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Chapter 2. Installing options
This chapter provides basic instructions for installing hardware options in your
server. These instructions are intended for users who are experienced with setting
up IBM server hardware. If you need more detailed instructions, see the Option
Installation Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD.
Installation guidelines
Before you begin installing options in your server, read the following information:
v Read the safety information beginning on page vii and the guidelines in "Handling
v Make sure that you have an adequate number of properly grounded electrical
v Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.
v Have a small flat-blade screwdriver available.
v You do not need to turn off the server to install or replace hot-swap drives or
v Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component
v Orange on a component or orange label on or near a component indicates that
v When you need to access the inside of the server to install options, you might
v For a list of supported options for your server, go to
System reliability guidelines
To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that:
v Each of the drive bays has a drive or a filler panel and electromagnetic
v There is adequate space around the server to allow the server cooling system to
v You have followed the cabling instructions that come with optional adapters.
v You have replaced a failed fan within 48 hours.
v You have replaced a hot-swap drive within 2 minutes of its removal.
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static-sensitive devices" on page 14. This information will help you work safely
with your server and options.
outlets for your server, monitor, and other devices that you will connect to the
server.
hot-plug Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices.
to remove it from or install it in the server, open or close a latch, and so on.
the component can be hot-swapped, which means that if the server and
operating system support hot-swap capability, you can remove or install the
component while the server is running. (Orange can also indicate touch points on
hot-swap components.) See the instructions for removing and installing a specific
hot-swap component for any additional procedures that you might have to
perform before you remove or install the component.
find it easier to lay the server on its side.
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.
compatibility (EMC) shield installed in it.
work properly. Leave approximately 50 mm (2 in.) of open space around the front
and rear of the server. Do not place objects in front of the fans. For proper
cooling and airflow, replace the server cover before turning on the server.
Operating the server for extended periods of time (more than 30 minutes) with
the server cover removed might damage server components.
When installing the server in a rack, make sure that space is available around
the server to enable the server cooling system to work properly. See the
documentation that comes with the rack for additional information.
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