Remove a serial port module . . . . . . . . 271
Install a serial port module . . . . . . . . . 274
Top cover replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . 277
Install the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Complete the parts replacement . . . . . . . . 279
Chapter 6. Internal cable routing . . . 281
Identifying connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Drive backplane connectors . . . . . . . . 281
7mm drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Front I/O connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
GPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
M.2 drive backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Management NIC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 295
OCP interposer cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
RAID flash power module . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Riser 3 cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Riser 3/4 cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Riser 5 cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Processor interconnection cable routing . . . . . 311
Backplanes: server models with 2.5-inch front
drive bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
One 8 x SAS/SATA backplane . . . . . . . 313
One 8 x AnyBay backplane . . . . . . . . 316
One 8 x NVMe backplane . . . . . . . . . 327
Two 8 x SAS/SATA backplanes . . . . . . . 330
Two 8 x AnyBay backplanes . . . . . . . . 339
Two 8 x NVMe backplanes. . . . . . . . . 341
One 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x AnyBay
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
One 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x NVMe
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
One 8 x AnyBay and one 8 x NVMe
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Three 8 x SAS/SATA backplanes . . . . . . 362
Three 8 x AnyBay backplanes . . . . . . . 401
Three 8 x NVMe backplanes . . . . . . . . 403
One 8 x AnyBay and two 8 x NVMe
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
One 8 x SAS/SATA and two 8 x NVMe
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Two 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x AnyBay (Gen
4) backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Two 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x AnyBay (Gen
5) backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Two 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x NVMe (Gen 4)
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Two 8 x SAS/SATA and one 8 x NVMe (Gen 5)
backplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA expander
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Backplanes: server models with 3.5-inch front
drive bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane. . . . . . 438
12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane . . . . . 440
12 x 3.5-inch AnyBay backplane . . . . . . 453
12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA expander
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Chapter 7. System configuration . . . 465
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Set front USB port for Lenovo XClarity Controller
connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Memory module configuration . . . . . . . . . 471
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 472
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 473
Chapter 8. Problem
determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Event logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Troubleshooting by system LEDs and diagnostics
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Drive LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Front operator panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . 477
Integrated diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . 479
External diagnostics handset . . . . . . . . 484
Rear system LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
XCC system management port LEDs. . . . . 491
Power supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 491
System-board-assembly LEDs . . . . . . . 493
LEDs on the firmware and RoT security
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
General problem determination procedures . . . . 496
Resolving suspected power problems . . . . 497
Resolving suspected Ethernet controller
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Troubleshooting by symptom . . . . . . . . . 499
Intermittent problems. . . . . . . . . . . 499
Keyboard, mouse, KVM switch or USB-device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Monitor and video problems . . . . . . . . 502
Observable problems. . . . . . . . . . . 504
Optional-device problems . . . . . . . . . 507
Performance problems . . . . . . . . . . 508
Power on and power off problems . . . . . . 509
Power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Serial-device problems . . . . . . . . . . 511
Software problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 511
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