Upgrading and Repairing Servers

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Baby-AT form factor motherboards

backplane systems

     active

     blade servers

     passive

     PICMG

backplanes

backups

     Automated System Recovery (ASR) 2nd

     backup servers

         restoring using Automated System Recovery (ASR)

         restoring using disaster recovery

         restoring without disaster recovery or ASR

     CMOS RAM setup

     differential

     disaster recovery

     disk-to-disk (D2D)

     DVD Rewritable/Recordable drives

     file restoration

     Firestreamer-RM program

     full

     GFS backup method (grandfather, father, son)

     incremental

     Iomega REV

     open file

     SANs

         cold backups

         disk hardware

         Exabyte LTO-2 Magnum 1X7 Autoloader

         hot backups

         implementation of

         LAN free backup option

         server free backup option

         servers

         software

         tape technologies

         vaulting

     software

         BrightStor ARCserve Backup

         Enhanced SBackup (NetWare)

         Lone-TAR

         NovaNet

         NTBackup for Windows Server 2003

         product compatibility

         Retrospect

         SBackup (NetWare)

         Symantec LiveState Recovery

         Tape Copy

         tar utility (Linux)

         Veritas Backup Exec

     strategies

     success guidelines

     tape drives

         alternatives to

         DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

         DDS (Digital Data Storage)

         DLT (Digital Linear Tape) 2nd

         driver upgrades

         enterprise units

         firmware updates

         hardware upgrades

         SDLT (Super DLT) 2nd

         summary of standards

         tape autoloaders

         tape libraries

         tape retensioning

         Travan

         troubleshooting

         UltraBac website resources

         Ultrium 2nd 3rd

     troubleshooting

     UPSs

     vendors 2nd

     verification of

backward compatibility

     ATA (AT Attachment)

     Itanium processors

     SATA (Serial ATA)

     SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

bad blocks, troubleshooting

balance (server construction)

balanced signaling 2nd

Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) motherboards

bandwidth (buses)

     Accelerated Graphics Port versions

     ATA/IDE ports

     chipset interconnects

     DDR SDRAM speeds 2nd

     DDR2 SDRAM speeds 2nd

     DRAM speeds

     EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)

     floppy drive interfaces

     IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports

     ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)

     JVM switches

     Legacy PC/XT/AT designs

     legacy ports

     Micro Channel Architecture

     PCI-based

     Processor FSB speeds

     Rambus DirectRAM speeds

     RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)

     SATA ports

     SCSI ports

     SDRAM speeds 2nd

     server construction

     USB ports

banks (memory) 2nd

Barracuda Networks

Base I/O Address setting (BIOS Peripheral Configuration menu)

baseline performance data

     availability measurements

     benchmarks

     cache buffer utilization information

     consumption measurements

     CPU utilization information

     data point collection

     efficiency measurements

     file reads/writes information

     process maps

     speed measurements

     throughput measurements

     volume utilization information

BASP (Broadcom Advanced Server Program)

batteries

     connectors

     UPSs

         non-charging problems

         purchasing criteria

         server shutdown settings

     vendors 2nd

beep error codes (POST)

     AMI BIOS

     Award BIOS/Phoenix FirstBIOS

     IBM BIOS

     Phoenix BIOS

         Phoenix BIOS 5.x and earlier

         Phoenix BIOS 6.x and later

Belarc Advisor

Belden CDT Electronics

Belkin Bulldog Security Kit

Bell Labs Dataphone

benchmarks

     logs, creating

     Mindcraft benchmarks

     SPEC

     storing

     TPC

     uses of

BenQ Corp

Berkshire Products

Berners-Lee, Tim

bi-endian processors

big-endian processors

BigAdmin System Administration Portal

binary multiples, prefixes for

BioBrew Linux

BIOS (basic input/output system)

     Advanced Server Management Interface (ASMI)

     bootstrap loader

     CMOS RAM setup

         accessing

         additional setup features

         Advanced menu

         ATA Configuration menu

         backing up

         Boot Device Priority menu

         Boot menu

         Console Redirection menu

         ECC memory settings

         Event Log menu

         Exit menu

         main menu

         Maintenance menu

         PCI Configuration menu

         Peripheral Configuration menu

         Power Management menu

         Processor and Hammer Configuration menu

         saving

         Security menu

         summary of menus

     compared to RAM (random access memory)

     drive capacity limitations

     drivers

     EEPROM (electronically erasable programmable ROM) 2nd

     error messages

     flash ROM 2nd

     host adapter BIOS

     Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IMPI)

     IPL (Initial Program Load) ROM

     logical memory layout

     manufacturers

     memory conflicts

     motherboard BIOS

     NIC Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

     PnP (Plug and Play)

         ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

         device IDs

         initializing

     POST (power on self test)

         audio error codes

         onscreen messages 2nd

     processor updates

     RAID

     ROM hardware

     ROM shadowing 2nd

     SATA (Serial ATA) setup

     SCSI adaptor

     server updates

     Setup program

         accessing

         additional setup features

         Advanced menu

         ATA Configuration menu

         Boot Device Priority menu

         Boot menu

         Boot Up Floppy Seek feature

         Console Redirection menu

         CPU Clock Multiplier feature

         CPU Frequency feature

         CPU Vcore Setting feature

         ECC memory settings

         Event Log menu

         Exit menu

         main menu

         Maintenance menu

         Operating Frequency feature

         PCI Configuration menu

         Peripheral Configuration menu

         power Management menu

         Processor and Hammer Configuration menu

         PS/2 Mouse Function Control feature

         Quick Power On Self Test feature

         ROM Shadowing feature

         Security menu

         summary of menus

         Swap Floppy Drive feature

         Virus Warning feature

     SMART Hard Disk Monitoring

     System Management Bus (SMBus)

     The BIOS Companion

     updates

     upgrading

         CMOS RAM backups

         flash ROM recovery

         flash ROM upgrades

         obtaining updates

         prerequisites

         typical upgrade features

         version information

     vendors

     versions, identifying 2nd

     Video

BIOS RAM checksum error System halted (error message)

bits

     bit-level ECC (error correction codes)

     bit-level striping with parity

     bit-level striping with redundancy

     parity bits

Bitstream, Inc.

