Contents
Safety..................v
Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians.....vi
Inspectingforunsafeconditions.......vi
Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment.vii
Safetystatements.............viii
Chapter1.TheLenovoSystemx3500
M5Type5464server..........1
Relateddocumentation............3
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....3
Serverfeaturesandspecifications........3
Whatyourserveroffers............9
Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....13
SystemsDirector..............15
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower.......15
Frontview...............16
Operatorinformationpanel........17
Lightpathdiagnosticspanel.......18
Rearview...............18
Serverpowerfeatures..........21
Chapter2.Installingoptional
devices................23
InstructionsforBusinessPartners.......23
SendingDSAdatatoLenovo.........24
Servercomponents.............24
System-boardinternalconnectors.....25
System-boardexternalconnectors.....26
System-boardswitchesandjumpers....27
System-boardLEDsandcontrols.....28
Installationguidelines............29
Systemreliabilityguidelines........30
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.31
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....31
Harddiskdrivebackplaneconnectors.....32
Internalcableroutingandconnectors......33
Powercableconnection.........34
Operatorinformationpanelcable
connection..............34
Harddiskdrivecableconnection.....35
Openingthebezeldoor...........47
Removingtheleft-sidecover.........49
Removingtheairbaffle...........50
Removingthefancageassembly.......51
Installingahot-swapfan...........52
InstallingaDVDdrive............54
Installinganoptionaltapedrive........58
Harddiskdriveinstallation..........61
Installinga2.5-inchhot-swapharddisk
drive.................68
Installinga3.5-inchhot-swapharddisk
drive.................70
Installinga3.5-inchsimple-swapharddisk
drive.................72
Memorymoduleinstallation.........73
DIMMinstallationsequence........76
Memorymirroredchannel........76
Memoryranksparing..........78
InstallingaDIMM............79
Installinganadapter............81
InstallinganoptionalServeRAIDadaptermemory
module.................83
InstallingaRAIDadapterbatteryorflashpower
moduleremotelyintheserver.........83
Installingamicroprocessorandheatsink....84
Thermalgrease............92
Installingahot-swappowersupply......93
InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflash
device..................96
Completingtheinstallation..........97
Replacingthefancageassembly.....98
Replacingtheairbaffle.........99
Replacingtheleft-sidecover.......99
Connectingthecables..........100
Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....102
Chapter3.Configurationinformation
andinstructions...........103
Updatingthefirmware............103
Configuringtheserver............104
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallation
CD.................105
UsingtheSetuputility..........107
UsingtheBootManager.........111
Startingthebackupserverfirmware....111
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller..111
ChangingthePowerPolicyoptiontothe
defaultsettingsafterloadingUEFIdefaults..112
UsingtheIntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)................112
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screen
capturefeatures............113
Usingtheembeddedhypervisor......115
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontroller.....116
EnablingFeaturesonDemandEthernet
software...............116
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