Table Of Contents - IBM X3610 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 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System-board optional-device connectors
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the BIOS Setup Utility program
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
POST beep codes
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the LSI Logic RAID Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the LSI Logic MegaRAID Storage Manager program. . . . . . . . 33
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 42
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 44
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CD/DVD drive problems
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