Lenovo Flex System x220 Installation And Service Manual

FlexSystemx220ComputeNode InstallationandServiceGuide

MachineTypes:7906,2585

Note

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB “Notices”onpage691,theWarrantyInformationdocument,andtheIBMSafetyInformationandthe EnvironmentalNoticesandUserGuidedocumentsontheIBMDocumentationCD.

TenthEdition(August2016)

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Contents

Safety.................iii

Safetystatements..............iv

Chapter1.Introduction.........1

Relateddocumentation............2

Brocadedocumentation............2

TheLenovoDocumentationCD.........3

Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....3

UsingtheDocumentationBrowser......3

Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....4

Featuresandspeciﬁcations...........5

Whatyourcomputenodeoffers.........6

LenovoXClarityAdministrator..........9

Reliability,availability,andserviceabilityfeatures.11

Majorcomponentsofthecomputenode....11

Power,controls,andindicators........12

Computenodecontrols,connectors,and

LEDs.................12

Consolebreakoutcable.........15

Turningonthecomputenode.......15

Turningoffthecomputenode.......16

System-boardlayouts............17

System-boardconnectors........17

System-boardjumpers..........17

System-boardLEDs..........18

System-boardswitches.........18

Chapter2.Conﬁguring........21

Updatingﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers.....21

RecoveringaUEFIimage..........22

Conﬁguringthecomputenode........23

UsingtheSetuputility..........24

Nxbootfailure.............28

Settingthebootprotocoltobootfromlegacy

devicesusingtheSetuputility.......29

UsingtheBootSelectionMenuprogram...30

UpdatingtheUniversallyUniqueIdentiﬁerand

DMI/SMBIOSdata...........30

ConﬁguringaRAIDarray.........33

FeaturesonDemand..........40

SettinguptheLAN-on-motherboardfeature.40

Chapter3.Installingtheoperating

system.................43

UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD.44

ServerGuidefeatures..........44

Typicaloperating-systeminstallation....45

Installingtheoperatingsystemwithoutusing

ServerGuide..............45

UsingLenovoServerGuideScriptingToolkit...45

Chapter4.AccessingtheIMM2....47

AccessingtheIMM2remotely.........47

Viewingthenetworkaccesstag......47

LoggingintotheIMM2Webinterface....48

IMM2actiondescriptions........49

AccessingtheIMM2usingtheLANoverUSB

interface.................52

PotentialconﬂictswiththeLANoverUSB

interface...............52

ResolvingconﬂictswiththeIMM2LANover

USBinterface.............52

ConﬁguringtheLANoverUSBinterface

manually...............53

Chapter5.Partslisting,Types2585

and7906................55

Chapter6.Troubleshooting......61

Servicebulletins..............61

Diagnostictools..............61

Lightpathdiagnostics..........61

IMMeventlog.............63

LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis.....65

DSAdiagnostictestresults........67

Eventmessages..............223

IMMmessages.............223

UEFIdiagnosticcodes..........584

Troubleshootingbysymptom.........614

Computenodestartproblems.......615

Connectivityproblems..........615

Harddiskdriveproblems.........628

Intermittentproblems..........628

Intermittentconnectivityproblems.....629

Memoryproblems...........630

Observableproblems..........630

Optionaldeviceandreplaceablecomponent

installationproblems..........631

Performanceproblems..........632

Power-onproblems...........632

Softwareproblems...........634

Undeterminedproblems.........634

Collectingservicedata...........635

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Chapter7.Installing,removing, andreplacingcomputenode

components.............637

Installinganoptionaldevice.........637

Installationguidelines............637

Systemreliabilityguidelines........637

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....638

Returningadeviceorcomponent.....638

Updatingthecomputenodeconﬁguration..638

Removingacomputenodefromachassis....639

Installingacomputenodeinachassis.....639

Removingandreplacingconsumableand

structuralparts..............641

Removingthechassisbulkhead......641

Installingthechassisbulkhead......642

Removingthecomputenodecover.....643

Installingthecomputenodecover.....644

Removingthefronthandle........645

Installingthefronthandle.........646

Removingtheharddiskdrivecage.....647

Installingtheharddiskdrivecage.....647

RemovingandreplacingTier1customer

replaceableunits(CRUs)...........648

Removingthebezel...........648

Installingthebezel...........649

RemovingtheCMOSbattery.......650

InstallingtheCMOSbattery........651

RemovingaDIMM...........652

InstallingaDIMM............654

Removingafabricconnector.......659

Installingafabricconnector........660

Removingtheharddiskdrivebackplane...661

Installingtheharddiskdrivebackplane...662

Removingahot-swapharddiskdrive....663

Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....663

RemovingaServeRAIDcontroller.....664

InstallingaServeRAIDcontroller......665

RemovinganI/Oexpansionadapter....666

InstallinganI/Oexpansionadapter.....667

Removingthelightpathdiagnosticspanel..668

Installingthelightpathdiagnosticspanel..669

RemovingtheRFIDtag.........670

InstallingtheRFIDtag..........671

RemovingtheUSBﬂashdrive.......671

InstallingtheUSBﬂashdrive.......672

RemovingandreplacingTier2customer

replaceableunits(CRUs)...........673

Removingtheadapter-retentionassembly..673

Installingtheadapter-retentionassembly..674 Removingamicroprocessorandheatsink..675 Installingamicroprocessorandheatsink..678

Thermalgrease............682

Removingthesystem-boardassembly...683

Installingthesystem-boardassembly....684

AppendixA.Gettinghelpand

technicalassistance........687

Beforeyoucall...............687

Usingthedocumentation..........688

GettinghelpandinformationfromtheWorldWide

Web...................688

HowtosendDSAdata...........688

Creatingapersonalizedsupportwebpage...688

Softwareserviceandsupport.........688

Hardwareserviceandsupport........689

Taiwanproductservice...........689

AppendixB.Notices.........691

Trademarks................692

Importantnotes..............692

Recyclinginformation............692

Particulatecontamination..........693

Telecommunicationregulatorystatement....693

Electronicemissionnotices..........694

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

statement...............694

IndustryCanadaClassAemissioncompliance

statement...............694

Avisdeconformitéàlaréglementation

d'IndustrieCanada...........694

AustraliaandNewZealandClassA

statement...............694

EuropeanUnionEMCDirectiveconformance

statement...............694

GermanyClassAstatement.......695

Japaneseelectromagneticcompatibility

statements..............696

KoreaCommunicationsCommission(KCC)

statement...............696

RussiaElectromagneticInterference(EMI)

ClassAstatement...........696

People'sRepublicofChinaClassAelectronic

emissionstatement...........696

TaiwanClassAcompliancestatement...696

TaiwanBSMIRoHSdeclaration......697

Index.................699

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Safety

Beforeinstallingthisproduct,readtheSafetyInformation.

Antesdeinstalaresteproduto,leiaasInformaçõesdeSegurança.

Læssikkerhedsforskrifterne,førduinstallererdetteprodukt.

Leesvoordatuditproductinstalleerteerstdeveiligheidsvoorschriften.

Ennenkuinasennattämäntuotteen,lueturvaohjeetkohdastaSafetyInformation.

Avantd'installerceproduit,lisezlesconsignesdesécurité.

VorderInstallationdiesesProduktsdieSicherheitshinweiselesen.

Primadiinstallarequestoprodotto,leggereleInformazionisullaSicurezza.

Lessikkerhetsinformasjonen(SafetyInformation)førduinstallererdetteproduktet.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

iii

Antesdeinstalaresteproduto,leiaasInformaçõessobreSegurança.

Antesdeinstalaresteproducto,lealainformacióndeseguridad.

