Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 7X09 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring the LAN over USB interface
manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing the LAN over USB Windows device
driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tech Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Security advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 13
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 24
System board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power interface board . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fixed power supply . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Graphics adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Simple-swap-drive backplate . . . . . . . 36
Hot-swap-drive backplane. . . . . . . . . 38
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 3. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 60
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 60
Front door replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Remove the front door . . . . . . . . . . 61
Install the front door . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Foot stands replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Remove the foot stands . . . . . . . . . . 63
Install the foot stands . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rack latch replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Remove a rack latch . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Install a rack latch . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Server cover replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Remove the server cover . . . . . . . . . 68
Install the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 68
RAID super capacitor module replacement . . . . 70
Remove a RAID super capacitor module . . . 70
Install a RAID super capacitor module . . . . 71
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Remove a front fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Install a front fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Rear fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Remove the rear fan . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Install the rear fan . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
PCIe adapter holder replacement . . . . . . . . 80
Remove the PCIe adapter holder . . . . . . 80
Install the PCIe adapter holder . . . . . . . 80
Front bezel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Remove the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . 81
Install the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Front panel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Remove the front panel . . . . . . . . . . 83
Install the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Optical drive or tape drive replacement . . . . . 85
Remove an optical drive or a tape drive. . . . 86
Install an optical drive or a tape drive. . . . . 88
Simple-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . 91
Remove a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . 91
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 93
Hot-swap drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . 95
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 95
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 96
Simple-swap-drive backplate replacement . . . . 98
Remove a simple-swap-drive backplate . . . 99
Install a simple-swap-drive backplate . . . . 99
Hot-swap-drive backplane replacement . . . . . 100
Remove the backplane for four 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Install the backplane for four 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Remove the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Install the backplane for eight 2.5-inch hot-
swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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