Contents
Safety..................v
Safetystatements..............vi
Chapter1.TheLenovoSystemx3650
M4BDType5466server.........1
TheDocumentationCD............3
Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....3
UsingtheDocumentationBrowser......3
Relateddocumentation............4
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....5
Serverfeaturesandspecifications........5
Whatyourserveroffers............9
Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....12
SystemsDirector..............13
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower.......14
Frontview...............14
Operatorinformationpanel........14
Rearview...............15
Serverpowerfeatures..........19
Chapter2.Installingoptional
devices................21
Installingoptionalhardwaredevicesintheserver.21
InstructionsforBusinessPartners.....21
HowtosendDSAdata..........22
Servercomponents...........22
Installationguidelines..........30
Removingtheservertopcover......32
Rotatingthehot-swaprearharddiskdrive
cageup...............34
RemovingaPCIriser-cardassembly....34
Removingtheairbaffle.........36
Removingahot-swapharddiskdrive....37
RemovinganadapterfromthePCIriser-card
assembly...............38
RemovingaServeRAIDadapterfromthePCI
riser-cardassembly...........39
Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....41
InstallinganadapteronthePCIriser-card
assembly...............42
Installingasingle/dualport10GbESFP+
embeddedadapterwithinterposer.....44
InstallingaServeRAIDadapteronthePCI
riser-cardassembly...........46
InstallingaServeRAIDadapterbatteryorflash
powermoduleintheremotebatterytray...50
Installingahot-swapbackplaneontherear
harddiskdrivecage...........51
Installingafrontfan...........54
Memorymoduleinstallation........55
Installinganadditionalmicroprocessorand
heatsink...............61
Installingahot-swapacpowersupply...69
InstallingaUSBembeddedhypervisorflash
device................71
Completingtheinstallation........73
Chapter3.Configurationinformation
andinstructions............83
Updatingthefirmware...........83
ConfiguringUEFIcompatibledevices......84
Configuringtheserver............84
UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallation
CD.................85
UsingtheSetuputility..........87
UsingtheBootManagerprogram.....93
Startingthebackupserverfirmware....93
TheUpdateXpressSystemPackInstaller..93
UsingtheintegratedmanagementmoduleII.94
Usingtheembeddedhypervisor......95
Usingtheremotepresenceandblue-screen
capturefeatures............96
EnablingtheIntelGigabitEthernetUtility
program...............97
ConfiguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller..98
ConfiguringRAIDarrays.........98
AdvancedSettingsUtilityprogram.....99
SystemsDirector............99
UpdatingtheUniversalUniqueIdentifier
(UUID)................100
UpdatingtheDMI/SMBIOSdata......102
Chapter4.Troubleshooting.....107
Starthere.................107
Diagnosingaproblem..........107
Undocumentedproblems........109
Servicebulletins..............109
Checkoutprocedure............110
Aboutthecheckoutprocedure......110
Performingthecheckoutprocedure....110
Diagnostictools..............111
Lightpathdiagnostics..........113
Eventlogs...............115
UEFI/POST..............118
DynamicSystemAnalysis........118
Callhome(automatedservicerequest).....120
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