:
6.3 bel maximum
• Sound pressure,
operating: 47.5 dBa
maximum
Environment:
• Air temperature:
— Server on: 10°to 35°C
(50°to 95°F). Altitude: 0
to 914 m (2998 ft.)
— Server on: 10°to 32°C
(50°to 89.6°F). Altitude:
914 m (2998 ft.) to 2133
m (6998 ft.)
— Server off: 10°to 43°C
(50°to 109.4°F).
Maximum altitude: 2133
m (6998 ft.)
• Humidity:
— Server on: 8% to 80%
— Server off: 8% to 80%
Heat output:
Approximate heat output in
British Thermal Units (BTU) per
hour
• Minimumconfiguration:375
BTU (110 watts)
• Maximum configuration:
897.4 BTU (375 watts)
Electrical input:
• Sine-wave input (50-60 Hz)
required
• Input voltage low range:
— Minimum: 100 V ac
— Maximum: 127 V ac
• Input voltage high range:
— Minimum: 200 V ac
— Maximum: 240 V ac
• Input kilovolt-amperes
(kVA) approximately:
— Minimum: 0.08 kVA
(0.076 kW)
Table 1. Features and Specifications

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Server features
Notices used in this book
This information product contains notices that relate to a specific topic. The Caution
and Danger notices also appear in the multilingual safety booklet that came with your
Netfinity product. Each notice is numbered for easy reference to the corresponding
notices in the safety booklet.
The notice definitions are as follows:
•Notes: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
•Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in
which damage could occur.
•Caution: These notices indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous to
you. A caution notice is placed just before descriptions of potentially hazardous
procedure steps or situations.
•Danger: These notices indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger notice is placed just before descriptions of
potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure steps or situations.
Server features
Serverfeatures The Netfinity 4500R server is designed to be cost-effective, powerful, and flexible.
Your server offers:
• Impressive performance using an innovative approach to SMP
Your server supports up to two Intel Pentium III microprocessors. Your server
comes with one microprocessor installed; you can install an additional
microprocessor to enhance performance and provide SMP capability.
• Large data-storage and hot-swap capabilities
All models of the server support up to three hot-swap hard disk drives. This hot-
swap feature enables you to remove and replace hard disk drives without
turning off the server. The Netfinity 3-Pack Ultra160 Hot-Swap Expansion Kit
option is available to add three additional drive bays.
• Optional PCI adapters
Your server uses peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus architecture to
provide compatibility with a wide range of existing hardware devices and
software applications. Your server supports up to five PCI adapters in the
expansion slots on the system board.
• Redundant cooling capability
The redundant cooling capability of the hot-swap fans in your server allow
continued operation if one of the fans fails. You can also replace a failing hot-
swap fan without turning off the server.
• Optional redundant power capability
You can install an additional 270-watt power supply in your server to provide
redundant power for your server. The Power Non-Redundant (NON) light
emitting diode (LED) in the group of diagnostic LEDs on the system board is lit
when the power load is 270 watts or greater with two power supplies installed.
• Large system memory
The memory bus in your server supports up to 4gigabytes (GB) of system
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for up to four industry standard PC133, 3.3 V, 168-pin, 8-byte, registered,
synchronous-dynamic-random access memory (SDRAM) dual inline memory
modules (DIMMs).
• System-management capabilities
Your server comes with an Advanced System Management Processor on the
system board. This processor, in conjunction with the Netfinity Manager™
software provided on your ServerGuide®CDs, allows you to manage the
functions of the server locally and remotely. The Advanced System Management
Processor also provides system monitoring, event recording, and dial-out alert
capability. For more information about the Advanced System Management
Processor, refer to the documentation on the IBM Netfinity Documentation CD.
Note: The Advanced System Management Processor is sometimes referred to
as the service processor.
• Integrated network environment support
Your server comes with an Ethernet controller on the system board. This
Ethernet controller has an interface for connecting to 10-Mbps or 100-Mbps
networks. The server automatically selects between 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX.
The controller provides full-duplex (FDX) capability, which allows simultaneous
transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN).
• Redundant network-interface card
The addition of an optional, redundant network interface card (NIC) provides a
failover capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem occurs with
the primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic associated with this primary
connection is automatically switched to the redundant NIC. This switching
occurs without data loss and without user intervention.
• Optional digital linear tape drive
The addition of an optional digital linear tape drive (DLT) allows quick backup
of large amounts of data.
• IBM ServerGuide CDs
The ServerGuide CDs included with your server provide programs to help you
set up your server and install the network operating system (NOS). The
ServerGuide program detects the hardware options installed, and provides the
correct configuration programs and device drivers. In addition, the ServerGuide
CDs include a variety of application programs for your server. See “Chapter 4.
Using the ServerGuide CDs,” on page 21 for more information.
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
RASfeatures Three of the most important features in server design are reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS). These factors help to ensure the integrity of the data stored on
your server; that your server is available when you want to use it; and that should a
failure occur, you can easily diagnose and repair the failure with minimal
inconvenience.
The following is an abbreviated list of the RAS features that your server supports.
• Menu-driven setup, system configuration, RAID configuration, and diagnostic
programs
• Power-on self-test (POST)
• Integrated Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor
• Predictive failure alerts
• System auto-configuring from configuration menu
• Remote system problem-determination support
• Power and temperature monitoring