Lässäkerhetsinformationeninnanduinstallerardenhärprodukten.

Safetystatements

Thesestatementsprovidethecautionanddangerinformationthatisusedinthisdocumentation.

Important:Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthisdocumentationislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumber isusedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsofthe cautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.

Forexample,ifacautionstatementislabeledStatement1,translationsforthatcautionstatementareinthe SafetyInformationdocumentunderStatement1.

Besuretoreadallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentationbeforeyouperformtheprocedures. Readanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatcomeswithyoursystemoroptionaldevicebeforeyouinstall thedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconﬁguration ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofﬁre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodems beforeyouopenthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationand conﬁgurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,or openingcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

ToConnect:ToDisconnect:

1.T urneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.

5.T urndeviceON.

1.T urneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

CAUTION: Whenreplacingthelithiumbattery,useonlyPartNumber33F8354oranequivalenttypebattery recommendedbythemanufacturer .Ifyoursystemhasamodulecontainingalithiumbattery,replace itonlywiththesamemoduletypemadebythesamemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumand canexplodeifnotproperlyused,handled,ordisposedof.Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

Statement12

CAUTION: Thefollowinglabelindicatesahotsurfacenearby.

Statement21

CAUTION: Hazardousenergyispresentwhenthebladeisconnectedtothepowersource.Alwaysreplacethe bladecoverbeforeinstallingtheblade.

ULregulatoryinformation

ThisdeviceisforuseonlywithListedchassis.

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Chapter1.Introduction

TheLenovoFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeTypes2585and7906isahigh-availability,scalablecompute nodethatisoptimizedtosupportthenext-generationmicroprocessortechnologyandisideallysuitedfor mediumandlargebusinesses.

TheFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeissupportedintheFlexSystemEnterpriseChassisonly.

Thisdocumentationprovidesthefollowinginformationaboutsettingupandtroubleshootingthecompute node:

•Startingandconﬁguringthecomputenode

•Installingtheoperatingsystem

•Diagnosingproblems

•Installing,removing,andreplacingcomponents

PackagedwiththecomputenodearesoftwareCDsthathelpyouconﬁgurehardware,installdevicedrivers, andinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Todownloadthelatestﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/support/ﬁxcentralandselect FlexSystemandFlexSystemx220.

Thecomputenodecomeswithalimitedwarranty.Forinformationaboutthetermsofthewarrantyand gettingserviceandassistance,seetheWarrantyInformationdocumentforyourcomputenode.This documentisavailableontheLenovoDocumentationCD.

Youcanobtainup-to-dateinformationaboutthecomputenodeathttp://www.ibm.com/systems.

Thecomputenodemighthavefeaturesthatarenotdescribedinthedocumentationthatcomeswiththe computenode.Thedocumentationmightbeupdatedoccasionallytoincludeinformationaboutthose features.Technicalupdatesmightalsobeavailabletoprovideadditionalinformationthatisnotincluded inthecomputenodedocumentation.Toobtainthemostup-to-datedocumentationforthisproduct,go tohttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp.

Youcansubscribetoinformationupdatesthatarespeciﬁctoyourcomputenodeat http://www.ibm.com/support/mynotiﬁcations.

ThemodelnumberandserialnumberareontheIDlabelonthebezelonthefrontofthecomputenode, andonalabelonthebottomofthecomputenodethatisvisiblewhenthecomputenodeisnotintheFlex Systemchassis.IfthecomputenodecomeswithanRFIDtag,theRFIDtagcoverstheIDlabelonthebezel onthefrontofthecomputenode,butyoucanopentheRFIDtagtoseetheIDlabelbehindit.

Note:Theillustrationsinthisdocumentmightdifferslightlyfromyourhardware.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

00000000

ID label

RFID tag

Relateddocumentation

Usethisinformationtoidentifyandlocaterelatedcomputenodedocumentation.

ThisInstallationandServiceGuidecontainsgeneralinformationaboutthecomputenode,includinghowto installsupportedoptionaldevicesandhowtoconﬁgurethecomputenode.Italsocontainsinformationto helpyousolveproblemsyourselfandinstructionsforremovingandinstallingcomponents,anditcontains informationforservicetechnicians.DocumentsthatareinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)areonthe documentationCDthatcomeswithyourproduct.Thefollowingdocumentationisalsoavailable:

•SafetyInformation ThisdocumentisinPDF .Itcontainstranslatedcautionanddangerstatements.Eachcautionanddanger

statementthatappearsinthedocumentationhasanumberthatyoucanusetolocatethecorresponding statementinyourlanguageintheSafetyInformationdocument.

•LenovoWarrantyInformation ThisprinteddocumentcontainsthewarrantytermsandapointertotheLenovoStatementofLimited

Warranty.

•EnvironmentalNoticesandUserGuide ThisdocumentisinPDF .Itcontainstranslatedenvironmentalnotices.

•LicenseAgreementforMachineCode ThisdocumentisinPDF.ItprovidestranslatedversionsoftheLicenseAgreementforMachinecode

foryourcomputenode.

•LicensesandAttributionsDocument ThisdocumentisinPDF.Itprovidesinformationabouttheopen-sourcenotices.

Inadditiontothedocumentationinthislibrary,besuretoreviewtheInstallationandServiceGuideforyour FlexSystemchassisforinformationtohelpyouprepareforsysteminstallationandconﬁguration.

Tocheckforupdateddocumentation,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

YoucanalsoﬁnddocumentationthatisrelatedtoFlexSystemproductsathttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp.

Brocadedocumentation

UsethisinformationtoidentifyandlocaterelatedBrocadedocumentation.

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ThefollowingsectionintroducesBrocadedocumentsthatyoumightﬁndusefulfortheinstallationand administration.

•EN4023UserGuide –NetworkOSLayer2SwitchingConﬁgurationGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/conﬁguration-guide/nos-601a-l2guide/

–NetworkOSCommandReferenceGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/command-reference-guide/nos-601a-commandref/index.html

–NetworkOSMessageReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/message-reference-guides/nos-601a-messageref/wwhelp/ wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

•FC5022UserGuide –FabricOSAdministrator'sGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/administration-guide/fos-740-adminguide/

–FabricOSCommandReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/command-reference-guide/fos-741-commandref/wwhelp/ wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

–FabricOSMessageReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/message-reference-guides/FOS_740_MESSAGES/wwhelp/ wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=Title.1.2.html

–AccessGatewayAdministrator'sGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/administration-guide/fos-740-accessgateway/index.html

TheLenovoDocumentationCD

TheDocumentationCDcontainsdocumentationforthecomputenodeinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF). Itincludesadocumentationbrowsertohelpyouﬁndinformationquickly.

YoucanruntheDocumentationCDonanycomputerthatmeetsthehardwareandsoftwarerequirements.

Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements

Usethisinformationtodeterminetheminimumhardwareandsoftwarerequirements.

TheLenovoDocumentationCDrequiresthefollowingminimumhardwareandsoftware:

•MicrosoftWindows

•100MHzmicroprocessor

•32MBofRAM

•AdobeAcrobatReader3.0(orlater)orxpdf,whichcomeswithLinuxoperatingsystems

UsingtheDocumentationBrowser

UsethisinformationtostarttheDocumentationBrowser.

UsetheDocumentationBrowsertobrowsethecontentsoftheCD,readbriefdescriptionsofthedocuments, andviewdocuments,usingAdobeAcrobatReaderorxpdf.TheDocumentationBrowserautomatically detectstheregionalsettingsinuseinyoursystemanddisplaysthedocumentsinthelanguageforthat region(ifavailable).Ifadocumentisnotavailableinthelanguageforthatregion,theEnglish-language versionisdisplayed.

