IBM 71455RU Installation And User Manual

Contents

Installing a solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing a QPI wrap card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an internal removable flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Installing a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Installing hardware devices in the MAX5 expansion module . . . . . . . . 72MAX5 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Removing the MAX5 bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Removing the MAX5 system-board tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Installing a MAX5 memory module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Installing a MAX5 hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Completing the MAX5 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Setup utility menu choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 93ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 94Using the integrated management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Obtaining the IP address for the Web interface access . . . . . . . . . . 97Logging on to the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture features . . . . . . . . 98Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 98Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . 98Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99IBM Advanced Settings Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 101Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . 101Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Particulate contamination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105German Ordinance for Work gloss statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Documentation format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106iv IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 Types 7145 and 7146: Installation and User’s Guide