Lenovo RD650 User Manual

ThinkServerRD650
UserGuideandHardwareMaintenance
Manual

MachineTypes:70D0,70D1,70D2,70D3,70D4,70D5,70DR,70DS,
70DT,70DU,70R7,70R8,70R9,70RA,70RB,70RC,70RD,70RE,
70RF,and70RG

Note:Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpagev

•AppendixF“Notices”onpage233

SeventhEdition(March2016)

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuanttoaGeneralServices
Administration“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.
GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Safetyinformation...........v

Productsthatarenotassessed........xii

Safetyinspectionguide...........xii

Groundingrequirements...........xiii

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..xiii

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

Introduction.................1

Serverdocumentation.............2

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

Serverpackage...............7

Features..................7

Specifications...............13

Software.................15

BIOSandTSMupdateutilities.......15

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystem

CenterConfigurationsManagement....15

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystem

CenterOperationsManagement......15

LenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenter..15
LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager..15

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics......16

LenovoThinkServerEnergyManager....17

LenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-based

PlatformUpdateTool..........17

LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner.....17

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager....17

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager

Premium...............17

Locations.................18

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................18

Frontviewoftheserver.........19

Frontpanel..............25

Rearviewoftheserver.........27

Servercomponents...........30

RAIDadapter.............33

PCIeinterposercardandPCIepass-through

board................39

Hot-swap-drivebackplane........40

Systemboardcomponents........48

Systemboardjumpersandswitches....52

SystemfanfaultLEDs..........55

Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs..56

PowersupplystatusLEDs........57

Connectingcables...........57

Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff

theserver...............59

Turningontheserver............59

Turningofftheserver............59

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver..61

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........61

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....61

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............61

SetupUtilityprograminterface......61

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....64

Usingpasswords............64

Selectingastartupdevice........65

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......66

SettinganEthernetconnectorforsystem

management.............66

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......66

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......67

ConfiguringRAID..............68

AboutRAID..............68

ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovo
ThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram.70

ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............70

Updatingthefirmware............70

Chapter6.Replacinghardware....73

Guidelines................73

Precautions..............73

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....74

Systemreliabilityguidelines........74

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.75

Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherack

cabinet..................75

Removingtheservercover..........75

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...77

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles.77
Removingandreinstallingthecooling

shroud................78

Installingorreplacingasystemfan.....80

Removingandreinstallingthesystemfan

cage.................83

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...84

Replacingtherisercard.........91

InstallingorremovingaPCIecard.....96

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ReplacingtheAnyRAIDadapterorPCIe

pass-throughboard...........108

InstallingorremovingtheThunderboltMemory

Module................111

InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServer

RAID110iupgradekey.........113

InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServer

RAID510i/520iupgradekey.......115

Installingorremovingtheserialport

module................118

Installingorremovingtheopticalmodule..120
Installingorremovingthesecuredigital

module................124

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSystem

ManagerPremiummodule........126

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrusted

PlatformModule............128

InstallingorremovingtheM.2storage

module................130

InstallingorremovingtheAnyFabric

adapter................133

Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............136

Installingorreplacingaheatsink......138

Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..140
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

SuperCapacitorModule.........149

Installingorreplacingahot-swapdrive...151
Installingorreplacinganeasy-swapdrive..154
Installinga2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drive

bay.................157

Installingorremovingtherearbackplane/cage

assembly...............161

Replacingthehot-swap-drivebackplane..163

Replacingthefrontpanelboard......172

ReplacingthefrontVGAandUSBmodule..177
Installingorremovingtheintrusionswitch..178
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...181

Installingorreplacingthetapedrive....189

Replacingthecoin-cellbattery......194

Connectinganexternaltapedrive.....196

Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthe

systemboard.............197

Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthe

powerdistributionboard.........201

Completingthepartsreplacement.......205

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................205

Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....208

Chapter7.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics.............209

Troubleshootingprocedure..........209

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....209

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........210

Basictroubleshootingtables.........210

LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager

programproblems...........210

Opticaldriveproblems..........210

Storagedriveproblems.........211

Memorymoduleproblems........212

Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice

problems...............213

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............215

Informationresources............215

Usingthedocumentation.........215

ThinkServerWebsite..........215

LenovoSupportWebsite.........215

Helpandservice..............216

Beforeyoucall.............216

Callingforservice............216

Usingotherservices..........217

Purchasingadditionalservices......217

AppendixA.Regulatory

information.............219

Exportclassificationnotice..........219

Electronicemissionnotices..........219

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............219

JapanVCCIClassAcompliancestatement..221

Eurasiancompliancemark..........221

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

information.............223

ImportantWEEEinformation.........223

RecyclinginformationforJapan........223

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........224

BatteryrecyclinginformationforT aiwan.....224

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................225

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................226

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate................226

AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....227

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........227

TurkishRoHS...............227

ChinaRoHS................228

AppendixD.Additional

statements.............229

Importantnotes..............229

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Particulatecontamination..........229

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...230

AppendixF .Notices.........233

Trademarks................234

AppendixE.ENERGYSTARmodel

information.............231

Index.................235

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derfindespåflere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesfigurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

製品をご使用になる前に、製品に付属のDocumentationDVDに収録されているマルチリンガルの「安
全に正しくご使用いただくために」を読んで理解してください。

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenflerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт ,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

在使用本产品之前，请务必先阅读和了解产品附带的文档DVD中的多语言安全说明。

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

使用本產品之前，請務必閱讀並瞭解產品隨附的文件DVD上的多國語言版本安全資訊。

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Fortranslatedversionsofthecautionordangerstatement,refertotheSafety,Warranty,and
SupportInformationdocument.

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfigurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconfigurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer .Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

≥18kg(39.7lb)≥32kg(70.5lb)≥55kg(121.2lb)
<32kg(70.5lb)<55kg(121.2lb)<100kg(220.5lb)

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.T oremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialfirehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.To
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.You
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff
thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower .Toremoveall
electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat
thedcpowerinputterminals.

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
definedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceinthefieldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.T oavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.

Productsthatarenotassessed

Typicalproductsthatarenotassessedincludebutnotlimitedtothefollowing:

•ServerandIT-rackcomponents(forexample,uninterruptiblepowersuppliesandcurrentdistribution
systems)

•DevicesinITrooms(forexample,bulkstorageunitsandnetworkproducts)

•Industriallow-voltageswitchgear

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Youshouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotentialsafety
hazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkServerfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutfirstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitororabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercordsdisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Powerofftheserver.Disconnectthepowercords.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbetheauthorizedtypespecifiedforyourserver.Goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkServeralterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkServeralterations.

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7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetalfilings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsoffireorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingoftheserverisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeverifiedbyacertifiedelectrician.

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice

WARNING:Handlingthecordonthisproductorcordsassociatedwithaccessoriessoldwiththisproduct

willexposeyoutolead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocausecancer,andbirthdefectsor
otherreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisdocumentforyourLenovo
specifications,componentlocations,configurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswiththeLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager
programthatprovidesaconvenientsolutionforconfiguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
officeorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

Forwarrantyservice,consulttheworldwideLenovoSupporttelephonelist.Telephonenumbersaresubject
tochangewithoutnotice.Themostup-to-datetelephonelistforLenovoSupportisalwaysavailableonthe
Websiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.Ifthetelephonenumberforyourcountryorregionisnot
listed,contactyourLenovoresellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.

Toobtainthemostup-to-dateinformationabouttheserver,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformationand
downloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.ToaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

Forwheretofindtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage18

.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

YoucanregisteryourserverwithLenovobyfollowingtheinstructionsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/register

Whenyouregisteryourserver,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourserverwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesageneraldescriptionofeachdocumentforyourserverandinstructionsonhow
toobtainallthedocuments.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandincludedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadfirst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete

warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtofindthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

Note:AprintedEnglishversionofthisdocumentisincludedinyourserverpackage.PDFversionsof
otherlanguagesareprovidedonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeserver.

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DocumentationDVD

ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andHyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML).ThedocumentationDVDisnot
bootable.T oviewthedocumentsontheDVD,youwillneedacomputerwithaWebbrowserandtheAdobe
Readerprogram,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.adobe.com

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmfilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeafterthefirstreleaseoftheDVD.Y oucanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.This
documentalsoincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,
andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

configure,andmaintainyourserver.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

•ThinkServerSystemManagerUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

YoumightfindthisdocumentonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Ifnot,downloadit
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Note:Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerSystemManagerPremium
(TSMPremium)moduleontheTSMPremiumconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingorremoving
theThinkServerSystemManagerPremiummodule”onpage126

.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstoconfigure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

•Otherdocuments
YoumightfindotherdocumentsfortheHostBusAdapter(HBA),Ethernetcard,orotheroptionalparts

onthedocumentationDVD.

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanac
powersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwaredevices
installed,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroptions.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Replacing
hardware”onpage73.

