Removing the shipping bracket and connecting power cords and power distribution unit (PDU) for
your preinstalled server
Before you set up a console, you must remove the shipping bracket and connect power cords.
About this task
Attention:
• Attach an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap to the front ESD jack, to the rear ESD jack, or
to an unpainted metal surface of your hardware to prevent the electrostatic discharge from
damaging your hardware.
• When you use an ESD wrist strap, follow all electrical safety procedures. An ESD wrist strap is
used for static control. It does not increase or decrease your risk of receiving electric shock
when using or working on electrical equipment.
• If you do not have an ESD wrist strap, just prior to removing the product from ESD packaging and
installing or replacing hardware, touch an unpainted metal surface of the system for a minimum
of 5 seconds.
To remove the shipping bracket and connect power cords, do the following:
Procedure
1. Remove the four screws that secure the shipping bracket to the chassis.
2. Cable the server.
a. Plug the top two power cords into the power supply and attach the cables to the handles on the
power supply with cable ties or hook-and-loop fasteners.
b. Connect the system power cords from the server and I/O drawers to the PDU with an IEC 320 type
receptacle.
c. Attach the PDU input power cord and plug it into the power source.
Cabling the server and setting up a console
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by how you will use the system.
Determining which console to use
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
in one of your logical partitions.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Table 4. Available console types
Console type Operating system Logical partitions Cable required
Cabling setup
instructions
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS Yes for VIOS, no for
AIX and Linux
Serial cable
equipped with a
null modem
“Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal” on page
13
Hardware
Management
Console (HMC)
AIX, IBM i, Linux,
or VIOS
Yes Ethernet (or cross-
over cable)
“Cabling the server
to the HMC” on
page 14.
Keyboard, video,
and mouse (KVM)
Linux or VIOS Yes Monitor and USB
cables equipped
with KVM
“Cabling the server
with keyboard,
video, and mouse”
on page 18
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H922 (9223-22H), or IBM Power System H922S (9223-22S)
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