Chapter 1. The Lenovo System X3750 M4 Type 8753 Server - Lenovo System x3750 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 1. The Lenovo System x3750 M4 Type 8753 server

The Lenovo® System x3750 M4 Type 8753 server is a 2U-high rack model, four-socket server for
virtualization, database, and computational intensive computing. It is the next generation enterprise server
based on the Intel Xeon™ EP 4S E5-4600 V2 technology. This high-performance server is ideally suited for
enterprise environments that require superior input/output (I/O) flexibility and high manageability.
This Installation and Service Guide contains information and instructions for setting up your Lenovo System
x3750 M4 Type 8753 server, instructions for installing some optional devices, cabling and configuring the
server, removing and replacing devices, and diagnostics and troubleshooting information.
Note: This documentation includes references to IBM® web sites, products, and information about obtaining
service. IBM is Lenovo's preferred service provider for the System x products.
In addition to the instructions in Chapter 2 "Installing optional devices" on page 25 for installing optional
hardware devices, updating firmware and device drivers, and completing the installation, Business Partners
must also complete the steps in "Instructions for Business Partners" on page 25.
Performance, ease of use, reliability, and expansion capabilities were key considerations in the design of
the server. These design features make it possible for you to customize the system hardware to meet your
needs today and provide flexible expansion capabilities for the future.
The server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms of the warranty and getting service
and assistance, see the Lenovo Warranty document that comes with the server.
The server contains next generation technologies, which help increase performance and reliability. For more
information, see "What your server offers" on page 11 and "Reliability, availability, and serviceability"
on page 17.
You can obtain up-to-date information about the server and other Lenovo server products at
http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/. At http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/, you can create a
personalized support page by identifying Lenovo products that are of interest to you. From this personalized
page, you can subscribe to weekly email notifications about new technical documents, search for information
and downloads, and access various administrative services.
If you participate in the client reference program, you can share information about your use of technology,
best practices, and innovative solutions; build a professional network; and gain visibility for your business.
For more information about the client reference program, see http://www.ibm.com/ibm/clientreference/.
The server supports up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives or thirty-two 1.8-inch hot-swap drives, or a
combination of both 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch drives, using the supported drive backplane configurations. It
supports 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap SATA
solid state drives, or 1.8-inch hot-swap SATA solid state drives. See "Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane
configurations" on page 57 for a complete list of the supported configurations. The illustrations in this
document might differ slightly from your hardware.
The following illustration shows the front of the server.
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