Contents
Safety
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Chapter 1. The System x3400 M3 server
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The IBM Documentation CD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IBM Systems Director
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Update
Xpress
System Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front view
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Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power-supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
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Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SAS backplane connectors
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Operator information panel
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Installation guidelines
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Internal cable routing and connectors
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Tape drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
DVD drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Operator information panel cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hard disk drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the left-side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening the bezel media door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing the fan cage assembly
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Opening the power-supply cage
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Closing the power-supply cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing a USB or SATA tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive
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Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Independent channel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Memory-mirroring mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key . . . . . . . 85
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