3.Ifnecessary,installtheserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshippedwiththeserver.
SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

4.ConnecttheEthernetcablesandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
27tolocatetheconnectors.

5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage59.

6.ReviewtheBasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage61.

7.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedrivers.See“LenovoThinkServer
DeploymentManager”onpage15and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage68.

8.Installanyadditionaldriversrequiredforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewith
thehardwareoption.

9.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.This
stepisnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeployment
Managerprogram.

10.Checkforfirmwareupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage70.

11.Installmanagementapplicationsandanyotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withtheapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specifications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specifications”onpage13

•“Software”onpage15

•“Locations”onpage18

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludesthefollowingitems:

•Server

•Railkit(availableonsomemodels)

•Cablemanagementarmorcablemanagementbar(availableonsomemodels)

•Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)

•Materialbox,includingitemssuchaspowercords(availableonsomemodels),printeddocumentation,
andadocumentationDVD

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specificmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryorunavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecificmodel,usethe
SetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61
totheProductSpecificationsReferencedocumentforThinkServerproductsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/

Microprocessor

OneortwoIntel

ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Memory

Yourserverhas24memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage85.

®

®

Xeon

microprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodel)

.Youalsocanrefer

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Powersupply

•Oneortwo550-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Platinum)

•Oneortwo750-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Platinum)

•Oneortwo750-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Highlineinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Titanium)

•Oneortwo1100-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80
PLUSPlatinum)

•Oneortwo1600-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Highlineinputandcompliantwith80
PLUSPlatinum)

Notes:

–Whenthe1600-wattpowersupplyworkswithlowlineinput,theoutputpowerchangesto1100watt.
–Ifyouareusinguninterruptiblepowersupplies(UPS),ensurethatyouuseonlypure-sineUPSes

withyourThinkServerserver.

Systemfans

Yourserversupportsuptosixhot-swapsystemfans.Thisdesignhelpsyouavoidsignificantcooling
problemswhenasystemfanfails.Youcanreplaceasystemfanwithoutturningofftheserver.Tolocatethe
systemfans,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage48.

•Ifyourserverisinstalledwithonemicroprocessor,foursystemfans(fan1tofan4)areadequateto
providepropercooling.However,youmustkeepthelocationsforfan5andfan6occupiedbydummy
fanstoensureproperairflow.

•Ifyourserverisinstalledwithtwomicroprocessors,ensurethatallthesixsystemfansareinstalledto
avoidcoolingproblems.

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Internalstoragedrive

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–Inthefront:

Yourserversupportsoneofthefollowingstorage-driveconfigurations:
–Thefollowingtableliststhethreestorage-driveconfigurationsforservermodelsthatsupport

hot-swapdrivesonly.

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityDrivetype

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

3.5-inch12

2.5-inch24

6(2.5-inch)

2.5-inch/3.5-inch
mixed

9(3.5-inch)

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor2.5-inchsolid-state
drive

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor2.5-inchsolid-state
drive

Thefollowingtableliststhetwostorage-driveconfigurationsforservermodelsthatsupport
hot-swap/easy-swapmixeddrives.

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityDrivetype

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

20

2.5-inch

4

2(2.5-inch)

2.5-inch/3.5-inch
mixed

4(2.5-inch)

9(3.5-inch)

Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Easy-swap,PCIExpress(PCIe)

Solid-statedrive
Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Easy-swap,PCIe

Solid-statedrive
Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor2.5-inchsolid-state
drive

Note:Y oucaninstalla2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drivebay.Formoreinformation,see“Installinga

2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drivebay”onpage157.

–Intherear:

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityDrivetype

Hot-swap,SATA

2.5-inch2
Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

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Notes:

–SATAistheacronymforSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment.
–SASstandsforSerialAttachedSCSI(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface).
–YoucaninstallSATAharddiskdrives,SASharddiskdrives,andsolid-statedrivesintothesameserver.
Thefollowingservermodelsalsoareavailable:

–Servermodelswithoutharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrives
–Servermodelswithoutharddiskdrives,solid-statedrives,backplanes,AnyRAIDadapters,andrelated

cables

•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels

•Tapedrive
–Oneinternaltapedriveinsomemodels

Expansionslots

•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard

•ThreePCIeslotsonsystemboard

•ThreeortwoPCIeslotsontherisercard

•OneAnyFabricslotintherearoftheserver

Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•Ontherearpanel:
–Onevideographicsarray(VGA)connector

–OneRJ-45Ethernetconnector
–Oneserialconnector(availableonsomemodels)
–TwoUSB3.0connectors

•Onthefrontpanel(availableonsomemodels):
–OneVGAconnector

–TwoUSB2.0connectors

Note:IfyourserverhastwoVGAconnectors,theycannotbeenabledatthesametime.

Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage18

.

Videosubsystem

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupporttheVGAconnectorsforconnecting
videodevices.TheintegratedgraphicscontrollerislocatedintheBaseboardManagementController
(BMC)chiponthesystemboard.

•Integratedgraphicscontroller:On-boardASPEEDAST2400

•16MBofvideomemorycache

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Ethernetconnectivity

ThereisoneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.TheEthernetconnectorisforsystemmanagement.

YoucaninstallanEthernetcardoranAnyFabricadaptertoenablemoreEthernetconnectors.However,you
mustinstalladevicedrivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizetheEthernetconnectors.Thedevice
driversareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage64

)

–ThinkServerT rustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails
–Sixhot-swapsystemfanswithredundancytohelpyoutoavoidsignificantcoolingproblemswhena

systemfanfails
–Anintrusionswitchthatinformsyouthattheservercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosedbycreating

aneventinthesystemeventlog(SEL)

•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

–TSM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTSMfeatures.The
TSMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTSM,no
matterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTSM-controlled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTSM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TSMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specification.IPMI

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helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTSMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.

Youcanfindthedefaultusername,password,andotherinformationfortheTSMintheThinkServer
SystemManagerUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

–Hot-swapfeature

Yourserversupportshot-swapstoragedrives(includingharddiskdrivesandsolid-statedrives),
hot-swapsystemfans,andhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcan
install,remove,orreplaceahot-swapdevicewithoutturningofftheserver.

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDifyourserverhasarequiredAnyRAID
adapterinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage68

.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page18.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage15.

–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTSMdetectsthepresenceofa

TSMPremiummodule.TheTSMPremiummoduleisaremotemanagementmodule.Youcanpurchasea
TSMPremiummodulefromLenovoandinstallitonthesystemboardtoactivatetheadvancedsystem
managementfeatures.

Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerSystemManager
UserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

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Specifications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecificationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Widthwithoutrackhandles:447mm(17.6inches)
Widthwithrackhandles:482mm(18.98inches)
Depthwithoutrackhandlesandpowersupplyhandles:764mm(29.37inches)
Depthwithrackhandlesandpowersupplyhandles:782.9mm(30.82inches)
Height:87mm(3.43inches)

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemconfigurations.

Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:16kg(35.27lb)to32kg(70.55lb)
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:20.86kg(46.09lb)to36.86kg(81.26lb)

Environment

YourservercomplieswithASHRAEclassA2specifications.Dependingonthehardwareconfiguration,
someservermodelscomplywithASHRAEclassA3andclassA4specifications.TocomplywithASHRAE
classA3andclassA4specifications,theservermodelsmustmeetthefollowinghardwareconfiguration
requirementsatthesametime:

•Lenovo-qualifiedCPUexceptthefollowingtypes:
–135-wattCPU(4-core,6-core,or8-core)

–145-wattCPU(14-coreor18-core)

•Twopowersuppliesinstalledforredundancy

•Notthefull-length,full-heightPCIecardconfiguration(see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27

•TheLenovoThinkServerioMemorySX300PerformancePCIe2.0SSDbyFusionIOnotinstalled

IftheLenovoThinkServerQlogicQLE2560(single-portFC8G)HostBusAdapterorLenovoThinkServer
QlogicQLE2562(dual-portFC8G)HostBusAdapterisinstalledinservermodelsmeetingtheabove
hardwareconfigurationrequirements,theservermodelscomplywithASHRAEclassA3specifications.

)

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ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttheASHRAEclassA2,classA3,andclassA4specifications.

Table1.ASHRAEclassA2,classA3,andclassA4specifications

ASHRAEclassA2ASHRAEclassA3ASHRAEclassA4

Airtemperature
(operating)*

Airtemperature
(storage)

Humidity(operating)

Humidity(storage)

Altitude

10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)5°Cto40°C(41°Fto104°F)5°Cto45°C(41°Fto113°F)

-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package

8%to80%
(non-condensing)

8%to90%
(non-condensing)

0–3048m(0–10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment

Note:Whenthealtitudeexceeds900m(2953ft),thedefinedmaximumdry-bulb
temperatureforoperationbecomesadependentvariable.

