Lenovo ThinkSystem ST50 V2 - default chapter; Table of Contents

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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