Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V2 Setup Guide

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 13
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LCD diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Identifying connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System board connectors . . . . . . . . . 27
Processor and memory expansion tray
connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power backplane connectors. . . . . . . . 30
2.5-inch 8-bay drive backplane connectors . . 31
PCIe riser card connectors. . . . . . . . . 33
4U PCIe riser cage connectors . . . . . . . 35
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 3. Internal cable routing . . . 43
Cable routing for 2.5-inch drives . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting cables to the processor and
memory expansion tray . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting cables to the NVMe switch
cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SAS/SATA backplane combinations . . . . . 51
One-NVMe-backplane combinations. . . . . 64
Two-NVMe-backplane combinations. . . . . 66
Three-NVMe-backplane combinations . . . . 69
One-AnyBay-backplane combinations . . . . 75
Two-AnyBay-backplane combinations . . . . 100
Three-AnyBay-backplane combinations . . . 122
Chapter 4. Server options . . . . . . . 133
2.5-inch drive backplane kits. . . . . . . . . . 133
2.5-inch SAS/SATA 8-bay drive backplane
kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
2.5-inch AnyBay/NVMe 8-bay drive backplane
kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
2.5-inch drive SAS/SATA cable kits . . . . . . . 135
On-board connector and 8i RAID adapter
cable kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
16i and 32i RAID adapter cable kit . . . . . . 136
2.5-inch NVMe drive PCIe cable kits . . . . . . . 137
On-board PCIe NVMe cable kit . . . . . . . 137
Processor and memory expansion tray PCIe
NVMe cable kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
PCIe switch card NVMe cable kit . . . . . . 138
Intrusion switch cable kit . . . . . . . . . . . 138
M.2 backplane cable kit. . . . . . . . . . . . 138
7mm drive cage kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
PCIe riser cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
x16/x16 (x8 lanes) FH/HL PCIe riser kit . . . . 140
x16/x16/x16 PCIe riser kit . . . . . . . . . 141
4U PCIe riser cage kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Dual-rotor fan module upgrade kit . . . . . . . 143
Processor and memory expansion tray kit . . . . 144
Chapter 5. Server hardware
setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 149
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 150
Working inside the server with the power
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 150
Memory module installation rules and order . . . . 151
DRAM DIMMs installation order. . . . . . . 153
PMEM and DRAM DIMM installation order . . 159
Install hot-swap server hardware options . . . . . 164
Install a 7mm drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Install a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive . . . . . . 165
Install a hot-swap power supply unit . . . . . 167
Remove the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Remove a 7mm drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Remove the chassis air baffle . . . . . . . . . 172
Remove a 4U PCIe riser cage . . . . . . . . . 173
Remove the 7mm drive cage. . . . . . . . . . 174
Remove the M.2 backplane bracket assembly and
drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Remove the 4U PCIe expansion tray. . . . . . . 176
Install server hardware options in the server . . . . 178
Install the dual-rotor fan module upgrade
kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Remove the fan cage assembly . . . . . . . 180
Install a drive backplane carrier assembly . . . 182
Remove the PCIe riser assembly . . . . . . 184
Install an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
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Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 V2 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkSystem SR860 V2
Category	Server
Language	English