Table Of Contents - Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 V2 Setup Manual

Contents
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection checklist . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Server package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server form factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . 8
Management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Server components . . . . 13
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear view LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
System-board components . . . . . . . . . .
System-board LED . . . . . . . . . . . . .
System-board jumpers and buttons . . . . . . .
Drive backplates/backplanes . . . . . . . . .
Power distribution board . . . . . . . . . . .
RAID adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Internal cable routing. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fan power cable. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M.2 adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intrusion switch and RAID flash power
module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Optical/tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fixed power supply . . . . . . . . . . .
Redundant power supplies
Simple-swap drives . . . . . . . . . . .
Hot-swap drives . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parts list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. Server hardware setup . . 61
Server setup checklist . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety inspection checklist. . . . . . . . .
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . .
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . .
Memory module installation rules and orders . . .
© Copyright Lenovo 2022
15
17
19
20
22
25
26
26
28
30
32
33
35
35
36
38
38
39
39
. . . . . . . . 41
42
46
56
60
61
61
63
63
64
64
Install server hardware options . . . . . . . . .
Remove the server cover . . . . . . . . .
Remove the front door . . . . . . . . . .
Remove the front bezel . . . . . . . . . .
Install a hot-swap power supply
Install the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive cage . . . .
Install the 3.5-inch/2.5-inch hot-swap
backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Install the 3.5-inch simple-swap drive
backplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Install a front system fan
Install a memory module . . . . . . . . .
Install the M.2 drive . . . . . . . . . . .
Install a RAID flash power module . . . . . .
Install a PCIe adapter . . . . . . . . . . .
Install a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive
bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Install a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . .
Install a simple-swap drive . . . . . . . . .
Install an optical drive
Install a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . .
Install the server cover . . . . . . . . . .
Install the server into the rails . . . . . . . . . 100
Cable the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Power on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Validate server setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Power off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chapter 4. System configuration . . . 107
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Set front USB port for Lenovo XClarity Controller
connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Update the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Configure the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Memory configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
RAID configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Deploy the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 114
Back up the server configuration . . . . . . . . 115
Update the Vital Product Data (VPD) . . . . . . . 115
Update the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Update the asset tag . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 5. Resolving installation
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
66
66
67
68
70
74
75
76
77
79
82
83
85
88
90
91
93
96
97
i