Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Chapter 2. Installing Optional Devices; Instructions for Lenovo Business Partners

Chapter2.Installingoptionaldevices
Thischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevicesintheserver.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingthefirmware
anddevicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,LenovoBusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethesteps
in“InstructionsforLenovoBusinessPartners”onpage25
.
Important:Tohelpensurethatthedevicesthatyouinstallworkcorrectlyanddonotintroduceproblems,
observethefollowingprecautions.
Step1.Makesurethattheserverandtheinstalledfirmwarelevelssupportthedevicesthatyouare
installing.Ifnecessary,updatetheUEFIandIMM2firmwareandanyotherfirmwarethatis
storedonthesystemboard.Forinformationaboutwherefirmwareisstoredintheserver,see
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage103
.Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,
seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Step2.Usethebestpracticestoapplycurrentfirmwareanddevice-driverupdatesforthe
serverandoptionaldevices.TodownloadtheFirmwareUpdateGuidesdocument,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Additionalhintsandtipsareavailablefromthefollowingwebsite:
•Systemxconfigurationtools:http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/configtools.html
Step3.Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Start
theserverandmakesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,or
thata19990305errorcodeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbut
theserverisotherwiseworkingcorrectly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,see“RunningDSA
Prebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage145
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
Step4.Followtheinstallationproceduresinthischapterandusethecorrecttools.Incorrectlyinstalled
devicescancausesystemfailurebecauseofdamagedpinsinsocketsorconnectors,loose
cabling,orloosecomponents.
InstructionsforLenovoBusinessPartners
InstructionsforLenovoBusinessPartnersonverifyingthenewlyinstalleddevicesbyrunningtheDynamic
SystemAnalysis(DSA)stresstest.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingfirmware
anddevicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,LenovoBusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethe
followingsteps:
1.Afteryouhaveconfirmedthattheserverstartscorrectlyandrecognizesthenewlyinstalleddevicesand
thatnoerrorLEDsarelit,runtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)stresstest.Forinformationabout
usingDSA,see“LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage144.
2.Shutdownandrestarttheservermultipletimestoensurethattheserveriscorrectlyconfiguredand
functionscorrectlywiththenewlyinstalleddevices.
3.SavetheDSAlogasafileandsendittoLenovo.Forinformationabouttransferringdataandlogs,
see“SendingDSAdatatoLenovo”onpage26
.
4.Toshiptheserver,repackageitintheoriginalundamagedpackingmaterialandobserveLenovo
proceduresforshipping.
SupportinformationforLenovoBusinessPartnersisavailableathttp://www.ibm.com/partnerworld.
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