IBM x3630 M4 Type 7158 Installation And User Manual

Also see for System x3630 M4: Product guide Manual

Contents

ContentsSafety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiChapter 1. The System x3630 M4 Type 7158 server . . . . . . . . . . . 1The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . 10IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Light path diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Instructions for IBM Business Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25How to send DSA data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28System-board DIMM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29System-board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31PCI riser-card adapter expansion slot connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 32Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Internal cable routing and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane cable connections . . . . . . . . . 38Removing the server top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Rotating the optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage up . . . . . . . . 46Removing the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Removing the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Removing an adapter from the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . 51Removing a ServeRAID adapter from the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . 53Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage . . . . . . . . . 56Installing an adapter on the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 61Installing a ServeRAID adapter on the PCI riser-card assembly . . . . . . . 64Installing a ServeRAID adapter battery on the remote battery tray . . . . . . 66Installing the hot-swap backplane on the optional rear hard disk drive cage 69Installing a system fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012 iii