A2:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery300m(984ft)of
altitudeincrease.

A3:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery175m(574ft)of
altitudeincrease.

A4:Thetemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery125m(410ft)of
altitudeincrease.

-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package

8%to85%
(non-condensing)

8%to90%
(non-condensing)

-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto
140°F)inoriginalshipping
package

8%to90%
(non-condensing)

8%to90%
(non-condensing)

Notes:

•*Ifyouinstalla6TBor8TB3.5-inchHDDinaserverwitheitherofthefollowingconfigurations,theserver
supportsamaximumoperatingtemperatureof40°C(104°F)orsupports30°C(86°F)whenafanfails:

–Onemicroprocessor,twelve3.5-inchdrives
–Onemicroprocessor,six2.5-inchdrivesandnine3.5-inchdrives

•*Ifyouinstalla64GBDIMMinaserverwitheitherofthefollowingconfigurations,theserversupportsa
maximumoperatingtemperatureof40°C(104°F):

–Twelve3.5-inchdrives
–Six2.5-inchdrivesandnine3.5-inchdrives

Electricalinput

•Universalinput:
–Lowrange:

Minimum:100Vac
Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50–60Hz

–Highrange:

Minimum:200Vac
Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50–60Hz

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Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.

Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

BIOSandTSMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTSM(alsoknownasBMC)firmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovo
maintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTSMupdateutilitieswithinstructions
fordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTSMfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updating
orrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage67

and“Updatingthefirmware”onpage70.

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurations
Management

TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurationsManagement(SCCM)programhelps
youmanagethefirmwarecomponentsinyourThinkServerserver.Thefirmwarecomponentsinclude
TSM,BIOS,DeploymentManagerApplication,WindowsDriverPackageforDeploymentManager,and
LinuxDriverPackageforDeploymentManager.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstosende-mailalertsto
relatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperations Management

TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManagementprogramautomatically
detectsthemanagedserversofyourThinkServerserverandprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedservers.Thesysteminformationincludescomponentinventory,componentstatus,andsensor
status.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstoperformmanagementtasks,suchasrestartingorturningoffyour
ThinkServerserver,launchingaremoteconsole,andaccessingtheTSMinterface.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenter

TheLenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenterprogramprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedserversofyourThinkServerserverintheVMwarevirtualizedenvironment.Thesysteminformation
includestheinventoryandstatusofcomponentssuchasmicroprocessors,memorymodules,fans,and
temperaturesensors.Theprogramenablesuserstoperformtaskssuchaslaunchingaremoteconsoleand
accessingtheTSMinterface.Theprogramalsoprovidesaneasywaytoupdatethefirmwareandsend
e-mailalertstorelatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager

TheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasDeploymentManager)
simplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAID,configuringBIOSsettings,andupdatingthefirmware.The
programworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatethe

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processofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Theprogramispartoftheserver
firmware.Thehelpsystemfortheprogramcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

DeploymentManagerhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystem

•Automatichardwaredetection

•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

•ContainsRAIDconfigurationutility

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•SupportsBIOSsettingsconfiguration

•Supportsfirmwareandapplicationsupdate

TouseDeploymentManager,dothefollowing:

1.Launchtheprogramthroughoneofthefollowingmethods:

•Turnontheserver.PressF10assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds.
DeploymentManageropens.

•StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.SelectBootManager➙LaunchTDM.DeploymentManageropens.

2.Readandacceptthelicenseagreement.

3.Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentousetheprogram.

BeforeinstallingaWindowsoraLinuxoperatingsystemusingDeploymentManager,itisrecommended
thatyoudothefollowing:

1.Downloadthelatestdevicedriverbundlefileforyourserver.Tofindanddownloadthebundlefile,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

2.LaunchDeploymentManagerandclickPlatformUpdateontheleftpane.

3.SelectApplicationandthenclickNext.

4.ClickBrowsetoselectthecorrespondingbundlefileandthenclickOK.Theversioninformationis
displayed.

5.ClickFlashtoapplythebundlefileandupdatethecurrentdevicedrivers.

Note:IfyouwanttoinstallaVMwarehypervisorusingDeploymentManager,thedevicedriverbundle
fileisnotneeded.

TodownloadthelatestDeploymentManager,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpage.

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics

TheLenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsprogramenablesyoutodiagnoseserverproblems,performsome
diagnostictests,andcollectsysteminformation.Examplesofthesysteminformationincludebasic
operating-systeminformation,hardwareinformation,SEL,RAIDlog,andsoon.Dependingonthemodel,
yourservermightcomewithoneofthefollowingdiagnosticprogrameditions:

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsEmbeddedEdition

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•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsLinuxEdition

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsStandaloneEdition

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsWindowsEdition

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoThinkServerDiagnostics,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovodiagnosticsolutions/downloads.LocatetheLenovoThinkServer

DiagnosticssectionatthebottomoftheWebpage.Then,clickthedesiredlinkformoreinformation.

LenovoThinkServerEnergyManager

TheLenovoThinkServerEnergyManagerisatoolfordatacenterpowermanagement.Itmonitorsthepower
andtemperatureatthedevicelevelandthegrouplevel.Bymonitoringandanalyzingpowerandtemperature
information,EnergyManagerhelpsyoutoincreasepowerefficiencyandimprovebusinesscontinuity.

ForinformationaboutusingEnergyManager,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-basedPlatformUpdateT ool

TheLenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-basedPlatformUpdateT oolisusedtoupdatethefirmwarein
theoperatingsystemforyourserver.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner

TheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager

TheLenovoThinkServerSystemManager(TSM)isamanagementsolutionthatprovidescomprehensive
andsecuremanagementfeatures.Thesefeaturesenableyoutomanageyourserversremotelyusing
aone-to-oneorone-to-manymethod.

TheTSMprovidesaone-to-oneweb-basedconsole.Theweb-basedconsoleisdevelopedinHTML5and
structuredinthewaythatmakesplatformmanagementintuitiveandefficient.TheTSMalsoprovidesa
securecommand-lineinterfaceforimprovedefficiencyandfunctionality.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerSystemManagerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerSystemManagerPremium

LenovoThinkServerSystemManagerPremiumprovidesyouasolutionthatenablesyoutoreceiveallthe
benefitsandfeaturesprovidedbyboththeLenovoThinkServerSystemManagerprogramandtheLenovo
ThinkServerEnergyManagerprogram.ItalsoenablesyoutocontroltheserverremotelyusingLenovovirtual
keyboard,video,andmouse.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

Chapter3.Productoverview17

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoutolocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

Thefollowingillustrationsareexamplesofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsonserver
modelswithdifferentdrivebayconfigurations.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure1.Labelonservermodelswith3.5-inch-drivebays

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Figure2.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays

Figure3.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inch/3.5-inchmixeddrivebays

Frontviewoftheserver

Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Theillustrationsinthistopicshowtheserverfrontviews
basedonthesupportedinternaldrives:

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives”onpage20

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives”onpage21

•“Frontviewofservermodelswithboth2.5-inchdrivesand3.5-inchdrives”onpage22

•“Frontviewofservermodelswithaslimopticaldrive”onpage23

•“Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive”onpage24

Chapter3.Productoverview19

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives

Figure4.Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives

1Rackhandle(left)

33.5-inch-drivebays(0–11)4Rackhandle(right)

14Rackhandles

2Frontpanel

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage25.

33.5-inch-drivebays(0–11)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Iftheserversupportsuptosixdrives,anEMI-protectivepanelcoversthebays6–11asawhole.

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Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Figure5.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard

2Frontpanel

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–23)

5Rackhandle(right)

15Rackhandles

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage25.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage18

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–23)

.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Dependingonyourservermodel,allorsomeofthedrive-baygroups,suchasbays0–7,bays8–15,and
bays16–23,mightbecoveredbyEMI-protectivepanelsasawhole.

Note:Forservermodelsthatsupportseasy-swapdrives,theeasy-swapdrivesareinstalledinthedrive
bays20–23.

Chapter3.Productoverview21

Frontviewofservermodelswithboth2.5-inchdrivesand3.5-inchdrives

0 1 2 3 4 5

1

2

3 4 5

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Figure6.Frontviewofservermodelswithboth2.5-inchdrivesand3.5-inchdrives

1Rackhandle(left)22.5-inch-drivebays(0–5)
3Frontpanel

53.5-inch-drivebays(6–14)6Rackhandle(right)

16Rackhandles

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

22.5-inch-drivebays(0–5)

4Pull-outinformationcard

53.5-inch-drivebays(6–14)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Note:Forservermodelsthatsupporteasy-swapdrives,theeasy-swapdrivesareinstalledinthedrive
bays2–5.

3Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage25.

4Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage18.

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Frontviewofservermodelswithaslimopticaldrive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Figure7.Frontviewofservermodelswithaslimopticaldrive

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard

2Frontpanel

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–15)

5Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)6Rackhandle(right)

16Rackhandles

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage25.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage18.

