IBM 7163, Problem Determination And Service Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Guidelines for trained service technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Inspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
I/O board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
I/O board internal optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I/O board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I/O board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Microprocessor/memory-card connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Microprocessor/memory-card LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SAS-backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions . . . . . . . . . 13
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Update
Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing and using the baseboard management controller utility programs 20
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3. Parts listing, System x3755 Type 8877 and 7163 . . . . . . . 25
Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Product recovery CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing server components . . . . . . . . 37
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Returning a device or component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Removing and replacing consumable parts and Tier 1 CRUs . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing the adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the adapter retention bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the adapter retention bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing the hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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