Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Chapter 2. Installing Optional Devices; Instructions for Business Partners

Chapter2.Installingoptionaldevices
Thischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevicesintheserver.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingthefirmware
anddevicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethestepsin
“InstructionsforBusinessPartners”onpage23
.
Important:Tohelpensurethatthedevicesthatyouinstallworkcorrectlyanddonotintroduceproblems,
observethefollowingprecautions.
Step1.Makesurethattheserverandtheinstalledfirmwarelevelssupportthedevicesthatyouare
installing.Ifnecessary,updatetheUEFIandIMM2.1firmwareandanyotherfirmwarethatis
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”onpage143
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
Step4.Followtheinstallationproceduresinthischapterandusethecorrecttools.Incorrectlyinstalled
devicescancausesystemfailurebecauseofdamagedpinsinsocketsorconnectors,loose
cabling,orloosecomponents.
InstructionsforBusinessPartners
InstructionsforBusinessPartnersonverifyingthenewlyinstalleddevicesbyrunningtheDynamicSystem
Analysis(DSA)stresstest.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingfirmwareand
devicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethefollowingsteps:
1.Afteryouhaveconfirmedthattheserverstartscorrectlyandrecognizesthenewlyinstalleddevicesand
thatnoerrorLEDsarelit,runtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)stresstest.Forinformationabout
usingDSA,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage142.
2.Shutdownandrestarttheservermultipletimestoensurethattheserveriscorrectlyconfiguredand
functionscorrectlywiththenewlyinstalleddevices.
3.SavetheDSAlogasafileandsendittoLenovo.Forinformationabouttransferringdataandlogs,
see“SendingDSAdatatoLenovo”onpage24.
4.Toshiptheserver,repackageitintheoriginalundamagedpackingmaterialandobserveLenovo
proceduresforshipping.
SupportinformationforBusinessPartnersisavailableathttp://www.ibm.com/partnerworld.
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