IBM x3650 - System M2 - 7947, Installation Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Online-spare memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the ServeRAID SAS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . 42
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 54
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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