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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. The System x3500 M2 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM 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 Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening the bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the left-side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening the bezel media door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Closing the power-supply cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing a DVD (optical) drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing a USB or SATA tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing a redundant power supply and fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power-supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SAS backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Independent channel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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