IBM System x3250 Installation Manual - Chapter

Chapter

1.

Introduction

This

Installation

Guide

contains

instructions

for

setting

up

your

IBM

System

x3250

Type

4364

or

4365

server

and

basic

instructions

for

installing

some

optional

devices.

More

detailed

instructions

for

installing

optional

devices

are

in

the

User’s

Guide

on

the

IBM

System

x

™

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

optional

devices

v

Solving

problems

If

firmware

and

documentation

updates

are

available,

you

can

download

them

from

the

IBM

Web

site.

The

server

might

have

features

that

are

not

described

in

the

documentation

that

comes

with

the

server,

and

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.

To

check

for

updates,

go

to

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

support/xseries/index.html,

select

System

x3250

from

the

Hardware

list,

and

click

Go.

For

firmware

updates,

click

the

Download

tab.

For

documentation

updates,

click

the

Install

and

use

tab,

and

click

Product

documentation.

Note:

Changes

are

made

periodically

to

the

IBM

Web

site.

Procedures

for

locating

firmware

and

documentation

might

vary

slightly

from

what

is

described

in

this

document.

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/systems/x/

.

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

x3250

server

Machine

type

4364

or

4365

(circle

the

machine

type

that

applies)

Model

number

_____________________________________________

Serial

number

_____________________________________________

The

model

number

and

serial

number

are

on

the

ID

label

on

the

bezel,

as

shown

in

the

following

illustration.

©

Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2007

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