Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
External LCD diagnostics handset. . . . . . 27
System board components . . . . . . . . . . 33
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System board switches . . . . . . . . . . 36
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Backplates and backplanes . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.5-inch drive backplanes . . . . . . . . . 39
3.5-inch drive backplanes . . . . . . . . . 40
3.5-inch drive backplate. . . . . . . . . . 41
Power distribution board connectors . . . . . . 41
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 3. Internal cable routing . . . 47
Backplane and backplate cable routing . . . . . 48
Front panel cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Front USB cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . 49
GPU cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Internal CFF RAID adapter cable routing . . . . . 50
M.2 boot adapter cable routing. . . . . . . . . 51
Optical drive cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . 52
PCIe slot 8 cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power distribution board cable routing . . . . . . 53
Tape drive cable routing . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 4. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . . 58
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 59
Working inside the server with the power on . . 59
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 60
2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane replacement . . 60
Remove a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Install a 2.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane . . 62
2.5-inch drive replacement from 3.5-inch drive
bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Remove a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive
bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Install a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive
bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
3.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane replacement . . 66
Remove a 3.5-inch hot-swap drive
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Install a 3.5-inch hot-swap drive backplane . . 68
3.5-inch simple-swap drive backplate
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Remove a 3.5-inch simple-swap drive
backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Install a 3.5-inch simple-swap drive
backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Air baffle replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Remove the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Install the air baffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CMOS battery (CR2032) replacement . . . . . . 76
Remove the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . 76
Install the CMOS battery (CR2032) . . . . . 78
Drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Remove a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . 80
Install a simple-swap drive. . . . . . . . . 81
Remove a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 83
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . 84
EIA brackets replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Remove the EIA brackets . . . . . . . . . 86
Install the EIA brackets . . . . . . . . . . 88
Expansion drive cage replacement . . . . . . . 90
Remove the expansion drive cage . . . . . . 90
Install the expansion drive cage . . . . . . . 91
Fan and fan cage replacement . . . . . . . . . 93
Remove a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . 93
Install a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Remove the fan cage assembly . . . . . . . 95
Install the fan cage assembly . . . . . . . . 97
Flash power module replacement . . . . . . . . 98
Remove a flash power module . . . . . . . 98
Install a flash power module . . . . . . . . 100
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