Microprocessor installation - Netfinity 7100, 7600

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The server comes with one microprocessor installed on the processor board. If you install an additional microprocessor kit, the server can operate as a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) server. With SMP, certain operating systems and application programs can distribute the processing load among the microprocessors.

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1. Thoroughly review the documentation that comes with the microprocessor, so that you can determine whether you need to update the server basic input/output system (BIOS) code. Click here to download the latest BIOS update.
2. Obtain an SMP-capable operating system (optional). For a list of supported operating systems, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/on the World Wide Web.

Attention: To avoid damage and ensure proper server operation when you install a new or an additional microprocessor, use microprocessors that have the same cache size and type, and the same clock speed. Microprocessor internal and external clock frequencies must be identical.

3. To order additional microprocessor options, contact your IBM reseller or IBM marketing representative.
4. If you replace the microprocessor in the server with a microprocessor that operates at a different speed, be sure to set the microprocessor core-frequency-selection jumpers correctly. See Table 8.
5. Your server comes standard with one microprocessor installed. The microprocessor is installed in microprocessor connector J2 and is the startup (boot) processor. A microprocessor installed in microprocessor connector J3 is processor 2; a microprocessor installed in microprocessor connector J4 is processor 3; a microprocessor installed in microprocessor connector J5 is processor 4. If more than one microprocessor is installed, the highest numbered processor is the one the server will start from. The lower numbered microprocessors are used as application processors.

The following table and the label on the inside of the top cover of the server show the order in which additional microprocessors and voltage regulator modules (VRMs) must be installed.

To install an additional microprocessor kit:
1. Review “Before you begin” in the HMM.
2. Turn off the server and all attached devices. Disconnect all external cables and power cords and remove the top cover.

1. Processor housing cover
2. Pop rivets
3. Terminator card
4. VRM

3. Pull up the two pop rivets on the processor housing cover and remove the cover from the processor housing.
4. Determine the slots where you will install the microprocessor and VRM.
5. Remove the terminator card from the microprocessor connector.
6. Install the microprocessor:

a. Touch the static-protective package containing the new microprocessor to any unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the microprocessor from the package.
b. Hold the microprocessor by the open latches, and center the microprocessor over the microprocessor connector.

Attention: Make sure the microprocessor is oriented and aligned correctly before you try to close the latches.

c. Carefully close the latches to seat the microprocessor in the connector.
d. Store the terminator card in a safe place in the static-protective package that the new microprocessor comes in; you will need to install it again if you ever remove the microprocessor.

7. Install the voltage regulator module (VRM):

a. Center the VRM over the connector. Make sure that the VRM is oriented and aligned correctly.

Note: If you remove the microprocessor later, remember to install the terminator card in the appropriate microprocessor connector and to remove the VRM for that microprocessor.

b. Carefully close the latches to seat the VRM in the connector.

8. Install the processor housing cover and push down on the two pop rivets.
9. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to “Completing the installation” in the HMM.