IBM System x3620 M3 7376 Installation And User Manual

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Contents

Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Online-spare memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Installing the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate . . . . . . . . . . . 70Installing a second microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Installing a USB hypervisor memory key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Installing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Installing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Connecting the external cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Setup utility menu choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 96ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 97Using the integrated management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Using the USB memory key for VMware hypervisor . . . . . . . . . . . 99Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture . . . . . . . 99Enabling the remote presence feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Obtaining the IP address for the Web interface access . . . . . . . . . 100Logging on to the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Enabling and configuring Serial over LAN (SOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 101UEFI update and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Starting the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 103Formatting a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Creating a mirrored pair of hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Configuring a ServeRAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Starting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM program . . . . . . 105IBM Advanced Settings Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 109Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . 109Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110iv System x3620 M3 Type 7376: Installation and User’s Guide