IBM 8863 - eServer xSeries 366 Installation Manual - Chapter

Chapter

1.

Introduction

This

Installation

Guide

contains

instructions

for

setting

up

your

IBM

®

System

x3850

server

and

basic

instructions

for

installing

some

options.

More

detailed

instructions

for

installing

options

are

in

the

User’s

Guide

on

the

IBM

Documentation

CD,

which

comes

with

the

server.

This

document

contains

information

about:

v

Setting

up

and

cabling

the

server

v

Starting

and

configuring

the

server

v

Installing

some

options

v

Solving

problems

The

server

might

have

features

that

are

not

described

in

the

documentation

that

you

received

with

the

server.

The

documentation

might

be

updated

occasionally

to

include

information

about

those

features,

or

technical

updates

might

be

available

to

provide

additional

information

that

is

not

included

in

the

server

documentation.

These

updates

are

available

from

the

IBM

Web

site.

Complete

the

following

steps

to

check

for

updated

documentation

and

technical

updates:

1.

See

http://www.ibm.com/support/.

2.

In

the

Browse

by

topic

section,

click

Publications.

3.

On

the

Publications

page,

in

the

Brand

field,

select

Servers.

4.

In

the

Family

field,

select

System

x3850.

5.

Click

Continue.

The

server

comes

with

an

IBM

ServerGuide

™

Setup

and

Installation

CD

to

help

you

configure

the

hardware,

install

device

drivers,

and

install

the

operating

system.

The

server

comes

with

a

limited

warranty.

You

can

obtain

up-to-date

information

about

the

server

and

other

IBM

server

products

at

http://www.ibm.com/eserver/

xseries/.

Record

information

about

the

server

in

the

following

table.

You

will

need

this

information

when

you

register

the

server

with

IBM.

Product

name

IBM

System

x3850

server

Machine

type

8863

Model

number

_____________________________________________

Serial

number

_____________________________________________

The

model

number

and

serial

number

are

on

the

ID

labels,

one

located

on

the

lower-right

front

of

the

bezel

and

the

other

at

the

rear

of

the

right

side,

as

shown

in

the

following

illustration.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2006

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