IBM System x3500 Installation And User Manual

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DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Memory mirrored channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Memory rank sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Installing a PCI-X bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter memory module . . . . . . . . . 90Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server . . . . . . . . . . 91Installing the microprocessor 2 expansion board . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . . 109Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Replacing the fan cage assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Replacing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Replacing the left-side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Updating the server configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 118ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Setup and configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 120Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Using the Integrated Management Module II . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Obtaining the IP address for the IMM2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Logging on to the web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture . . . . . . 128Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet software . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Enabling Features on Demand RAID software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131IBM Advanced Settings Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 133Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . 134How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 134Creating a personalized support web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137iv IBM System x3500 M4 Type 7383: Installation and User’s Guide