UseoneofthefollowingprocedurestostarttheDocumentationBrowser:

Chapter1.Introduction3

•IfAutostartisenabled,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive.TheDocumentationBrowserstarts automatically.

•IfAutostartisdisabledorisnotenabledforallusers,useoneofthefollowingprocedures: –IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdriveandclickStart→

Run.IntheOpenﬁeld,type

e:\win32.bat

whereeisthedriveletteroftheCDorDVDdrive,andclickOK.

–IfyouareusingRedHatLinux,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive;then,runthefollowing

commandfromthe/mnt/cdromdirectory:

shrunlinux.sh

SelectthecomputenodefromtheProductmenu.TheAvailableT opicslistdisplaysallthedocumentsfor thecomputenode.Somedocumentsmightbeinfolders.Aplussign(+)indicateseachfolderordocument thathasadditionaldocumentsunderit.Clicktheplussigntodisplaytheadditionaldocuments.

Whenyouselectadocument,adescriptionofthedocumentisdisplayedunderT opicDescription.T oselect morethanonedocument,pressandholdtheCtrlkeywhileyouselectthedocuments.ClickViewBook toviewtheselecteddocumentordocumentsinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.Ifyouselectedmorethanone document,alltheselecteddocumentsareopenedinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.

Tosearchallthedocuments,typeawordorwordstringintheSearchﬁeldandclickSearch.The documentsinwhichthewordorwordstringappearsarelistedinorderofthemostoccurrences.Clicka documenttoviewit.PressCtrl+FtousetheAcrobatsearchfunction,orpressAlt+Ftousethexpdfsearch functionwithinthedocument.

ClickHelpfordetailedinformationaboutusingtheDocumentationBrowser.

Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument

Usethisinformationtounderstandthemostcommondocumentationnoticesandstatementsandhow theyareused.

ThecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarealsointhemultilingualSafetyInformation document,whichisontheDocumentationCD.Eachstatementisnumberedforreferencetothe correspondingstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.

Thefollowingnoticesandstatementsareusedinthisdocument:

•Note:Thesenoticesprovideimportanttips,guidance,oradvice.

•Important:Thesenoticesprovideinformationoradvicethatmighthelpyouavoidinconvenientor problemsituations.

•Attention:Thesenoticesindicatepossibledamagetoprograms,devices,ordata.Anattentionnoticeis placedjustbeforetheinstructionorsituationinwhichdamagemightoccur.

•Caution:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallyhazardoustoyou.Acaution statementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallyhazardousproceduresteporsituation.

•Danger:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallylethalorhazardoustoyou.A dangerstatementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallylethalorhazardousprocedure steporsituation.

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Featuresandspeciﬁcations

Usethisinformationtoviewspeciﬁcinformationaboutthecomputenode,suchascomputenodehardware featuresandthedimensionsofthecomputenode.

1.Power,cooling,andchassissystemsmanagementareprovidedbytheFlexSystemchassis.

2.TheoperatingsysteminthecomputenodemustprovideUSBsupportforthecomputenodeto recognizeanduseUSBmediadrivesanddevices.TheFlexSystemchassisusesUSBforinternal communicationwiththesedevices.

ThefollowingtableisasummaryofthefeaturesandspeciﬁcationsoftheFlexSystemx220ComputeNode.

Table1.Featuresandspeciﬁcations

Featuresandspeciﬁcations Microprocessor:Uptotwomulti-coreIntelXeon

microprocessors.

Note:UsetheSetuputilitytodeterminethetypeand speedofthemicroprocessorsinthecomputenode.

Size:

•Height:55.5mm(2.2in)

•Depth:492.24mm(19.4in)

•Width:217.35mm(8.5in)

•Maximumweight(fullyconﬁgured):6.4kg(14.11lb)

Integratedfunctions:

Environment:

•RenesasSH7757(IMM2)baseboardmanagement controller(BMC)withintegratedVGAcontroller

•(Modelswithembeddedvirtualfabriconly)Broadcom 5718dual-portoneGigabitEthernetcontroller

•Concurrentkeyboard/video/mouse(cKVM)

•Lightpathdiagnostics

•Automaticserverrestart(ASR)

•OneLSIS/WSATAwithsupportforRAIDlevel-0or RAIDlevel-1

•OneLSI2004SAScontrollerwithsupportforRAID level-0orRAIDlevel-1(optional)

•OneexternalUSBport

•SupportforuptotwointernalUSBports

•SerialoverLAN(SOL)

•WakeonLAN(WOL)

TheFlexSystemx220ComputeNodecomplieswith ASHRAEclassA3speciﬁcations.

•Poweron

: –Temperature:5°C-40°C(41°F-104°F) –Humidity,non-condensing:-12°Cdewpoint

(10.4°F)and8%-85%relativehumidity –Maximumdewpoint:24°C(75°F) –Maximumaltitude:3048m(10,000ft) –Maximumrateoftemperaturechange:5°C/hr

(41°F/hr)

•Poweroff

: –Temperature:5°Cto45°C(41°F-113°F) –Relativehumidity:8%-85% –Maximumdewpoint:27°C(80.6°F)

•Storage(non-operating):

Memory:

•12dualinlinememorymodule(DIMM)connectors

•Type:Low-proﬁle(LP)double-datarate(DDR3)DRAM

•Supports2GB,4GB,8GB,and16GBDIMMswith upto192GBoftotalmemoryonthesystemboard

•SupportforUDIMMsandRDIMMs(combiningisnot supported)

–Temperature:1°Cto60°C(33.8°F-140°F) –Altitude:3050m(10,006ft) –Relativehumidity:5%-80% –Maximumdewpoint:29°C(84.2°F)

•Shipment(non-operating)

–Temperature:-40°Cto60°C(-40°F-140°F) –Altitude:10,700m(35,105ft)

–Relativehumidity:5%-100%

PredictiveFailureAnalysis(PFA)alerts:

•Microprocessors

–Maximumdewpoint:29°C(84.2°F)

•Particulatecontamination

•Memory

•Harddiskdrives

Attention:Airborneparticulatesandreactivegases

actingaloneorincombinationwithotherenvironmental Drives:Supportsuptotwohot-swapGen2,smallform factor(SFF),SerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)orSerialATA (SATA)harddiskdrives.

factorssuchashumidityortemperaturemightpose

arisktothecomputenode.Forinformationabout

thelimitsforparticulatesandgases,see“Particulate

contamination”onpage693

Upgradeableﬁrmware:Allﬁrmwareisﬁeldupgradeable.

1.Theon-boardServeRAIDC105(SWRAID)controllersupportsSATAdrivesonly,Solidstatedrives(SSD)andSAS drivesarenotsupported.ThebootinganduseofinternaldriveswithVMwareisalsonotsupported.

5,6

Chapter1.Introduction5

Table1.Featuresandspeciﬁcations(continued)

Featuresandspeciﬁcations

2.Ifinstalled,theoptionalServeRAIDH1135orServeRAIDM5115controllersupportsSSDandSASdrives.The bootinganduseofinternaldriveswithVMwareisalsosupported.

3.Chassisispoweredon.

4.A3-Deratemaximumallowabletemperature1°C/175mabove950m.

5.TheminimumhumiditylevelforclassA3isthehigher(moremoisture)ofthe-12°Cdewpointandthe8%relative humidity.Theseintersectatapproximately25°C.Belowthisintersection(~25°C),thedewpoint(-12°C)represents theminimummoisturelevel;abovetheintersection,relativehumidity(8%)istheminimum.

