Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . 13
Management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 19
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 30
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power interface board . . . . . . . . . . 35
Graphics adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Server models with eight 3.5-inch simple-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Hot-swap-drive backplane. . . . . . . . . 37
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 63
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 65
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 66
Working inside the server with the power on . . 66
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 66
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . . 67
Remove the server cover . . . . . . . . . 67
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Remove the PCIe adapter retainer . . . . . . 69
Remove the PCIe adapter holder . . . . . . 70
Install a processor-heat-sink module. . . . . 72
Install a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Install an optical drive or a tape drive. . . . . 81
Install the expansion drive cage. . . . . . . 85
Install a simple-swap-drive backplate . . . . 86
Install a backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Install the serial port module . . . . . . . . 90
Install the M.2 backplane and M.2 drive. . . . 91
Install the hot-swap power supply cage. . . . 95
Install the power interface board . . . . . . 96
Install a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . 97
Install a front fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Install the rear fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Install the PCIe adapter holder . . . . . . . 104
Install the PCIe adapter retainer. . . . . . . 105
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Install the RAID super capacitor module . . . 107
Install the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 108
Install the foot stands . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 110
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Validate server setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 117
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 123
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 124
Update the Vital Product Data (VPD). . . . . . . 124
Update the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Update the asset tag . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Appendix A. Getting help and
technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 133
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Collecting service data . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Contacting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Appendix B. Trademarks . . . . . . . 137
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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