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–15)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Iftheserversupportsuptoeightdrives,anEMI-protectivepanelcoversthebays8–15asawhole.

5Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive(DVD-RWorDVD-ROM).

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Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Figure8.Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard
5Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)6Rackhandle(right)

72.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)

16Rackhandles

2Frontpanel
4Internaltapedrive(availableonsomemodels)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage25.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage18.

4Internaltapedrive

Someservermodelscomewithaninternaltapedrive.Theinternaltapedriveenablesyoutostoredataon
tapes.

5Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive(DVD-RWorDVD-ROM).

72.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

24ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

Frontpanel

1

3

2

4

1 2 3 4

Thefollowingillustrationsshowthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.Tolocate
thefrontpanel,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage19.

Figure9.Frontpanelofservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays

Figure10.Frontpanelofservermodelswith3.5-inch-drivebays

Figure11.Frontpanelofservermodelswith2.5-inch/3.5-inchmixeddrivebays

1NetworkstatusLED
3PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED
5USB2.0connectors(2)(availableonsome

2SystemhealthLED
4SystemIDbuttonwithIDLED
6VGAconnector(availableonsomemodels)

models)

1NetworkstatusLED

ThenetworkstatusLEDonthefrontpanelhelpsyouidentifytheAnyFabricnetworkconnectivityandactivity.

StatusColor

Blinking

Off

Green

None

TheAnyFabricnetworkisconnectedandactive.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromtheAnyFabricnetworkortheAnyFabric

networkisnotactive.

Description

Chapter3.Productoverview25

2SystemhealthLED

ThesystemhealthLEDprovidesbasicdiagnosticfunctionsforyourserver.IfthesystemhealthLEDislit,
oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyoutothesourceoftheerror.See
“SystemfanfaultLEDs”onpage55

.

StatusColor

Thetemperatureoftheserverreachedthe
non-criticaltemperaturethreshold.

Thevoltageoftheserverreachedthe
non-criticalvoltagethreshold.

Afanhasbeendetectedtoberunningat
lowspeed.

Ahot-swapfanhasbeenremoved.1.Ensurethatthesystemfansare

On

BlinkingAmberTheserverisinitialized.

Off

Amber

Thepowersupplyhasacriticalerror.
Thepowercordhasbeendisconnected

fromonepowersupplyoraredundant
powersupplyhasbeenremoved.

TheTHERMTRIP#signalisasserted
becausethesystemisoverheated.

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandis
workingcorrectly.

DescriptionAction

ChecktheBMCforerrorsandcheckthe
systemfans.

Replacethesystemboard.
Note:Thisproceduremustbeperformed
onlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,
andservice”onpage215

Checkthesystemfans.

connectedsecurelytothesystem
board.

2.Reinstalltheremovedfanorinstalla
newfantoreplacetheremovedfan.

ChecktheBMCfordetailedinformation.

1.Ensurethatthepowersuppliesare
installedsecurelyintheserver.

2.Ensurethatthepowercordsare
connectedsecurelytothepower
supplies.

3.Installanewpowersupplytoreplace
theremovedone.

ChecktheBMCforerrorsandthencheck
thesystemfans.

.

3PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserverwhenyoufinishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerbuttonforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage59.ThepowerstatusLED
helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

StatusColor

OnGreen
Off

Theserverison.

None

Theserverisoff.

Description

26ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

4SystemIDbuttonwithIDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverare
littohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.Y oualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

StatusColor

On
Off

5FrontUSB2.0connectors(2)

Blue

None

Theserverisidentified.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.

Description

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

6VGAconnector

Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orotherdevicesthatuseaVGA
connector.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserver.

Figure12.Rearviewoftheserver

1Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)
3PCIeslot8(withaserialportmoduleinstalledon

2Powersupply1
4PCIeslot7

somemodels)

5PCIeslot5(onrisercardassembly2)6PCIeslot6(onrisercardassembly2)
7PCIeslot48PCIeslot1(onrisercardassembly1)
9PCIeslot2(onrisercardassembly1)10PCIeslot3(onrisercardassembly1)
11AnyFabricslot
13USB3.0connectors(2)142.5-inch-drivebays(2)
15Ethernetconnectorforsystemmanagement

12VGAconnector

16SystemIDLED

(RJ-45)

Chapter3.Productoverview27

1Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)

2Powersupply1

Thehot-swapredundantpowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails.Y oucanpurchaseapowersupplyoptionfromLenovoandinstallthe
powersupplytoprovidepowerredundancywithoutturningofftheserver.

Oneachpowersupply,therearethreestatusLEDsnearthepowercordconnector.Forinformationabout
thestatusLEDs,see“PowersupplystatusLEDs”onpage57.

347PCIeslotsonthesystemboard

Slot

3PCIeslot8
4PCIeslot7
7PCIeslot4

56PCIeslotsonrisercardassembly2

Slot

5PCIeslot5
6PCIeslot6

8910PCIeslotsonrisercardassembly1

Slot

8PCIeslot1
9PCIeslot2

10PCIeslot3

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Low-profilecard
Low-profilecard
Low-profilecard

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard
Half-length,full-heightcard

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard
Half-length,full-heightcard
Half-length,full-heightcard

Note:Forservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays,youcaninstallfull-length,full-heightPCIecardsintothe
correspondingPCIeslotsontherisercardassemblies.

Slot

5PCIeslot5(onriser

cardassembly2)

8PCIeslot1(onriser

cardassembly1)

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x16,x8,x4,x2,x1

x16x16,x8,x4,x2,x1

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Full-length,full-heightcard

Full-length,full-heightcard

Thefull-length,full-heightPCIecardconfigurationmustmeetthefollowingrequirements:

•Theambienttemperature(operating)rangesfrom10°C(50°F)to35°C(95°F).See“Specifications”on
page13

.

•ThePCIecardtobeinstalledisnotageneral-purposecomputingongraphicsprocessingunits(GPGPU).

•Themicroprocessorhasamaximumof120-wattthermaldesignpower.

•Nointernaltapedriveisinstalled.

•Thefollowinghardwarecomponentsareinstalled:

28ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

–Heatsinkthatsupports1Uservers(“U”istheunitofmeasurementfordefiningtheverticalspaceused

byyourserver.1Uisequivalentto4.445cmor1.75inches.)
–Risercardbracketthatsupportsfull-length,full-heightPCIecard
–Coolingshroudthatsupportsfull-length,full-heightPCIecard
–Dummymemorymodulesthatareinstalledintheunoccupiedmemoryslots

11AnyFabricslot

UsedtoinstallanAnyFabricadapter(alsocalledmezzanineadapter).

12VGAconnector

Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orotherdevicesthatuseaVGA
connector.

13USB3.0connectors(2)

UsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSB2.0or3.0connection,suchasakeyboard,amouse,ascanner,
aprinter,orapersonaldigitalassistant(PDA).

142.5-inch-drivebays(2)

Usedtoinstalltwo2.5-inchdrives.

15Ethernetconnectorforsystemmanagement(RJ-45)

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.TheEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyouidentify
theEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Figure13.EthernetstatusLEDs

EthernetstatusLED

1NetworkstatusLED

2NetworkactivityLED

ColorStatus

Amber
GreenOn
None
GreenOn
None
Green

On

Off

Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Description

Chapter3.Productoverview29

16SystemIDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverare
littohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.Y oualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

StatusColor

On

Off

Blue

None

Theserverisidentified.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.

Description

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage18.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage75.

30ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithaninternaltapedriveandaslim

7

8

1

2

3

4

9

10

12

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24

13

14

19

20

15

16

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11

22

23

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26

27

opticaldrive.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure14.Componentsofservermodelswithaninternaltapedriveandaslimopticaldrive

1Rackhandle(right)2Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)
3Internaltapedrive(availableonsomemodels)
5FrontVGAandUSBmodule6Rackhandle(left)
7Frontpanelboard8AnyRAIDadapter
9Frontbackplane
11Systemfan12Systemboard
13CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
15Coin-cellbattery16AnyFabricadapter(availableonsomemodels)
17Coolingshroud18ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule(available

42.5-inch-drivearea

10Systemfancage

14Heatsink

onsomemodels)

Chapter3.Productoverview31

19Risercardassembly
21Intrusionswitch(availableonsomemodels)22Rearbackplane/cageassembly(availableonsome

23Powersupply1
25Powerdistributionboard
27CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)28CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
29Servercover

20PCIecard(availableonsomemodels)

models)

24Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)
26CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)

CRUsarepartsthatcanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.IfaCRUisdeterminedtobedefective
duringthewarrantyperiod,areplacementCRUwillbeprovidedtothecustomer.Customersareresponsible
forinstallingtheself-serviceCRUsforthisproduct.Customersalsocaninstalloptional-serviceCRUs,which
mightrequiresometechnicalskillsortools,orrequestthatatechnicianinstalltheoptional-serviceCRU
underthetermsoftheapplicablewarrantyservicetypeforyourcountryorregion.