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Controls and indicators
• Hot-swap drive bays
• Error codes and messages
• System error logging
• Upgradable BIOS, diagnostics, and Netfinity Advanced System Management
Processor code
• Automatic restart after a power failure
• Parity checking on the SCSI and PCI buses
• Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory
• Redundant hot-swap power supply option
• Redundant hot-swap cooling
• Redundant Ethernet capabilities (with optional adapter)
• Vital Product Data (VPD) on processor complex, system board, power
backplane, SCSI backplane, and each power supply
• Operator information panel and group of diagnostic LEDs on the system board
• Customer support center 24 hours per day 7 days a week1
• Remote Connect
Controls and indicators
Controlsandindicators The following illustration shows the controls and indicators on the front of your
server.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
System power light: When this green light is on, system power is present in the
server. When this light flashes, the server is in standby mode (the system power
supply is turned off and AC current is present). When this light is off, either a power
supply, AC power, or a light has failed.
Attention: If this light is off, it does not mean there is no electrical current present in
the server. The light might be burned out. To remove all electrical current from the
server, you must unplug the server power cords from the electrical outlets or from the
UPS.
1.Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.
System power light (green)
Power control button
Reset button Operator information panel
Hard disk drive activity light (green) Hard disk drive status light (amber)

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Power control button: Press this button to manually turn the server on or off.
Note: A power-control-button shield is provided with your server. You can install
this circular disk over the power control button to prevent accidental manual
power-off.
Reset button: Press this button to reset the server and run the power-on self-test
(POST).
AC power light: This green light on the power supply (under the bezel) provides
status information about the power supply. During normal operation, both the AC
and DC power lights are on. For any other combination of lights, see “Power supply
LEDs” on page 134.
Operator information panel: The lights on this panel give status information for
your server. See “Operator information panel” on page 7 for more information.
DC power light: This green light on the power supply (under the bezel) provides
status information about the power supply. During normal operation, both the AC
and DC power lights are on. For any other combination of lights, see “Power supply
LEDs” on page 134.
Hard disk drive status light: Each of the hot-swap drive bays has a hard disk drive
status light. When this amber light is on continuously, the drive has failed.
If a ServeRAID adapter is installed and this light flashes slowly (one flash per second),
the drive is being rebuilt. When the light flashes rapidly (three flashes per second), the
controller is identifying the drive.
Hard disk activity drive light: Each of the hot-swap drive bays has a hard disk drive
activity light. When this green light is flashing, the controller is accessing the drive.
Statement 5
CAUTION:
The power control button on the device and the power supply do not turn off
the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might have more
than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the device, ensure
that all power cords are disconnected from the power source.
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Operator information panel
Operator information panel
Operatorinformationpanel The following illustration shows the lights on the operator information panel on the
front of the server. (See “Controls and indicators” on page 5 for the location of the
operator information panel.)
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
SCSI hard disk drive activity light: This green light is on when there is activity on a
hard disk drive.
Ethernet link status light: When this green light is on, there is an active connection
on the Ethernet port.
Ethernet transmit/receive activity light: When this green light is on, there is transmit
or receive activity to or from the server.
Information light: This amber light is on when the information log contains
information about certain conditions in your server that might affect performance.
System error light: This amber light is lit when a system error occurs. An LED on the
diagnostic LED panel will also be on to further isolate the error.
Starting the server
Startingtheserver You can start the server in several ways:
• You can turn on the server by pressing the power control button on the front of
the server.
Note: After you plug the power cord of your server into an electrical outlet,
wait 20 seconds before pressing the power control button. During this
time the system-management processor is initializing and the power
control button does not respond.
• If the server is turned on, a power failure occurs, and unattended-start mode is
enabled in the Configuration/Setup utility program, the server will start
automatically when power is restored.
LINK
OK
TX
RX
SCSI hard disk drive activity light (green)
Ethernet link status light (green)
Ethernet transmit/receive activity light (green)
Information light (amber)
System error light (amber)

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• If AC power is present, the server is off, and the wake-up feature is enabled in
the Configuration/Setup utility program, the wake-up feature will turn on the
server at the set time.
• If AC power is present, the server is off, and ring signal detect is enabled in the
Configuration/Setup utility program, you can turn on the server by telephone
input.
• The Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor can also turn on the
server.
The server can be turned off as follows:
• You can turn off the server by pressing the power control button on the front of
the server. Pressing the power control button starts an orderly shutdown of the
operating system, if this feature is supported by your operating system, and
places the server in standby mode.
Note: After turning off the server, wait at least 5 seconds before pressing the
power control button to turn on the server again.
• You can press and hold the power control button for more than 4 seconds to
cause an immediate shutdown of the server and place the server in standby
mode. You can use this feature if the operating system hangs.
• You can disconnect the server power cords from the electrical outlets to shut off
all power to the server.
Note: Wait about 15 seconds after disconnecting the power cords for your
system to stop running. Watch for the system power light on the
operator information panel to stop blinking.
Statement 5
CAUTION:
The power control button on the device and the power supply do not turn off
the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might have more
than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the device, ensure
that all power cords are disconnected from the power source.
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