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Contents

Main Page Page Page Contents 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 iv Index ...............129 Safety Statement 1 vi Statement 2 Statement 3 Statement 4 viii Page Page Statement 26 Statement 37 Page 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 Page Page What your server offers 8 Page 10 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. 34 123 4 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 Page Internal cable routing and connectors 42 Page Removing the top cover Removing the top-cover bracket 44 Page 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 Page 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 Page Installing an eXFlash 1.8-inch drive cage and backplane 58 Page 60 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 Page 68 Page Installing a memory card Installing DIMMs 70 Page 72 Installing a microprocessor 74 BA X7500 + 76 E7 Page 78 Completing the installation Connecting the cables Updating the server configuration 80 Page Removing the memory expansion module system-board tray 82 Installing DIMMs in the memory expansion module 84 Page 86 Page Installing a memory expansion module hot-swap power supply 88 Page 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 Page Page Chapter 3. Configuring the server Using the Setup utility Starting the Setup utility 96 Setup utility menu choices Page 98 Page 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 Page Page 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 Page Page Index Numerics A B C D F G 130 H I J K L M N Q R 132 S T V W X