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Installing 2 x 8 1.8-inch SSDs with 2 6 GB performance optimized HBA adapters
option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing 4 x 8 1.8-inch SSDs with 2 6 GB performance optimized HBA adapters
option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Memory mirrored channel
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Memory rank sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Installing a DIMM
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Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Installing a hot-swap dc power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Removing a dual-motor hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Installing a dual-motor hot-swap fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Installing an optional ServeRAID upgrade adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . 125
Installing a ServeRAID SAS controller battery on the remote battery tray . . . 127
Installing a USB hypervisor memory key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Removing a USB hypervisor memory key
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Installing the optional dual-port network adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Installing an optional DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Replacing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Connecting the external cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Updating the server configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . 142
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Setup and configuration overview
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Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 144
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using the integrated management module II
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Obtaining the IP address for the IMM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Logging on to the web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture . . . . . . 152
Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet software . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Enabling Features on Demand RAID software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
IBM Advanced Settings Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
The Update
Xpress System Pack Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 157
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
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