Black Box Network Services 2nd

blade servers 2nd

     6U Cubix BladeStation blade servers

     backplane systems

     compared to rack-mountable servers

     cooling requirements

     development of

     KVM switches

         cable management

         ordering

     PowerEdge 1850 blade servers

     PowerEdge 1855 blade servers

     ProLiant BL35p blade servers

     Sun 2nd

Blade Systems Alliance

block address mapping

block aggregation

Block Mode PIO (Programmed I/O)

block storage layer (SNIA model)

block-level devices (SANs)

block-level synchronized striping with parity

block-oriented devices (SANs)

blocked data

     with distributed parity

     with double distributed parity

     with parity

blue screen of death (BSOD)

Blue-ray Disk Association

BNC connectors

Boot Device Priority menu (BIOS Setup)

Boot menu (BIOS Setup)

boot process

     BIOS Boot menu

     operating system independent

     quiet boots

     troubleshooting 2nd

Boot Up Floppy Seek setting (BIOS Setup)

bootstrap loader

bootstrap troubleshooting approach

Borland Software

Bose Corp.

bottlenecks

branch prediction

breakout boxes

breathing systems (server rooms)

Breece Hill

bridges

BrightStor ARCserve Backup

broadcast storms

Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP)

Broadcom ServerWorks chipsets

     Intel South Bridge

     Pentium 4 Xeon

     Pentium III Xeon

     Pentium Pro

Brocade SilkWorm

brownouts

BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) motherboards 2nd

budget phase (project phasing)

Buerg Software

buffer credits

buffer-to-buffer

bugs

building servers

     balanced systems

     cooling systems

     core components, installing

     cost

     CPUs

     failover

     fans

     floppy drives

     form factors

     front panel connections

     goal of

     HD LEDs

     heat sinks

     high-performance network interfaces

     high-performance/high-capacity storage

     hot-swappable components

     I/O bandwidth

     management features

     memory

     motherboards

     operating system

     optical drives

     PCI boards

     PCI-Express boards

     PCI-x boards

     peripherals

     power connections

     power LEDs

     power supplies

     purpose, determining

     RAID

     redundant components

     remaining components, installing

     required components

     restart connections

     SMP support

     speakers

     USB storage devices

     video cards

buses

     AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

     arbitrated buses

     ATA (AT Attachment)

     bandwidth

         Accelerated Graphics Port versions

         ATA/IDE ports

         chipset interconnects

         DDR SDRAM speeds 2nd

         DDR2 SDRAM speeds 2nd

         DRAM speeds

         EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)

         floppy drive interfaces

         IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports

         ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)

         JVM switches

         Legacy PC/XT/AT designs

         legacy ports

         Micro Channel Architecture

         PCI-based

         Processor FSB speeds

         Rambus DirectRAM speeds

         RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)

         SATA ports

         SCSI ports

         SDRAM speeds 2nd

         server construction

         USB ports

     bus masters

     bus snooping

     DIB (dual independent bus) architecture

     DMA (Direct Memory Access) channels

     EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture)

     external

     I/O port addresses

         bus-based device port addresses

         chipset-based device port addresses

         motherboard-based device port addresses

     internal

     IRQs (interrupt request channels)

         16-bit ISA/EISA/MCA bus interrupts

         APIC interrupts

         edge-triggered interrupt sensing

         Linux interrupts

         maskable interrupts

         PCI interrupts

     ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)

     memory buses

     memory-addressing capabilities

     PCI (Peripheral Connect Interface)

         board configurations

         interrupts

         PCI-Express

         specifications

     processor buses 2nd

         address buses

         external data buses

         internal data buses

     SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

         advantages and limitations

         cables 2nd 3rd

         cables and connectors

         compared to ATA (AT Attachment)

         data transfer rates

         drive configuration

         embedded SCSI

         expanders

         forward/backward compatibility

         host adapters

         IDs

         pinouts

         PnP (Plug and Play)

         RAID arrays

         recommendations

         SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)

         signaling 2nd

         SIP (SCSI Interlock Protocol)

         standards 2nd

         synchronous negotiation

         terminators 2nd

         troubleshooting

     slaves

     topology

     USB (universal serial bus)

         connectors

         functions

         hubs

         PnP (Plug and Play)

         self-identifying peripherals

         speed

         support for

         troubleshooting

         USB 2.0

     widths

Business Continuance Volumes (BCVs)

Business Objects

busmaster ATA (AT Attachment)

busmaster DMA (direct memory access)

buying tips

     RAM (random access memory)

     SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)

     servers

     UPSs

         AC connectors

         APC UPS Selector

         batteries

         runtimes

         server capacity and purpose

     voltages

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