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IBM is a computer hardware and software vendor operating in a variety of market spaces, including Unix systems, "midrange" (AS/400) systems, Mainframes, and consumer workstations/laptops. This is a generic tag designed to be used if no more specific tag exists for your IBM product. See the partial list of IBM tags in the full tag wiki

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QSECOFR password reset

I just bought a second hand IBM iSeries 9406-250 for educational use, but I can't find the QSECOFR password. Which ways are available to recover it if you don't have any details, except the device serial numbers/stickers on it? I need to log in at…
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IBM server RAM vs other server RAM

We're looking to upgrade the RAM in one of our IBM System X servers. I received a quote of $560 from IBM for 2x 4GB chips of RAM. I've looked at the exact same type of RAM (ECC PC2-5600 server RAM) from Kingston and Crucial and both are around…
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Faulty data occuring on a brand new raid array

We're having a problem with data inconsistencies on an IBM server we've set up, containing 6 1TB SAS drives running of an IBM raid controller in RAID 6. I would subscribe it to faulty drive(s), only the RAID controller isn't reporting any problems.…
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What is the difference between NHS, HS and Slim-HS SAS Drives?

I am curious to what is the practical difference, if any to the following: IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD 42D0637 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF HS HDD 42D0612 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF NHS HDD …
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Very poor SCSI hd performance on IBM x336 with LSI 1030 RAID1

I'm experiencing very poor performance on an IBM x336 server with dual 73GB 15k hard drives on a U320 controller, LSI 1030. We're getting maybe 3.5MB/sec max (per HD Tune utility). It should be over 100MB/sec at least, I would think (another x335…
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IBM BladeCenter operation tips?

I recently purchased a used BladeCenter E chassis and I have two HS21, one HS20, and seven QS20 blades. As you are likely aware, used hardware means I get to figure it out myself (and that's part of the fun!). I've figured out how to update the…
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IBM IMM2 JNLP WEB CONSOLE 405 ERROR

I'm going to use the IBM X3550 M4 to access the remote console. But there's a problem. Application Error: Unable to start the application. NAME : Virtual KVM Client publisher : IBM position : https://200.168.10.254 : 443 ERROR : Server returned HTTP…
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Connection Reset Error AxisFault

I'm trying to call a third party web service using axis2. It was working fine before the third party provider made some changes on their server. They disabled TLS 1.0 protocol and the server only accepts TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. I already added the code…
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Incompatible drivers on IBM SAN due to different firmware. Can I flash it?

I had to change a drive in my IBM DS3512 SAN, I bought it by model (Seagate model) and not by IBM FRU code. I tried to put the drive but it fails with error "incompatible drive". I saw that the model is really the same of other drives but firmware…
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Server is extremely slow

I came back from the weekend and this old IBM Netfinity 5100 server is extremely slow. It's running Windows 2003 standard, has been working great for years. Today it took about 4 hours to boot up. Once in Windows, it takes minutes to pull up…
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as400 error code C100 101A

After a power failure while the IPL was being done in D mode, when I connect the server to the power again, the code C100101A appears in the panel, and after a while the server restarts and code C100101A appears again, and it is stuck in this loop…
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Boot looping IBM BladeCenter H AMM

We're running IBM BladeCenter H (8852) systems for some years and recently we started to experience a problem. Our AMMs started to die with a very distinct pattern. When we plug an AMM in, its orange (!) LED comes on briefly and when ethernet…
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Insufficient Cache Backup Device Capacity on controller in IBM DS3524

This is kind of a long story, but we discovered that controller B had quit working some time ago. We bought a used replacement, and I swapped it out. But I got an error saying there was a mismatch between the controllers. At this point, I also got…
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what are the disadvantages refurbished ibm tape drives?

Hello every one i m working in a company they wanna buy tape driver storage for IBM but they considering it must be Refurbished and i suggest new one i need information about advantage and disadvantages of refurbished tape drive storage thanks and…
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IBM DS3200: some general questions

I'm thinking to buy an IBM DS3200 p/n 1726-21X with sata hard drives attached on a IBM sas hba controller and to configure it as "single server, single path" like IBM says in its configuration examples. Unfortunately I never had one so I would like…
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