The Ibm Documentation Cd; Hardware And Software Requirements - IBM System x3550 M3 Type 4254 Installation And User Manual

The model number and serial number are on the ID label on the front of the
server, as shown in the following illustration.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Figure 3. ID label
You can download an IBM ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to help you
configure the hardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system.
For a list of supported optional devices for the server, see http://www.ibm.com/
systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/.
See the Rack Installation Instructions document on the IBM System x Documentation
CD for complete rack installation and removal instructions.

The IBM Documentation CD

The IBM Documentation CD contains documentation for the server in Portable
Document Format (PDF) and includes the IBM Documentation Browser to help
you find information quickly.

Hardware and software requirements

The IBM Documentation CD requires the following minimum hardware and
software:
v Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Red Hat Linux
v 100 MHz microprocessor
v 32 MB of RAM
v Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operating
Model number
Serial number
ID label
systems
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Chapter 1. The IBM System x3550 M3 server
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