6.Moisturelevelslowerthan0.5°CDP ,butnotlower-10°CDPor8%relativehumidity,canbeacceptedif appropriatecontrolmeasuresareimplementedtolimitthegenerationofstaticelectricityonpersonneland equipmentinthedatacenter.Allpersonnelandmobilefurnishingsandequipmentmustbeconnectedtoground viaanappropriatestaticcontrolsystem.Thefollowingitemsareconsideredtheminimumrequirements: a.Conductivematerials(conductiveﬂooring,conductivefootwearonallpersonnelwhogointothedatacenter;

allmobilefurnishingsandequipmentwillbemadeofconductiveorstaticdissipativematerials).

b.Duringmaintenanceonanyhardware,aproperlyfunctioningwriststrapmustbeusedbyanypersonnelwho

contactsITequipment.

7.5°C/hrfordatacentersemployingtapedrivesand20°C/hrfordatacentersemployingdiskdrives.

8.Chassisisremovedfromoriginalshippingcontainerandisinstalledbutnotinuse,forexample,duringrepair, maintenance,orupgrade.

9.Theequipmentacclimationperiodis1hourper20°Coftemperaturechangefromtheshippingenvironment totheoperatingenvironment.

10.Condensation,butnotrain,isacceptable.

Whatyourcomputenodeoffers

YourcomputenodeoffersfeaturessuchastheintegratedmanagementmoduleII,harddiskdrivesupport, systems-managementsupport,LenovoX-Architecture,microprocessortechnology,integratednetwork support,I/Oexpansion,largesystem-memorycapacity,lightpathdiagnosticsLEDs,PCIExpress,and powerthrottling.

•FeaturesonDemand IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedinthecomputenodeorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalled

inthecomputenode,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.Forinformationabout FeaturesonDemand,see“FeaturesonDemand”onpage40

•Flexiblenetworksupport Thecomputenodeprovidesﬂexiblenetworkcapabilities:

–ModelswithembeddedEthernet

Thedual-port1GbBroadcomEthernetcontrollerisroutedtoa100Gbconnectoronthesystemboard. Thisconnectorattachestoaperiscopeconnectorthatenables100Gbsupport.Thecontrolleralso supportsWakeonLANtechnology.

–ModelswithoutembeddedEthernet

Thecomputenodehasconnectorsonthesystemboardforoptionalexpansionadaptersforadding networkcommunicationcapabilitiestothecomputenode.Y oucaninstalluptotwoI/Oexpansion adaptersfornetworksupport.Thisprovidestheﬂexibilitytoinstallexpansionadaptersthatsupporta varietyofnetworkcommunicationtechnologies.

•Harddiskdrivesupport Thecomputenodesupportsuptotwohot-swapharddiskdrives.Y oucanimplementRAID0orRAID

1forthedrives.

•LenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto

helpyousetupthecomputenodeandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogram

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detectsinstalledoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconﬁgurationprogramsanddevice drivers.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD”onpage44

•LenovoX-Architecture LenovoX-Architecturesystemscombineproven,innovativedesignstomakeyour

x86-processor-basedcomputenodepowerful,scalable,andreliable.Formoreinformation,see http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/mission-critical/.

•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII TheintegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)combinessystems-managementfunctions,videocontroller,

theremotepresence,andblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMM2providesadvanced systems-managementcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.

Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceedsathresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMM2lightsLEDsto helpyoudiagnosetheproblem,recordstheerrorintheIMMeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.

Optionally,theIMM2alsoprovidesavirtualpresencecapabilityforremotesystems-management capabilities.TheIMM2providesremotesystemsmanagementthroughindustry-standardinterfaces:

–CommonInformationModel(CIM) –IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0 –SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0 –Webbrowser Formoreinformation,seeChapter4“AccessingtheIMM2”onpage47.

•Largesystem-memorycapacity Thecomputenodesupportsupto192GBofsystemmemory.Thememorycontrollerprovidessupport

forupto12industry-standardregisteredECCDDR3onlow-proﬁle(LP)DIMMsonthesystemboard.For themostcurrentlistofsupportedDIMMs,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.

•Lightpathdiagnostics Lightpathdiagnosticsprovideslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)tohelpyoudiagnoseproblems.Formore

information,see“Lightpathdiagnostics”onpage61

•Microprocessortechnology Thecomputenodesupportsuptotwomulti-coreIntelXeonmicroprocessors.Formoreinformationabout

supportedmicroprocessorsandtheirpartnumbers,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.

Note:Theoptionalmicroprocessorsarelimitedbythecapacityandcapabilityofthecomputenode.Any microprocessorthatyouinstallmusthavethesamespeciﬁcationsasthemicroprocessorthatcame withthecomputenode.

•PCIExpress PCIExpressisaserialinterfacethatisusedforchip-to-chipinterconnectandexpansionadapter

interconnect.YoucanaddoptionalI/Oandstoragedevices. Optionalexpansionnodesareavailabletoprovideacost-effectivewayforyoutoincreaseandcustomize

thecapabilitiesofthecomputenode.Expansionnodessupportawidevarietyofindustry-standardPCI Express,network,storage,andgraphicsadapters.Foradditionalinformation,see"PCIeExpansion Node"athttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.pme.doc/ product_page.html.

•Powerthrottling Byenforcingapowerpolicyknownaspower-domainoversubscription,theFlexSystemchassiscan

sharethepowerloadbetweentwoormorepowersuppliestoensuresufﬁcientpowerforeachdevice intheFlexSystemchassis.ThispolicyisenforcedwhentheinitialpowerisappliedtotheFlexSystem chassisorwhenacomputenodeisinsertedintotheFlexSystemchassis.

Thefollowingsettingsforthispolicyareavailable:

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–Basicpowermanagement –Powermoduleredundancy –Powermoduleredundancywithcomputenodethrottlingallowed YoucanconﬁgureandmonitorthepowerenvironmentbyusingtheChassisManagementModule.Formore

information,seetheFlexSystemChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide athttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/dw1kt_cmm_ cli_book.pdf.

•Systems-managementsupport ThecomputenodeIMM2providesawebinterfaceforremotesystems-managementsupport.Youcan

usetheinterfacetoviewsystemstatusandcontrolservermanagementfunctionsandIMMmanagement settings.

TheIMM2communicateswiththeLenovoFlexSystemChassisManagementModule(CMM)andFlex SystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled).

–TheCMMisahot-swapmodulethatprovidessystems-managementfunctionsforall

componentsinanFlexSystemchassis.Itcontrolsaserialportforremoteconnection anda1GbpsEthernetremote-managementconnection.Formoreinformation,seethe FlexSystemChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuideat http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/dw1kt_cmm_ cli_book.pdf.

–TheFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftwareisaplatform-managementfoundation

thatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneous environment.Byusingindustrystandards,FlexSystemManagermanagement softwaresupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologies.Formore information,seethe"FlexSystemManagerSoftware:InstallationandServiceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/product_ page.html.

•LenovoXClarityAdministrator LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators

todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx, ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovides: –Automateddiscovery

–Agent-freehardwaremanagement –Monitoring –Firmwareupdatesandcompliance –Pattern-basedconﬁgurationmanagement –Deploymentofoperatingsystemsandhypervisors Administratorsareabletoﬁndtherightinformationandaccomplishcriticaltasksfasterthroughan

uncluttered,dashboard-drivengraphicaluserinterface(GUI).Centralizingandautomatingfoundational infrastructuredeploymentandlifecyclemanagementtasksacrosslargepoolsofsystemsfreesup administratortime,andmakesresourcesavailabletoend-usersfaster.

