Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S7 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

Copyright and trademarks

Version history

Introduction

Where to find which information

Notational conventions

Before you start

Classification of procedures

Upgrade and Repair Units (URU)

Field Replaceable Units (FRU)

Average task duration

Tools you need at hand

Documents you need at hand

Important information

ENERGY STAR

FCC Class A Compliance Statement

Environmental protection

Basic hardware procedures

Locating the defective server

Determining the error class

Customer Self Service (CSS) indicator

Locating the defective component

Local diagnostic indicators on the system board

Opening the rack door

Shutting down the server

Disconnecting power cords

Extending/removing the server from the rack

Extending the server out of the rack

Removing the server from the rack

Opening the server

Removing the air duct

Installing the air duct

Closing the server

Mounting the server in the rack

Sliding the server into the rack

Connecting the server to the power source

Switching on the server

Concluding software tasks

Basic software procedures

Disabling SVOM boot watchdog functionality

Configuring boot watchdog settings

Removing backup and optical disk media

Note on server maintenance in a Multipath I/O environment

Switching on the ID indicator

Completing the maintenance task

Updating or recovering the iRMC

Verifying system information backup / restore

Updating RAID controller firmware

Enabling Option ROM scan

Verifying and configuring the backup software solution

Resetting the boot retry counter

Enabling SVOM boot watchdog functionality

Verifying the memory mode

Verifying the system time settings

Viewing and clearing the System Event Log (SEL)

Clearing the SEL

Enabling BitLocker functionality

Performing a RAID array rebuild

Looking up WWN addresses

Using the Chassis ID Prom Tool

After replacing / upgrading LAN controllers

Specifying the chassis model

Performing a fan test after replacing a defective fan

Power supply

Installing PSU modules

Removing a PSU dummy module

Installing a PSU module

Removing PSU modules

Removing a PSU module

Installing a PSU dummy module

Replacing PSU modules

Installing the new PSU module

Upgrading PSU from 450 W to 800 W

Removing the PSU module

Concluding steps

Replacing the power backplane

Disconnecting power cables

Removing the power backplane

Installing the power backplane

Reconnecting power cables

Hard disk drives / solid state drives

Basic procedure

Installing 3.5-inch HDD modules

Installing a 3.5-inch HDD module

Removing 3.5-inch HDD modules

Preliminary steps

Installing a 3.5-inch HDD dummy module

Replacing a 3.5-inch HDD module

Removing a 3.5-inch HDD module

Installing 2.5-inch HDD / SSD modules

Removing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD dummy module

Installing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module

Removing 2.5-inch HDD / SSD modules

Removing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module

Installing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD dummy module

Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module

Required tools

Replacing SAS / SATA HDD / SSD backplanes

Removing the 3.5-inch HDD SAS / SATA backplane

Installing the 3.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

Replacing the 4x 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

Removing the HDD cage

Removing the 4x 2.5-inch SAS HDD backplane

Installing the 4x 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

Installing the HDD cage

Replacing the 12x 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

Removing the 12x2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

Installing the 12x 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane

System fan

Replacing the fan module

Removing a fan module

Installing a fan module

Removing the fan box

Removing fan module 2 and 4

Installing the fan box

Expansion cards and backup units

Expansion cards

Removing PCI slot bracket

Installing an expansion card

Connecting cables to the expansion card

Removing expansion cards

Removing an expansion card

Installing a PCI slot bracket

Replacing expansion cards

Connecting a battery backup unit to the expansion card

SAS RAID controller in PCI slot 7

Preparing the SAS RAID controller

Connecting a backup unit to the expansion card

Removing the SAS RAID controller

Replacing the SAS RAID controller

Removing the defective SAS RAID controller

Modular LAN controller in PCI slot 1

Preparing the Modular LAN controller

Installing the Modular LAN controller

Removing the Modular LAN controller

Replacing the Modular LAN controller

Battery Backup Units (BBU)

Preparing the BBU

Installing the BBU holder onto the air duct

Installing the air duct with a BBU

Removing a BBU

Removing the air duct with a BBU

Removing the BBU holder from the air duct

Replacing a BBU

Removing a BBU from the air duct

Installing a new BBU

Flash Backup Units (FBU)

