Questions tagged [ibm-xseries]
IBM System X family: IBM System x rack, BladeCenter and tower servers
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ESXi 5 Guests will not boot
I have a problem with Guests not booting under VMWare ESXi 5.0 on my IBM x3550M3 server.
Note: Investigation eventually determined that problem was with the VMware client on a Lenovo Edge laptop, the ...
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Memory DIMM slot install order
Building my first server and have a small question that I'm unsure of!
We've purchased an X3650 M3 server, with 2 processors and 8 DIMMS of memory.
Now I am unsure of the memory installation for 2 ...
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Can't get an IBM xSeries 345 server to load Windows Server 2003 using ServerGuide utility
I have a client that has an IBM xSeries 345 eServer. Per the IBM support website, I have downloaded the ServerGuide Setup 7.4.17 installation ISO and burned a bootable CD. The CD boots fine and ...
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What use is a dummy heat sink assembly?
Cleaning out our server room, we found two of these:
IBM eServer xSeries dummy heatsink assembly
I can't find any documentation on what they were used for (presumably during shipping or for a multi-...
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Straight-forward to Virtualise with XEN or KVM on IBM Server System x3650 M4 791562G?
I want to built a virtualised Server Environment using XEN or KVM. The virtual machines should be purely debian systems - so XEN or KVM should be a sane choice. Now while buying servers, I am ...
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ESXi 6.5 - RAID - Lenovo System x3650 - CIM Provider
Background:
We have a new Lenovo System x3650 Type 8871 server. Specs below:
Lenovo System x x3650 M5 8871EMG 2U Rack Server
1 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 Dodeca-core (12 Core) 2.20 GHz - 2 Processor ...
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Hardware/BIOS - IBM x3200 m2
When I turn on my machine, the display is not throwing any output to it.
The fans are running fine.
The LED lights indicate no error, '
Only two LED's are blinking "Mini-BMCheartbeat LED" and "...
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IBM Xseries 3400 only working while power button holding pressed
I have an IBM xSeries x3400 Intel Xeon server which only works while someone holds in the power button.
My server stopped working and I sent it to IBM Service. After a few hours they told me I could ...
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Installing windows server standard 2008 32bit in IBM System X-3620
Can anyone explain me how to install windows server standard 2008 32bit with sata/sas 6gb/s hdd in IBM System X-3620. During the installation, the os cannot detect the drive. I had even tried with IBM ...
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Server memory configuration after upgrade
I have an IBM 346 server that can support up to 16GB of memory. It previously had 8GB installed (8x 1GB slots) and was working fine. I have upgraded it to 16GB using 8x 2GB slots. However now when the ...
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Server error after restart "memory or battery problem"
Our IBM server gives an error saying "memory or battery problem has been detected adapter has recovered but cached data was lost" Please press any key to continue." and to press the key we have to ...
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Need help finding a SAS HBA controller for an IBM LTO 4 Tape Drive
I've got an older IBM x3200 M2 Server (MT: 4368) and I recently acquired a used internal IBM LTO 4 tape drive (FRU: 45E1125). The back of the tape drive requires an Internal SAS 29 pin connector (SFF-...
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Can IBM System x3650 passthrough SAS?
I am looking at the specs and manual for the IBM System x3650. According to the specs a ServeRAID-8k-l hardware RAID comes standard, but there's an option to upgrade to ServeRAID-8k. If I understand ...
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"Invalid product key" for Windows SBS 2011 on IBM x3200 M3?
We are trying to install Windows SBS 2011 (Czech) on the new IBM x3200 M3 machine. The ServerGuide v9.0 finished correctly and asked for the Windows SBS instalation DVD (OEM). After asking the usual ...
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IBM x3500 Server managament/monitoring tool
I took over monitoring an older IBM x3500 7977 server and i don't have much knowledge of IBM servers.
I'm looking for the equivalent of Dell Server Administrator from IBM, just to monitor and alert on ...
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Installing Windows XP on an IBM x335 server
Is there a way to install Windows XP on an IBM x335 server?
When I boot from CD-ROM with the Windows XP installation disk, the screen is just blank.
Initial research indicates this may be due to the ...
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Upgrade CPU for IBM xSeries 346 with VT-X?
