IBM 8647 - Eserver xSeries 225, Installation Manual

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Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of your server
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System-board option connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System-board internal connectors
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System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System-board error LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Removing and installing the support bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working with adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adapter considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling an optional SCSI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Internal drive bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preinstallation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a drive in bay 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power and signal cables for internal drives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SCSI IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a security rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cabling the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Updating your server configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
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Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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