IBM Type 7977 manual Contents

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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Major components of the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Opening the bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Removing the left-side cover	. .	. . . . . .	.	.	.	11
Installing a memory module	. .	. . . . . .	.	.	.	11
Installing redundant power and cooling	. .	. . . . . .	.	.	.	19
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive	. .	. . . . . .	.	.	.	23
Installing an additional microprocessor	. .	. . . . . .	.	.	.	25

Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Installing an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . 29 Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Reattaching the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Updating the server configuration	. .	.	.	.	33
Chapter 3. Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power. . .	. .	.	.	.	35
Front view	. .	.	.	.	35
Rear view	. .	.	.	.	37

Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Turning on the server	.	39
Turning off the server	.	40
Chapter 4. Configuring the server	.	41
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD	.	41
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	42
Using the Integrated System Management Firmware Update Utility program		42
Using the baseboard management controller	.	43
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program	.	43
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program	.	51
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs	.	53
Using the ServeRAID configuration programs	.	54
Configuring hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA RAID	.	54
Using the IBM ServeRAID Configuration Utility program	.	55
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the RAID configuration programs	.	57
Starting the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility program	.	58
Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility menu choices	.	58
Creating a RAID array	.	58
Viewing the array configuration	.	59

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