Contents
Safety ............................vii
Chapter 1. The System x3650 M4 server ...............1
The IBM System x Documentation CD.................4
Hardware and software requirements ................4
Using the Documentation Browser .................5
Related documentation ......................5
Notices and statements in this document................7
Features and specifications.....................7
What your server offers......................10
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features ............12
IBM Systems Director ......................14
The UpdateXpress System Pack Installer ...............14
Server controls, LEDs, and power ..................15
Front view .........................15
Rear view ..........................23
Server power features .....................27
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices................31
Instructions for IBM Business Partners ................31
How to send DSA data to IBM ...................31
Server components .......................32
System-board internal connectors .................33
System-board external connectors.................34
System-board switches and jumpers ................35
System-board LEDs ......................37
System-board optional device connectors ..............38
PCI riser-card adapter connectors .................39
PCI riser-card assembly LEDs ..................39
Installation guidelines ......................40
System reliability guidelines ...................41
Working inside the server with the power on .............41
Handling static-sensitive devices .................42
Internal cable routing and connectors ................43
General ..........................43
2.5-inch hard disk drive cable connection ..............48
3.5-inch hard disk drive cable connection ..............52
Removing the cover .......................54
Removing a PCI riser-card assembly .................55
Installing a PCI riser-card assembly .................56
Removing the air baffle ......................57
Installing the air baffle ......................58
Stretching a PCI riser-card assembly .................59
Shrinking a PCI riser-card assembly (for half-length adapters) .......59
Installing a PCI adapter......................60
Removing a PCI adapter .....................64
Installing a hard disk drive.....................65
Removing a hard disk drive ....................67
Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD option ...............67
Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD with a ServeRAID adapter option .....73
Installing a SAS/SATA 8 Pac HDD with26GBperformance optimized HBA
adapters option ........................79
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