Lenovo ThinkSystem SR250 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 13
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System-board connectors. . . . . . . . . . . 18
RAID adapters and the NVMe switch card . . . . 20
Backplates and backplanes . . . . . . . . . . 20
PCIe riser assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Front VGA cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fan cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Flash power module . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5-inch simple-swap drive model . . . . . . 29
Four 3.5-inch hot-swap drive model . . . . . 31
Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model . . . . . 33
Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model . . . . . 35
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 47
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 49
Working inside the server with the power on . . 49
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 50
Memory module installation rules and order . . . . 50
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . . 51
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 52
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Remove the front operator panel (2.5-inch
HDD model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Remove the PCIe riser assembly . . . . . . 56
Install the RAID adapter . . . . . . . . . . 57
Install an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Install the PCIe riser assembly . . . . . . . 60
Install the M.2 drive . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Install the flash power module . . . . . . . 64
Install a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Install the backplate . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Install the hot-swap drive backplane . . . . . 68
Install the front operator panel (2.5-inch HDD
model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Install the VGA cable (2.5-inch HDD model) . . 71
Install the VGA cable (3.5-inch HDD model) . . 72
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Install a hot-swap power supply unit . . . . . 76
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 77
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 78
Install the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Validate server setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 81
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 87
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 88
Update the Vital Product Data (VPD). . . . . . . 89
Update the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Update the asset tag . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Appendix A. Getting help and
technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 97
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Collecting service data . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Contacting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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