IBM iDataPlex dx360 M4, User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Update
Xpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Components, features, and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System-board tray components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System-board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Flexible chassis features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hardware configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operator panel controls, connectors, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . 18
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-board tray power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installation guidelines
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System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing a system-board tray from a 2U chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the system-board tray cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the dual-port network adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reinstalling the system-board tray cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reinstalling a system-board tray in a 2U chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
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Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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