Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 9
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 17
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 27
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID super capacitor module . . . . . . . 34
Backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives . . 35
Backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Backplane for ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drives . . 37
Backplate for four 3.5-inch simple-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 3. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 50
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 51
Working inside the server with the power on . . 51
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 52
Top cover replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 52
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rack latches replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Remove the rack latches . . . . . . . . . 57
Install the rack latches . . . . . . . . . . 60
Security bezel replacement . . . . . . . . . . 63
Remove the security bezel . . . . . . . . . 63
Install the security bezel. . . . . . . . . . 64
System fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Remove a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . 66
Install a system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Memory module replacement . . . . . . . . . 69
Remove a memory module . . . . . . . . 69
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 70
Memory module installation rules . . . . . . 73
Hot-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . 82
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 83
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 84
Simple-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . 86
Remove a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . 86
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 88
LOM adapter replacement . . . . . . . . . . 89
Remove the LOM adapter . . . . . . . . . 89
Install the LOM adapter . . . . . . . . . . 90
Riser card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Remove a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Install a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PCIe adapter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 94
Remove a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . 94
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Hot-swap drive backplane replacement . . . . . 96
Remove the backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Install the backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Remove the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Install the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Remove the backplane for ten 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Install the backplane for ten 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Simple-swap drive backplate assembly
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Remove the simple-swap drive backplate
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Install the simple-swap drive backplate
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
CMOS battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . 104
Remove the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . 104
Install the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . 106
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