Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Chapter 2. Installing Optional Devices; Instructions for Business Partners

Chapter2.Installingoptionaldevices
Thissectionprovidesdetailedinstructionsforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevicesintheserver.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingthefirmware
anddevicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethestepsin
“InstructionsforBusinessPartners”onpage23
.
Important:Tohelpensurethatthedevicesthatyouinstallworkcorrectlyanddonotintroduceproblems,
observethefollowingprecautions:
1.Makesurethattheserverandtheinstalledfirmwarelevelssupportthedevicesthatyouareinstalling.If
necessary,updatetheUEFIandIMMfirmwareandanyotherfirmwarethatisstoredonthesystemboard.
Forinformationaboutwherefirmwareisstoredintheserver,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage93
.
Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
2.Usethebestpracticestoapplycurrentfirmwareanddevice-driverupdatesfortheserverand
optionaldevices.Todownloadthe“SystemxFirmwareUpdateBestPractices”document,go
towww.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5082923&brandind=5000008.
Additionalhintsandtipsareavailablefromthefollowingsites:
•Supportwebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support
•Systemxconfigurationtools:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/server-library/#comboFilters[category]=.Tools
3.Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Startthe
serverandmakesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,orthata
19990305errorcodeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserver
isotherwiseworkingcorrectly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,see“RunningtheDSAPreboot
diagnosticprograms”onpage137
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
4.Followtheinstallationproceduresinthischapterandusethecorrecttools.Incorrectlyinstalleddevices
cancausesystemfailurebecauseofdamagedpinsinsocketsorconnectors,loosecabling,orloose
components.
InstructionsforBusinessPartners
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthissectionforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingfirmwareand
devicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethefollowingsteps.
1.Afteryouhaveconfirmedthattheserverstartscorrectlyandrecognizesthenewlyinstalleddevicesand
thatnoerrorLEDsarelit,runtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)stresstest.Forinformationabout
usingDSA,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage135.
2.Shutdownandrestarttheservermultipletimestoensurethattheserveriscorrectlyconfiguredand
functionscorrectlywiththenewlyinstalleddevices.
3.SavetheDSAlogasafileandsendittoLenovo.Forinformationabouttransferringdataandlogs,see
“HowtosendDSAdata”onpage24.
4.Toshiptheserver,repackageitintheoriginalundamagedpackingmaterialandobserveLenovo
proceduresforshipping.
SupportinformationforBusinessPartnersisavailableathttp://www.ibm.com/partnerworld.
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