Lenovo ThinkSystem ST50 V2 Maintenance Manual

Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 7
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 42
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 43
Memory module installation rules . . . . . . . . 44
CMOS battery (CR2032) replacement . . . . . . 45
Remove the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . 45
Install the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . . 47
Drive and drive cage replacement. . . . . . . . 49
Drive bay locations. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Simple-swap drive and drive cage (bay 1-2)
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Simple-swap drive and drive cage
replacement (bay 3) . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Optical drive and drive cage replacement . . . 70
Fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remove the fan (front and rear) . . . . . . . 79
Install the fan (front and rear) . . . . . . . . 81
Front bezel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Remove the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . 83
Install the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Front panel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Remove the front panel . . . . . . . . . . 86
Install the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Heat sink and fan module replacement. . . . . . 92
Remove the heat sink and fan module (trained
technician only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Install the heat sink and the fan module
(trained technician only) . . . . . . . . . . 96
Intrusion switch replacement . . . . . . . . . 99
Remove the intrusion switch . . . . . . . . 99
Install the intrusion switch . . . . . . . . . 101
M.2 drive and retainer replacement . . . . . . . 103
Remove an M.2 drive . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Install an M.2 drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Remove the M.2 drive retainer . . . . . . . 106
Install the M.2 drive retainer . . . . . . . . 109
Memory module replacement . . . . . . . . . 111
Remove a memory module . . . . . . . . 111
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . . 112
Mono amplifier (speaker) replacement . . . . . . 115
Remove the mono amplifier (speaker) . . . . 115
Install the mono amplifier (speaker) . . . . . 118
PCIe adapter replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 119
Remove a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . 119
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power button with LED replacement. . . . . . . 125
Remove the power button with LED . . . . . 125
Install the power button with LED . . . . . . 127
Power supply unit replacement. . . . . . . . . 128
Remove the power supply unit . . . . . . . 128
Install the power supply unit . . . . . . . . 131
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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