IBM System x3550 M3 Type 4254 Installation And User Manual

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IBM System x3550 M3 Type 4254 Installation And User Manual Manual pdf 5 page image

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3550 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25System pulse LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43System-board optional device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Online-spare memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Replacing a PCI Express assembly with a PCI-X assembly . . . . . . . . 72Replacing a PCI-X assembly with a PCI Express assembly . . . . . . . . 73Removing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller from the SAS/SATA RAID risercard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012 iii