Lenovo ThinkSystem ST50 V2 Setup Guide

Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 11
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 18
RAID adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cable routing for drive bay 1 and bay 2 . . . . 21
Cable routing for drive bay 3 . . . . . . . . 23
Cable routing for optical disk drive. . . . . . 24
Cable routing for the RAID adapter and
drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cable routing for the power supply unit . . . . 28
Cable routing for the front fan and rear fan . . 29
Cable routing for the heat sink and fan
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cable routing for the intrusion switch. . . . . 32
Cable routing for the thermal sensor . . . . . 33
Cable routing for the mono amplifier . . . . . 34
Cable routing for the power button with
LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 41
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 43
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 43
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 44
Memory module installation rules . . . . . . . . 45
Drive bay locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . . 47
Remove the server from the rails . . . . . . 47
Remove the server cover . . . . . . . . . 49
Remove the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remove the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . 53
Install a simple-swap drive and drive cage
(bay 1-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Install a simple-swap drive and the drive cage (bay
3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Install an optical drive and the drive cage . . . 71
Install the intrusion switch . . . . . . . . . 78
Install the fan (front and rear) . . . . . . . . 80
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 82
Install an M.2 drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Install the M.2 drive retainer . . . . . . . . 85
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Install the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . . 89
Install the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Install the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 92
Install the server to the rails . . . . . . . . 95
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Validate server setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 101
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 101
Changing the display language of the Setup
Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 101
Enabling or disabling the automatic power-
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Acoustic/Thermal optimal performance. . . . 102
Configuration change detection. . . . . . . 103
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . 105
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 105
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 106
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 107
Update VPD (Vital Product Data) . . . . . . . . 107
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appendix A. Getting help and
technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 113
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Contacting Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Appendix B. Trademarks . . . . . . . 115
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Lenovo ThinkSystem ST50 V2 Specifications

General

Memory	Up to 128 GB DDR4
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Form Factor	4U Tower
Processor	Intel Xeon E-2300 series
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5" drives
Storage Controller	Onboard SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Expansion Slots	1x PCIe 3.0 x4
Network	1x Gigabit Ethernet port
Operating Systems Supported	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Management	Lenovo XClarity Controller