IBM System x3755 M3 7164 Installation And User Manual

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Contents

Memory modules (DIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Thermal grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Installing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Installing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Installing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Installing the top-cover fan door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Starting the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Setup utility menu choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 81ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 83Using the integrated baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . 83Obtaining the IP address for web interface access . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Logging on to the web interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture features . . . . . . . . 85Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 85Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . 85Configuring RAID arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Using the IBM Advanced Settings Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 89Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 90How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 90Creating a personalized support web page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95German Ordinance for Work gloss statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Documentation format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Telecommunication regulatory statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement . . . . . . . . . 98Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement . . . . . . . . 98Avis de conformité à la réglementation d'Industrie Canada . . . . . . . . 98iv IBM System x3755 M3 Type 7164: Installation and User’s Guide