IBM 7945G2U Installation And User Manual

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Contents

IBM 7945G2U Installation And User Manual Manual pdf 5 page image

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3650 M3 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . 11IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34SAS riser-card connectors and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35PCI riser-card adapter connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36PCI riser-card assembly LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Removing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Installing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Installing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Installing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Installing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Storing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Installing a PCI adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Removing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an IBM Virtual Media Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD upgrade option . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD for 2 RAID kit with 2 M5015 adapters option 79© Copyright IBM Corp. 2011 iii