Questions tagged [ibm-xseries]

IBM System X family: IBM System x rack, BladeCenter and tower servers

Highlights

IBM® System x® and BladeCenter® servers help to deliver a dynamic infrastructure that provides leadership quality and service that you can trust, as well as:

– Reduces operating costs with higher performance, energy efficiency, simplified management, virtualization and increased utilization

– Manages present and future risk in challenging economic conditions with best-in-class RAS and future-proof IT

– Improves service with an end-to-end approach to systems management

● The new generation of System x and BladeCenter servers delivers business value and reduces costs for clients through industry-leading scalability, virtualization and management capabilities

Recent economic conditions have changed the way that business operates. To adapt demands innovative ideas and solutions. At the same time, the world is becoming smarter—more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Businesses have to manage increasingly large data pools and a customer base with higher expectations, without spending more on IT. IBM delivers solutions—smarter systems built for a smarter planet to help you reduce costs and improve service while still managing risk.

World Wide Web IBM System x ibm.com/systems/x

IBM eX5 enterprise systems ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/ex5/index.html

IBM BladeCenter ibm.com/systems/bladecenter

IBM 1- and 2-socket Rack and Tower Servers ibm.com/systems/x86/rackandtower

IBM System Cluster 1350 ibm.com/systems/clusters/

IBM Systems Director ibm.com/systems/management/director

IBM System x iDataPlex ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/idataplex/

IBM System Storage ibm.com/systems/storage/

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Installing CentOS 6.3 via USB, cannot partition hard disk drives

I'm currently attempting to install CentOS 6.3 on an IBM System x3650 M3 server using a 8GB USB boot drive that has been created using iso2usb for CentOS/RedHat. During the installation process, when it comes time to setup partitioning, if any of…
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IBM IMM2: Which level to control power and have remote terminal access

We're looking to purchase an entry level System X server, specifically the x3100 M4. What I've been unable to figure out is what the lowest level of IMM2 we need is in order to remote the system regardless of power state, and of course control the…
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IBM x3650 M3 - RSA (IMM) drops out during OS installation and is not useable

I am having issues regarding IBM x3650 M3{7945} RSA (IMM). After racking the server and configuring the network I can log into the server RSA and configure paramaters with no issues. NB: The RSA is on a management VLAN. I then upgraded the IMM…
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Configure RAID for IBM X3630 X3

How can I setup a RAID for IBM X3630 X3 server with IBM ServeRAID M5015 disk drives? Is there a tool to configure disk drives? I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2
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Converter to use Sata HDD with IBM eserver x236

We have an old x236 machine with 2 70-GB SCSI disks installed on Ultra320 SCSI connector (check out the hardware manual). Now, we are planning to buy a new server in future and x326 would act as a backup machine (no more resource hungry processing).…
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Email alerts when RAID fails on IBM server?

Have two RAID controllers on an IBM server (X3500 M3) running Windows 2008R2: ServeRAID M5014SAS/SATA Controller LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port with 1064E Can anyone explain how to get email alerts when a disk fails on either of these 2…
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IBM System x3500 M3 refuses to boot from LSI SAS card if blank SATA drive is connected on mainboard

Have an IBM System x3500 M3 that refuses to boot from the IBM branded LSI SAS card if any SATA drive is also connected to the mainboard. The system restarts itself over and over. No error messages. Just sits there with a blinking cursor until it…
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System x3650 Hard Drive Upgrade

I have a IBM System x3650 Server with 6 Storage Bays (6 Drives). I am planning / have to change 2 hard drives. Do they have to be some sort of specific drives or can I just order 10K SAS 750 or 500GB Hard Drives ? I have tried looking up on IBM.…
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RAID Manager on Windows for IBM Server x-345

Good Morning, I have a IBM x-series 345 server with Windows Server 2003, I have a defunct drive which I would like to replace and rebuild the RAID while the server is up. I have been up and down in the IBM website and I cannot find a Windows Utility…
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Available space for pci cards on an IBM xseries 345

The research lab where I work has been offered a bunch of IBM rack-mountable servers for very little money. The hardware is a bit outdated but it would suit our needs perfectly -- If we can fit one of our customized PCI cards into one of them. I…
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Cannot find/update firmware for IBM x3650 M2

I am trying to revive an old IBM x3650 M2 server, but am running into trouble with IMM/IPMI related to the FW being almost as old as the server itself. Server is from 2010, firmware is from '09 (UEFI) and '11 (IMM/DSA) and is running ESXi. I checked…
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IBM X3650 M3 occasional PCIe-related errors on reboot

Intermittently, this system will fail to POST and boot loop repeatedly (sometimes for hours) without making it past the BIOS screen. The errors appear to be PCIe related, but no additional PCIe cards are installed. When the errors occur, the…
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Detect faulty voltage regulator on x3650 M4

I have an IBM x3650 M4 which unfortunately falls within the condition of Lenovo errata HT118532, that means at any reboot the voltage regulator might fall for overvoltage. While we figure out how to upgrade it (as all the tools available seems to…
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Recover data from IBM x3650 with SYS BRD ERR

As in every sysadmin nightmare after shutting down a server I'm not able to power it on any more. The server is an old IBM x3650 M4, which has been shut down because unused and of course when not available users recalled they had something left…
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windows 2008 r2 - unexpected reboot

We have 3 servers which have rebooted unexpectedly all within 3 days of each other (each one approximately 24 hrs after the last one). In each case what we are seeing is absolutely no memory dump, crash dump, or notification in the Event logs…
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