Chapter 1. Introduction - IBM x3550 - System - 7978 Installation Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction

This Installation Guide contains instructions for setting up your IBM
Type 7978 server and basic instructions for installing some options. More detailed
instructions for installing options are in the IBM User's Guide on the IBM System x
Documentation CD, which comes with the server. This document contains
information about:
v Setting up and cabling the server
v Installing some options
v Identifying server controls, LEDs, and power
v Starting and configuring the server
v Solving problems
The System x3550 server supports one of the following hard disk drive
configurations:
v Servers with four hot-swap bays support 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI
v Servers with two hot-swap bays support 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or 3.5-inch
v Servers with two simple-swap bays support 3.5-inch simple swap SATA hard disk
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from
the IBM Web site. The server might have features that are not described in the
documentation that comes with the server, and the documentation might be updated
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(SAS) hard disk drives. You can install only 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives in
these servers.
The following illustration shows a System x3550 server with a 2.5-inch hard disk
drive configuration.
Rack release latch
2.5-inch hard disk drives
hot-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives. You can install only 3.5-inch
hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA drives in these servers.
drives. You can install only 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA drives in these servers.
The following illustration shows a System x3550 server with a hot-swap or
simple-swap 3.5-inch hard disk drive configuration.
Hard disk
drive activity
Hard disk
drive status
Rack release latch
Video connector
3.5 inch hard disk drives
USB 3 connector
USB 4 connector
Video connector
Hard disk drive
status LED
Hard disk drive
activity LED
USB 3 connector
USB 4 connector
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System x3550
Operator information
panel
Rack release latch
CD-RW/DVD eject button
CD-RW/DVD drive activity LED
Operator information panel
Rack release latch
CD-RW/DVD eject button
CD-RW/DVD drive activity LED
CD-RW/DVD drive
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