IBM System x3250 M3 Type 4251 manuals
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. The System x3250 M3 server
- The IBM System x Documentation CD
- Related documentation
- Notices and statements in this document
- Features and specifications
- What your server offers
- Reliability, availability, and serviceability
- IBM Systems Director
- The UpdateXpress System Packs
- Rear view
- Server power features
- Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
- Server components
- System-board internal connectors
- System-board external connectors
- System-board switches and jumpers
- System-board LEDs
- System-board optional-device connectors
- Installation guidelines
- System reliability guidelines
- Handling static-sensitive devices
- Installing a memory module
- Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs)
- Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
- Installing drives
- Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive
- Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
- Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
- Installing an adapter
- Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
- installing the virtual media key
- Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
- Replacing the cover
- Connecting the cables
- Chapter 3. Configuring the server
- Using the Setup utility
- Passwords
- Using the Boot Manager program
- Starting the backup server firmware
- ServerGuide features
- installing your operating system without using serverguide
- using the embedded hypervisor
- Enabling the remote presence feature
- Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
- Using the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Formatting a hard disk drive
- Updating IBM Systems Director
- Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
- Software service and support
- Appendix B. Notices
- Important notes
- Particulate contamination
- Electronic emission notices
- European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
- VCCI Class A statement
- People's Republic of China Class A electronic emission statement
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. The System x3250 M3 server
- The IBM System x Documentation CD
- Related documentation
- Notices and statements in this document
- Features and specifications
- What your server offers
- Reliability, availability, and serviceability
- IBM Systems Director
- The UpdateXpress System Packs
- Rear view
- Server power features
- Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
- Server components
- System-board internal connectors
- System-board external connectors
- System-board switches and jumpers
- System-board LEDs
- System-board optional-device connectors
- Installation guidelines
- System reliability guidelines
- Handling static-sensitive devices
- Installing a memory module
- Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs)
- Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
- Installing drives
- Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive
- Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
- Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
- Installing an adapter
- Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
- installing the virtual media key
- Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
- Replacing the cover
- Connecting the cables
- Chapter 3. Configuring the server
- Using the Setup utility
- Passwords
- Using the Boot Manager program
- Starting the backup server firmware
- ServerGuide features
- installing your operating system without using serverguide
- Enabling the remote presence feature
- Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
- Using the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Formatting a hard disk drive
- Updating IBM Systems Director
- Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
- Software service and support
- Appendix B. Notices
- Important notes
- Particulate contamination
- Electronic emission notices
- European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
- VCCI Class A statement
- People's Republic of China Class A electronic emission statement
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. The System x3250 M3 server
- The IBM System x Documentation CD
- Related documentation
- Notices and statements in this document
- Features and specifications
- What your server offers
- Reliability, availability, and serviceability
- IBM Systems Director
- The UpdateXpress System Packs
- Rear view
- Server power features
- Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
- System-board internal connectors
- System-board external connectors
- System-board switches and jumpers
- System-board LEDs
- System-board optional-device connectors
- Installation guidelines
- System reliability guidelines
- Handling static-sensitive devices
- Installing a memory module
- Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs)
- Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
- Installing drives
- Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive
- Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
- Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
- Installing an adapter
- Replacing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2
- Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
- Installing the optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller
- Installing the virtual media key
- Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
- Replacing the cover
- Connecting the cables
- Chapter 3. Configuring the server
- Using the Setup utility
- Passwords
- Using the Boot Manager program
- Starting the backup server firmware
- ServerGuide features
- Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
- Using the embedded hypervisor
- Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture
- Enabling the remote presence feature
- Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
- Using the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program
- Formatting a hard disk drive
- Updating IBM Systems Director
- Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
- Software service and support
- Appendix B. Notices
- Important notes
- Particulate contamination
- Electronic emission notices
- European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
- Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement
- Index
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- guidelines for trained service technicians
- safety statements
- Chapter 1. Start here
- Undocumented problems
- Chapter 2. Introduction
- Notices and statements in this document
- Features and specifications
- Server controls, LEDs, and power
- Rear view
- Server power features
- turning off the server
- Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers
- System-board external connectors
- System-board switches and jumpers
- System-board LEDs
- System-board optional device connectors
- Chapter 3. Diagnostics
- Event logs
- Clearing the event logs
- System-event log
- Checkout procedure
- Performing the checkout procedure
- Troubleshooting tables
- Hypervisor problems
- Intermittent problems
- Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems
- Memory problems
- Microprocessor problems
- Monitor or video problems
- Optional-device problems
- Optional DVD drive problems
- Power problems
- Serial-device problems
- ServerGuide problems
- Software problems
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) port problems
- Power-supply LEDs
- System pulse LEDs
- Diagnostic programs and messages
- Running the diagnostic programs
- Viewing the test log
- Recovering the server firmware
- Automated boot recovery (ABR)
- Solving Ethernet controller problems
- Problem determination tips
- Chapter 4. Parts listing, System x3250 M3 Types 4251, 4252, and 4261
- Power cords
- Chapter 5. Removing and replacing server components
- System reliability guidelines
- Working inside the server with the power on
- Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs
- Removing the bezel
- Installing the bezel
- Installing the DIMM air baffle
- Installing the riser-card assembly
- Removing the system battery
- Installing the battery
- Removing the PCI-X riser-card power cable
- Installing the PCI-X riser-card power cable
- Installing an adapter
- Hard disk drive
- Removing an optional DVD drive
- Installing an optional DVD drive
- Removing a memory module
- Installing a memory module
- Removing a fan
- Installing a fan
- Removing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
- Installing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
- Removing an optional IBM ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA Controller
- Removing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
- Removing the virtual media key
- Removing and replacing Tier 2 CRUs
- Installing the DVD cable
- Removing the operator information panel assembly
- Removing the backplane or back plate (3.5-inch drives)
- Installing the backplane or back plate (3.5-inch drives)
- Removing the SAS backplane (2.5-inch drives)
- Removing a drive cage
- Installing a drive cage
- Removing the power supply
- Installing the power supply
- Removing and replacing FRUs
- Installing an IBM ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2
- Microprocessor
- installing the microprocessor
- thermal grease
- Removing the system board
- Installing the system board
- Chapter 6. Configuration information and instructions
- Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
- Using the Setup utility
- Using the Boot Manager program
- Starting the backup server firmware
- Using the embedded hypervisor
- Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture
- Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
- Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller
- Using the LSI Configuration Utility program
- IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
- Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)
- Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data
- Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
- Software service and support
- Appendix B. Notices
- Important notes
- Particulate contamination
- Telecommunication regulatory statement
- European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
- VCCI Class A statement
- Russia Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Class A statement
- Index
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
System x3250 M3 Type 4251
Table of contents
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