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Contents
Safety ...............v
Chapter 1. The System x3850 X5 and
x3950 X5 server ...........1
The IBM Documentation CD .........3
Hardware and software requirements .....3
Using the Documentation Browser ......3
Related documentation ...........4
Notices and statements in this document .....5
Features and specifications ..........5
What your server offers...........8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability ....11
IBM Systems Director ...........12
The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI) . . 13
Server controls, LEDs, and power .......13
Front view..............13
Rear view ..............16
Rear view LEDs ............17
Server power features ..........19
IBM MAX5 for System x memory expansion module 21
Memory expansion module features and
specifications .............23
What the memory expansion module offers . . 24
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
of the memory expansion module ......25
LEDs and connectors on the memory expansion
module ...............26
Turning on the memory expansion module . . . 28
Turning off the memory expansion module . . . 28
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices 29
Instructions for IBM Business Partners .....29
Server components ............30
Memory-card DIMM connectors ......31
Memory-card LEDs...........32
SAS-backplane connectors ........33
eXFlash backplane connectors .......33
Microprocessor-board connectors ......34
Microprocessor-board LEDs ........35
I/O-board connectors ..........36
I/O-board jumpers ...........37
I/O-board LEDs ............38
Installation guidelines ...........38
A single-power-supply server operating at 208 V
ac ................39
System reliability guidelines ........39
Working inside the server with the power on . . 40
Handling static-sensitive devices ......40
Internal cable routing and connectors......42
Removing the top cover ..........44
Removing the top-cover bracket .......44
Installing the top-cover bracket ........46
Removing the bezel ...........47
Installing a PCI Express adapter .......47
Installing a ServeRAID adapter for use with eXFlash
drives ................49
Installing a hot-swap power supply ......52
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive ......53
Installing a DVD (optical) drive .......55
Installing a 2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane . . 55
Installing an eXFlash 1.8-inch drive cage and
backplane ...............58
Installing a 1.8-inch solid state drive ......61
Installing a QPI wrap card .........62
Installing an internal removable flash drive....63
Memory modules ............64
Installing a memory card .........70
Installing DIMMs ...........70
Installing a microprocessor .........73
Completing the installation .........79
Connecting the cables ..........79
Updating the server configuration ......80
Installing hardware devices in the memory
expansion module ............81
Memory expansion module components....81
Removing the memory expansion module bezel 81
Removing the memory expansion module
system-board tray ...........82
Installing DIMMs in the memory expansion
module ...............83
Installing a memory expansion module hot-swap
power supply ............88
Completing the memory expansion module
installation .............90
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . 95
Using the Setup utility...........96
Starting the Setup utility .........96
Setup utility menu choices ........96
Passwords .............100
Using the Boot Selection Menu program ....102
Starting the backup UEFI firmware ......102
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD 102
ServerGuide features ..........103
Setup and configuration overview .....103
Typical operating-system installation ....104
Installing your operating system without using
ServerGuide .............104
Using the integrated management module....104
Obtaining the IP address for the IMM web
interface access ............105
Logging on to the IMM web interface ....106
Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture
features ...............106
Using the embedded hypervisor .......107
Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility
program ...............108
Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
controller...............108
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