IBM System x3250 User Manual

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Contents

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3250 Types 4364 and 4365 server . . . . . . . . 1Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The UpdateXpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 24Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Installing a new CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installing a SATA RAID kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 36ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 37Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Starting the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 43Configuring the controller and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44© Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 iii