Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 - Installation guidelines

Installationguidelines
UsetheinstallationguidelinestoinstalltheSystemx3650M4BDType5466.
Attention:
•Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-onmight
causethesystemtohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,always
useanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenremovingorinstallinga
hot-swapdevice.
•Thisproductisnotintendedtobeconnecteddirectlyorindirectlybyanymeanswhatsoevertointerfaces
ofpublictelecommunicationsnetworks,neithertobeusedinPublicServicesNetwork.
Beforeyouinstalloptionaldevices,readthefollowinginformation:
•Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginsonpage“Safety”onpagev
andtheguidelinesin“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage32.Thisinformationwillhelpyouworksafely.
•Makesurethatthedevicesthatyouareinstallingaresupported.Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevices
fortheserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Important:Someclustersolutionsrequirespecificcodelevelsorcoordinatedcodeupdates.Ifthe
deviceispartofaclustersolution,verifythatthelatestlevelofcodeissupportedfortheclustersolution
beforeyouupdatethecode.
Foradditionalinformationabouttoolsforupdating,managing,and
deployingfirmware,seetheToolsCenterforSystemxandBladeCenterat
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-CENTER.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardware,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Starttheserver,and
makesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts,ifanoperatingsystemisinstalled,orthata19990305error
codeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisotherwiseworking
correctly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,see“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”on
page119
forinformationabouthowtorundiagnostics.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Placeremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodiskdrives.
•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.
•ToviewtheerrorLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedto
power.
•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplacehot-swappowersupplies,hot-swapfans,or
hot-plugUniversalSerialBus(USB)devices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeyouperform
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