IBM System x3500 Installation And User Manual

Also see for System x3500 M4: Product guide Product guide

Contents

IBM System x3500 Installation And User Manual Manual pdf 5 page image

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3500 M4 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Features 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21System pulse LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32System-board LEDs and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Hard disk drive backplane connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Power cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Operator information panel cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Light path diagnostics panel cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Tape drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43DVD drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Hard disk drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Fan cage power cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Left-side cover/power cut-off switch assembly cable connection . . . . . . 58Opening the bezel media door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Removing the left-side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Removing the fan cage assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing a simple-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Installing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Installing a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Installing a 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 73Installing a DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012 iii