Table Of Contents - IBM System x3250 M3 Type 4251 Installation And User Manual

Contents
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Chapter 1. The System x3250 M3 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2 . . . . . . . 44
Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . 46
Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller
Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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