Lenovo System x3550 M4 - System Reliability Guidelines

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Important:Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthe
deviceispartofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolution
beforeyouupdatethecode.
Foradditionalinformationabouttoolsforupdating,managing,anddeployingfirmware,seethe
ToolsCenterforSystemxandBladeCenterathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardware,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Starttheserver,and
makesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,orthata19990305error
codeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisotherwiseworking
correctly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,see“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”on
page137
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Placeremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodiskdrives.
•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriver,asmallPhillipsscrewdriver,andaT8torxscrewdriveravailable.
•ToviewtheerrorLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedto
power.
•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplacehot-swappowersupplies,hot-swapfans,or
hot-plugUniversalSerialBus(USB)devices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeyouperform
anystepsthatinvolveremovingorinstallingadaptercablesandyoumustdisconnectthepowersource
fromtheserverbeforeyouperformanystepsthatinvolveremovingorinstallingarisercard.
•Blueonacomponentindicatestouchpoints,whereyoucangripthecomponenttoremoveitfromor
installitintheserver,openorclosealatch,andsoon.
•Orangeonacomponentoranorangelabelonornearacomponentindicatesthatthecomponentcanbe
hot-swapped,whichmeansthatiftheserverandoperatingsystemsupporthot-swapcapability,youcan
removeorinstallthecomponentwhiletheserverisrunning.(Orangecanalsoindicatetouchpointson
hot-swapcomponents.)Seetheinstructionsforremovingorinstallingaspecifichot-swapcomponentfor
anyadditionalproceduresthatyoumighthavetoperformbeforeyouremoveorinstallthecomponent.
•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.
Systemreliabilityguidelines
Tohelpensurepropersystemcoolingandsystemreliability,makesurethatthefollowingrequirements
aremet.
•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveorafillerpanelandelectromagneticcompatibility(EMC)shield
installedinit.
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