IBM System x3250 4364 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Also see for System x3250 4364: Installation guide User guide Problem determination and service guide

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiGuidelines for trained service technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiiInspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiiGuidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiiSafety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xChapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Server controls, LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions . . . . . . . . . 11Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 11Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 12Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chapter 3. Parts listing, Type 4364, 4365, or 4366 server . . . . . . . . 15Replaceable server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Product recovery CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Chapter 4. Removing and replacing server components . . . . . . . . 25Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Returning a device or component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Removing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . 33Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine. . . . . . . . . . . 33Hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Removing a CD or CD/DVD combination drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Installing a CD or CD/DVD combination drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Removing a memory module (DIMM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Installing a memory module (DIMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Removing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41© Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 iii