Fujitsu PRIMERGY GX2460 M1 User manual

Upgrade and Maintenance Manual - English
FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY GX2460 M1
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
July 2020

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For your safety
This manual contains important information for safely and correctly using this
product.
Carefully read the manual before using this product. Pay particular attention to
the accompanying manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" and ensure that
these safety notes are understood before using the product. Keep this manual
and the "Safety Notes and Regulations" manual in a safe place for easy
reference while using this product.
Radio interference
This product is a "Class A" ITE (Information Technology Equipment). In a
domestic environment this product may cause radio interference, in which case
the user may be required to take appropriate measures. VCCI-A
Aluminum electrolytic capacitors
The aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in the printed circuit board
assemblies of the product and in the mouse and keyboard are limited-life
components. Use of these components beyond their operating life may result in
electrolyte leakage or depletion, potentially causing emission of foul odor or
smoke.
As a guideline, in a normal office environment (25°C) operating life is not
expected to be reached within the maintenance support period (5 years).
However, operating life may be reached more quickly if, for example, the
product is used in a hot environment. The customer shall bear the cost of
replacing replaceable components which have exceeded their operating life.
Note that these are only guidelines, and do not constitute a guarantee of
trouble-free operation during the maintenance support period.
High safety use
This product has been designed and manufactured to be used in commercial
and/or industrial areas as a server.
When used as visual display workplace, it must not be placed in the direct field
of view to avoid incommoding reflections (applies only to TX server systems).

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The device has not been designed or manufactured for uses which demand an
extremely high level of safety and carry a direct and serious risk of life or body
if such safety cannot be assured.
These uses include control of nuclear reactions in nuclear power plants,
automatic airplane flight control, air traffic control, traffic control in mass
transport systems, medical devices for life support, and missile guidance
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staff of Fujitsu if intending to use this product for high safety use.
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This product may be affected by a momentary voltage drop in the power supply
caused by lightning. To prevent a momentary voltage drop, the use of an
uninterruptible power supply is recommended.
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Computer issued by JEITA, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology
Industries Association.)
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Only for Japan:
About SATA HDDs
The SATA version of this server supports HDDs with SATA/BC-SATA storage
interfaces. Please note that the usage and operation conditions differ
depending on the type of HDD used.

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For more information on the usage and operation conditions of each available
type of HDD, see the following internet address:
http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/harddisk/
Only for Japan:
Shielded LAN cables should be used in this product.

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Version history
Issue number Reason for update
1.0 / July 2019 Initial release
2.0 / January 2020 Section OCP cards updated, section replacing base
unit added, cable plans updated

