Setting up new server

calebsurface · 07-31-2010, 07:12 PM

Hi,
I recently was given and IBM eServer XSeries 345 and I can't figure out how to set it up. Could anyone possibly help me in this venture?

Thanks,
Caleb Surface

CrackerJacker · 08-01-2010, 08:29 AM

Thats very Vague. At what point of setting it up are you at? Also, what are wanting to do with it?

calebsurface · 08-01-2010, 07:55 PM

Right now I am at no point of setting it up. I've tried to install Ubuntu Server on it, but that didn't work. I've tried installing Windows XP on it, but that didn't work either. Not sure if I'm not doing it right or something. I would like to be able to use this at home as either a file server/proxy server type thing, or as just a super computer for personal use if that is possible.

**root** · 08-02-2010, 03:25 AM

you need to download the server guide CD.

it's a free download from IBMs site.

you download that, burn it to a CD and boot from that, it asks you a load of questions about setting up the RAID on the server, and the OS that you're going to install...

Crucially you need this CD because it'll load the SCSI drivers that are not included on the windows or linux distributions.

(otherwise (with windows at least) you've have to press f6 when booting from the CD and select to load extra drivers).

calebsurface · 08-02-2010, 06:34 PM

Okay so I made the disk and all, but I can't seem to get it to boot from the disk. How do I go about this?

**root** · 08-03-2010, 09:44 AM

have you set the server to boot from the CD in the bios?

also, are you sure that you downloaded the server-guide CD and not the server-raid CD

calebsurface · 08-03-2010, 08:33 PM

I got the ServerGuide CD. I tried looking in the bios to tell it to boot from disk, but I can't seem to find that...

Jacob.. · 08-04-2010, 09:13 AM

Do you have the IDE or SCSI model?

Neodude112320 · 08-05-2010, 07:44 AM

When you try installing Windows Xp,What do you mean by 'it doesnt work'? Errors? Freezing?

calebsurface · 08-05-2010, 02:15 PM

I'm not sure which it is, but I want to say it's an SCSI maybe? I can tell you that it is an IBM eServer xSeries 345 Machine Type: 8670 Model Number: 71X

When I say it doesn't work, I mean that I can't even get it to boot from the disk in order to install.

07-31-2010, 07:12 PM	#1
calebsurface Solid State Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12	Setting up new server Hi, I recently was given and IBM eServer XSeries 345 and I can't figure out how to set it up. Could anyone possibly help me in this venture? Thanks, Caleb Surface

08-01-2010, 08:29 AM	#2
CrackerJacker Daemon Poster Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 854	Re: Setting up new server Thats very Vague. At what point of setting it up are you at? Also, what are wanting to do with it? __________________ US Air Force KC-135 Tanker Crew Chief i7 @ 3.4ghz, Geforce GTX 460, 4GB DDR3 1600 I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy

08-01-2010, 07:55 PM	#3
calebsurface Solid State Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12	Re: Setting up new server Right now I am at no point of setting it up. I've tried to install Ubuntu Server on it, but that didn't work. I've tried installing Windows XP on it, but that didn't work either. Not sure if I'm not doing it right or something. I would like to be able to use this at home as either a file server/proxy server type thing, or as just a super computer for personal use if that is possible.

08-02-2010, 03:25 AM	#4
root Site Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,945	Re: Setting up new server you need to download the server guide CD. it's a free download from IBMs site. you download that, burn it to a CD and boot from that, it asks you a load of questions about setting up the RAID on the server, and the OS that you're going to install... Crucially you need this CD because it'll load the SCSI drivers that are not included on the windows or linux distributions. (otherwise (with windows at least) you've have to press f6 when booting from the CD and select to load extra drivers). __________________ I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian… Im sick of people saying 'dont waste paper'. If trees wanted to live, they'd all carry guns. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

08-02-2010, 06:34 PM	#5
calebsurface Solid State Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12	Re: Setting up new server Okay so I made the disk and all, but I can't seem to get it to boot from the disk. How do I go about this?

08-03-2010, 09:44 AM	#6
root Site Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,945	Re: Setting up new server have you set the server to boot from the CD in the bios? also, are you sure that you downloaded the server-guide CD and not the server-raid CD __________________ I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian… Im sick of people saying 'dont waste paper'. If trees wanted to live, they'd all carry guns. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; The inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

08-03-2010, 08:33 PM	#7
calebsurface Solid State Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12	Re: Setting up new server I got the ServerGuide CD. I tried looking in the bios to tell it to boot from disk, but I can't seem to find that...

08-04-2010, 09:13 AM	#8
Jacob.. Baseband Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 75	Re: Setting up new server Do you have the IDE or SCSI model?

08-05-2010, 07:44 AM	#9
Neodude112320 Bogan Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 8,468	Re: Setting up new server When you try installing Windows Xp,What do you mean by 'it doesnt work'? Errors? Freezing? __________________ Desktop:BitFenix Survivor~Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3R~ i7 2600K @ 4hz~AMD 6870 1GB~12gb Team Elite DDR3 1333~3xWD In RAID5~W7 Ult Laptop:Alienware M11x~ i7-2637M 1.7GHz~16GB 1333MHz DDR3~GeForce GT 540M~W7 Ult

08-05-2010, 02:15 PM	#10
calebsurface Solid State Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12	Re: Setting up new server I'm not sure which it is, but I want to say it's an SCSI maybe? I can tell you that it is an IBM eServer xSeries 345 Machine Type: 8670 Model Number: 71X When I say it doesn't work, I mean that I can't even get it to boot from the disk in order to install.

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