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Installation Guide - Page 1
...at http://www.ibm.com/ systems/support/.
Go to set up and configuring your server, view the publications on the X-Architecture technology, and it features superior performance, availability, and affordability. Was the
No
server setup
completed? Go to
http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/ to
No
install the operating
system? System x3550
Type 7978
Installation Guide
Welcome.
Yes
Turn...
Installation Guide - Page 2
... IBM Support Line at http://www.ibm.com/services/sl/products/ or view support telephone numbers at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ serverproven/compat/us/.
Go to take. No
Update the firmware to the latest level. You can download firmware from http://www.ibm.com/systems/ support/.
Hardware
Hardware or
Software
software problem? Is the problem Yes
solved?
Server Support...
Installation Guide - Page 5
...26 Connecting the cables 27 Updating the server configuration 28
Chapter 3. Installing options 9 Installation guidelines 9
System reliability guidelines 9 Working inside the server with the power on the server 32 Turning off the server 32
Chapter 4. Contents
Safety v
Chapter 1. Configuring the server 35 Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD 35 Configuring hot-swap SAS...
Installation Guide - Page 6
... x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide POST beep codes 53 POST error codes 54 ServerGuide problems 55 Troubleshooting tables 56
CD-RW/DVD drive problems 56 General problems 57 Hard disk drive problems 57 Intermittent problems 58 USB keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems 59 Memory problems 60 Microprocessor problems 61 Monitor problems 61 Optional-device problems 64 Power problems...
Installation Guide - Page 44
... on the IBM System x Documentation CD. The only hard
disk drive activity LED is in use.
v Hard disk drive status LED: This LED is lit, it indicates that one of the server. See the Problem Determination and Service Guide for more information about the light path diagnostics panel.
- See the information about error logs.
-
There is no electrical power in the...
Installation Guide - Page 54
... http://www.ibm.com/ systems/support/.
40 IBM System x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails, the baseboard management controller lights LEDs to help you will need to control the server power, view system information, and identify the server. Any standard Telnet client application can be found in the setup utility, on...
Installation Guide - Page 67
... The diagnostic programs, which are the primary method of testing the major components of the first error message.
Solving problems
This chapter provides basic troubleshooting information to help and technical assistance," on page 73, the IBM Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM System x Documentation CD, and the "Server Support" flowchart in upgradable read-only memory (ROM...
Installation Guide - Page 69
.... Make sure that only one drive is supported by a trained service technician.
installed.
The ServerGuide program will not start the operating-system CD.
Chapter 5. v See the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the hard disk. view all installed drives, or the 2. Make sure that the server supports the ServerGuide program and has a startable (bootable...
Installation Guide - Page 70
...
a. Symptom
Action
The CD-RW/DVD drive is enabled in the Problem Determination and Service Guide on page
68). 2. Run the CD-RW/DVD drive diagnostic programs. 3. CD-RW/DVD drive cable
4. Troubleshooting tables
Use the troubleshooting tables to find the problem in these tables, run the diagnostic programs (see "Light path diagnostics" on the IBM System x Documentation CD to determine which...
Installation Guide - Page 72
... they are listed in the Problem Determination and Service Guide). v If an action step is adequate cooling airflow. Check the system-error log or the BMC log (see the "POST" and "Diagnostic programs" sections in the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
See the User's Guide for service.
58 IBM System x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide If the server continues to reset during POST...
Installation Guide - Page 74
... service technician only) Replace the system board.
60 IBM System x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide
Check the POST error log for the discrepancy. v See the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide on page 19. memory. Install the DIMMs in the sequence described in "Installing a memory module" on page 19.
6.
then, restart the
server. Memory problems...
Installation Guide - Page 78
...in the Action column until the problem is preceded by a trained service technician. v You updated the configuration information in the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM System x Documentation CD to test the device.
3. Reseat the device that you just installed.
Whenever memory or any other device is changed, you just installed.
3. Replace the device that you must...
Installation Guide - Page 82
...: v The server has the minimum memory that : v The correct USB device driver is installed. If you can often identify the source of the server. v The software works on various external and internal components of the error.
68 IBM System x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide Contact your place of purchase of LEDs on another server.
2.
Light path diagnostics
Light path diagnostics is needed...
Installation Guide - Page 84
... too slowly, Replace the failing fan, which is indicated by a light path diagnostics LED.
If an optional RAID controller adapter is installed, see the documentation that the failing microprocessor, which is indicated by a lit
or has been removed. Lit light path
diagnostics LED with the RAID controller.
70 IBM System x3550 Type 7978: Installation Guide PS1
The power supply in bay...
Installation Guide - Page 98
... system-error, rear 31 system-locator, rear 31
light path diagnostics 68 LEDs 69 panel location 30
LILO configuration GRUB 44 Linux 42
Linux GRUB configuration 44 installing OSA SMBridge management utility program 50 LILO configuration 42 Red Hat 42 Serial over LAN configuration 41 SUSE SLES configuration 46
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memory problems 60 specifications 5
microprocessor heat sink 24 installing 22 problems...
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