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Before You Begin

Before working with your server product, pay close attention to the at the beginning of this manual.

Tools and Supplies Needed

Phillips* (cross head) screwdriver (#1 bit and #2 bit)

Needle nosed pliers

Antistatic wrist strap and conductive foam pad (recommended)

Installing and Removing Memory

The silkscreen on the board for the DIMMs displays DIMM1B, DIMM1A, DIMM2B, DIMM2A, DIMM3B, DIMM3A starting from the edge of the board. DIMM3A is the socket closest to the processor socket. NOTE

The DIMMs being installed match the correct version of the server board. DDR DIMMs will not physically fit into a server board designed to support DDR2 DIMMs. DDR2 DIMMs will not physically fit into a server board designed to support DDR DIMMs.

RJ45 Serial Port Configuration

The RJ45 serial port connector can be configured to support either a DSR signal or a DCD signal. As the server board is shipped, it is configured to support DSR signals. To change the configuration to support DCD signals a jumper on the board must be changed. Use the following instructions to configure your server board to support DCD signals.

1Observe the safety and ESD precautions at the beginning of this book.

2Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the server. Turn off the server.

3Disconnect the AC power cord from the server.

4Remove the server’s cover. See the documentation that accompanied your server chassis for instructions on removing the server’s cover.

5Locate the jumper block for the serial port.

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