Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V2 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 15
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System-board components . . . . . . . . . . 27
System-board LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System-board jumpers and buttons . . . . . . . 28
Drive backplates/backplanes . . . . . . . . . 30
Power distribution board . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RAID adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fan power cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M.2 adapter, intrusion switch, and RAID flash
power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Optical/tape drives. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fixed power supply . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Redundant power supplies . . . . . . . . 43
Simple-swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hot-swap drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 3. Internal cable routing . . . 63
Fan power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M.2 adapter, intrusion switch, and RAID flash
power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Optical/tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Fixed power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Redundant power supplies . . . . . . . . . . 69
Simple-swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives . . . . . . 70
Eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives . . . . . . 71
Six 3.5-inch simple-swap drives with ODD/
tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Hot-swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives . . . . . . . 74
Eight 3.5-inch hot-swap drives . . . . . . . 77
Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives . . . . . . . 78
Sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives . . . . . . 80
Four 3.5-inch and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 4. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 86
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 87
Working inside the server with the power on . . 87
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 88
3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage replacement. . . . . 88
Remove the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage . . . 88
Install the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage . . . . 91
3.5-inch/2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Remove the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch hot-swap drive
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Install the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch hot-swap drive
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
3.5-inch simple-swap drive backplate
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Remove the 3.5-inch simple-swap drive
backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Install the 3.5-inch simple-swap drive
backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
CMOS battery (CR2032) replacement . . . . . . 99
Remove the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . 99
Install the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . . 101
Drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 102
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 104
Remove a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . 106
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 107
2.5-inch drive replacement from 3.5-inch drive
bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Remove the front system fan . . . . . . . . 113
Install the front system fan . . . . . . . . . 115
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