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The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of IBM x3400, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.
What is an instruction?
The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of IBM x3400 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.
Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of IBM x3400. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.
What should a perfect user manual contain?
First and foremost, an user manual of IBM x3400 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of IBM x3400
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the IBM x3400 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the IBM x3400 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
Why don't we read the manuals?
Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of IBM x3400 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of IBM x3400, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the IBM service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of IBM x3400.
Why one should read the manuals?
It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the IBM x3400 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.
After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 1 Pocket Guide December 2007 IBM S ystem x3400 Product Overvie w CONTENT S Product Overvie w 1 Selling Features 1 Key Feat ures 3 Ke[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 2 • Ultra-fast fully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory with Chipki ll protection provide s speed and high availab ility. [...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 3 keyboard and mouse . It also adds PFA support for fan s . And it does all this w ithout consuming a valuable adap ter slot. Availa[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 4 rates. Intelligent Power Ca pability powers individual pro cessor elements on and off as needed, to reduce power draw . Execute Di[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 5 and installing the driv es.) Hot-sw ap SAS drives use the Conv erged Tray for inter changeability with o ther IBM System x ™ sys[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 6 and Slot 6 is a ha lf-length/full-he ight 33MHz legacy PCI slot. PCI-Express i s a high-performanc e, low-latency, nex t-generatio[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 7 behind-the-r ack cabling by as much as 87% . The illustration belo w shows a sa mple ACT configuration : C onventiona l cabling ha[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 8 BladeCenter ser vers to automatic ally report hardw are problems to IBM support, which can ev en dispatch onsite service 7 i f nec[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 9 system reset fun ction and a devic e driver. As long as the server continues running, the ASR w atchdog timer will keep being re s[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 10 enhancing both the in tegrity and th e availability of the data . SAS and SATA Serv eRAID controllers o ffer enhanced perfor manc[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 11 x3400 Specifica tions Machine ty pe 7973-1xX/1xY , 4xX/4xY, 5xX/5xY, A xX/AxY, DxX/DxY , JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY (Si mple swap 1 y r. wa[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 12 x3400 Specifica tions swap SA S swap SATA simple -sw ap SATA Maximum HDD capac ity includi ng Hot- Swap SA S/S A TA 4-Pac HDD Opt[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 13 x3400 Specifica tions models—7975/79 76) swap models—7973 /7974) # of power suppl ies standard / maximum 1 / 2 1 / 1 Hot-swap[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 14 • High-performance ex ternal expa nsion — five 480Mb ps USB 2.0 po rts (two front, two rear, one internal) • Hardware -ba s[...]
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An afforda ble dual-socket, d ual- and quad- core SMP server with high p erformance and data protection for sma ll and medium bu sinesses Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 15 For More Information IBM System x and xSeries Servers ibm.co m /systems/x Electronic Servi ce Agent ibm.com /support/electronic I[...]