IBM Redboks System x3550 M4, Installation And User Manual

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Installing the DVD drive cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing a hot-swap dc power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing a hot-swap fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the optional dual-port network adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
. . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server . . . . . . . . . . 99
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Updating the server configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . 106
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Setup and configuration overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 108
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using the integrated management module II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Obtaining the IP address for the IMM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Logging on to the web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture . . . . . . 117
Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet software . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Enabling Features on Demand RAID software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
IBM Advanced Settings Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
The Update
Xpress System Pack Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 123
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
. . . . . . . . . 124
How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Creating a personalized support web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Particulate contamination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Documentation format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
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