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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Guidelines for trained service technicians .

Inspecting for unsafe conditions

Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment .

Chapter 1. The IBM System x3850 X6

and x3950 X6 Types 3837 and 3839

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The IBM Documentation CD .

Hardware and software requirements .

Using the Documentation Browser .

Related documentation .

Notices and statements in this document .

Server features and specifications

What your server offers .

Reliability, availability, and serviceability

Server scalability

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FlexNode support .

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IBM Systems Director .

Server components .

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Front view of the server .

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Front operator panel .

LCD system information display panel .

DDR3 compute book .

Rear view of the server .

Standard I/O book .

Half-length I/O book .

Full-length I/O book .

Power supplies .

Jumpers, switches, and buttons on standard I/O

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Server power features .

Turning on the server .

Turning off the server .

IBM x3950 X6 4-socket to 8-socket upgrade kit.

Chapter 2. Installing optional devices

Instructions for IBM Business Partners .

How to send DSA data to IBM .

Installation guidelines .

System reliability guidelines .

Handling static-sensitive devices .

Installing a memory module.

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Memory mirroring .

Memory rank sparing .

Independent memory mode .

Memory mirroring in independent memory

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Memory rank sparing in independent mode

Lockstep memory mode .

Memory mirroring in lockstep mode .

Memory rank sparing in lockstep mode .

DIMM installation instructions .

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Installing a DDR3 compute book .

Installing drives .

Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane

Backplane configuration for 4 drives .

Backplane configurations for 8 drives.

Backplane configuration for 12 drives

Backplane configuration for 16 drives

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Installing 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives

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Installing the half-length and full-length I/O books

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Installing the half-length I/O book

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Installing the full-length I/O book.

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Installing an adapter .

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Supported host bus adapters

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Supported RAID adapters

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Supported RAID cache cards

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Supported ML2 (Ethernet) adapters .

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Supported Features on Demand software

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Adapter installation instructions

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Installing the optional ServeRAID M5120

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SAS/SATA Controller .

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Installing the ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA

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Installing the N2215 SAS/SATA Host Bus

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Adapter for IBM System x .

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Installing an adapter in the full-length I/O book

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Installing a RAID cache card .

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Installing a RAID adapter flash power module in

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the storage book .

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Installing a RAID adapter flash power module in

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Installing power supplies .

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Installing a 750-watt -48 volt to -60 volt dc

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Installing a 1400-watt or 900-watt hot-swap

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Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device 114

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Installing the drive backplanes

Installing the 8x1.8-inch hot-swap drive

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backplane assembly .

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Installing the 4x2.5-inch hot-swap drive

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Completing the installation .

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Updating the server configuration

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Chapter 3. Configuration information

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and instructions . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Updating the firmware .

Configuring the server .

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Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation

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ServerGuide features .

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Setup and configuration overview .

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Typical operating-system installation

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