Table Of Contents - IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Installation And User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3650 M3 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Internal cable routing and connectors
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Storing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing an IBM Virtual Media Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD upgrade option . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD for 2 RAID kit with 2 M5015 adapters option
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SAS riser-card connectors and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PCI riser-card adapter connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
PCI riser-card assembly LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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