Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1. ThinkSystem SR650 V2
(7Z72 and 7Z73) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Technical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 3
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . 7
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turn on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turn off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 17
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front IO assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LCD diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . 29
External LCD diagnostics handset. . . . . . 37
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 53
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Switch block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
2.5-inch drive bay chassis . . . . . . . . . 60
3.5-inch drive bay chassis . . . . . . . . . 64
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 3. Internal cable routing . . . 71
Front I/O assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Riser cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
RAID super capacitor modules . . . . . . . . . 80
7mm drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
M.2 drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Backplanes: 2.5-inch front drive bays . . . . . . 85
Controller selections . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8 x SAS/SATA front drive bays . . . . . . . 89
16 x SAS/SATA front drive bays. . . . . . . 92
24 x SAS/SATA front drive bays. . . . . . . 96
8 x NVMe front drive bays . . . . . . . . . 109
16 x NVMe front drive bays . . . . . . . . 112
24 x NVMe front drive bays . . . . . . . . 113
8 x SAS/SATA and 8 x NVMe front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
16 x SAS/SATA and 8 x NVMe front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8 x SAS/SATA and 16 x NVMe front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
8 x Anybay front drive bays . . . . . . . . 126
16 x Anybay front drive bays . . . . . . . . 131
24 x Anybay front drive bays . . . . . . . . 132
8 x Anybay and 8 x NVMe front drive bays. . . 133
8 x SAS/SATA and 8 x Anybay front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8 x SAS/SATA and 16 x Anybay front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
16 x SAS/SATA and 8 x Anybay front drive
bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Backplanes: 3.5-inch front drive bays . . . . . . 160
Controller selections . . . . . . . . . . . 160
8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive bays. . . . 162
12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA front drive bays . . . 164
12 x 3.5-inch Anybay front drive bays . . . . 177
Chapter 4. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 186
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 187
Working inside the server with the power
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 188
Technical rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
PCIe slots and PCIe adapters . . . . . . . 189
Thermal rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cable wall brackets replacement . . . . . . . . 201
Remove the half-height cable wall
brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Install the full-height cable wall brackets . . . 203
CMOS battery (CR2032) replacement . . . . . . 205
Remove the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . 205
Install the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . 208
Front I/O assembly replacement . . . . . . . . 210
Remove the front I/O assembly . . . . . . . 211
Install the front I/O assembly . . . . . . . . 213
GPU replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Remove a GPU adapter . . . . . . . . . . 215
Install a GPU adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Heat sink Torx T30 nut replacement . . . . . . . 222
Remove a heat sink Torx T30 nut . . . . . . 222
Install a heat sink Torx T30 nut . . . . . . . 223
Hot-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . 225
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 226
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