IBM x3400 - System - 7975 User Manual

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ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vChapter 1. The System x3400 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Machine Types 7973 and 7974 features and specifications . . . . . . . . . 3Machine Types 7975 and 7976 features and specifications . . . . . . . . . 4What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18System-board switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20System-board option connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Removing the front fan cage assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Installing a CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Installing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Power and signal cables for internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Installing a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Installing the ServeRAID 8k-l adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing the ServeRAID-8k adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA Controller 60Installing an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . 65Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Replacing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Replacing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Connecting external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Installing the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73© Copyright IBM Corp. 2008 iii