IBM System x3250 Installation Manual

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

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM System x Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Major components of the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 11Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37CD or DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Microprocessor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Monitor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41© Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 iii