Preparing the FBU

Installing the FBU holder onto the air duct

Removing an FBU

Removing the air duct with an FBU

Removing the FBU holder from the air duct

Replacing an FBU

Removing an FBU from the air duct

Installing a new FBU

Additional tasks

General instructions

Network adapter D2745

Network adapter D2755

USB 3.0 interface card D3305

Handling SFP+ transceiver modules

Removing an SFP+ transceiver module

Replacing SFP+ transceiver modules

Main memory

Memory sequence

Independant Channel mode

Mirrored Channel and Performance modes

Rank Sparing mode

Installing memory modules

Installing a memory module

Removing memory modules

Replacing memory modules

Removing a memory module

Processors

Basic information

Installing processors

Installing the processor

Removing the protective socket cover

Closing th load

Removing processors

Removing a processor

Removing the processor

Closing the load plate

Installing the protective cover

Upgrading or replacing processors

Upgrading or replacing a processor

Handling processor heat sinks

Installing processor heat sinks

Preparing the heat sink and processor

Installing the heat sink

Removing processor heat sinks

Replacing processor heat sinks

Applying thermal paste

Accessible drives

Basic informations

Installing a Local Service Display (LSD) module

Removing the LSD dummy cover

Installing a LSD module

Removing a LSD module

Removing the LSD module

Replacing a LSD module

Removing the defective LSD module

Installing the optical disk drive (ODD)

Removing the ODD dummy

Preparing an ODD

Installing an ODD

Removing the optical disc drive (ODD)

Removing the ODD

Replacing an ODD

Removing the defective ODD

Installing an RDX/DAT drive in 3.5-inch version

Installing an RDX/DAT drive in the cage

Installing the RDX/DAT drive

Connecting the RDX/DAT drive

Connecting the RDX/DAT drive to the system board

12.8.5.2 Connecting the RDX/DAT drive to the USB 3.0 interface card

Removing an RDX/DAT drive in 3.5-inch version

Removing the drive cage

Removing an RDX/DAT drive out of the cage

Replacing the RDX/DAT drive in 3.5-inch version

Removing the defective RDX/DAT drive

Installing an RDX/DAT drive in 2.5-inch version

12.11.5.2 Connecting the RDX/DAT drive to the USB 3.0 interface card

Removing an RDX/DAT drive in 2.5-inch version

Replacing the RDX/DAT drive in 2.5-inch version

Installing the new RDX/DAT drive

Installing an LTO drive in 2.5-inch version

Removing the tape dummy

Installing an LTO drive in the cage

Installing the LTO cage

Removing an LTO drive in 2.5-inch version

Removing an LTO drive out of the cage

Installing the dummy drive

Replacing the LTO drive in 2.5-inch version

Removing the defective LTO drive

Front panel

Replacing the front panel module

Removing the front panel module

Installing the front panel module

Front VGA connector

Preparing the front panel module

Installing the front VGA connector

Re-installing the front panel module

Removing the front VGA connector

Removing the front VGA cable

Replacing the front VGA connector

Installing the new front VGA connector

Front LAN connector

Installing the front LAN connector

Using the front management LAN connector

Removing the front LAN connector

Removing the front LAN board

Replacing the front LAN connector and board

Installing the new front LAN connector

Front cage

Removing the front panel cage

Re-installing the front panel cage

System board and components

Removing the battery

Installing the CMOS battery

USB Flash Module (UFM)

Installing the UFM board

Software configuration

Removing the UFM board

Replacing the UFM board

Removing the UFM

Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Installing the TPM board

Removing the TPM board

Replacing the TPM board

Removing the TPM

Re-installing the TPM

Onboard SAS enabling key

Installing the onboard SAS enabling key

Removing the onboard SAS enabling key

Removing onboard SAS enabling key

Replacing the onboard SAS enabling key

Replacing the system board

Removing the system board

Installing the system board

Swapping processors

Conversion configurations

SAS cabling

Basic Procedures

Removing HDD cages and front panel cage

Installing HDD cage and front panel cage

Installing the front cover

Panelhousing in bay 5

Converting

Configuration 2 to configuration 7

Configuration 2 to configuration 3

Configuration 3 to configuration 6

Configuration 4 to configuration 7

Configuration 4 to configuration 8

Configuration 7 to configuration 8

Cables

Cabling

Configuration 2

Configuration 3

Configuration 4

Configuration 5

Configuration 6

Configuration 7

Configuration 8

Appendix

Server rear

Server interior

Configuration tables

Connectors and indicators

Onboard settings

Onboard indicators and controls

Connectors and indicators on the I/O panel

I/O panel indicators

Indicators on the front panel

Minimum startup configuration