IBM 71455RU, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 server . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Update
Xpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear view LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
IBM MAX5 for System x memory expansion module . . . . . . . . . . . 18
MAX5 features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What the MAX5 offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
MAX5 reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . 22
MAX5 indicators, LEDs, and power
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Turning the MAX5 on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Memory-card DIMM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Memory-card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SAS-backplane connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
eXFlash backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Microprocessor-board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Microprocessor-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
I/O-board connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I/O-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I/O-board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A single-power-supply server operating at 208 V ac . . . . . . . . . . 34
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the top-cover bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing the top-cover bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing a PCI Express adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing a ServeRAID adapter for use with eXFlash drives . . . . . . . . 43
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a DVD (optical) drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a 2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing an eXFlash 1.8-inch drive cage and backplane
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