Are there any socket Xeon 603 or 604 CPU's that support VT-X that I can replace the stock one with?
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Problems booting an IBM Server with ServerRaid 4Lx
I have an IBM server xSeries 205 with a ServeRaid 4Lx on it that after a power faliure refused to boot. it presented a error message during ServerRaid BIOS boot phase stating:
ServeRAID? ,Slot1, ...
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IBM System x3850 M2 Ubuntu Server Install
I just purchased two second-hand IBM System x3850 M2 rack servers, and I am a real noob to the subject.
As such, I cannot tell if there is a major difference between x3850 M2 and x3850 X5. If there ...
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Replacing a Self encrypting Hard Drive in an IBM xseries server raid
I have a failed drive in a RAID 5 array in an IBM x3650, Machine Type 7945.
The RAID is composed entirely of original IBM SED SAS drives, 300GB ea.
Unfortunately I am the purchasing Tech, not the ...
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IBM x3650 M3: can an installed vanilla vSphere 5.1u1 be replaced with "vSphere enhanced for IBM"?
Some 4 years ago we got the free vSphere Hypervison 5.0 (ESXi) directly from the VMWare for installation on a donated IBM x3650 M3 server. Basically, we are novices in both IBM server management as ...
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IBM x3400 upgrading to 2 x CPU Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5430
I'm trying to install two Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5430 CPUs in an IBM x3400 with an IBM M97IP motherboard.
When I turn the power on, it takes approx. 3 sec. then the fan stops and nothing happens.
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M1015 pass-through and hot-swap in Linux with md raid (IBM x3620)
I'm setting up a small, but hopefully durable server for a student community, and the hardware is an IBM x3620 M3 with a builtin M1015 RAID card.
To make the setup future proof and avoid vendor lock-...
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IBM X3200 M2 Fan running at full speed? Noisy
One of the FANs (the one cooling the hard drives I think) in our IBM X3200 M2 started running at full speed and make a loud noise.
Anyone encountered this problem and know how to fix this?
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How to disable the built-in RAID in x3650 M3?
We have an IBM server x3650 M3, and I'm trying to install Linux without using HW RAID (ServeRAID), as per cluster storage software vendor requirements.
The problem is that the server exposes the ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - Keyboard isn't recognized on login screen, but mouse does
Problem Backgroud:
Our company has an IBM System X3200 M3 server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with two WS Caviar Black 1TB HD in RAID 1.
Recently we had a power failure that corrupted the ...
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IBM xSeries 306 CPU Speed
I have an IBM xSeries 306. The system has been flawless until a week ago. It's a Pentium 4 Dual Core CPU. The CPU speed is 3.20 gHz. Now, it shows 4.26 gHz or 2.16 gHz when the POST screen comes ...
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What do these IPMI System Event Logs mean?
I'm currently trying to troubleshoot what seem to be hardware issues with a x3650 m3 machine. Using IPMItools, I'm reading recurring assertion events from sensor type: 0F, sensor no: B5 that repeat ...
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CentOS only detecting 50% of ram on IBM Server
I have IBM server with 16 GB RAM installed. Initially it showed 16 GB with
free | grep Mem | awk '{print $2}'
but now it shows only
8116136
but it must show
16439208
When I do
dmidecode -t ...
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What is "Data Protection" option in WebBIOS 6.1-45-Rel of ServeRAID M5110e controller?
What is "Data Protection"`option in WebBIOS 6.1-45-Rel during creation of new Drive Group?
Server is IBM x3650 M4 with ServeRAID M5110e controller.
User's Guide (here http://www-947.ibm.com/support/...
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Access RAID configuration in x3550M2
I'm trying to configure RAID in a IBM x3550 M2 server. I can't find any messages on boot about any hotkey to access the configuration utility. I wasn't able either in BIOS.
The card is a on board LSI ...
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Installing Windows Server 2008 on IBM x3250 M3 Server with EFI
I'm hoping this question hasn't been asked before and I've spent the last 3 hours trying to find a solution to this but to no avail.
Also feel free to edit the tags, I'm fairly new to this site.
I ...
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IBM xSeries 335 General Questions (power usage and installation)
I just received a 2nd hand IBM xSeries 335 1U rack mountable server, and I have a few questions about it:
How do I install it? Is there an Installation Utility disk like for the HP Proliant servers (...
