Table Of Contents - IBM System x3500 Service Manual

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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Product recovery CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing the left-side cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing the left-side cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turning the stabilizing feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tier 1 CRU information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SAS backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Returning a device or component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Front fan cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear fan cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power-supply docking cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
USB cable assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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