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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.1 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1 Classification of procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.1.1 Customer Replaceable Units (CRU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.1.2 Upgrade and Repair Units (URU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.3 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.2 Average task duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3 Tools you need at hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.4 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.3 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.4 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4 Basic hardware procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1 Using diagnostics information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.1 Locating the defective server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.2 Locating the defective component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.2 Shutting down the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.3 Disconnecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.4 Getting access to the component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.4.1 Extending the server out of the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.4.2 Removing the server from the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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4.5 Removing the top covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.5.1 Removing the front top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.5.2 Removing the rear top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.6 Installing the top covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.6.1 Installing the rear top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.6.2 Installing the front top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.7 Reassembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.7.1 Installing the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.7.2 Sliding the server into the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.8 Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.9 Switching on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.10 Handling the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.10.1 Removing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.10.2 Installing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5 Basic software procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1 Starting the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1.1 Backing up the setting information of BIOS/BMC . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1.2 Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . . 57
5.1.3 Switching on the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.2 Completing the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.1 Updating or recovering the BIOS and BMC . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.1.1 Updating the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.1.2 Updating the BMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.2 Enabling Option ROM scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.2.3 Verifying the system time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.2.4 Viewing and clearing the System Event Log (SEL) . . . . . . . . 60
5.2.4.1 Viewing the SEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.2.4.2 Clearing the SEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.2.5 Updating the NIC configuration file in a Linux environment . . . . 61
5.2.6 Performing a RAID array rebuild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
5.2.7 Looking for MAC addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.2.7.1 Looking for the MAC address of a LAN controller . . . . . . . 63
5.2.8 Switching off the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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6 Power supply unit (PSU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.1 PSU configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.2 Assembly rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.2 Redundant power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.2.1 Installing a hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.2.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.2.1.2 Removing the Velcro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.2.1.3 Installing a hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.2.1.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.2.2 Removing a hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.2.2 Removing a hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2.2.3 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2.3 Replacing a hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.3.2 Removing the defective hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.3.3 Installing the new hot-plug PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.2.4 Replacing the power distribution board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.2.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.2.4.2 Removing the defective power distribution board . . . . . . 74
6.2.4.3 Installing the new power distribution board . . . . . . . . . 76
6.2.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7 Hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) . . . . . . 79
7.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7.2 Handling HDDs / SSDs without installation frame . . . . . . 81
7.2.1 2.5-inch HDD/SSD and 3.5-inch installation frame . . . . . . . 81
7.3 2.5-inch HDD/SSD configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.3.1 Configuration with eight HDD/SSD modules . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.3.2 Installing 2.5-inch HDD/SSD modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.3.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.3.2.2 Installing a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.3.2.3 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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7.3.3 Removing 2.5-inch HDD/SSD modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
7.3.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
7.3.3.2 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7.3.3.3 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
7.3.4 Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7.3.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7.3.4.2 Removing the defective 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module . . . . . 92
7.3.4.3 Installing the new 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . . 92
7.3.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
7.3.5 Replacing the HDD backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.3.5.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.3.5.2 Removing the defective HDD backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 93
7.3.5.3 Installing the new HDD backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
7.3.5.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
8 Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.1.1 Numbering of the fan modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.2 Replacing a fan module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.2.2 Removing a defective fan module (Fan 1/2/3) . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.2.3 Installing a new fan module (Fan 1/2/3) . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.2.4 Removing a defective fan module (Fan 4/5) . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.2.5 Removing the fan rivet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.2.6 Installing a new fan module (Fan 4/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.2.7 Installing the fan rivet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.8 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
9 Expansion cards and riser modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
9.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
9.2 Expansion cards in the middle riser module . . . . . . . . 112
9.2.1 Installing an expansion card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . 112
9.2.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
9.2.1.2 Removing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
9.2.1.3 Installing an expansion card in a riser module . . . . . . . 113
9.2.1.4 Installing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
9.2.1.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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9.2.2 Removing an expansion card from a riser module . . . . . . . 115
9.2.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9.2.2.2 Removing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
9.2.2.3 Removing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
9.2.2.4 Installing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.2.2.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
9.2.3 Replacing an expansion card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . 118
9.2.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
9.2.3.2 Removing the defective expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . 118
9.2.3.3 Installing the new expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
9.2.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
9.2.4 Replacing a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.2.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.2.4.2 Removing defective the riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.2.4.3 Installing the new riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9.2.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
9.3 RAID card in the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.3.1 Installing a RAID card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.3.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.3.1.2 Removing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
9.3.1.3 Installing a RAID card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9.3.1.4 Installing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.3.1.5 Connecting the RAID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
9.3.1.6 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
9.3.2 Removing a RAID card from a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.3.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.3.2.2 Removing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
9.3.2.3 Removing a RAID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.3.2.4 Installing the middle riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
9.3.2.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
9.3.3 Replacing a RAID card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.3.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.3.3.2 Removing the defective expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.3.3.3 Installing the new expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.3.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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9.4 GPU cards in riser modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.4.1 Installing a GPU card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.4.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.4.1.2 Removing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . 133
9.4.1.3 Installing a GPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9.4.1.4 Installing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . . 137
9.4.1.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
9.4.2 Removing a GPU card from a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . 138
9.4.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
9.4.2.2 Removing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . 138
9.4.2.3 Removing a GPU card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
9.4.2.4 Installing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . . 141
9.4.2.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
9.4.3 Replacing a GPU card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9.4.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9.4.3.2 Removing the defective GPU card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9.4.3.3 Installing the new GPU card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9.4.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
9.4.4 Replacing a riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.4.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.4.4.2 Removing the defective riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
9.4.4.3 Installing the new riser card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.4.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
9.5 PCIe cards in riser modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.5.1 Installing a PCIe card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.5.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
9.5.1.2 Removing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . 146
9.5.1.3 Installing a PCIe card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
9.5.1.4 Installing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . . 148
9.5.1.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
9.5.2 Removing a PCIe card from a riser module . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.5.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.5.2.2 Removing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . 149
9.5.2.3 Removing a PCIe card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
9.5.2.4 Installing the left or right PCIe/GPU riser module . . . . . . 151
9.5.2.5 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
9.5.3 Replacing a PCIe card in a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.5.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.5.3.2 Removing the defective PCIe card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.5.3.3 Installing the new PCIe card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9.5.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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9.6 Handling SFP+ transceiver modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.6.1 Installing the SFP+ transceiver modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
9.6.2 Removing the SFP+ transceiver modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
10 Main memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
10.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
10.1.1 General memory population conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
10.2 Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
10.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
10.2.2 Selecting the memory slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
10.2.3 Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
10.2.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
10.3 Removing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.3.2 Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.3.3 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
10.4 Replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10.4.2 Removing a defective memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10.4.3 Installing a new memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
11 Processor (CPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
11.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
11.2 Replacing a CPU or heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
11.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
11.2.2 Removing the heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
11.2.3 Removing the CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
11.2.4 Installing the CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
11.2.5 Applying the thermal paste to the CPU surface . . . . . . . . . 181
11.2.6 Installing the heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
11.2.7 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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12 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
12.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
12.2 Replacing the front panel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
12.2.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
12.2.2 Removing the front panel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
12.2.3 Installing the front panel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
12.2.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
12.3 Replacing the USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
12.3.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
12.3.2 Removing the USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
12.3.3 Installing the USB cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
12.3.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
12.4 Replacing the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12.4.2 Removing the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
12.4.3 Installing the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
12.4.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
12.5 Replacing the USB panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.5.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.5.2 Removing the USB panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.5.3 Installing the USB panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
12.5.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
13 System board and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
13.1 Basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
13.2 CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
13.2.1 Replacing the CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
13.2.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
13.2.1.2 Replacing the defective CMOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . 211
13.2.1.3 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
13.3 System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
13.3.1 Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
13.3.1.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
13.3.1.2 Removing the defective system board . . . . . . . . . . . 214
13.3.1.3 Installing the new system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
13.3.1.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

