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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. for more information
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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. Table Of Contents
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Table Of Contents
  4. Chapter 1. The System x3550 M3 server
  5. The IBM System x Documentation CD
  6. Related documentation
  7. Notices and statements in this document
  8. Features and specifications
  9. What your server offers
  10. Reliability, availability, and serviceability
  11. IBM Systems Director
  12. Server controls, LEDs, and power
  13. Operator information panel
  14. Rear view
  15. System pulse LEDs
  16. Server power features
  17. turning off the server
  18. Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
  19. Server components
  20. System-board internal connectors
  21. System-board external connectors
  22. System-board switches and jumpers
  23. System-board LEDs
  24. System-board optional device connectors
  25. System reliability guidelines
  26. Internal cable routing and connectors
  27. Removing the cover
  28. Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  29. Removing the DIMM air baffle
  30. Installing a memory module
  31. DIMM installation sequence
  32. Memory mirroring
  33. Online-spare memory
  34. Installing a DIMM
  35. Installing drives
  36. Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
  37. Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive
  38. Installing an optional DVD drive
  39. Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
  40. Installing an adapter
  41. Replacing a PCI Express assembly with a PCI-X assembly
  42. Replacing a PCI-X assembly with a PCI Express assembly
  43. Removing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller from the SAS/SATA RAID riser card
  44. Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller on the SAS/SATA RAID riser card
  45. Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key
  46. Installing an optional optical drive cage
  47. Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option
  48. Installing a second microprocessor and heat sink
  49. Thermal grease
  50. Installing a hot-swap fan assembly
  51. Installing a hot-swap ac power supply
  52. Installing the optional two-port Ethernet adapter
  53. Installing the virtual media key
  54. Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
  55. Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server
  56. Completing the installation
  57. Replacing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  58. Replacing the cover
  59. Updating the server configuration
  60. Chapter 3. Configuring the server
  61. Using the Setup utility
  62. Setup utility menu choices
  63. Passwords
  64. Using the Boot Manager program
  65. ServerGuide features
  66. Typical operating-system installation
  67. Using the integrated management module
  68. Using the embedded hypervisor
  69. Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture
  70. Obtaining the IP address for the IMM
  71. Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller
  72. Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program
  73. Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives
  74. The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer
  75. Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
  76. Using the documentation
  77. Hardware service and support
  78. Appendix B. Notices
  79. Important notes
  80. Particulate contamination
  81. Telecommunication regulatory statement
  82. European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
  83. VCCI Class A statement
  84. Russia Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Class A statement
  85. Index
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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. Table Of Contents
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. safety statements
  4. server
  5. The IBM Documentation CD
  6. Using the Documentation Browser
  7. Related documentation
  8. Notices and statements in this document
  9. What your server offers
  10. Reliability, availability, and serviceability
  11. IBM Systems Director
  12. The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer
  13. Operator information panel
  14. Light path diagnostics panel
  15. light path diagnostics leds
  16. rear view
  17. power-supply leds
  18. System pulse LEDs
  19. Server power features
  20. Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
  21. Server components
  22. System-board internal connectors
  23. System-board switches and jumpers
  24. System-board LEDs
  25. System-board optional device connectors
  26. Installation guidelines
  27. System reliability guidelines
  28. Handling static-sensitive devices
  29. Removing the cover
  30. Removing the DIMM air baffle
  31. Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  32. Installing a memory module
  33. DIMM installation sequence
  34. Memory mirroring
  35. Online-spare memory
  36. Installing drives
  37. ids for hot-swap hard disk drives
  38. installing a simple-swap hard disk drive
  39. ids for simple-swap hard disk drives
  40. installing an optional dvd drive
  41. Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
  42. Installing an adapter
  43. Replacing a PCI Express assembly with a PCI-X assembly
  44. Replacing a PCI-X assembly with a PCI Express assembly
  45. Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller on the SAS/SATA RAID riser card
  46. Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key
  47. Installing a hot-swap fan assembly
  48. Installing a hot-swap ac power supply
  49. Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
  50. Installing the virtual media key
  51. Installing the optional two-port Ethernet adapter
  52. Installing a RAID adapter battery remotely in the server
  53. Installing the DVD enablement kit
  54. Installing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option
  55. installing a second microprocessor and heat sink
  56. Thermal grease
  57. Installing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  58. Installing the DIMM air baffle
  59. Installing the cover
  60. Connecting the cables
  61. Updating the server configuration
  62. Chapter 3. Configuring the server
  63. Using the Setup utility
  64. Starting the Setup utility
  65. Passwords
  66. Power-on password
  67. Administrator password
  68. Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
  69. Setup and configuration overview
  70. Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
  71. Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture
  72. Enabling the remote presence feature
  73. Logging on to the Web interface
  74. Recovering the flash device image
  75. configuring the gigabit ethernet controller
