Installation guidelines ......................29
System reliability guidelines ...................29
Handling static-sensitive devices .................29
Major components of the xSeries 305 Type 8673 ............30
System-board illustrations .....................31
System-board and riser-card option connectors ............31
System-board internal cable connectors...............32
System-board external port connectors ...............32
System-board switches and jumpers ................33
System-board LEDs ......................33
Removing the cover .......................34
Removing the front bezel .....................35
Working with adapters ......................35
Adapter considerations .....................36
Installing an adapter ......................38
Hard disk drives ........................40
Installing or replacing a hard disk drive ...............40
Installing DIMMs ........................41
Completing the installation.....................42
Installing the cover ......................42
Updating your server configuration.................43
Replacing the battery ......................43
Input/output ports and connectors ..................45
Serial port...........................45
Viewing or changing the serial-port assignments ...........45
Serial-port connector......................46
Universal Serial Bus ports .....................46
USB cables and hubs .....................46
USB-port connectors......................46
Keyboard connector .......................46
Video connector ........................47
Auxiliary-device (pointing device) connector ..............47
Gigabit Ethernet port.......................47
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller ..............47
High-performance Ethernet modes.................48
Ethernet port connector.....................48
Cabling the server........................48
Chapter 5. Removing and installing FRUs (service only) ........51
Removing the cover .......................51
Thermal grease.........................52
Removing and replacing a microprocessor...............53
Removing and replacing the retention module .............54
Removing and replacing the system board...............55
Removing and replacing the switch/LED/USB card............56
Removing and replacing a power supply ...............57
Removing the front bezel .....................58
Removing and replacing the PCI riser card ..............59
Removing and replacing the fans ..................60
Removing and replacing the blower .................61
Removing and replacing the air baffle ................62
Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU index .................63
Beep symptoms ........................63
No beep symptoms .......................65
Diagnostic error codes ......................65
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