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14 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
14.1 Mechanical overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
14.1.1 Server front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
14.1.2 Server rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
14.1.3 Server interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
14.2 Connectors and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
14.2.1 System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
14.2.2 Server front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
14.2.2.1 Connectors on the USB panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
14.2.2.2 Indicators on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
14.2.2.3 Indicators on the hot-plug HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . 229
14.2.3 Server rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
14.2.3.1 Connectors and controls on the I/O panel . . . . . . . . . . 230
14.2.3.2 LAN indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
14.2.3.3 Indicators on hot-plug PSUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
14.2.4 Acoustic indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
14.3 Onboard settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
14.4 Minimum startup configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
15 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

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1 Introduction
This Upgrade and Maintenance Manual provides instructions for the following
procedures:
●Upgrading the server configuration by adding optional hardware
components
●Upgrading the server configuration by replacing existing hardware
components with superior ones.
●Replacing defective hardware components
This manual focuses on on-site maintenance tasks. It is recommended to
prepare each service assignment following remote diagnostics procedures, as
described in the "ServerView Suite Local Service Concept (LSC)" manual (see
section "Documentation overview" on page 24.
VCAUTION!
The document at hand comprises procedures of a wide range of
complexity. Check the profile of qualification for technicians before
assigning tasks. Before you start, carefully read "Classification of
procedures" on page 20.

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1.1 Notational conventions
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
Text in bold Indicates references to names of interface elements.
Text in
monospace
Indicates commands and text to be entered by the user.
"Quotation marks" Indicate names of chapters and terms that are being
emphasized.
ÊDescribes activities that must be performed in the order
shown.
[Abc] Indicates keys on the keyboard.
VCAUTION! Pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol!
Failure to observe this warning may endanger your life,
destroy the system or lead to the loss of data.
IIndicates additional information, notes and tips.
Indicates the procedure category in terms of complexity
and qualification requirements, see section
"Classification of procedures" on page 20.
Indicates the average task duration, see section
"Average task duration" on page 23.

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2 Before you start
Before you start any upgrade or maintenance task, proceed as follows:
ÊCarefully read the safety instructions in chapter "Important information" on
page 27.
ÊMake sure that all necessary manuals are available, see the documentation
overview in section "Documentation overview" on page 24. Print the PDF
files if required.
ÊMake yourself familiar with the procedure categories introduced in section
"Classification of procedures" on page 20.
ÊEnsure that all required tools are available according to section "Tools you
need at hand" on page 24.
Installing optional components
The operating manual of your server gives an introduction to server features
and provides an overview of available hardware options.
IFor the latest information on hardware options, see the hardware
configurator of your server, available online at the following address:
http://ts.fujitsu.com/products/standard_servers/index.htm
For Japan:
http://www.fujitsu.com/jp/products/computing/servers/primergy/
Please contact your local Fujitsu customer service partner for details on how to
order expansion kits or spare parts. Use the Fujitsu Illustrated Spares Catalog
to identify the required spare part and obtain technical data and order
information. Illustrated Spares catalogs are available online at
http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com/illustrated_spares (not valid for Japan).
Replacing a defective component
The System Status indicator on the front of the server reports defective
hardware components that need to be replaced. For more information on the
controls and indicators of your server, see the operating manual of your server
and section "Connectors and indicators" on page 222.

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Before you start
2.1 Classification of procedures
The complexity of maintenance procedures varies significantly. Procedures
have been assigned to one of three unit categories, indicating the level of
difficulty and required qualification.
At the beginning of each procedure, the involved unit type is indicated by one of
the symbols introduced in this section.
IPlease ask your local Fujitsu service center for more information.
2.1.1 Customer Replaceable Units (CRU)
Customer Replaceable Units are intended for customer self service and may be
installed or replaced as hot-plug components during operation.
IComponents that the customer is entitled to replace may differ according
to the service form in his country.
For Japan:
http://www.fujitsu.com/jp/products/computing/servers/primergy/support/r
epair.html
Hot-plug components increase system availability and guarantee a high degree
of data integrity and fail-safe performance. Procedures can be carried out
without shutting down the server or going offline.
Components that are handled as Customer Replaceable Units
– Hot-plug HDD/SSD modules
– Hot-plug PCIe SSD modules
– Hot-plug PSUs
Peripherals that are handled as Customer Replaceable Units
– Keyboard
– Mouse
Customer Replaceable Units (CRU)