IBM 88743RU - System x3950 E User Manual

Also see for System x3950: Configuration and options guide Specifications Problem determination and service guide Installation guide

Contents

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3950 and System x3950 E server . . . . . . . . 1Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The UpdateXpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15I/O board internal connectors and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Memory-card connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Memory-card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Microprocessor-board connectors and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18PCI-X board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19PCI-X board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19SAS-backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Active Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Adding and replacing a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Microprocessor installation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49SMP Expansion cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 63ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65© Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 iii