IBM System x3620 M3 7376 Installation And User Manual

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3620 M3 Type 7376 server . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . 12IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23System-board DIMM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Fan board connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30PCI riser-card adapter connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34DVD drive cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Tape drive cable connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane cable connections . . . . . . . . . 37Simple-swap hard disk drive backplate cable connections . . . . . . . . 38Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Removing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Installing a ServeRAID adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Installing a ServeRAID adapter battery on the remote battery tray . . . . . . 47Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key . . . . . . . 51Installing an IBM Virtual Media Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an optional DVD drive cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing an optional tape drive cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62© Copyright IBM Corp. 2011 iii