Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety..................v
Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians.....vi
Inspectingforunsafeconditions.......vi
Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment.vii
Safetystatements.............viii
Chapter1.TheLenovoSystemx3250
M4Type2583server..........1
TheIBMSystemxDocumentationCD......2
Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....2
TheDocumentationBrowser........3
Relateddocumentation............3
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....4
Serverfeaturesandspecifications........4
Whatyourserveroffers............7
Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....10
IBMSystemsDirector............11
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower.......12
Frontview...............12
Rearview...............14
Serverpowerfeatures..........15
Chapter2.Installingoptional
devices................17
InstructionsforIBMBusinessPartners.....17
SendingDSAdatatoIBM..........18
Servercomponents.............18
System-boardinternalconnectors.....21
System-boardexternalconnectors.....21
System-boardswitchesandjumpers....22
System-boardLEDs...........24
PCIriser-cardassemblyconnectors....25
Installingamemorymodule.........25
UnbufferedDIMMs(UDIMMs).......27
Installingdrives..............27
Installingasimple-swapharddiskdrive...28
Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....29
InstallinganoptionalDVDdrive......30
Installationguidelines............33
Systemreliabilityguidelines........34
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.35
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....35
Removingthecover............35
Removingtheairbaffle...........36
RemovingthePCIriser-cardassembly.....37
Installingasystemfan............38
Installingdrives..............39
Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....40
Installingasimple-swapharddiskdrive...41
InstallingtheoptionalDVDdrive......42
Memorymoduleinstallation.........45
UnbufferedDIMMs(UDIMMs).......46
InstallingaDIMM............47
Installinganadapter............48
InstallingaServeRAIDadapter........50
Installingahot-swappowersupply......52
Completingtheinstallation..........54
ReplacingthePCIriser-cardassembly...55
Replacingtheairbaffle.........55
Replacingthecover...........56
Connectingthecables..........57
Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....58
Chapter3.Configurationinformation
andinstructions............61
Updatingthefirmware............61
Configuringtheserver............62
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallation
CD.................63
UsingtheSetuputility..........64
UsingtheBootManager.........70
Startingthebackupserverfirmware....70
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller..71
ChangingthePowerPolicyoptiontothe
defaultsettingsafterloadingUEFIdefaults..71
UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)................71
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screen
capturefeatures............72
Usingtheembeddedhypervisor......74
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller.....75
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernet
software...............75
EnablingFeaturesonDemandRAID
software...............75
ConfiguringRAIDarrays.........76
IBMAdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram...76
UsingLenovoXClarityAdministrator....76
UpdatingIBMSystemsDirector......77
UpdatingtheUniversalUniqueIdentifier
(UUID)................78
UpdatingtheDMI/SMBIOSdata......80
Chapter4.Troubleshooting......85
Starthere.................85
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