Table Of Contents - IBM System x3610 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Guidelines for trained service technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Internal connectors, LEDs, and switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions . . . . . . . . . 15
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3. Parts listing, Type 7942 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing server components . . . . . . . . 43
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs
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Inspecting for unsafe conditions
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Server power features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System-board optional-device connectors
System-board internal cable connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System-board switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hard disk drive backplane LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the BIOS Setup Utility program
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Returning a device or component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing a memory module (DIMM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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