Lenovo x3250 m6 - Removing and Installing Tier 2 Crus

Step1.Carefullylowerthebackplateassemblyintothealignmentslotsinthechassis.Then,closethe
retentionlatchestosecurethebackplateassemblytothechassis.
Figure83.3.5-inchsimple-swaphard-disk-drivebackplateassemblyinstallation
Step2.ConnectcablestotheRAIDadapterorsystemboard.Refertothefollowingtopics:
•“Simple-swapHDDcableconnection:onboardRAID”onpage162
•“Simple-swapHDDcableconnection:ServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerandredundantpower
supply”onpage170
•“Simple-swapHDDcableconnection:ServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerandfixedpower
supply”onpage166
Step3.Installtheharddiskdrivesandfillers.See“Installingasimple-swapharddiskdrive”onpage105.
Step4.Completethepartsreplacement.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage172.
RemovingandinstallingTier2CRUs
ThissectionprovidesinformationaboutremovingandinstallingTier2CRUs.
YoumayinstallaTier2CRUyourselforrequestLenovotoinstallit,atnoadditionalcharge,underthe
typeofwarrantyservicethatisdesignatedforyourserver.Theillustrationsinthisdocumentmightdiffer
slightlyfromyourhardware.
Removingthemicroprocessorandheatsink(Trainedtechnicianonly)
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypeofmicroprocessorthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallorremoveamicroprocessorandheatsink:
•TheserversupportsoneIntellandgridarray(LGA)1151dual-coreorquad-coremicroprocessor.The
type,speed,andL3cacheofthemicroprocessordependsontheservermodel.
•Readthedocumentationthatcomeswiththemicroprocessortodeterminewhetheryouhave
toupdatetheserverfirmware.Todownloadthemostcurrentlevelofserverfirmware,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/supportandhttp://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
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