Processor removal and installation - IBM eServer xSeries 370, Netfinity 8500R

Content

1. Processor-cage cover
2. Fasteners on processor-cage cover
3. Processor latches
4. Terminator card latches
5. Processor terminator card
6. Processor and heat sink

1. Turn the four plastic fasteners (2) on the processor-cage cover (1) until they are in the unlocked position (one quarter-turn). You may use a flat-blade screwdriver or a coin.
2. Remove the processor-cage cover (1) and set it aside.
3. Determine the processor connector in which you want to install the new processor. If the connector contains a processor terminator card (5):
   1. Pull the processor terminator card latches (4) so that they rotate to the unlocked position.
   2. Remove the processor terminator card (5) from the processor connector.
   3. Store the processor terminator card in a safe place.
      
      Note: After you install the new processor in the server, place the terminator card in the empty static protective bag.
      
      
4. Click here to review installing optional processor daughterboards and cache coherency filter cards'; then, return here to continue.
5. If you are replacing a defective processor that was indicated by a processor failure LED and you need to verify its location, perform the following test.
   1. The eight processor error LEDs are located on the LED card, behind the processor housing assembly latches. Locate the words Press to show fault on the processor housing assembly.
   2. Press the indicated button adjacent to the words Press to show fault, and Note the amber LEDs that indicate the defective processors, if any. If no amber LEDs illuminate and the green capacitor test LED adjacent to the word Testing does not illuminate, have the system serviced.
   3. Remove the defective processor and install a new one as described in this section.
      
      
6. Remove the processor:
   1. Pull the processor latches (3) so that they rotate to the unlocked position.
      
      Note: Before you remove the processor, Note the orientation of the original A1 processor.
      
      
   2. Remove the processor (6) from the processor connector.
   3. Set the processor aside. Refer to the processor option documentation for complete instructions on proper handling and disposal of a defective processor.
      
      
7. Install the processor:
   1. Touch the static-protective package containing the new processor to any unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the processor from the package.
   2. Rotate the processor latches (3) to the open position.
      
      Note: Before you press the processor into the connector, make sure that the processor has the same orientation as the original A1 processor.
      
      
   3. Insert the processor -6- into the guides and gently press the processor into the connector. When the processor is correctly inserted, all the processor heat sinks in both processor cages face the same direction, toward connector A1.
   4. Rotate the processor latches -3- until they close and lock in place.
      
      
8. If you plan to install more than one processor, repeat (above) step 3 and step 6 in this section.
9. If you replaced a defective processor, you must manually enable the processor slot in the Configuration/Setup utility program. In this case, the system does not automatically access the Configuration/Setup utility program to enable the processor slot.
10. Click here to review installing optional processor daughterboards.
11. If you are not installing a processor daughterboard, continue with the following steps.
    1. Reinstall the processor-cage cover by inserting the cover tabs into the slots on the top of the processor cage.
    2. Turn the four plastic fasteners on the processor-cage cover until they are in the locked position (one quarter-turn). You may use a flat-blade screwdriver or a coin.
       
       WARNING: Do not lift the processor housing assembly by the latches.
       
       
12. Reinstall the processor housing assembly.