IBM System x3400 M3 Types 7378 User Manual

Attention: Do not touch the thermal grease on the bottom of the heat sink or
set down the heat sink after you remove the plastic cover. Touching the
thermal grease will contaminate it. If the thermal grease is contaminated, call
IBM service and support to request a replacement thermal grease kit. For
information about installing the replacement thermal grease, see the Problem
Determination and Service Guide.
a. Make sure that the heat-sink release lever is in the fully open position.
b. Remove the plastic protective cover from the bottom of the heat sink.
c. Align the heat sink above the microprocessor, using the alignment key on
the heat sink, with the thermal-grease side down.
d. Slide the rear flange of the heat sink into the opening in the retainer
bracket.
e. Press down firmly on the front of the heat sink until it is seated securely.
f. Rotate the heat-sink release lever to the closed position and hook it
underneath the lock tab.
13. Install a VRM in the connector next to microprocessor socket 2 (see
“System-board internal connectors” on page 23 for the VRM connector
location).
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IBM System x3400 M3 Types 7378 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon 5600 series
Memory Slots	12 DIMM slots
Hard Drive Bays	Up to 8 bays
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Management	Integrated Management Module (IMM)
Form Factor	Tower
Processor Cores	4 or 6 cores
Chipset	Intel 5520
Storage	SAS/SATA
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Power Supply	Redundant Power Supply Options Available
Expansion Slots	4 PCI-Express slots
USB Ports	6 USB 2.0
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware