IBM x3550 - System - 7978, Problem Determination And Service Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Guidelines for trained service technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Inspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server controls, LEDs, and connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Light path diagnostics panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Power backplane card internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board option connectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions . . . . . . . . . 19
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA RAID
. . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring simple-swap SATA RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Updating the UUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 3. Parts listing, Type 7978 and 1913 server . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Product recovery CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing server components . . . . . . . . 39
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Returning a device or component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the cover
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing an adapter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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