Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 15
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Front I/O assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 27
System board switches and jumpers . . . . . . 29
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Server models with eight 3.5-inch simple-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Server models with eight 3.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Server models with twelve 3.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Server models with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 3. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 54
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 55
Working inside the server with the power on . . 55
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 56
Top cover replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 56
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Security bezel replacement . . . . . . . . . . 62
Remove the security bezel . . . . . . . . . 62
Install the security bezel. . . . . . . . . . 63
Rack latch replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Remove the rack latches . . . . . . . . . 65
Install the rack latches . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hot-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . 74
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 74
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 76
Simple-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . 79
Remove a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . 79
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 81
Backplane replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Remove the 3.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . 82
Install the 3.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . . 83
Remove the 2.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . 84
Install the 2.5-inch-drive backplane . . . . . 85
Simple-swap-drive backplate assembly
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Remove the 3.5-inch simple-swap-drive
backplate assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Install the 3.5-inch simple-swap-drive
backplate assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front I/O assembly replacement . . . . . . . . 89
Remove the front I/O assembly . . . . . . . 89
Install the front I/O assembly . . . . . . . . 91
Hot-swap power supply replacement . . . . . . 93
Remove a hot-swap power supply. . . . . . 93
Install a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . 97
RAID super capacitor module replacement . . . . 101
Remove a RAID super capacitor module . . . 102
Install a RAID super capacitor module . . . . 102
Riser card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Remove a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Install a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PCIe adapter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 110
Remove a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . 110
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Serial port module replacement . . . . . . . . 117
Remove the serial port module . . . . . . . 117
Install the serial port module . . . . . . . . 118
System fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Remove a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . 120
Install a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . 121
System fan cage replacement . . . . . . . . . 122
Remove the system fan cage . . . . . . . . 122
Install the system fan cage. . . . . . . . . 123
Memory module replacement . . . . . . . . . 125
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