Table Of Contents - IBM System x3755 Types 7163 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
Chapter 2. Installing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a microprocessor/memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power. . . . . . . . 23
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Installing and using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . 30
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
POST beep codes
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working inside the server with the power on
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing a ServeRAID-8k SAS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . 31
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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CD or DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Intermittent problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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