IBM x3350 - System - 4192 User Manual

Also see for System x3350 Type 4192: Installation guide

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3350 Types 4192 and 4193 server . . . . . . . . 1Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7The UpdateXpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Installing a Y power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installing an optional ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA controller (hot-swap models) 29Installing a memory module (DIMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Installing an optional SATA RAID kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Installing a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Replacing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 49ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 51© Copyright IBM Corp. 2008 iii