Non-CRUsmustbereplacedonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

ThefollowingtableliststhemajorFRUsinyourserverandtheCRUidentificationinformation.Foracomplete
listingofFRUinformation,suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

Notes:

•BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Safetyinformation”onpagev.

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

*Availableonsomemodels

FRUdescription

AnyFabricadapter*YesNo
AnyRAIDadapterNoYes
Coin-cellbattery
Coolingshroud
Easy-swapPCIesolid-statedrive*
FrontbackplaneNoYes
FrontpanelboardYesNo
FrontVGAandUSBmodule*
HeatsinkYesNo
Hot-swapstoragedrive*YesNo
Hot-swapredundantpowersupplyYesNo
Internaltapedrive*YesNo
Intrusionswitch*YesNo
LenovoThinkServerRAID110iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID520iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID720iModularFlash*

Self-serviceCRUOptional-serviceCRU

YesNo
YesNo
YesNo

YesNo

NoYes
NoYes
NoYes
NoYes

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FRUdescription

LenovoThinkServerRAID720iModularDRAM
Upgrade*

M.2storagemodule*NoYes
MemorymoduleYesNo
MicroprocessorNoYes
Opticaldrive*
Opticalmodule*
PCIecard*
PCIepass-throughboard*
PCIesolid-statedrive*
PowercordYesNo
PowerdistributionboardNoNo
RearbackplaneYesNo
Rearbackplane/cageassembly*
Serialportmodule*
RisercardYesNo
Securedigital(SD)card*
SDmodule*
Systemboard
Systemfan
Systemfancage
ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule*
ThinkServerSystemManagerPremiummodule*
ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule*

Self-serviceCRUOptional-serviceCRU

NoYes

YesNo
YesNo
YesNo

NoYes

YesNo

YesNo
YesNo

YesNo

NoYes

NoNo
YesNo
YesNo

NoYes
YesNo
YesNo

RAIDadapter

YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDadapters(supportedtypevariesbyservermodel):

•LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeRAIDAdapter

Note:IfyourservercomeswiththeLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter,donotusetheLenovo
ThinkServerX710-4AnyFabric10Gb4PortSFP+EthernetAdapterbyIntel(hereinafterreferredtoasthe
X710-4AnyFabricadapter).TheX710-4AnyFabricadapterisnotactiveinthissituation.

YoucanpurchaseasupportedRAIDadapterfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.Foralistof
ThinkServeroptions,gotohttp://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server.
Theoptionkitisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditionalcablesthatarenot
requiredforyourserver.

Chapter3.Productoverview33

ThefollowingillustrationshelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheRAIDadapters.Dependingonthe
configuration,theRAIDadapterinstalledinyourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.

LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesSATAsoftwareRAIDfunction.Thefollowing
illustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure15.LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

1SATA0–3connector

UsedtoconnecttotheSATAconnector0(ports0–3)onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage48.

2SATA4–7connector

UsedtoconnecttotheSATAconnector1(ports4–7)onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage48.

34ThinkServerRD650UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure16.LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

1PCI-E0connector

2PCI-E1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage48.

3RAIDupgradekeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey.

Chapter3.Productoverview35

LenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure17.ThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

1ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleconnector(availableonsomemodels)

UsedtoconnecttotheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.See“Servercomponents”onpage30

2PCI-E0connector

3PCI-E1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage48.

.

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ThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Theadapterisusedinservermodelsthatsupporteasy-swapdrives.Theadapterisalsousedin
servermodelssupportingoneofthefollowinginternaldrives:

•Internaltapedrive

•M.2storagedrives

•Rear2.5-inchdrives

Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure18.ThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

1SATAconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSATAsignalcablefromanyofthefollowingcomponents:

•M.2storagemodule(availableonsomemodels)

•Rearbackplaneforuptotwo2.5-inchdrives(availableonsomemodels)

•Internaltapedrive(availableonsomemodels)

2ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleconnector

UsedtoconnecttotheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.See“Servercomponents”onpage30

3PCI-E0connector

4PCI-E1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage48

.

.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure19.LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeRAIDAdapter

1Mini-SASconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothemini-SASconnector1onthebackplanetosupportHDD0–3.SeeBackplaneforup
toeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors).

2Mini-SASconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothemini-SASconnector2onthebackplanetosupportHDD4–7.SeeBackplaneforup
toeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors).

3J3connector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID520iupgradekey.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure20.LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeRAIDAdapter

1Mini-SASconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothemini-SASconnector1onthebackplanetosupportHDD0–3.SeeBackplaneforup
toeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors).

2Mini-SASconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothemini-SASconnector2onthebackplanetosupportHDD4–7.SeeBackplaneforup
toeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors).

3ThunderboltFlashModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectaThunderboltMemorymodule(hereinafterreferredtoasTMM).

PCIeinterposercardandPCIepass-throughboard

ThePCIeinterposercardandPCIepass-throughboardareusedinservermodelsthatsupporteasy-swap
drives.

•IfyourserverisinstalledwithoneCPU,uptotwoeasy-swapdrivesaresupported.OnePCIeinterposer
cardandonePCIepass-throughboardmustbeinstalledtoenabletheeasy-swapdrives.ThePCIe
interposercardmustbeinstalledinPCIeslot3ontherisercardassembly1.TolocatethePCIeslot,see
“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27

•IfyourserverisinstalledwithtwoCPUs,uptofoureasy-swapdrivesaresupported.TwoPCIeinterposer
cardsandonePCIepass-throughboardmustbeinstalledtoenabletheeasy-swapdrives.ThePCIe
interposercardsmustbeinstalledinPCIeslot3ontherisercardassembly1andPCIeslot8onthe
systemboard.TolocatethePCIeslots,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27.

YoucanpurchaseasupportedPCIeinterposercardorPCIepass-throughboardfromLenovoandinstallit
intotheserver.ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

.

Note:Theoptionkitisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditionalcablesthatare
notrequiredforyourserver.

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PCIeinterposercardandPCIepass-throughboard

ThefollowingillustrationshelpyoulocateconnectorsonthePCIeinterposercardandPCIepass-through
board.Dependingontheconfiguration,thePCIepass-throughboardandPCIeinterposercardinstalledin
yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrations.

PCIeinterposercardPCIepass-throughboard

1PCIeconnector

2PCIe2connector

3PCIe1connector

APCIecableconnectsthePCIeconnector1onthePCIeinterposercardtothePCIe1connector3orPCIe
2connector2onthePCIepass-throughboard.

Hot-swap-drivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingdrivebayandbackplaneconfigurations:

•Inthefront:

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityBackplaneconfiguration

•Intherear:

3.5-inch12

2.5-inch8

2.5-inch16

2.5-inch24

2.5-inch/3.5-inchmixed

Twobackplanes:eachsupporting

Twobackplanes:onesupportingup

toeightdrivesandonesupporting

6(2.5-inch)Onebackplane

9(3.5-inch)Onebackplane

Onebackplane
Onebackplane

uptoeightdrives

uptosixteendrives

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityBackplaneconfiguration

2.5-inch2

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Onebackplane

Tolocatethebackplanes,see“Servercomponents”onpage30.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9

10 11

12 13

1415

Backplaneforuptotwelve3.5-inchdrives

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptotwelve3.5-inchdrives.

Figure21.Frontview

Figure22.Rearview

0–11Slot0–slot11

Usedtoconnect3.5-inchdrives.

1210-pinpowerconnector0

1310-pinpowerconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardoronthepowerdistribution
boardtoprovidepowertothebackplane.

14AnyRAIDadapterslot0

15AnyRAIDadapterslot1

UsedtoconnectanAnyRAIDadapter.

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Backplaneforuptonine3.5-inchdrives

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8109

11 12

13141516

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptonine3.5-inchdrives.

Figure23.Frontview

Figure24.Rearview

0–8Slot0–slot8

Usedtoconnect3.5-inchdrives.

9AnyRAIDadapterslot4

10AnyRAIDadapterslot5

Usedtoconnectaninterposercard.

1110-pinpowerconnector0

1210-pinpowerconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardoronthepowerdistribution
boardtoprovidepowertothebackplane.

13AnyRAIDadapterslot0

14AnyRAIDadapterslot1

15AnyRAIDadapterslot2

16AnyRAIDadapterslot3

UsedtoconnectanAnyRAIDadapter.

Note:Ifyourservermodelsupportseasy-swapdrives,slots2and3areusedtoconnectapassthrough
board.See“RAIDadapter”onpage33.

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Backplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives(notsupportingeasy-swapdrives)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1210 11 13 14 15

16 17

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives
(notsupportingeasy-swapdrives).

