Contents
Safety ...............vii
Guidelines for trained service technicians ....xiii
Inspecting for unsafe conditions .......xiii
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . . xiv
Chapter 1. The System x3750 M4 Types
8722 and 8733 server .........1
The IBM Documentation CD .........3
Hardware and software requirements .....3
Using the Documentation Browser ......3
Related documentation ...........4
Notices and statements in this document .....5
Server features and specifications .......6
What your server offers...........9
Reliability, availability, and serviceability ....13
IBM Systems Director ...........15
Server controls, LEDs, and power .......16
Front view..............16
Operator information panel ........17
Light path diagnostics ..........18
Rear view ..............19
Server power features ..........21
Turning on the server .........21
Turning off the server .........21
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 23
Instructions for IBM Business Partners .....24
How to send DSA data to IBM ........24
Server components ............25
System-board internal connectors ......26
System-board external connectors ......27
System-board switches, jumpers, and buttons . . 28
System-board LEDs...........31
System-board optional-device connectors . . . 31
Optional microprocessor and memory expansion
tray ................32
PCIe riser card ............33
Installation guidelines ...........33
System reliability guidelines ........35
Handling static-sensitive devices ......35
Removing the server top cover ........36
Removing the microprocessor and memory
expansion tray assembly ..........37
Removing the DIMM air baffle ........38
Removing the microprocessor air baffle .....39
Removing the fan cage assembly .......40
Installing a memory module.........41
Non-mirroring (independent mode) .....44
Memory mirroring ...........44
Memory sparing............45
DIMM installation instructions .......48
Installing drives .............51
Drive IDs ..............51
Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane
configurations ............53
Backplane configuration for 4 drives ....55
Backplane configurations for 8 drives....55
Backplane configurations for 12 drives . . . 56
Backplane configurations for 16 drives . . . 57
Backplane configurations for 20 drives . . . 59
Backplane configurations for 24 drives . . . 59
Backplane configuration for 28 drives . . . 60
Backplane configuration for 32 drives . . . 60
Connecting the SAS cables .......61
Installing 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives 62
Installing an optional CD/DVD drive ....63
Installing a PCIe riser-card assembly ......65
Installing an adapter ...........66
Supported adapters...........68
Supported RAID cache cards .......70
Supported features on demand software....71
Adapter installation instructions ......72
Installing the ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA
Controller ..............73
Installing the optional ServeRAID M5110
SAS/SATA Controller ..........76
Installing the optional ServeRAID M5120
SAS/SATA Controller ..........79
Installing the IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized
Host Bus Adapter ...........81
Installing a RAID cache card ........84
Installing a RAID adapter battery or flash power
module ................87
Installing an additional microprocessor and heat
sink .................89
Thermal grease ............94
Installing a 1400-watt or 900-watt hot-swap power
supply ................96
Installing the power interposer for redundant power
supply card assembly ...........99
Installing a USB embedded hypervisor flash device 100
Installing the 8x1.8-inch hot-swap drive backplane
assembly ...............101
Installing the 8x2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane 104
Installing the 8x2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane
with controller expander .........108
Installing the 4x2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane 112
Completing the installation .........116
Replacing the DIMM air baffle.......116
Replacing the microprocessor air baffle ....117
Replacing the microprocessor and memory
expansion tray assembly.........118
Replacing the fan cage assembly ......119
Replacing the server top cover.......119
Connecting the cables .........120
Updating the server configuration .....121
Chapter 3. Configuration information
and instructions ..........123
Updating the firmware ..........123
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