ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiGuidelines for trained service technicians . . . . ixInspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . ixGuidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . xSafety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . xiChapter 1. The IBM System x3550 M4server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . 4Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 4Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . 4Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 5Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 6Server features and specifications . . . . . . . 6What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . 10Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . 13IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . 14Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . 15Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Operator information panel . . . . . . . . 17Light path diagnostics panel. . . . . . . . 18Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Server power features . . . . . . . . . . 22Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . 22Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . 23Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 25Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . 26How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . . 26Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . 26System-board internal connectors . . . . . . 28System-board external connectors . . . . . . 28System-board switches, jumpers, and buttons . . 29System-board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . 32System-board optional-device connectors . . . 32Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 33System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 35Working inside the server with the power on . . 35Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 36Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 36Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . 37Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Drive IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive IDs . . . 393.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive IDs . . . 392.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive IDs . . 403.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive IDs . . 40Installing hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . 40Installing simple-swap hard disk drives . . . . 41Installing an optional DVD drive . . . . . . 43Installing an optional DVD drive cable . . . . 47Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . . 49DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . 52Memory mirrored channel . . . . . . . . 53Memory rank sparing . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . 55Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller . . . 59Installing the ServeRAID adapter memory module 64Installing a RAID adapter battery or flash powermodule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Installing the dual-port network adapter. . . . . 68Installing a power supply . . . . . . . . . 71Installing a hot-swap ac power supply . . . . 72Installing a hot-swap dc power supply . . . . 75Installing a hot-swap dc power supply . . . 79Installing a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . 81Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device 83Installing an additional microprocessor and heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option . . . . 93Installing the operator information panel assembly 94Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 96Replacing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . 96Replacing the cover. . . . . . . . . . . 97Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 98Updating the server configuration . . . . . . 99Chapter 3. Configuring . . . . . . . 101Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . 101Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . 102Using the ServerGuide Setup and InstallationCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . 105Setup and configuration overview . . . . 105Typical operating-system installation . . . 106Installing your operating system withoutusing ServerGuide. . . . . . . . . . 106Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . 106Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . 107Setup utility menu choices . . . . . . . 107Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 111Using the Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . 113Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . 113The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . 114Using the integrated management module. . . 114Using the remote presence and blue-screencapture features . . . . . . . . . . . 115Obtaining the IMM host name. . . . . . 116Obtaining the IP address for the IMM . . . 116Logging on to the web interface . . . . . 117Using the embedded hypervisor . . . . . . 118Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . . 119Enabling Features on Demand Ethernet software 119Enabling Features on Demand RAID software 119Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . 119IBM Advanced Settings Utility program . . . 120Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . 120Installing a newer version . . . . . . . 121© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012, 2013 iii
