ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiGuidelines for trained technicians . . . . . . xiiiInspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . xiiiGuidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . xivChapter 1. The IBM System x3530 M4Type 7160 server . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . 3Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 5Server features and specifications . . . . . . . 6What your server offers. . . . . . . . . . . 8Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . 12IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . 14Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Operator information panel . . . . . . . . 15Light path diagnostics panel. . . . . . . . 16Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Server power features . . . . . . . . . . 20Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . 21Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . 21Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 23Installing optional hardware devices in the server 24Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . 24How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . 24Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 25Server internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers 26System-board internal connectors . . . . . 26System-board external connectors . . . . . 26System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . 27System-board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . 28System-board optional device connectors . . 29PCI riser cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 30System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . 32Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 32Removing the server top cover . . . . . . . 33Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . 33Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . 34Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Installing hot-swap drives . . . . . . . 40IDs for hot-swap drives . . . . . . . . 41Installing 3.5-inch simple-swap drives . . . 41Installing an optional optical drive . . . . 42Installing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . 45Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . 46Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID SAS/SATAController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Installing an additional microprocessor and heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . 55Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . 56Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flashdevice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in theserver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Installing an optional 4x2.5-inch hot-swap drivebackplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Completing the installation . . . . . . . . 65Replacing the air baffle . . . . . . . . 66Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . 66Replacing the server top cover . . . . . . 67Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . 68Updating the server configuration . . . . . 69Chapter 3. Configuration informationand instructions. . . . . . . . . . . 71Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . 71Configuring UEFI compatible devices . . . . . 72Configuring the server. . . . . . . . . . . 72Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD 74ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . 74Setup and configuration overview . . . . . 75Typical operating-system installation . . . . 75Installing your operating system withoutusing ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 75Using the Setup utility. . . . . . . . . . 75Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . 76Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . 76Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . 82Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . 82The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . . 83Using the integrated management module II . . 83Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . 84Using the remote presence and blue-screencapture features . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Obtaining the IP address for the IMM . . . 86Logging on to the Web interface . . . . . 87Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utilityprogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . 87Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . 88Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program 89Starting the Human Interface Infrastructure(HII) Configuration Application . . . . . 89Creating RAID of hard disk drives(ServeRAID-C105 only) . . . . . . . . 89IBM Advanced Settings Utility program . . . . 91IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . 91Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) 92Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . . 95Chapter 4. Troubleshooting . . . . . . 99Start here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Diagnosing a problem . . . . . . . . . . 99© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012 iii
