IBM System x3755 M3 7164 Installation And User Manual

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Contents

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3755 M3 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22System-board DIMM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27PCI riser-card adapter connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28A single-power-supply server operating at 100 V or 240 V ac . . . . . . . 29System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane cable connections . . . . . . . . . 31Simple-swap hard disk drive backplate cable connections . . . . . . . . 32DVD drive cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Front USB assembly cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Power-supply distribution board cable connections . . . . . . . . . . . 36Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Removing the top-cover fan door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Removing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Installing a PCI adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Installing a ServeRAID controller battery on the remote battery tray . . . . . 45Installing an optional ServeRAID controller advanced feature key . . . . . . 50Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing an optional DVD drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an optional tape drive enablement kit and tape drive . . . . . . . 57Installing an internal flash memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012 iii