Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Installation Guidelines

4.Followtheinstallationproceduresinthischapterandusethecorrecttools.Incorrectlyinstalleddevices
cancausesystemfailurebecauseofdamagedpinsinsocketsorconnectors,loosecabling,orloose
components.
Installationguidelines
Usethisinformationforinstallation.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausethesystemtohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenremovingorinstallinga
hot-swapdevice.
Beforeyouinstalloptionaldevices,readthefollowinginformation:
•Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagev
,theguidelinesin“Workinginsidetheserverwiththe
poweron”onpage117,and“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage118.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,seethe
ToolsCenterforSystemxandBladeCenterathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardware,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Starttheserver,and
makesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,orthata19990305error
codeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisotherwiseworking
correctly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,see“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”on
page68
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Placeremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodiskdrives.
•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriver,asmallPhillipsscrewdriver,andaT8torxscrewdriveravailable.
•ToviewtheerrorLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedto
power.
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