Removing and Replacing the Smart Array P400 Controller and PCIe Expansion Board..................188
Removing the Optional Smart Array P400 Controller and Battery..............................................188
Removing the PCIe Expansion Board...........................................................................................190
Replacing the Smart Array P400 Controller Board.......................................................................191
Replacing the PCIe Expansion Board............................................................................................192
Removing and Replacing the SAS Backplane Board..........................................................................193
Removing the SAS Backplane Board.............................................................................................194
Replacing the SAS Backplane........................................................................................................195
Removing and Replacing the System Board.......................................................................................195
Removing the System Board..........................................................................................................196
Replacing the System Board..........................................................................................................198
A Customer Replaceable Units Information................................................................200
Parts Only Warranty Service...............................................................................................................200
Customer Self Repair..........................................................................................................................200
Customer Replaceable Units List........................................................................................................201
B Upgrades....................................................................................................................204
Upgrading the I/O Backplane.............................................................................................................204
I/O Backplane Upgrade Overview................................................................................................204
Required Service Tools.............................................................................................................204
Safety Information....................................................................................................................204
Upgrading the I/O Backplane........................................................................................................205
Performing a Server Backup.....................................................................................................205
Powering Off the Server...........................................................................................................205
Accessing the Server.................................................................................................................205
Removing the I/O Backplane Assembly From the Server........................................................206
Removing the PCI-X I/O Backplane Board from the I/O Backplane Assembly.......................207
Installing the PCI-X/PCIe I/O Backplane Board Into the I/O Backplane Assembly................208
Replacing the I/O Backplane Assembly Into the Server..........................................................209
Replacing the Top Cover..........................................................................................................209
Installing the Server Into the Rack...........................................................................................209
Installing the Server Into a Pedestal.........................................................................................209
Powering On the Server............................................................................................................209
Upgrade Verification.....................................................................................................................209
Viewing Warnings....................................................................................................................209
Verifying I/O cards...................................................................................................................209
Booting the Operating System.................................................................................................210
Processor Upgrades............................................................................................................................210
Upgrading Verses Adding On.......................................................................................................211
Firmware........................................................................................................................................211
Operating Systems.........................................................................................................................211
C Utilities........................................................................................................................212
Extensible Firmware Interface Boot Manager.....................................................................................212
EFI Commands....................................................................................................................................213
EFI/POSSE Commands.......................................................................................................................215
help................................................................................................................................................215
Syntax.......................................................................................................................................215
Parameters................................................................................................................................215
Operation..................................................................................................................................215
baud...............................................................................................................................................218
Syntax.......................................................................................................................................218
Parameters................................................................................................................................218
Operation..................................................................................................................................218
boottest...........................................................................................................................................219
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