IBM System x3690 X5 Installation And User Manual

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3690 X5 Types7147, 7148, 7149, and 7192 server . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . 3Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . 4Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 5Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 6Server features and specifications . . . . . . . 7What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . 10Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . 15IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . 16Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . 17Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Operator information panel . . . . . . . . 18Light path diagnostics panel. . . . . . . . 19Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Server power features . . . . . . . . . . 23Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . 23Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . 24IBM MAX5 for System x memory expansion module 25MAX5 features and specifications . . . . . . 26What the MAX5 offers. . . . . . . . . . 28MAX5 reliability, availability, and serviceabilityfeatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28MAX5 indicators, LEDs, and power . . . . . 29Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Turning the MAX5 on and off . . . . . . . 31Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 33Installing hardware devices in the server . . . . 34Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . 34Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 34System-board internal connectors . . . . . 36System-board external connectors . . . . . 37System-board switches and jumpers . . . . 38System-board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . 40System-board optional device connectors . . 41Optional 16-DIMM memory tray . . . . . . 41PCI riser card with three slots . . . . . . . 42PCI riser card with two slots . . . . . . . 43PCI riser card with one slot . . . . . . . . 43Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 44System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . 45Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 46Removing the server top cover . . . . . . . 46Removing the memory tray . . . . . . . . 47Removing the DIMM air baffle . . . . . . . 48Removing the microprocessor air baffle . . . . 49Removing the fan cage assembly . . . . . . 50Installing a memory module. . . . . . . . 51Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Installing 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swapdrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59IDs for hot-swap drives . . . . . . . . 61Supported SAS/SATA drive backplaneconfigurations . . . . . . . . . . . 62Installing an optional CD/DVD drive . . . 67Installing a PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . 69Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . 70Installing an IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATAController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID M5015SAS/SATA Controller . . . . . . . . . . 76Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID B5015 SSDController . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Installing an optional IBM 4x4 Drive BackplaneServeRAID Expansion adapter . . . . . . . 82Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink 85Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . 91Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . 92Installing the optional power interposer cardassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flashdevice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in theserver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Installing the optional simple-swap SATA driveand backplate assembly . . . . . . . . . 101Installing the 8x1.8-inch hot-swap drivebackplane assembly . . . . . . . . . . 103Installing the 8x2.5-inch hot-swap drivebackplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Installing the 4x2.5-inch hot-swap drivebackplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Completing the installation . . . . . . . . 112Replacing the DIMM air baffle. . . . . . 112Replacing the microprocessor air baffle . . . 113Replacing the memory tray . . . . . . . 113Replacing the fan cage assembly . . . . . 114Replacing the server top cover. . . . . . 115Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . 116Updating the server configuration . . . . 117Installing hardware devices in the MAX5expansion module . . . . . . . . . . . . 117MAX5 components . . . . . . . . . . 117Removing the MAX5 bezel . . . . . . . . 118Removing the MAX5 system-board tray . . . 119Installing a MAX5 memory module . . . . . 120Installing a MAX5 hot-swap power supply . . 125Completing the MAX5 installation . . . . . 127Replacing the MAX5 system-board tray . . 127Replacing the MAX5 bezel . . . . . . . 128Connecting the MAX5 cables . . . . . . 128Updating the MAX5 configuration . . . . 129Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . 131© Copyright IBM Corp. 2011 iii