Lenovo ThinkSystem SR950 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 9
PCIe slot-to-processor mapping . . . . . . . . 10
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Four-socket performance . . . . . . . . . 11
Four-socket performance / storage rich. . . . 13
Four-socket upgradable. . . . . . . . . . 15
Four-socket upgradable / storage rich . . . . 17
Eight-socket storage rich . . . . . . . . . 18
Management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 23
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Front operator panel . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cable routing for common components . . . 37
Cable routing for drives . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 55
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 57
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 57
Memory module installation rules and order . . . . 58
Memory guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . 58
DRAM DIMM installation order . . . . . . . 62
DCPMM installation order . . . . . . . . . 176
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . . 210
Remove the front cover . . . . . . . . . . 211
Install the system board . . . . . . . . . . 211
Install a processor-heat-sink module. . . . . 213
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 216
Install a hard disk drive backplane . . . . . . 220
Install a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . 225
Install the front cover . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Install an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Install a riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Install a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . 245
Installing the 4S Performance to 8S Upgrade
Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Install the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Power on the server (connect input power) . . . . 253
Validate server setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Power off the server (disconnect input power) . . . 254
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 255
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Independent memory mode . . . . . . . . 261
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Memory sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Configure DC Persistent Memory Module
(DCPMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 266
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 267
Update the Vital Product Data (VPD). . . . . . . 268
Update the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Update the asset tag . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Appendix A. Getting help and
technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 279
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Collecting service data . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Contacting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Appendix B. Component
reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
System-board connectors . . . . . . . . . 283
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Storage-board-assembly connectors . . . . 284
I/O tray connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Storage interposer connectors . . . . . . . 289
RAID card connectors . . . . . . . . . . 290
Drive backplane connectors . . . . . . . . 291
Component access . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Adapter replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Upper/lower compute tray replacement . . . 305
System board replacement . . . . . . . . 308
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