Figure25.Frontview

Figure26.Rearview

0–15Slot0–slot15

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

1610-pinpowerconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardoronthepowerdistribution
boardtoprovidepowertothebackplane.

17AnyRAIDadapterslot0

UsedtoconnecttheLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter.

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Backplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives(supportingeasy-swapdrives)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1210 11 13 14 15

16 17

181920

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives
(supportingeasy-swapdrives).

Figure27.Frontview

Figure28.Rearview

0–11Slot0–slot11

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchhot-swapdrives.

12–15Slot12–slot15

Usedtoconnect2.5-incheasy-swapdrivesorhot-swapdrives.

1610-pinpowerconnector1

1710-pinpowerconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardoronthepowerdistribution
boardtoprovidepowertothebackplane.

18AnyRAIDadapterslot0

UsedtoconnecttheLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter.

1920PCIepass-throughboardconnector

UsedtoconnectthePCIepass-throughboard.

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Backplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(withanAnyRAID-adapterslot)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9

10

11

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrivers(with
anAnyRAID-adapterslotontheback).

Figure29.Frontview

Figure30.Rearview

0–7Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

810-pinpowerconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardoronthepowerdistribution
boardtoprovidepowertothebackplane.

9AnyRAIDadapterslot0

UsedtoconnectanAnyRAIDadapter.

104-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttoaninternaltapedriveiftheserverhasoneinstalled.

112-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttoanopticaldriveiftheserverhasoneinstalled.

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Backplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors)

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(with
mini-SASconnectorsontheback).

Figure31.Frontview

Figure32.Rearview

0–7Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchhot-swapdrives.

910-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.

810Mini-SASconnectors

Usedtoconnecttothemini-SASconnectorsonaPCIeRAIDadapter.YoualsocanuseaSATAtomini-SAS
signalcabletoconnectthebackplanetotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

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Backplaneforuptosix2.5-inchdrives

0 1 2 3 4 5

6 7

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptosix2.5-inchdrives.

Figure33.Frontview

Figure34.Rearview

0–1Slot0–slot1

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchhot-swapdrives.

2–5Slot2–slot5

Usedtoconnect2.5-incheasy-swapdrivesorhot-swapdrives.

6AnyRAIDadapterslot1

7AnyRAIDadapterslot0

Usedtoconnectaninterposercard.

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Rearbackplaneforuptotwo2.5-inchdrives

0 1

2 3 4 5

6

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsontherearbackplaneforuptotwo2.5-inchdrives.

Figure35.Frontview

Figure36.Rearview

0Slot0

1Slot1

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

2Drivesidebandsignalsconnector

4Driveconnector0

6Driveconnector1

UsedtoconnecttotheSATAconnectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter.

34-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttotherear-backplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboard.

5Rear-backplanesignalconnector

Usedtoconnecttotherear-backplanesignalconnectoronthesystemboard.

Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

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1 2 3 4 5

6

7

8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

23

34

19

21

20

22

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

35

Figure37.Systemboardcomponents

1SATAconnector1(ports4-7)
3SATAconnector0(ports0-3)
5Frontpanelconnector1
7SATAconnector(opticaldrive)
9RAIDupgradekeyconnector
11Risercardassembly1slot
13TPMconnector
15Rear-backplanesignalconnector16Risercardassembly2slot
17PCIeslot718PCIeslot8
19Rear-backplanepowerconnector20Front-backplanepowerconnector
21Intrusionswitchconnector
23Power-distribution-boardconnector
25Microprocessor2memoryslots(6)26Systemfan5connector
27Microprocessor2socket
29Microprocessor2memoryslots(6)30Systemfan3connector
31Microprocessor1memoryslots(6)32Systemfan2connector
33Microprocessor1socket
35Microprocessor1memoryslots(6)

2AnyRAIDconnector0-1
4Frontpanelconnector2
6Coin-cellbattery
8AnyFabricconnector
10SDmoduleconnector
12PCIeslot4
14TSMconnector

22Serial-port-moduleconnector
24Systemfan6connector

28Systemfan4connector

34Systemfan1connector

1SATAconnector1(ports4-7)

UsedtoconnecttotheSATA4–7connectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter.

3SATAconnector0(ports0-3)

UsedtoconnecttotheSATA0–3connectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter.

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2AnyRAIDconnector0-1

UsedtoconnecttothePCIeconnectorsontheAnyRAIDadapter.

4Frontpanelconnector2

UsedtoconnecttothefrontVGAandUSBmodule(whichisavailableonsomemodels).

5Frontpanelconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothefrontpanelboard.

6Coin-cellbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andconfigurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thecoin-cellbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

7SATAconnector(opticaldrive)

Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldrive.

8AnyFabricconnector

UsedtoconnecttheAnyFabricadapter.

9RAIDupgradekeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID110iupgradekey.

10SDmoduleconnector

UsedtoconnectanSDmodule.

11Risercardassembly1slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.

12PCIeslot4

17PCIeslot7

18PCIeslot8

UsedtoinstallasupportedPCIecard.ForinformationaboutsupportedPCIecards,see“Rearviewof
theserver”onpage27.

13TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaTPM.TPMisasecuritychipthatisusedtoenhanceserversecurity.

14TSMPremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaTSMPremiummoduletoenableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.

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15Rear-backplanesignalconnector

Usedtoconnectthesignalcablefromeitherofthefollowinghardwarecomponents:

•Rearbackplaneforuptotwo2.5-inchdrives(availableonsomemodels)

•M.2storagemodule(availableonsomemodels)

16Risercardassembly2slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.

19Rear-backplanepowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttothe4-pinpowerconnectorontherearbackplane.

20Front-backplanepowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinpowerconnectoronthefrontbackplane.

21Intrusionswitchconnector

Usedtoconnecttoanintrusionswitch.

22Serial-port-moduleconnector

Usedtoconnecttheserialportmodule(whichisavailableonsomemodels).

23Power-distribution-boardconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerdistributionboard.

242628303234Systemfanconnector

Usedtoconnectasystemfan.

25293135Memoryslots

Thereare24memoryslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation
rules”onpage85.

27Microprocessor2socket

33Microprocessor1socket

Iftheserverhastwomicroprocessors,eachofthemicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocket
onthesystemboardandaheatsinkisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.Iftheserver
hasonlyonemicroprocessor,themicroprocessorsocket2isprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

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Systemboardjumpersandswitches

NO

1
2

2 1

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthejumpersandswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.

Figure38.Systemboardjumpersandswitches

1BIOSdefaultsettingsjumper2Clearpasswordjumper
3BIOSrecoveryswitch

4Jumpercapstorage

Attention:Tosetthejumpersorswitch,removetheservercoverandgainaccesstothesystemboardfirst.
Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”on
pagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.

1BIOSdefaultsettingsjumper

UsedtoturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactorydefaultsettings.

ToturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactory-defaultsettings,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.

4.LocatetheBIOSdefaultsettingsjumper1onthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsand
disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

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Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage4.

6.NotetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheBIOSdefaultsettings
jumper.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitforaboutfiveminutesfortheBMCinitialization.
Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsturnintothefactory-defaultsettings.

9.Repeatstep1throughstep3.

10.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage4.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.

2Clearpasswordjumper

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchastheBIOSpasswords.

Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.

4.Locatetheclearpasswordjumper2onthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage4.

6.Notetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheclearpasswordjumper.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205

.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitforaboutfiveminutesfortheBMCinitialization.
Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerased,includingtheadministratorpasswordand
userpassword.

9.Repeatstep1throughstep3.

10.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage4.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.

13.Tosetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage64.

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3BIOSrecoveryswitch

UsedtorecovertheBIOSifthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyour
servercannotstartcorrectly.

TorecovertheBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.

4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryswitch3onthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

6.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205.

7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Theserverturnsonandthenturnsoffautomatically.

8.Waitforabout20minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DONOT
TURNOFFTHESERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.WhentheBIOSrecoveryprocessiscompleted,
theserverturnsonautomatically.

9.EnsurethattheSetupUtilityprogramstartsnormally.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
61

.Then,disconnecttheserverfromtheacpowersource.

10.Repeatstep1throughstep3.

11.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchbacktotheoffposition.

12.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage205.

13.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.CheckandconfiguretheBIOS
settingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

4Jumpercapstorage

Usedtostorethejumpercap.Ajumpercapisencasedonthepinsbydefault.

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SystemfanfaultLEDs

1

1

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthesystemfanfaultLEDs1onthesystemboard.