LenovoXClarityiseasilyextendedintotheleadingvirtualizationmanagementplatformsfromMicrosoft andVMwareusingsoftwareplug-ins,calledLenovoXClarityIntegrators.Thesolutionimprovesworkload uptimeandservice-levelassurancebydynamicallyrelocatingworkloadsfromaffectedhostsinthecluster duringrollingserverrebootsorﬁrmwareupdates,orduringpredictedhardwarefailures.

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministrator,seethe http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/and

8FlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

thehttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/ aug_product_page.html.

•InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministrator –InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministratorfortheﬁrsttime

TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorinvolvespreparingthenetwork,installingand conﬁguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance,managingsystems,andoptionally settingupautomaticproblemnotiﬁcation.

Thereareanumberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetwork andtosetuptheLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagethosesystemsbasedonthe networktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment.Forguidanceforinstalling theLenovoXClarityAdministratorinVMwareESXi-basedandHyper-Venvironments,see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2 Fsetup.html.

–Free90-daytrial

LenovoXClarityAdministratoroffersafree,90-daytriallicensethatenablesyoutouseallavailable features(includingoperating-systemdeployment,ﬁrmwaremaintenance,andconﬁguration management)foralimitedtime.

After90days,youcancontinuetouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanageandmonitoryour hardwareforfree;however,youmustpurchaseafull-function-enablementlicensetocontinueusing LenovoXClarityAdministratortoconﬁgureyourhardwareusingConﬁgurationPatternsandtodeploy operatingsystems.YoucanpurchaseLenovoXClarityAdministratorlicensesfromyourLenovoseller orbusinesspartner.

Forinformationaboutinstallingthelicense,see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2 Fupdate_lxcasw.html.

–UpdatingLenovoXClarityAdministrator

YoucandownloadorimportLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdatesand installtheupdatesfromtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorwebinterface. ForinformationaboutupdatingaLenovoXClarityAdministrator,see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2 Fupdate_lxcasw.html.EnsurethatyoucarefullyreadtheInstallationandSetupInstructionsinthe Invgy_sw_lxca_***_anyos_noarch.txtﬁlethatisprovidedintheupdatepackage.zipﬁle.

LenovoXClarityAdministrator

LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralized,resource-managementsolutionthatsimpliﬁesinfrastructure management,speedsresponses,andenhancestheavailabilityofLenovo®serversystemsandsolutions.It runsasavirtualappliancethatautomatesdiscovery,inventory,tracking,monitoring,andprovisioningfor Lenovoservers,FlexSystemservers,andRackSwitchswitchesinasecureenvironment.

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralinterfacetoperformthefollowingfunctionsforallmanaged endpoints.

•Hardwaremanagement LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesagent-freehardwaremanagement.Itcanautomaticallydiscover

manageableendpoints,includingFlexSystemchassisandcomponents,Systemx,NeXtScale,and ThinkServerservers,andRackSwitchswitches.Inventoryofthediscoveredendpointsisalsogathered, soanat-a-glanceviewofthemanagedhardwareinventoryandstatusispossible.

•Hardwaremonitoring

Chapter1.Introduction9

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralizedviewofalleventsandalertsthataregeneratedfrom themanagedendpoints.WhenaCMMorIMMdetectsanissue,analertoreventispassedtotheLenovo XClarityAdministratorandisdisplayedintheeventsoralertslog.Asummaryofallalertsandeventsis visiblefromtheDashboardandtheStatusbar.Eventsandalertsforaspeciﬁcendpointareavailablefrom theAlertsandEventsdetailpageforthatendpoint.

•Operating-systemdeployment YoucanuseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetherepositoryofoperating-systemimagesand

deployoperating-systemimagestomanagedservers.

•Conﬁgurationmanagement Youcanquicklyprovisionandpre-provisionallofyourserversusingaconsistentconﬁguration.

Conﬁgurationsettings(suchaslocalstorage,I/Oadapters,bootsettings,ﬁrmware,ports,andIMMand UEFIsettings)aresavedasaserverpatternthatcanbeappliedtooneormoremanagedservers.When theserverpatternsareupdated,thechangesareautomaticallydeployedtotheappliedservers.

•Firmwarecomplianceandupdates Firmwaremanagementissimpliﬁedbyassigningﬁrmware-compliancepoliciestomanagedendpoints.

Whenyoucreateandassignacompliancepolicytomanagedendpoints,LenovoXClarityAdministrator monitorschangestotheinventoryforthoseendpointsandﬂagsanyendpointsthatareoutofcompliance.

•Usermanagement LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralizedauthenticationservertocreateandmanageuser

accountsandtomanageandauthenticateusercredentials.Theauthenticationserveriscreated automaticallywhenyoustartthemanagementserverfortheﬁrsttime.Theuseraccountsthatyoucreate forLenovoXClarityAdministratorarealsousedtologintomanagedchassisandservers.

•Security IfyourenvironmentmustcomplywitheitherNISTSP800-131AorFIPS140-2standards,LenovoXClarity

Administratorcanhelpyouachieveafullycompliantenvironment.Itsupportsself-signedSSLcertiﬁcates (whichareissuedbyaninternalcertiﬁcateauthority)andexternalSSLcertiﬁcates(whichareissuedbya privateorcommercialCA).Firewallsonchassisandserverscanbeconﬁguredtoacceptincoming requestsfromonlyLenovoXClarityAdministrator.

•Serviceandsupport LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbesetuptocollectandsenddiagnosticﬁlesautomaticallytoyour

preferredserviceproviderwhencertainserviceableeventsoccurinLenovoXClarityAdministratorand themanagedendpoints.YoucanchoosetosenddiagnosticﬁlestoLenovoSupportusingcallhomeor toanotherserviceproviderusingSFTP.Youcanalsomanuallycollectdiagnosticﬁles,openaproblem record,andsenddiagnosticﬁlestotheLenovoSupportCenter.

•T askautomationusingscripts LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbeintegratedintoexternal,higher-levelmanagementandautomation

platformsthroughopenRESTapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs).UsingtheRESTAPIs,Lenovo XClarityAdministratorcaneasilyintegratewithyourexistingmanagementinfrastructure.Youcanalsorun LenovoXClaritycmdletsinaMicrosoftPowerShellsessiontoautomatecertainmanagementfunctions. ThecmdletsuseLenovoXClarityAdministratorRESTAPIsandcanautomatefunctions

•Integrationwithothermanagementsoftware LenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailablestand-aloneorasabundledofferingthatisknownasLenovo

XClarityPro.LenovoXClarityProiscomposedofthebaseAdministratorproductplustwoLenovoXClarity IntegratormodulesthatprovideintegrationintoMicrosoftSystemsCenterorVMwarevCenter.Together, thesetoolsprovidediscovery,monitoring,conﬁguration,andmanagementfunctionstoreducethecost andcomplexityofroutinesystemadministrationforSystemx,NeXtScale,andFlexSystemendpoints.

MoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailableat http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/.

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Reliability,availability,andserviceabilityfeatures

Threeofthemostimportantfeaturesincomputenodedesignarereliability,availability,andserviceability (RAS).TheseRASfeatureshelptoensuretheintegrityofthedatathatisstoredinthecomputenode,the availabilityofthecomputenodewhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrect problems.

ThecomputenodehasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•AdvancedConﬁgurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)

•Automaticserverrestart(ASR)

•Built-indiagnosticsusingDSAPreboot

•Built-inmonitoringfortemperature,voltage,andharddiskdrives

•Customersupportcenter24hoursperday,7daysaweek

•CustomerupgradeofﬂashROM-residentcodeanddiagnostics

•Customer-upgradeableUniﬁedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)codeanddiagnostics

•ECCprotectedDDR3DIMMs

•ECCprotectionontheL2cache

•Errorcodesandmessages

•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)thatcommunicateswiththeChassisManagementModuleto enableremotesystemsmanagement

•Lightpathdiagnostics

•Memoryparitytesting

•Microprocessorbuilt-inself-test(BIST)duringpower-onself-test(POST)

•Microprocessorserialnumberaccess

•Processorpresencedetection

•ROM-residentdiagnostics

•System-errorlogging

•Vitalproductdata(VPD)onmemory

•WakeonLANcapability

•WakeonPCI(PME)capability

Majorcomponentsofthecomputenode

Usethisinformationtolocatethemajorcomponentsonthecomputenode.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthemajorcomponentsofthecomputenode.

1.Serviceavailabilityvariesbycountry.Responsetimevariesdependingonthenumberandnatureofincomingcalls.

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Usethisinformationtoviewpowerfeatures,turnonandturnoffthecomputenode,andviewthefunctions ofthecontrolsandindicators.

Computenodecontrols,connectors,andLEDs

Usethisinformationfordetailsaboutthecontrols,connectors,andLEDs.

Thefollowingillustrationidentiﬁesthebuttons,connectors,andLEDsonthecontrolpanel.

HarddiskdriveactivityLED(green)

WhenthisgreenLEDislit,itindicatesthatthereisactivityontheharddiskdrive.

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HarddiskdrivestatusLED

WhenthisyellowLEDislit,itindicatesthatanerrorhasoccurredwiththeharddiskdrive.TheLED turnsoffonlyaftertheerroriscorrected.YoucanchecktheCMMeventlogtodeterminethesource ofthecondition.Formoreinformation,see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingthecomputenode” onpage64

FaultLED

WhenthisyellowLEDislit,itindicatesthatasystemerrorhasoccurredinthecomputenode.In addition,thefaultLEDonthechassissystemLEDpanelislit.YoucanchecktheCMMeventlogto determinethesourceofthecondition.Formoreinformation,see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestarting thecomputenode”onpage64

.See“LightpathdiagnosticsLEDs”onpage63formoreinformation

abouttheLEDsonthecomputenode.

ThefaultLEDturnsoffonlyaftertheerroriscorrected.

Note:WhenthefaultLEDturnsoff,youshouldalsocleartheIMMeventlog.UsetheSetuputility tocleartheIMMeventlog.

ChecklogLED

WhenthisyellowLEDislit,itindicatesthataconditionthatcausesaneventtobeloggedintheIMM eventloghasoccurred.

ThechecklogLEDcanbeturnedoffthroughtheCMMledcommand,theCMMwebinterface,orFlex SystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled).

•FormoreinformationabouttheCMMledcommand,seethe"FlexSystem ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_ command_led.html.

•FromtheCMMwebinterface,selectComputeNodesfromtheChassisManagementmenu. Formoreinformation,seethethe"FlexSystemChassisManagementModule:User'sGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cmm_user_ guide.html.AllﬁeldsandoptionsaredescribedintheCMMwebinterfaceonlinehelp.

•FormoreinformationaboutFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftware, seethe"FlexSystemManagerSoftware:InstallationandServiceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/product_ page.html.

1.Alternatively,youcanusetheCMM_INDICATES_ITE_ERROR_N commandtolightthechecklogLED.SeethetheFlexSystemChassis ManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuideat http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/dw1kt_cmm_ cli_book.pdfformoreinformation.

2.YoucanchecktheCMMeventlogtodeterminethesourceofthecondition.Formoreinformation, see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingthecomputenode”onpage64.

IdentifyLED

ThesystemadministratorcanremotelylightthisblueLEDtoaidinvisuallylocatingthecomputenode. WhenthisLEDislit,theidentifyLEDontheFlexSystemchassisisalsolit.TheidentifyLEDcanbe litandturnedoffthroughtheCMMledcommand,theCMMwebinterface,orFlexSystemManager managementsoftware(ifinstalled).

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Powerbutton/LED

WhenthecomputenodeisconnectedtopowerthroughtheFlexSystemchassis,pressthisbuttonto turnonorturnoffthecomputenode.

Notes:Thepowerbuttonworksonlyiflocalpowercontrolisenabledforthecomputenode.Local powercontrolisenabledanddisabledthroughtheCMMpowercommandandtheCMMwebinterface.

•FormoreinformationabouttheCMMpowercommand,seethe"FlexSystem ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_ command_power.html.

Afterthecomputenodeisremovedfromthechassis,pressandholdthisbuttontoactivatethe system-boardLEDs(lightpathdiagnostics).See“Computenodecontrols,connectors,andLEDs”on page12

formoreinformation.

ThisbuttonisalsothepowerLED.ThisgreenLEDindicatesthepowerstatusofthecomputenode:

•Flashingrapidly:TheLEDﬂashesrapidlyforthefollowingreasons: –Thecomputenodehasbeeninstalledinachassis.Whenyouinstallthecomputenode,theLED

ﬂashesrapidlyforupto90secondswhiletheintegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)inthe computenodeisinitializingandsynchronizingwiththeChassisManagementModule.

–PowerpermissionshavenotbeenassignedtothecomputenodethroughtheChassis

ManagementModule. –TheFlexSystemchassisdoesnothaveenoughpowertoturnonthecomputenode. –TheIMM2inthecomputenodeisnotcommunicatingwiththeChassisManagementModule.

•Flashingslowly:ThecomputenodeisconnectedtopowerthroughtheFlexSystemchassisandis readytobeturnedon.

•Litcontinuously:ThecomputenodeisconnectedtopowerthroughtheFlexSystemchassisandis turnedon.

Whenthecomputenodeison,pressingthisbuttoncausesanorderlyshutdownofthecomputenode sothatitcanberemovedsafelyfromthechassis.Thisincludesshuttingdowntheoperatingsystem(if possible)andremovingpowerfromthecomputenode.

Ifanoperatingsystemisrunning,youmighthavetopressthebuttonforapproximately4secondsto initiatetheshutdown.

Attention:Pressingthebuttonfor4secondsforcestheoperatingsystemtoshutdownimmediately. Datalossispossible.

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KVMconnector

Serial connector

USB ports (2)

Video connector (blue)

Captive screws

to KVM connector

Connecttheconsolebreakoutcabletothisconnector(see“Consolebreakoutcable”onpage15 formoreinformation).

Note:Itisbestpracticetoconnecttheconsolebreakoutcabletoonlyonecomputenodeatatimein eachFlexSystemchassis.

USBconnector

ConnectaUSBdevicetothisconnector.

Note:ItisbestpracticetoconnectaUSBdevicetothefrontofonlyonecomputenodeatatimein eachFlexSystemchassis.

Consolebreakoutcable

Usethisinformationfordetailsabouttheconsolebreakoutcable.

UsetheconsolebreakoutcabletoconnectexternalI/Odevicestothecomputenode.Theconsolebreakout cableconnectsthroughtheKVMconnector(see“Computenodecontrols,connectors,andLEDs”onpage

).Theconsolebreakoutcablehasconnectorsforadisplaydevice(video),twoUSBconnectorsforaUSB

12 keyboardandmouse,andaserialinterfaceconnector.

Thefollowingillustrationidentiﬁestheconnectorsandcomponentsontheconsolebreakoutcable.

Turningonthecomputenode

Usethisinformationfordetailsaboutturningonthecomputenode.

