Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety..................v
Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians.....vi
Inspectingforunsafeconditions.......vi
Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment.vii
Safetystatements.............viii
Chapter1.TheSystemx3550M4
server..................1
TheDocumentationCD............3
Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....3
UsingtheDocumentationBrowser......4
Relateddocumentation............4
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....5
Serverfeaturesandspecifications........6
Whatyourserveroffers............9
Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....12
SystemsDirector..............13
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower.......14
Frontview...............14
Operatorinformationpanel........15
Lightpathdiagnosticspanel.......17
Rearview...............18
Serverpowerfeatures..........21
Chapter2.Installingoptional
devices................23
InstructionsforBusinessPartners.......23
HowtosendDSAdata...........24
Servercomponents.............24
System-boardinternalconnectors.....26
System-boardexternalconnectors.....26
System-boardswitches,jumpers,and
buttons................27
System-boardLEDs...........29
System-boardoptional-deviceconnectors..30
Installationguidelines............31
Systemreliabilityguidelines........32
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.33
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....33
Removingthecover............34
Removingtheairbaffle...........34
Installingdrives..............35
DriveIDs...............36
Installinghot-swapharddiskdrives....37
Installingsimple-swapharddiskdrives...38
InstallinganoptionalDVDdrive......39
InstallinganoptionalDVDdrivecable....43
Installingamemorymodule.........45
DIMMinstallationsequence........48
Memorymirroredchannel........48
Memoryranksparing..........50
Installingamemorymodule........50
Installinganadapter............52
InstallingaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller...55
InstallingtheServeRAIDadaptermemory
module.................60
InstallingaRAIDadapterbatteryorflashpower
module.................61
Installingthedual-portnetworkadapter.....63
Installingapowersupply...........67
Installingahot-swapacpowersupply...67
Installingahot-swapdcpowersupply...70
Installingahot-swapfan...........75
InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflash
device..................77
Installinganadditionalmicroprocessorandheat
sink...................78
Thermalgrease............86
InstallingaSAS/SATA4PacHDDoption....87
Installingtheoperatorinformationpanel
assembly.................87
Completingtheinstallation..........89
Replacingtheairbaffle.........90
Replacingthecover...........90
Connectingthecables..........91
Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....92
Chapter3.Configuring........93
Updatingthefirmware............93
Configuringtheserver............94
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallation
CD.................96
UsingtheSetuputility..........97
UsingtheBootManager.........103
Startingthebackupserverfirmware....103
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller..103
Usingtheintegratedmanagementmodule..104
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screen
capturefeatures............105
Usingtheembeddedhypervisor......107
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller.....107
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernet
software...............108
EnablingFeaturesonDemandRAID
software...............108
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