Hard disk
drive connectors
Power connector
Signal connectors
(ServeRAID adapter)
Configuration connector
Signal connector
(backplane configuration)
Activity LED
(green)
Status LED
(amber)
Figure18.Connectorsonthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivebackplanewiththeexpander
Installationguidelines
UsetheinstallationguidelinestoinstalltheLenovoSystemx3500M4Type7383.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausethesystemtohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenremovingorinstallinga
hot-swapdevice.
Beforeyouinstalloptionaldevices,readthefollowinginformation:
•Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevandtheguidelinesin“Workinginsidetheserverwith
thepoweron”onpage37
,and“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage37.Thisinformationwill
helpyouworksafely.
•Makesurethatthedevicesthatyouareinstallingaresupported.Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevices
fortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Important:Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthe
deviceispartofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolution
beforeyouupdatethecode.
Foradditionalinformationabouttoolsforupdating,managing,anddeployingfirmware,seetheToolsCenter
forSystemxandBladeCenterathttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardware,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Starttheserver,and
makesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,orthata19990305error
codeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisotherwiseworking
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