Figure39.SystemfanfaultLEDs

YoucanviewthesystemfanfaultLEDs

1fromthetopofthesystemfans.WhenasystemfanfaultLEDis

lit,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingsystemfanisoperatingslowlyorhasfailed.Tosolvetheproblem,
reinstallorreplacethesystemfan.See“Installingorreplacingasystemfan”onpage80

.Ifitisasystem

boardproblem,contacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

Figure40.ViewingthesystemfanfaultLEDsfromthetopofthesystemfans

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Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs

12

Eachhot-swapdrivehastwoLEDsonthefront.

Figure41.Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs

1DriveactivityLED2DrivestatusLEDDescription

OffOff
On,greenOff
Blinking,green
On,greenBlinkingrapidly(about

On,greenOn,amberOneofthefollowingsituations:

Off

fourflashesper
second),amber

Thedrivehasfailedorisnotpresent.
Thedriveispresentbutnotinuse.
Thedriveisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.
TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthedrive.

•Thedrivehasfailed.Replacethedrive.

•ThestatusofthedriveisUnconfiguredBad.Replacethedrive.

Blinking,green

Blinkingslowly(about
oneflashpersecond),
amber

Note:IfadriveinaRAIDarrayisremovedandthenreinstalled
whiletheserverison,thestatusofthedrivewillbeidentifiedas
UnconfiguredBad.Inthiscase,donotreplacethedrive.You
canchangethedrivestatusintoUnconfiguredGoodusingthe
ThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware.

•ThestatusofthedriveisOffline.Y oucanchangethedrivestatus
intoOnlineusingtheThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerMegaRAID
SASSoftware,refertotheThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware
UserGuide.Youcanobtainthemostup-to-datedocumentationfor
yourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Thedriveisbeingrebuilt.

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PowersupplystatusLEDs

1

2

3

Eachhot-swappowersupplyhasthreestatusLEDs.

Figure42.PowersupplystatusLEDs

LED

1InputstatusLED

2Outputstatus

LED

Status

Off

On,green

Off

Blinking,green(aboutone
flasheverytwoseconds)

Blinking,green(abouttwo
flasheseachsecond)

On,green

Off

On,amber

DescriptionAction

Thepowersupplyis
disconnectedfromtheac
powersource.

Thepowersupplyisconnected
totheacpowersource.

Theserverisofforthepower
supplyisnotworkingnormally.

Thepowersupplyisincold
redundancyactivemode.

Thepowersupplyisincold
redundancysleepmode.

Theserverisonandthepower
supplyisworkingnormally.

Thepowersupplyisworking
normally.

Thepowersupplyhasfailed.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Replacethepowersupply.
See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapredundantpower
supply”onpage136

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded. 3FaultLED

Replacethepowersupply.
See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapredundantpower
supply”onpage136

.

.

Connectingcables

Toconnectthesignalcablesfromtheinstalledhardwarecomponents,refertotherelatedinformation
inthefollowingtopics:

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage48

•“RAIDadapter”onpage33

•“Hot-swap-drivebackplane”onpage40

•“InstallingtheM.2storagemodule”onpage130

•“Installingthetapedrive”onpage189

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage25
30secondsfortheThinkServerSystemManager(TSM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryou
connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerbuttononthefrontpanelduringthis
period,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTSMinitializationfinishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

Turningofftheserver

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerbuttononthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.T oremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

.Theserverneedsabout

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttononthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

•Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.

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•Forinformationaboutyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
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Chapter5.Configuringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61

•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage68

•“Updatingthefirmware”onpage70

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.Y oucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“T urningontheserver”onpage59

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,typethecorrectpasswordtoentertheSetupUtility
program.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage64

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ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheBIOSdefaultsettingsjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See
“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”onpage52

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoupgradetheBIOSandtheTSM
firmware.

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TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“SystemInformationmenu”onpage62

•“AdvancedSettingsmenu”onpage62

•“SystemSecuritymenu”onpage63

•“TSMSettingsmenu”onpage63

•“BootManagermenu”onpage63

•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage63

LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOS.See“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage67

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,theBIOSwillrecovertothepreviousversionautomatically.Therecoveryprocesslastsabout20
minutes.YoualsocanusetheBIOSrecoveryjumpertorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage52.

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SystemInformationmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheSystemInformationmenu.Themenulistsbasic
informationaboutyourserver,suchastheBIOS,microprocessortype,memory,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheSystemInformationmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateand
time”onpage64

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AdvancedSettingsmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedSettingsmenuintheSetup
Utilityprogram.TheAdvancedSettingsmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.On
eachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

TheAdvancedSettingsmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•ProcessorSettings:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorsandsetmicroprocessor
configurationparameters.

•MemorySettings:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemoryconfiguration
parameters.

•AdvancedPowerSettings:Viewandsetpowerandperformanceparameters.

•PCI/PCIESettings:ViewandsetPCIorPCIeconfigurationparameters.

•SATASettings:SetonboardSATAparameters.

•USBSettings:ViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters,suchasenablingordisablingUSBdevices.

•SerialSettings:Viewandsetconfigurationparametersfortheserialconnector.

•WakeupSettings:Viewandconfigurethewakeuptimingandsetthepowerstateafterapowerfailure.

•MiscellaneousSettings:Viewandconfiguresomemiscellaneousitems,suchastheNumLockkeyon
thekeyboardandthebootstatuscode.

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SystemSecuritymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconfiguretheTPMfunctionontheSystemSecuritymenuintheSetupUtility
program.Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusing
theupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthe
menuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

TheSystemSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage64

•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage64.

•SecureBoot:Setsecurebootparameters.

•TPM/TCM:ConfiguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConfiguringtheTPMfunction”onpage66.

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TSMSettingsmenu

YoucanvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsontheTSMSettingsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesired
optionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheTSMSettingsmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•TSMNetworkSettings:SetBMCmanagementnetworkconfigurationparameters.

•UserAccountSettings:SetBMCuseraccountparameters.

BootManagermenu

TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconfiguration.

TheBootSequencesubmenuintheBootManagermenuprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchange
theserverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesin
thestartupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverrestarts.Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhich
theserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.Theserverstartsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.For
example,youcandefineastartupsequencethatchecksadiscintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheinternal
storagedrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformationaboutsettingthestartupsequenceor
selectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage65

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Save&Exitmenu

AfteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&Exitmenu,andthenselectY eswhenpromptedto
confirmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage66

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TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

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•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewithfurtherconfigurationintheSetup
Utilityprogram.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•LoadOptimizedDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.

•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

•PureUEFIOSOptimizedDefaults:EnableordisableoptimizeddefaultsettingsforthepureUEFI
operatingsystem.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

2.OntheSystemInformationmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingtheconfigurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimetheserverturnson.

Youcannotlogintoanyoperatingsystemuntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
theserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto32characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

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•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a–z)andnumericcharacters(0–9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

2.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordor
selectUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage64.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconfirmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheclearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”onpage52.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF11ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.

3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

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2.OntheBootSequencesubmenuundertheBootManagermenu,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentosetthestartupdeviceforBootOption#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.
Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“BootManagermenu”onpage63

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.The
TPMfunctionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheTPM”on
page128.YoucanpurchaseaTPMfromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPM,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

2.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectTPMSettings➙TPMSupport.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMSecurityFeatureitemisdisplayed.SetTPMSecurity
FeaturetoActivate.

•IfTPMSupportissettoDisabled,dothefollowing:
a.SetTPMSupporttoEnabledandpressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Theserverwillrestart.

b.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectTPMSettings.Then,set

TPMSecurityFeaturetoActivate.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe
TPMfunction.

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SettinganEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement

TheRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearoftheserverisforsystemmanagementbydefault.Youalsocan
usetheEthernetconnectorontheinstalledAnyFabricadapterforsystemmanagement.

TosettheEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61.

2.OntheTSMSettingsmenu,selectTSMNetworkSettings➙TSMNICSelection.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•TosettheRJ-45Ethernetconnectorforsystemmanagement,selectDedicatedPort.

•TosettheEthernetconnectorontheinstalledAnyFabricadapterforsystemmanagement,select

SharedAnyFabricPort.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcando
oneofthefollowingtoexittheSetupUtilityprogram:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectSave&Exit➙

SaveChangesandReset.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

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•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙LoadOptimizedDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage63.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTSMfirmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdate
theserverfirmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

Updating(flashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Y oucanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemconfigurations.

•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.

•AfterupdatingtheBIOSfirmware,allofyourpreviousBIOSsettingswillbeautomaticallyrestored.Check
andreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.

Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTfile.

3.PrinttheTXTfilethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(flash)
theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage61aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.PerformthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

Note:IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderUEFImode,reinstalltheoperatingsystem
afterrecoveringtheBIOS.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dooneofthefollowing:

•Usingtheautomaticrecoveryfeature

1.Reconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.

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2.AfterthesystemhealthLEDturnsoff,pressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserver.Theserveris
turnedonandthenturnedoffautomatically.Then,therecoveryprocessstarts.Waitforabout20
minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DONOTTURNOFFTHE
SERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.Whentherecoveryprocessiscompleted,theserverturns
onautomatically.

