Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Installing Optional Devices; Installation Guidelines

Step22.ReactivateanyFeaturesonDemandfeatures.
Installingoptionaldevices
Thissectionprovidesdetailedinstructionsforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevicesintheserver.
Inadditiontotheinstructionsinthischapterforinstallingoptionalhardwaredevices,updatingthefirmware
anddevicedrivers,andcompletingtheinstallation,BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethestepsin
“InstructionsforBusinessPartners”onpage327
.
Important:Tohelpensurethatthedevicesthatyouinstallworkcorrectlyanddonotintroduceproblems,
observethefollowingprecautions:
1.Makesurethattheserverandtheinstalledfirmwarelevelssupportthedevicesthatyouareinstalling.
Ifnecessary,updatetheUEFIandIMMfirmwareandanyotherfirmwarethatisstoredonthesystem
board.Forinformationaboutwherefirmwareisstoredintheserver,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage
49
.Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/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”onpage82
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
4.Followtheinstallationproceduresinthischapterandusethecorrecttools.Incorrectlyinstalleddevices
cancausesystemfailurebecauseofdamagedpinsinsocketsorconnectors,loosecabling,orloose
components.
Installationguidelines
UsetheinstallationguidelinestoinstalltheLenovoSystemx3650M5Type8871.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausethesystemtohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenremovingorinstallinga
hot-swapdevice.
Beforeyouinstalloptionaldevices,readthefollowinginformation:
•Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagev,theguidelinesin“Workinginsidetheserverwiththe
poweron”onpage299,and“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage299.Thisinformationwill
helpyouworksafely.
•Makesurethatthedevicesthatyouareinstallingaresupported.Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevices
fortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
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