IBM 79463AU Installation And User Manual

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Contents

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3550 M2 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27System pulse LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing an optional CD/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Replacing a PCI Express assembly with a PCI-X assembly . . . . . . . . 66Replacing a PCI-X assembly with a PCI Express assembly . . . . . . . . 67Replacing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . . . . 68Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . 71Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . . 80Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server . . . . . . . . . . 81© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010 iii