3.CheckandconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage61

•UsingtheBIOSrecoveryjumper
TorecoverytheBIOSsettingsusingtheBIOSrecoverswitch,refertoSystemboardjumpersandswitches.

Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamaged.Youmustreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomerSupport
Center.

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ConfiguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:

•“AboutRAID”onpage68

•“ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram”onpage70

•“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage70

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives
intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina
RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost
serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe
expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedwithsingle-drive
storagesystems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdata
fromtheremainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargefilesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberofoneharddiskdrive.

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•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires
alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot
destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated
fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata
lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis
rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof
theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID6:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID6usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripe,anddiskstriping.ARAID6

virtualdrivecansurvivethelossofanytwodriveswithoutlosingdata.ARAID6drivegroupissimilar
toaRAID5drivegroup.Blocksofdataandparityinformationarewrittenacrossalldrives.Theparity
informationisusedtorecoverthedataifoneortwodrivesfailinthedrivegroup.

RAID6requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

whichdataisstripedacrossmultipleRAID5drivegroups.RAID50worksbestwithdatathatrequires
highreliability,highrequestrates,highdatatransfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

Note:HavingvirtualdrivesofdifferentRAIDlevels,suchasRAID0andRAID5,inthesamedrivegroupis
notallowed.Forexample,ifanexistingRAID5virtualdriveiscreatedoutofpartialspaceinanarray,the
nextvirtualdriveinthearrayhastobeRAID5only.

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

•RAID60:acombinationofRAID0andRAID6
RAID60usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripeineachRAIDset,anddisk

striping.ARAID60virtualdrivecansurvivethelossoftwodrivesineachoftheRAID6setswithout
losingdata.RAID60worksbestwithdatathatrequireshighreliability,highrequestrates,highdata
transfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

RAID60requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

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ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager
program

DeploymentManagersimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAID.Thehelpsystemfortheprogram
canbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

DeploymentManagerhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations

•Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponsefilethatcanbeusedtoconfigureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlyconfigured
Lenovoservers

See“LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager”onpage15andviewthehelpsystemfromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.

ConfiguringtheadvancedSAT AorSAShardwareRAID

YourservercomeswithanAnyRAIDadaptertoprovideadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAIDfunctions.

Note:Dependingontheoperatingsystem,thetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto
2TB.

YoucanusethefollowingprogramsortoolstoconfiguretheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID.

•MegaRAIDHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)configurationutility
ThisutilityenablesyoutoconfigureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TodisplaytheHII

configurationutilityinterface,starttheserverandpresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreento
entertheSetupUtilityprogram.Then,selectBootManager➙AdaptersandUEFIDrivers.

•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
Thisprogramprovidesgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)foryoutocreateandmanagestorageconfigurations

inanoperatingsystemenvironment.

•StorageCommandLineTool(StorCLI)
Thisisacommand-linemanagementtoolthatisusedtoconfigureRAIDinanoperatingsystem

environment.

TodownloadtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandStorCLI,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

FormoreinformationabouthowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,refer
totheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Updatingthefirmware

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOS,theTSMfirmware,andtheFRU/SDR.

Toupdatethefirmware,dooneofthefollowing:

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•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

•UsetheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram.See“LenovoThinkServerDeployment
Manager”onpage15

.

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Chapter6.Replacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage73

•“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage75

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage77

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage205

ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe
firmware”onpage70formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“T roubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage209todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage215

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

.

–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

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•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,hot-swap
harddiskdrives,hot-swapsolid-statedrives,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnoffthe
serverbeforeperforminganystepsthatinvolveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesor
non-hot-swapdevicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIcards,memorymodules,system
boards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposedcircuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecificsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnonthe
server.Operatingtheserverwiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdriveassoonaspossible.

•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbaffles,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafflesmightcausethemicroprocessor(s)tooverheat.

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•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-fittingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-fittingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet

Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removeorextendtheserverfromtherackcabinetbeforeinstalling
orreplacinghardware.Dependingontherailtype,dooneofthefollowing:

•Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinetusingstaticrails,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetand
placeitonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomes
withtheserver.

•Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinetusingsliderails,presstherackhandlestoextendtheserverfrom
therackcabinet.However,iftheworkingenvironment,cablingconfiguration,ortheserverlocationin
therackcabinetcreatesawkwardconditions,removetheserverfromtherackcabinet.SeetheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercords,Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

4.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

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5.Useascrewdrivertounscrewthecoverlocktotheopenpositionasshown.

Figure43.Unscrewingthecoverlock

6.Fullyopenthecoverlatchasshownandslidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisdisengagedfromthe
chassis.Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandplacetheservercoveronaflatcleansurface.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitseveralminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe
servercover.

Attention:Handletheservercovercarefully.Droppingtheservercoverwiththecoverlatchopen
mightdamagethecoverlatch.

Figure44.Removingtheservercover

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage205.

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Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe

serverwiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCIe
cards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

Notes:

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIecardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating
orcomponentdamage.

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:

1.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewsthatsecuretherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.

Figure45.Removingtherackhandles

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2.Toreinstalltherackhandles,alignthescrewholesintherackhandlewiththecorrespondingholesinthe
chassis.Installthescrewstosecuretherackhandleoneachsideoftheserver.

Figure46.Installingtherackhandles

Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpagev

Toaccesssomeoftheservercomponentsonthesystemboard,removethecoolingshroudfirst.Toensure
propercoolingandairflow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.

and“Guidelines”onpage73.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Toremoveandreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.

4.RemovetheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleifoneisinstalledonthecoolingshroud.See
“RemovingtheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule”onpage150.

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5.Insertyourfingersintotheholes1inthecoolingshroudandliftitoutoftheserver.

1

Figure47.Removingthecoolingshroud

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6.Toreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:
a.Ensurethat:

•Allcomponentshavebeenreassembledcorrectly.

•Notoolsorloosescrewsareleftinsideyourserver.

•Allcablesinsidetheserverhavebeenproperlyroutedandtheywillnotinterferewithinstalling
thecoolingshroud.

b.Notetheorientationofthecoolingshroud.Alignthetabsonbothsidesofthecoolingshroudwith

thecorrespondingholesorgapsinbothsidesofthechassis.

c.Lowerthecoolingshroudintothechassisuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifnecessary,gentlypressthecoolingshroudonbothsidessothatthetabsonthecoolingshroud
completelyengagewithbothsidesofthechassis.

Figure48.Installingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.Operating
theserverwiththecoolingshroudremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage205.

Installingorreplacingasystemfan

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.

Yourserversupportsuptosixhot-swapsystemfans.Thisdesignhelpsyouavoidsignificantcooling
problemswhenasystemfanfails.Youcanreplaceasystemfanwithoutturningofftheserver.Tolocatethe
systemfans,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage48.

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CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toinstallorreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:

1.Removetheservercover.

Note:Thesystemfansarehot-swapandyoucanreplaceafailingsystemfanwithoutturningoff
theserver.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Ifyouareinstallingasystemfan,graspthetopofthedummyfanwithyourindexfingerandthumb
andthenliftthedummyfanoutoftheserver.

Figure49.Removingthedummyfan

•Ifyouarereplacingasystemfan,dothefollowing:
a.ViewthesystemfanfaultLEDtolocatethefailingsystemfan.See“SystemfanfaultLEDs”on

page55.

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b.Graspthetopofthesystemfanwithyourindexfingerandthumbandthenliftthesystemfan

outoftheserver.

Figure50.Removingthesystemfan

3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewsystemfantoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewsystemfanfromthepackage.

4.Positionthenewsystemfanabovethesystemfancagesothatthesystemfanconnectoronthebottom
ofthenewsystemfanisfacingtherearofthechassis.Then,pressthenewsystemfanstraightdown
untilitisseatedintoplace.

Figure51.Installingthesystemfan

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldsystemfan,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage205

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.

Removingandreinstallingthesystemfancage

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Y oucanremoveandreinstallthesystemfancagewithoutremovingthesystemfans.

Toremoveandreinstallthesystemfancage,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.

4.Pivotthetabstotherearoftheserver.Then,removethesystemfancagewiththeinstalledsystemfans
asawholebyliftingthecagestraightupandoutofthechassis.

Figure52.Removingthesystemfancage

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5.Notetheorientationofthesystemfancage.Aligntheleftandrightsidesofthesystemfancagewith
thecorrespondingmountingpostsinthechassis.Then,pressthesystemfancagewiththeinstalled
systemfansstraightdownintothechassis.Ensurethatthesystemfansarecorrectlyconnectedto
thesystemfanconnectorsonthesystemboard.

Figure53.Installingthesystemfancage

6.Pivotthetabsofthesystemfancagetothefrontoftheservertosecurethesystemfancage.

Figure54.Securingthesystemfancage

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage205

.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

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