Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . 12
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 19
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 30
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Server models with four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Server models with four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA/
NVMe drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Server models with eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Server models with ten 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/
NVMe drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Server models with ten 2.5-inch NVMe
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 3. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 66
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 67
Working inside the server with the power on . . 67
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 68
Top cover replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 68
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rack latches replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 73
Remove the rack latches . . . . . . . . . 73
Install the rack latches . . . . . . . . . . 75
Security bezel replacement . . . . . . . . . . 77
Remove the security bezel . . . . . . . . . 77
Install the security bezel. . . . . . . . . . 78
System fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Remove a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . 80
Install a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory module replacement . . . . . . . . . 83
Remove a memory module . . . . . . . . 83
Memory module installation rules . . . . . . 85
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 98
Hot-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . 100
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 100
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 101
LOM adapter replacement . . . . . . . . . . 103
Remove the LOM adapter . . . . . . . . . 103
Install the LOM adapter . . . . . . . . . . 104
Riser card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Remove a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Install a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PCIe adapter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 109
Remove a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . 109
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Install a full-height half-length GPU with the
GPU upgrade kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Backplane replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Remove the backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Install the backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Remove the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Install the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Remove the backplane for ten 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Install the backplane for ten 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Remove the rear backplane . . . . . . . . 119
Install the rear backplane . . . . . . . . . 121
CMOS battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . 123
Remove the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . 123
Install the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . 125
TCM/TPM adapter replacement (for Chinese
Mainland only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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