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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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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-in as much as possible, I want to use software…
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Recover a lost IBM DS4300 SAN password?

I have a pair of IBM DS4300 SAN units that I need to perform a firmware upgrade on. Unfortunately the admin passwords on these units have been lost and now need to be reset. I had hoped the default password of 'infiniti' would work but it seems that…
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Compatibility IBM DS3400 with 3TB sata disk

I've a IBM DS3400 with 4 disks sata 500GB and 5 disks 146GB SAS I want enlarge my sata storage with 3TB disks.. what i've to do? first question: Does IBM DS3400 recognize 3TB sata disks ? second question: Do you think that i've to create a temporary…
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Configuring LACP across a IBM B50G switch stack

Is it possible to configure LACP (Link aggregation control protocol) that spans across two IBM B50G stacked switches. Below is an illustration of what I am trying to accomplish. I have currently configured two ports in an "active" Link aggregation…
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Reverse Proxies and AJAX

A client of ours is using IBM/Tivoli WebSEAL, a reverse-proxy server for some of their internal users. Our web application (ASP.NET 2.0) and is a fairly straightforward web/database application. Currently, our client users that are going through…
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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 backup my data. When I asked how they managed to…
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HyperV Cluster using IBM X3650 M3 and DS3400 SAN

I am posting here, because reading a lot of documents on MS site and technical forums have caused only more confusion. The equipment i have: 2 IBM X3650 M3 servers; both have 2 72GB SAS disks configured as RAID1, 4 10/100/1000 ethernet ports and…
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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. After approx. 10 sec. an LED on the motherboard…
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How to connect InfoWindow II to IBM 9406-250?

I received an old InfoWindow II (don't know the exact model number yet) from somebody, and want to connect it as a console for my IBM 9406-250 so I can do a manual IPL. I am totally new to this, and I am still learning how to use everything, and was…
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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 server guide utility but 2008 standard edition…
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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 things (language, keyboard, time, ... -- passes…
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Virtualisation current physical environment

We are planning to do a migration with our current physical environment to a new, virtualized SAN infrastructure. To keep it short, we want to migratie first our DC (3), Exchange (1) and file server. We also have a SAN (IBM DS4700 )for our SAP…
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SR-IOV on IBM x3690

Is IBM x3690 has SR-IOV capability? If so - how to configure the BIOS to support it? I used Google to search for an answer and reached this link: ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/wp_SR-IOV_Red_Hat_111810.pdf As I understand it supports…
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How to direct access a disk connected to serveraid 8k

I have a working IBM serveraid-8k . My problem is that I need to read files from a HDD taken from another machine (not raid). ServeRAID Manager sees the disk, but I found no way to access it from windows. If I ask to create a new Logical Volume so I…
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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 hardware failures, envronmental indicators…
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