Contents
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Chapter 1. The System x3100 M3 server
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The IBM System x Documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
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Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Installing drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Installing a DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing an optional tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Installing an optional ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA controller v2
Installing the virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing the simple-swap backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reinstalling the two-piece bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reinstalling the side cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the server in a rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 3. Configuring the server
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Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Setup utility menu choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Passwords
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