Table Of Contents - IBM System x3455 Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the System x3455 Types 7984 and 7986 server . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing an air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a drive in the rear hard disk drive cage . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing a CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the baseboard management controller firmware update program . . . . 41
Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
POST beep codes
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing the rear hard disk drive cage assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing the rear hard disk drive cage assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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CD or DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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