RE: IXA installation - cannot see the adapter

["Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

It's been awhile since I did an IxA, I don't recall the jumper info you
described.

But IIRC, the HSL loops are directional, both the cables and the ports
themselves have to be connected in the right direction.  The cables have
tags with arrows on them.  The port directionality can be found in the
manual.

Also, the SPCN cabling is a little strange, I remember spending a lot of
time looking at the diagrams till I figured out how it was supposed to
be.

If all else fails, call IBM.

Good luck,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:29 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: IXA installation - cannot see the adapter
>
> This is my first IXA installation and I am a little uncertain 
> whether I 
> have done things correctly.  I have a x366 xServer that I rack 
> installed.  It had two cards installed in the xServer: an RSA II card 
> and the 1519 IXA card (in slot 2, covering also slot 3).
>
> At this point in the process I had a question that I couldn't get 
> answered by the manual or other on-line resources.  The installation 
> instructions (page 45 of the Integrated xSeries Adapter 
> manual) refers 
> to a step 6.  To wit:
>
> "6. Provide 3.3v standby power for the card position by doing the 
> following:
>
> a. Locate J35 and install a jumper to connect the pins by 
> doing one of 
> the following.  For a 2-pin configuration, install a jumper 
> to connect 
> the two pins.  For a 3-pin configuration, move the jumper from the 
> default position to the enabled position by moving the jumper to the 
> uppermost 2 pins as viewed from the front of the server.
>
> b. Locate J40 and install a jumper to connect the two pins.  
> For a 2-pin 
> configuration, install a jumper to connect the two pins. For a 3-pin 
> configuration, move the jumper from the default position to 
> the enabled 
> position by moving the jumper to the rightmost 2 pins as 
> viewed from the 
> front of the server."
>
> The thought that occurred to me was "I need to jumper 
> something in order 
> to get power to the cards?" So I didn't complete that step.  These 
> failing bi-focaled eyes couldn't see those jumpers anyway.  
> Perhaps that 
> was my big mistake.
>
> Next step - Cabling. Man!  These guys are expensive because of the 
> cables needed to connect the xServer and System i together!  This is 
> where my newness in installing one of these things left me 
> uneasy.  The 
> cable between the RSA card and the 1519  was well labeled and easy to 
> install.  The SPCN cable went from the "little brick" SPCN adapter to 
> the UPS (via a "Y" Cable).  However, I got uneasy with the 
> HSL cables.  
> Having never dealt with HSL cabling, I was uncertain how to establish 
> the "loop". I connected one cable from the IXA to the System 
> i, and then 
> connected the other cable from the IXA to the System i.  
> There seemed to 
> be only one way to install these and the only thing I could have done 
> wrong was establish the "loop" incorrectly.  Would that be 
> important?  I 
> ran the first cable from the left-most connector on the IXA to the 
> topmost connector on the System i.  I ran the second cable using the 
> remaining connectors.  Seemed *fairly* straight forward.
>
> The problem is that I don't see the adapter when I use the WRKHDWRSC 
> *CMN command.  I see a 268C resource type but the manual says that it 
> should be a 2689 resource type.  I think the 268C is the 
> Linux partition 
> using virtual hardware.  But there is no 2689 resource listed.
>
> Where should I start checking?  The xServer DOES boot when I manually 
> turn it on.  I changed some BIOS settings as per the manual. 
> So I think 
> the issue is the System i "seeing" the IXA.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pete Helgren
>
>
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