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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3250 M4 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the server top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a ServeRAID adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PCI riser-card assembly connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Replacing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the server top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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