Contents
Safety..................v
Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians.....vi
Inspectingforunsafeconditions.......vi
Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment.vii
Safetystatements.............viii
Chapter1.TheLenovoSystemx3250
M5Type5458server..........1
TheLenovoSystemxDocumentationCD.....3
Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....3
TheDocumentationBrowser........4
Relateddocumentation............4
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....5
Serverfeaturesandspecifications........6
Railandsupportedrackcabinet
specifications.............10
Whatyourserveroffers...........10
Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....13
SystemsDirector..............13
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower.......14
Frontview...............14
Operatorinformationpanel........17
Rearview...............18
Serverpowerfeatures..........20
Chapter2.Installingoptional
devices................23
InstructionsforBusinessPartners.......23
SendingDSAdatatoLenovo.........24
Servercomponents.............24
System-boardinternalconnectors.....26
System-boardexternalconnectors.....26
System-boardswitchesandjumpers....27
System-boardLEDs...........29
PCIriser-cardassemblyconnectors....30
Installationguidelines............31
Systemreliabilityguidelines........32
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.32
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....33
Removingthecover............33
Removingtheairbaffle...........34
Installingthe2.5-inchsimple-swapharddiskdrive
backplateassembly............35
Installingthe3.5-inchsimple-swapharddiskdrive
backplateassembly............40
Installingthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
backplane(4to8harddiskdriveupgrade)....44
Installingdrives..............47
DriveIDs...............48
Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....49
Installingasimple-swapharddiskdrive...51
InstallingtheoptionalDVDdrive......52
Memorymoduleinstallation.........55
UnbufferedDIMMs(UDIMMs).......56
InstallingaDIMM............57
Installinganadapter............59
InstallinganLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATA
controller.................61
InstallinganoptionalServeRAIDSAS/SATA
controllermemorymodule..........67
InstallingaRAIDadapterbatteryorflashpower
module.................68
InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflash
device..................70
Installingahot-swappowersupply......72
InstallingtheOperatingtemperatureenhancement
kit....................74
Completingtheinstallation..........78
ReplacingthePCIriser-cardassembly...78
Replacingtheairbaffle.........79
Replacingthecover...........80
Connectingthecables..........81
Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....83
Chapter3.Configurationinformation
andinstructions............85
Updatingthefirmware............85
Configuringtheserver............86
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallation
CD.................87
UsingtheSetuputility..........89
UsingtheBootManager.........94
Startingthebackupserverfirmware....95
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller..95
ChangingthePowerPolicyoptiontothe
defaultsettingsafterloadingUEFIdefaults..95
UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)................96
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screen
capturefeatures............97
Usingtheembeddedhypervisor......99
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller.....99
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernet
software...............100
EnablingFeaturesonDemandRAID
software...............100
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