  76. Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program
  77. Formatting a hard disk drive
  78. IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
  79. Installing updates with your management server is connected to the Internet
  80. Appendix. Getting help and technical assistance
  81. Using the documentation
  82. Creating a personalized support web page
  83. Notices
  84. Trademarks
  85. Particulate contamination
  86. Documentation format
  87. Electronic emission notices
  88. European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
  89. Japan VCCI Class A statement
  90. Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) statement
  91. Taiwan Class A compliance statement
  92. Index
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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. Table Of Contents
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Table Of Contents
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. guidelines for trained service technicians
  6. safety statements
  7. Chapter 1. Start here
  8. Undocumented problems
  9. Chapter 2. Introduction
  10. Notices and statements in this document
  11. Features and specifications
  12. Server controls, LEDs, and power
  13. Operator information panel
  14. Light path diagnostics panel
  15. Rear view
  16. Server power features
  17. turning off the server
  18. Internal LEDs, connectors, and jumpers
  19. System-board external connectors
  20. System-board switches and jumpers
  21. System-board LEDs
  22. System-board optional device connectors
  23. Chapter 3. Diagnostics
  24. POST
  25. Error logs
  26. POST error codes
  27. System event log
  28. Checkout procedure
  29. Troubleshooting tables
  30. General problems
  31. Hypervisor problems
  32. Intermittent problems
  33. Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems
  34. Memory problems
  35. Microprocessor problems
  36. Monitor and video problems
  37. Optional-device problems
  38. Power problems
  39. Serial-device problems
  40. Software problems
  41. Universal Serial Bus (USB) port problems
  42. Light path diagnostics LEDs
  43. Power-supply LEDs
  44. System pulse LEDs
  45. Running the diagnostic programs
  46. Diagnostic text messages
  47. Recovering the server firmware
  48. Automated boot recovery (ABR)
  49. Solving Ethernet controller problems
  50. Problem determination tips
  51. Chapter 4. Parts listing, System x3550 M3 Types 4254 and 7944
  52. Consumable parts
  53. Power cords
  54. Chapter 5. Removing and replacing server components
  55. System reliability guidelines
  56. working inside the server with the power on
  57. returning a device or component
  58. Removing and replacing consumable parts and Tier 1 CRUs
  59. Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  60. Installing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
  61. Removing the DIMM air baffle
  62. Installing the DIMM air baffle
  63. Removing an adapter
  64. Installing an adapter
  65. Removing the SAS/SATA RAID riser-card assembly
  66. Installing the SAS/SATA RAID riser-card assembly
  67. Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive
  68. installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
  69. removing a simple-swap hard disk drive
  70. Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive
  71. Removing an optional DVD drive
  72. Installing an optional DVD drive
  73. Removing a memory module
  74. Installing a memory module
  75. dimm installation sequence
  76. installing a dimm
  77. Removing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller from the SAS/SATA RAID riser card
  78. Installing a ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller on the SAS/SATA RAID riser card
  79. Removing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key
  80. Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter advanced feature key
  81. removing a usb embedded hypervisor flash device
  82. Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device
  83. removing a hot-swap ac power supply
  84. installing a hot-swap ac power supply
  85. Removing a hot-swap fan assembly
  86. Installing a hot-swap fan assembly
  87. Removing the virtual media key
  88. Removing the optional two-port Ethernet adapter
  89. Installing the optional two-port Ethernet adapter
  90. removing a remotely installed raid adapter battery
  91. installing a raid adapter battery remotely in the server
  92. Removing the system battery
  93. Installing the system battery
  94. Removing and replacing Tier 2 CRUs
  95. Removing an optional optical drive cage
  96. removing the dvd cable
  97. Installing the DVD cable
  98. Removing a SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD option
  99. Removing a PCI riser-card assembly
  100. Installing a PCI riser-card assembly
  101. Installing the PCI riser-card bracket to the riser card
  102. Removing the hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive backplane
  103. removing the simple-swap sata hard disk drive backplate assembly
  104. Installing the simple-swap SATA hard disk drive backplate assembly
  105. Removing the operator information panel assembly
  106. Installing the operator information panel assembly
  107. Removing and replacing FRUs
  108. installing the 240 va safety cover
  109. removing a microprocessor and heat sink
  110. Installing a microprocessor and heat sink
  111. thermal grease
  112. Removing the heat sink retention module
  113. Installing a heat sink retention module
  114. Installing the system board
  115. Updating the firmware
  116. Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
  117. setup and configuration overview
  118. Using the Setup utility
  119. setup utility menu choices
  120. Using the integrated management module
  121. Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen capture
  122. enabling the remote presence feature
  123. Using the embedded hypervisor
  124. Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
  125. starting the lsi configuration utility program
  126. IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
  127. Activating 1333 MHz operation in two-DIMM-per-channel configuration
  128. Updating IBM Systems Director
  129. Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)
  130. Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data
  131. Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
  132. Software service and support
  133. Appendix B. Notices
  134. Important notes
  135. Particulate contamination
  136. Electronic emission notices
  137. European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
  138. Japan VCCI Class A statement
  139. Russia Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Class A statement
  140. Index
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System x3550 M3

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
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