IBM 79463AU, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3550 M2 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Update
Xpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System pulse LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing an optional CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing a PCI Express assembly with a PCI-X assembly
. . . . . . . . 66
Replacing a PCI-X assembly with a PCI Express assembly . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . 71
Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
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Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server . . . . . . . . . . 81
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