AfteryouconnectthecomputenodetopowerthroughtheFlexSystemchassis,thecomputenodecan bestartedinanyofthefollowingways:

•Y oucanpressthepowerbuttononthefrontofthecomputenode(see“Computenodecontrols, )tostartthecomputenode.Thepowerbuttonworksonlyiflocal

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connectors,andLEDs”onpage12 powercontrolisenabledforthecomputenode.Localpowercontrolisenabledanddisabledthroughthe CMMpowercommandandtheCMMwebinterface.

–FormoreinformationabouttheCMMpowercommand,seethe"FlexSystem

ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_command_ power.html.

–FromtheCMMwebinterface,selectComputeNodesfromtheChassisManagementmenu.

Formoreinformation,seethethe"FlexSystemChassisManagementModule:User'sGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cmm_user_ guide.html.AllﬁeldsandoptionsaredescribedintheCMMwebinterfaceonlinehelp.

1.WaituntilthepowerLEDonthecomputenodeﬂashesslowlybeforeyoupressthepowerbutton. WhiletheIMM2inthecomputenodeisinitializingandsynchronizingwiththeChassisManagement Module,thepowerLEDﬂashesrapidly,andthepowerbuttononthecomputenodedoesnot respond.Thisprocesscantakeapproximately90secondsafterthecomputenodehasbeeninstalled.

2.Whilethecomputenodeisstarting,thepowerLEDonthefrontofthecomputenodeislitanddoes notﬂash.See“Computenodecontrols,connectors,andLEDs”onpage12forthepowerLEDstates.

•Ifapowerfailureoccurs,theFlexSystemchassisandthecomputenodecanbeconﬁguredthroughthe CMMpowercommandandtheCMMwebinterfacetostartautomaticallywhenpowerisrestored.

–FormoreinformationabouttheCMMpowercommand,seethe"FlexSystem

ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_command_ power.html.

–FromtheCMMwebinterface,selectComputeNodesfromtheChassisManagementmenu.

•Y oucanturnonthecomputenodethroughtheCMMpowercommand,theCMMwebinterface,orFlex SystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled).

–FormoreinformationabouttheCMMpowercommand,seethe"FlexSystem

ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_command_ power.html.

–FromtheCMMwebinterface,selectComputeNodesfromtheChassisManagementmenu.

–FormoreinformationaboutFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftware,

seethe"FlexSystemManagerSoftware:InstallationandServiceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/product_ page.html.

•Y oucanturnonthecomputenodethroughtheWakeonLANfeature.Thecomputenodemustbe connectedtopower(thepowerLEDisﬂashingslowly)andmustbecommunicatingwiththeChassis ManagementModule.TheoperatingsystemmustsupporttheWakeonLANfeature,andtheWakeon LANfeaturemustbeenabledthroughtheChassisManagementModulewebinterface.

Turningoffthecomputenode

Usethisinformationfordetailsaboutturningoffthecomputenode.

Whenyouturnoffthecomputenode,itisstillconnectedtopowerthroughtheFlexSystemchassis.The computenodecanrespondtorequestsfromtheIMM2,suchasaremoterequesttoturnonthecompute node.Toremoveallpowerfromthecomputenode,youmustremoveitfromtheFlexSystemchassis.

Beforeyouturnoffthecomputenode,shutdowntheoperatingsystem.Seetheoperating-system documentationforinformationaboutshuttingdowntheoperatingsystem.

Thecomputenodecanbeturnedoffinanyofthefollowingways:

•Y oucanpressthepowerbuttononthecomputenode(see“Computenodecontrols,connectors,and LEDs”onpage12 bytheoperatingsystem.

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).Thisstartsanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,ifthisfeatureissupported

•Iftheoperatingsystemstopsfunctioning,youcanpressandholdthepowerbuttonformorethan4

Front USB

DIMMs

Light path diagnostic panel

Internal USB

Microprocessor 2 I/O expansion 1

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I/O expansion 3

Fabric (some models only)

Microprocessor 1

SAS backplane

CMOS battery

ServeRAID controller

DIMMs

secondstoturnoffthecomputenode.

Attention:Pressingthepowerbuttonfor4secondsforcestheoperatingsystemtoshutdown immediately.Datalossispossible.

•Y oucanturnoffthecomputenodethroughtheCMMpowercommand,theCMMwebinterface,orFlex SystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled).

–FormoreinformationabouttheCMMpowercommand,seethe"FlexSystem

ChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/cli_command_ power.html.

–FromtheCMMwebinterface,selectComputeNodesfromtheChassisManagementmenu.

–FormoreinformationaboutFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftware,

seethe"FlexSystemManagerSoftware:InstallationandServiceGuide"at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/product_ page.html.

System-boardlayouts

Usethisinformationtolocatetheconnectors,LEDs,jumpers,andswitchesonthesystemboard.

System-boardconnectors

Usethisinformationtolocatecomputenodesystem-boardcomponentsandconnectorsforoptionaldevices.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthesystem-boardcomponents,includingconnectorsforuser-installable optionaldevices,inthecomputenode.

System-boardjumpers

Usethisinformationtolocatethesystem-boardjumpers.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthejumpersonthesystemboard.

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Power permission

Low security

IMM2 debug serial port enable

TPM physical presence

Thefollowingtabledescribesthefunctionofeachjumperonthesystemboard.

Microprocessor 2 error

Battery error

SAS backplane error

Daughter card error

IMM error

Microprocessor 1 error

DIMM error 7 - 12

DIMM error 1 - 6

Table2.System-boardjumpers

JumpernameDescription

IMM2debugserialportenable(CN42)Two-pinheader.Ifajumperisinstalled,theserialI/Oport

issenttotheIMM2.Ifajumperisnotinstalled,theserial I/Oportissenttothefrontserialport.

Lowsecurity(CN45)

Three-pinjumperblockfordebugonly.Thedefault positionarepins2and3.

Powerpermission(CN47)

Two-pinjumperblock.Thedefaultisnojumper.Placea jumperonpins1and2toforcepowerpermissionfrom theIMM2totherealtimemanagementmodule(RTMM).

TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)physicalpresence(CN51)

Two-pinjumper.Thedefaultisnojumper.Placeajumper onpins1and2toindicateaphysicalpresencetothe IMM2TPMchip.

System-boardLEDs

Usethisinformationtolocatethesystem-boardLEDs.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsoftheLEDsonthesystemboard.

System-boardswitches

Usethisinformationtolocatethesystem-boardswitches.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheswitchblockonthesystemboard.

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ThefollowingtabledescribesthefunctionsoftheswitchesonswitchblockSW8,theNMIbutton,and thepowerbutton.

Table3.System-boardswitches

SwitchDescriptionSwitchsettingDeﬁnition

SW8-1

SW8-2

SW8-3Realtimeclock(RTC)resetThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchtothe

SW8-4

SW8-5

Passwordoverride

TrustedPlatformModule (TPM)physicalpresence

BootbackupIMM2uBoot

BootbackupUEFI

ThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchtothe

Onpositionoverridesthe power-onpassword.

ThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchto

theOnpositionindicates aphysicalpresencetothe TPM.

OnpositionresetstheRTC. Amomentarytoggleisall thatisrequired.Toavoid excessiveCMOSbattery drain,donotleavethis switchintheOnposition.

ThedefaultpositionisOff.

ThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchto

Whentheswitchisinthe Off(default)position,the computenodewillbootby usingtheprimaryIMM2 uBootﬁrmware.Whenthe switchisintheOnposition, thecomputenodewillboot byusingabackupofthe IMM2ﬁrmware.

theOnpositionforcesthe computenodetobootfrom thebackupUEFIimage.

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Table3.System-boardswitches(continued)

SwitchDescriptionSwitchsettingDeﬁnition

SW8-6

SW8-7WakeonLAN(WOL)disableThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchtothe

SW8-8

NMIbutton

Powerbutton

BootIMM2recovery partition

Realtimemanagement module(RTMM)ﬂash bypass

ThedefaultpositionisOff.

