IBM System x3250 M3 Type 4251 Installation And User Manual

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3250 M3 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . 35Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Replacing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2 . . . . . . . 44Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . 46Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller 49Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . . 53Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Replacing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Replacing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010 iii