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Safety ...............v Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 server ...........1
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 29
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . 95
Appendix. Getting help and technical assistance.............117
Notices ..............121
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Index ...............129
Safety
Statement 1
vi
Statement 2
Statement 3
Statement 4
viii
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Statement 26
Statement 37
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Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 server
2
The IBM Documentation CD
Hardware and software requirements
Using the Documentation Browser
Related documentation
4
Notices and statements in this document
Features and specifications
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What your server offers
8
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Reliability, availability, and serviceability
IBM Systems Director
12
The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI)
Server controls, LEDs, and power
Front view
Operator information panel
14
Light path diagnostics panel
Rear view
16
Rear view LEDs
18
Server power features
Turning on the server
Turning off the server
20
IBM MAX5 for System x memory expansion module
22
Memory expansion module features and specifications
What the memory expansion module offers
24
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features of the memory expansion module
LEDs and connectors on the memory expansion module
Front view
26
Rear view
Turning on the memory expansion module
Turning off the memory expansion module
28
Statement 5
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
Instructions for IBM Business Partners
Server components
30
Memory-card DIMM connectors
Memory-card LEDs
The following illustration shows the LEDs on a memory card.
32
SAS-backplane connectors
The following illustration shows the hard disk drive connectors on the SAS backplane.
eXFlash backplane connectors
The following illustration shows the cable connectors on the eXFlash backplane.
Microprocessor-board connectors
The following illustration shows the connectors on the microprocessor board.
34
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Front of server
Microprocessor-board LEDs
The following illustration shows the LEDs on the microprocessor board.
I/O-board connectors
The following illustration shows the connectors on the I/O board.
36
Slot 2 is electrically a x4 connector.
I/O-board jumpers
The following illustration shows the jumpers on the I/O board.
I/O-board LEDs
Installation guidelines
38
A single-power-supply server operating at 208 V ac
System reliability guidelines
Working inside the server with the power on
Handling static-sensitive devices
40
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Internal cable routing and connectors
42
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Removing the top cover
Removing the top-cover bracket
44
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Installing the top-cover bracket
46
Removing the bezel
Installing a PCI Express adapter
48
Installing a ServeRAID adapter for use with eXFlash drives
50
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Installing a hot-swap power supply
52
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
54
Installing a DVD (optical) drive
Installing a 2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane
56
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Installing an eXFlash 1.8-inch drive cage and backplane
58
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Installing a 1.8-inch solid state drive
Installing a QPI wrap card
62
Installing an internal removable flash drive
Memory modules
64
Front of server
66
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Installing a memory card
Installing DIMMs
70
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Installing a microprocessor
74
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Completing the installation
Connecting the cables
Updating the server configuration
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Removing the memory expansion module system-board tray
82
Installing DIMMs in the memory expansion module
84
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Installing a memory expansion module hot-swap power supply
88
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Completing the memory expansion module installation
90
Replacing the memory expansion module system-board tray
Replacing the memory expansion module bezel
Connecting the memory expansion module cables
92
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Chapter 3. Configuring the server
Using the Setup utility
Starting the Setup utility
96
Setup utility menu choices
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Passwords
100
Power-on password
Administrator password
Using the Boot Selection Menu program
Starting the backup UEFI firmware
102
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
ServerGuide features
Setup and configuration overview
Typical operating-system installation
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
104
Using the integrated management module
Obtaining the IP address for the IMM web interface access
Logging on to the IMM web interface
Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture features
106
Using the embedded hypervisor
Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program
Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller
108
Configuring RAID arrays
IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
Updating IBM Systems Director
Configuring an EXA multi-node system
110
Creating an EXA multi-node system
112
Partitioning an EXA multi-node system
Using the IMM Telnet interface
Creating a partition by using the IMM Telnet interface
114
Deleting a partition by using the IMM Telnet interface
Toggling partitions by using the IMM Telnetinterface
Starting, stopping, and resetting by using the IMM Telnet interface
116
Configuring a QPI multi-node system
Appendix. Getting help and technical assistance
Before you call
Using the documentation
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
118
Software service and support
Hardware service and support
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Notices
Trademarks
Important notes
122
Particulate contamination
German Ordinance for Work gloss statement
Documentation format
Electronic emission notices
124
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
Germany Class A statement
Deutschland: Einhaltung des Gesetzes ber die elektromagnetische Vertrglichkeit von Gerten
126
Japan VCCI Class A statement
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) statement
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Index Numerics
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