IBM System x3550 M3 Type 4254 Installation And User Manual

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Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller on the SAS/SATA RAID riser card 75Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key . . . . . . . 78Installing an optional optical drive cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Installing a hot-swap fan assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Installing the optional two-port Ethernet adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device . . . . . . . . . . . 98Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server . . . . . . . . . . 99Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Replacing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103Replacing the microprocessor 2 air baffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Replacing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Connecting the cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Updating the server configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Chapter 3. Configuring the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 114ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Setup and configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Typical operating-system installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 116Using the integrated management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture . . . . . . . 119Enabling the remote presence feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Obtaining the IP address for the IMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Logging on to the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . 120Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Using LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Formatting a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123IBM Advanced Settings Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 125Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . 126How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 126Creating a personalized support web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127iv IBM System x3550 M3 Types 4254 and 7944: Installation and User’s Guide