User Manual - Etilize

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. The System x3200 M3 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What your server offers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The UpdateXpress System Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System-board external connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Removing the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing a DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing a hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . 44
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power and signal cables for internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the ServeRAID-BR10il v2 SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing the IBM ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing the IBM ServeRaid-MR-10is VAULT SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . 56
Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing a security rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reinstalling the two-piece bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reinstalling the side cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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