
Contents
Safety ............................v
Chapter 1. Introduction ......................1
Related publications .......................1
Notices and statements used in this book ...............2
Major components of the xSeries 450 .................3
Midplane board LEDs .......................5
Processor board internal connectors and LEDs .............5
PCI-X board internal connectors and LEDs ...............7
Memory board internal connectors and LEDs ..............7
Memory switch card LEDs .....................8
I/O-board internal connectors ....................9
Chapter 2. Installing options ...................11
Installation guidelines ......................11
System reliability considerations .................11
Working inside a server with power on ...............11
Handling static-sensitive devices .................12
Server power features ......................12
Turning on the server .....................12
Turning off the server .....................13
Opening the cover .......................14
Removing and replacing the bezel .................14
Removing and replacing a hot-swap power supply ............16
Installing an adapter .......................17
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive .................20
Installing a 1.44 MB diskette drive ..................21
Installing a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive ...............22
Installing memory ........................23
Installing and replacing a microprocessor and power module ........26
Replacing and troubleshooting fans .................32
Replacing fan 1 or 2 ......................32
Replacing fan 3 or 4 ......................33
Replacing the battery ......................35
Completing the installation.....................36
Closing the cover .......................37
Installing the server in a rack...................37
Connecting the cables .....................37
Updating your server configuration.................38
Backing up and restoring the nonvolatile variables ............39
Creating a backup copy of the nonvolatile EFI variables .........39
Restoring the nonvolatile EFI variables ...............39
Chapter 3. Input/output connectors ................41
Gigabit Ethernet connectors ....................42
RXE Expansion Port connectors ..................42
RXE Management Port connector ..................42
SCSI connector ........................42
Serial connector ........................43
Universal Serial Bus connectors ..................43
Video connector ........................43
Appendix. Notices .......................45
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