IBM 7979B1U, User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3650 Type 7979 server . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Update Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PCI riser-card adapter connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power-backplane-board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System-board internal cable connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Riser-card assembly LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing the microprocessor air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the microprocessor air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the ServeRAID SAS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing a SATA tape drive in a 3.5-inch model server . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing a SATA tape drive in a 2.5-inch model server . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing a SCSI tape drive in a 3.5-inch model server . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing a SCSI tape drive in a 2.5-inch model server . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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