Table Of Contents - IBM 71412RU User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. The System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 server . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The UpdateXpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a ServeRAID-MR10k SAS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a hot-swap power supply
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing a DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing an internal removable flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a microprocessor
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Memory-card DIMM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Memory-card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Microprocessor-board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Microprocessor-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Microprocessor-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
I/O-board connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I/O-board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I/O-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SAS-backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Limitations in a single-power-supply server operating at 110 V ac installation
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Active Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adding and replacing a memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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