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Does the order of SAS drive matter when installing old drives?
I have an old IBM server with 12 hard drive bays, 4 of which are used (SAS 72GB drives), and configured in a RAID 1 array. The server will be sent away for repairs, when it comes back, do I need to ...
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SATA RAID or SCSI RAID Old IBM Server
Need your help on this one.
One of my SCSI HD failed in RAID 1, thinking about replacing it, but can no longer find 73gb drive on the market (only used available).
Option 1:
Clone remaining SCSI HD ...
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which free linux distribution is supported on IBM X3200 M3
can anyone let me know which free linux distribution is supported on IBM X3200 M3 server?
UPDATE: The issue was with mounting 2 hard disks. So I removed one hard disk and installed Cent OS 5.6 which ...
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Tool to maintain IBM x3650 - get info from faulty HW
I am have a server IBM x3650 M4 running XenServer and Windows guest. The server have a problem with harddrive, yellow exclamation mark blinking. I am able to turn off the server go to BIOS and get ...
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Adding sata disk w/o controller to IBM X3400 M3
We have IBM X3400 M3 with SAS controller and and two disk with raid 1. We need extra space without protection. I try to add standart SATA disk to server. It has two SATA port on mainboard. When I ...
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Replace ServeRAID-5i with ServeRAID-6i+ in IBM x345 server
We have an IBM xSeries 345 server with a ServeRAID-5i controller which is starting to report problems. We also have a couple of "retired" x345s with ServeRAID-6i or 6i+ controllers in them.
Is it ...
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Read SMART status on Windows Server 2008 R2
How can I read my hard drives SMART status on Windows Server 2008 R2?
I'm using IBM X3630 X3 server with IBM ServeRAID M5015 disk drives
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HDD SATA speed setting
I just noticed this info from smartctl
Does that mean I'm running inferior SATA II speed?
If yes, how do I enable SATA III speed?
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-37-generic] (local ...
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How to enable/use x3550 m4 onboard sata connector?
I have a X3550 M4 with a faulty M1115 raid card (tested faulty on a different machine), so I removed it. I noticed there is a mini-sas port on the motherboard with letters SATA 0-3 underneath. Also I ...
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Cloning SAS RAID1 array with OS partition to a new SATA array?
I have two RAID1 arrays, first one is made of SAS disks and that's where the OS (Win Server 2k8 r2) is, the second RAID1 array contains SATA SSDs (and hold the database).
Server is IBM's System x3650 ...
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POST event error with IBM x3550 ServeRAID setup
I lean toward software RAID instead of the hardware RAID for recovery concerns. I've read about disasters when a RAID card fails and heard many with success stories restoring with Linux RAID on ...
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Integrated raid exception detected. Volume (00: 009) is currently in state degraged
I have IBM x3200 M2 Server. Currently there are 2*500 GB hard drive installed in it. Raid 1 is configured in this server. I have hosted an windows application in this server. Currently this server is ...
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Create Embedded Hypervisor from pendrive for IBM System X (x3850 M2)
I have an IBM x3850 M2 (7233). There is an USB port on the inside of it which - according to its manual - is for an embedded hypervisor. I plugged the an empty pendrive into the internal socket and ...
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Lost Partition on x3650
I have a RAID6 array with 1 logical drive. 3.7TB. The partition has been lost. I've tried several program to recover the partition. The most promising of the bunch was MiniTool Partition Wizard. It ...
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RAID-5 how can I guess how many disks was member?
We have a server which we inherited from previous sysadmin. Now the RAID-5 (H/W based on IBM ServeRAID) now unusable, saying not enough disks to operate.
On ServeRAID Manager I can see three physical ...
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IBM X3850 M2 (7233) server hard drives - Novice help needed
We have just bought a used IBM X3850 M2 (7233) server. The plan being to use it for CFD analysis calculations, taking the workload off our workstations.
Not being an expert on these matters... Can I ...
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power monitoring capabilities of ibm x3550 m4
I don't understand how monitoring of power consumption of x series
servers is done with IBM AEM - I'm specifically interested in
x3550 m4. The documentation on the servers does not really
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