Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . 11
Management offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 17
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front I/O assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 29
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
VGA connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front I/O assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 55
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 57
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 58
Working inside the server with the power on . . 58
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 58
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . . 59
Remove the security bezel . . . . . . . . . 59
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 60
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Remove the system fan cage. . . . . . . . 63
Install a processor-heat-sink module. . . . . 64
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 66
Install the 2.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . . 79
Install the 3.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . . 81
Install the rear hot-swap drive assembly . . . 83
Install the M.2 backplane and M.2 drive. . . . 85
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Install the LOM adapter . . . . . . . . . . 95
Install the serial port module . . . . . . . . 96
Install the system fan cage. . . . . . . . . 97
Install a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Install a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . 100
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Install the RAID super capacitor module . . . 105
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 108
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 111
Install the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Validate server setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 115
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Configure DC Persistent Memory Module
(DCPMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 126
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 126
Update the Vital Product Data (VPD). . . . . . . 127
Update the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Update the asset tag . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Appendix A. Getting help and
technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 135
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Collecting service data . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Contacting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Appendix B. Trademarks . . . . . . . 139
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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