ThedefaultpositionisOff.Changingthisswitchto

ThedefaultpositionisOff.

TheIMM2recoverypartition isloadedbychangingthis switchtotheOnposition andmovingthelowSecurity (CN45)jumpertopins1 and2. Note:Usethisjumper onlyifthenormalﬁrmware updateprocedurefailsand theoperationalﬁrmware imageiscorrupted.Useof thisjumperdisablesnormal baseboardmanagement controller(BMC)operation.

OnpositiondisablesWOL.

theOnpositionforces thecomputenodetouse RTMMROMinsteadof ﬂash.

Pressingthisrecessed buttoncausesthecompute nodetostopdoingwhatit isdoing.

Pressingthisbuttonturns onorturnsoffthecompute node.

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Chapter2.Conﬁguring

Usethisinformationtoupdatetheﬁrmwareandusetheconﬁgurationutilities.

Updatingﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers

LenovoperiodicallymakesUEFIcode,IMM2ﬁrmware,diagnosticﬁrmwareupdates,anddevice-driver updatesavailableforthecomputenode.Provisioningisthesetofactionsthatyoutaketoupdatethe ﬁrmwareanddevicedriversandinstalltheoperatingsystem.Severaltoolsareavailabletohelpyouupdate theﬁrmwareanddevicedriversintheprovisioningprocess.

Attention:Installingthewrongﬁrmwareordevice-driverupdatemightcausethecomputenodeto malfunction.Beforeyouinstallaﬁrmwareordevice-driverupdate,readanyreadmeandchangehistory ﬁlesthatareprovidedwiththedownloadedupdate.Theseﬁlescontainimportantinformationaboutthe updateandtheprocedureforinstallingtheupdate,includinganyspecialprocedureforupdatingfroman earlyﬁrmwareordevice-driverversiontothelatestversion.

Note:Followtheinstructionsinthereadmeﬁlethatcomeswiththeﬁrmwareupdate.

•FlexSystemManagerUpdateManager FlexSystemManagerUpdateManager(ifinstalled)acquires,installs,andmanagesﬁrmwareand

devicedriverupdatesandmonitorsyourcomputenodestoensurethattheyremaincurrent.Formore informationaboutFlexSystemManagerUpdateManager,seehttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/updating_ﬁrmware_and_software.html.

•UpdateXpressSystemPacks UpdateXpressSystemPacks(UXSP)containanintegration-testedbundleofonline,updateableﬁrmware

anddevicedriversforyourcomputenode.TheLenovoToolsCenterBootableMediaCreatoruses UpdateXpressSystemPackstoupdatetheﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers.

Typically,useUpdateXpressSystemPackstoupdateﬁrmwareanddevicesdriversforacomputenode thathaspreviouslybeenprovisioned.FormoreinformationaboutUpdateXpressSystemPacks,see http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-XPRESS.

•LenovoToolsCenterBootableMediaCreator YoucanuseLenovoT oolsCenterBootableMediaCreatortocreatebootablemediathatissuitablefor

applyingﬁrmwareupdatesandrunningprebootdiagnostics.UsingLenovoToolsCenterBootableMedia Creator,youcancreateasinglebootableimageonsupportedmedia(suchasCD,DVD,ISOimage,USB ﬂashdrive,orsetofPXEﬁles)thatbundlesmultipleFlexSystemtoolsandupdatesfromUpdateXpress SystemPacks,whichcontainWindowsandLinux®ﬁrmwareupdates.

Typically,useLenovoToolsCenterBootableMediaCreatorfortheinitialsetupofacomputenode. FormoreinformationabouttheLenovoBootableMediaCreator,seehttps://support.lenovo.com/ us/en/documents/LNVO-BOMC.

ToprovisionacomputenodewithupdatedﬁrmwareanddevicedriversbyusingLenovoToolsCenter BootableMediaCreator,completethefollowingsteps:

1.DownloadLenovoToolsCenterBootableMediaCreatortoacomputerthatisconnectedover themanagementnetworktotheFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled)thatis managingthecomputenode.

2.Createthebootablemediaofﬁrmwareanddevice-driverupdates.

3.ConnecttotheFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftwarethatismanagingtheFlexSystem chassisinwhichthecomputenodeisinstalled.

4.FromFlexSystemManagerChassisManager,selectthecomputenode.IntheActionscolumn, selectRemoteControl.

Note:TheuserIDthatyouusetologintoFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftwaremusthave sufﬁcientuserpermissionstomanagethecomputenode.

5.FromtheRemoteControlsession,mountthebootablemedia(usingRemoteMedia).

6.Startthecomputenodetobootthemediaandinstalltheupdates.

Toavoidproblemsandtomaintainsystemperformance,alwaysmakesurethattheUEFIcode,IMM2 ﬁrmware,anddiagnosticﬁrmwarelevelsareconsistentinallcomputenodesintheFlexSystemchassis.

Foradditionalinformationaboutupdatingﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers,seeUEFICompliantFirmwareon Systemx®andBladeCenter®ServersandtheFlexSystemQuickstartguides,andtheFirmwareUpdate Guidesathttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5091991(youmightneedto registertoaccessthiscontent).

RecoveringaUEFIimage

UsethisinformationtorecoveraUEFIimage.

ThecomputenodehasanadvancedrecoveryfeaturethatautomaticallyswitchestoabackupUEFIpageif theUEFIcodeinthecomputenodehasbecomedamaged,suchasfromapowerfailureduringanupdate. Theﬂashmemoryofthecomputenodeconsistsofaprimarypageandabackuppage.IftheUEFIcodein theprimarypageisdamaged,theintegratedmanagementmoduleIIdetectstheerrorandautomatically switchestothebackuppagetostartthecomputenode.Ifthishappens,aPOSTmessageBootedf rom backupPOST/BIOSimageisdisplayed,thechecklogLEDislit,andanautomaticBIOSrecovery(ABR) conditionoccurs.Thebackuppageversionmightnotbethesameastheprimarypageversion.Youcan thenrecoverorrestoretheoriginalprimarypageUEFI.

Note:ChangesaremadeperiodicallytotheLenovowebsite.Theactualproceduremightvaryslightly fromwhatisdescribedinthisdocument.

TorecovertheUEFIcodeandrestorethecomputenodeoperationtotheprimarypage,completethe followingsteps:

Step1.UpdatetheUEFIcode(see“Updatingﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers”onpage21). Step2.Restartthecomputenode. Step3.Attheﬁrmwaresplashscreen,pressF3whenpromptedtorestoretotheprimarybank.The

computenodebootsfromtheprimarybank.

Note:TheprompttopressF3isdisplayedonlyifthecomputenodebootsfromthebackup pagebecauseofanABRcondition.

IftheattempttoﬂashtheprimarypageresultsinthecomputenodenotbootingandthechecklogLEDisnot lit,youcanmanuallyrestoretheUEFIcode.T omanuallyrestoretheUEFIcode,completethefollowingsteps.

Note:IfthechecklogLEDislit,thecomputenodeisbootingfromthebackupimage,andchangingthe bootbackupUEFIswitchtotheOnpositionchangesnothing.

1.Beforeyoubegin,read“Safety”onpageiiiand“Installationguidelines”onpage637.

2.Turnoffthecomputenode(see“Turningoffthecomputenode”onpage16).

3.RemovethecomputenodefromtheFlexSystemchassis(see“Removingacomputenodefroma chassis”onpage639).

4.Removethecover(see“Removingthecomputenodecover”onpage643).

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