IBM Redbooks x3850 X5, Installation And User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and
x3950 X5 server . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM 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. . . . . . . . . . 5
What your server offers. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . 10
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Update Xpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI) . . 12
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . 12
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . 18
IBM MAX5 for System x memory expansion module 20
Memory expansion module features and
specifications .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 22
What the memory expansion module offers . . 23
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
of the memory expansion module .
. . . . . 24
LEDs and connectors on the memory expansion
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning on the memory expansion module . . . 26
Turning off the memory expansion module . . . 27
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 29
Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . 29
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory-card DIMM connectors . . . . . . 31
Memory-card LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . 32
SAS-backplane connectors . . . . . . . . 33
eXFlash backplane connectors . . . . . . . 33
Microprocessor-board connectors . . . . . . 34
Microprocessor-board LEDs . . . . . . . . 35
I/O-board connectors . . . . . . . . . . 36
I/O-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . 37
I/O-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 38
A single-power-supply server operating at 208 V
ac
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 39
Working inside the server with the power on . . 40
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 40
Internal cable routing and connectors. . . . . . 42
Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 44
Removing the top-cover bracket . . . . . . . 44
Installing the top-cover bracket . . . . . . . . 46
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a PCI Express adapter . . . . . . . 47
Installing a ServeRAID adapter for use with eXFlash
drives .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . 52
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . 53
Installing a DVD (optical) drive . . . . . . . 55
Installing a 2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane . . 55
Installing an eXFlash 1.8-inch drive cage and
backplane .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a 1.8-inch solid state drive . . . . . . 61
Installing a QPI wrap card . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing an internal removable flash drive. . . . 63
Memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing a memory card . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . 73
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 79
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . 80
Installing hardware devices in the memory
expansion module .
. . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory expansion module components . . . . 81
Removing the memory expansion module bezel 81
Removing the memory expansion module
system-board tray .
. . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing DIMMs in the memory expansion
module .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing a memory expansion module hot-swap
power supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Completing the memory expansion module
installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . 95
Using the Setup utility. . . . . . . . . . . 96
Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . 96
Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . . 96
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . 102
Starting the backup UEFI firmware . . . . . . 102
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD 102
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . 103
Typical operating-system installation . . . . 104
Installing your operating system without using
ServerGuide .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the integrated management module. . . . 104
Obtaining the IP address for the IMM web
interface access .
. . . . . . . . . . . 105
Logging on to the IMM web interface . . . . 106
Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture
features .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . 107
Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility
program .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
controller .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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