Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Use and care manual

ThinkAgile CP Part Replacement and
Component Maintenance Procedures

( 2018)
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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. ThinkAgile CP verview . . . 1
Chapter 2. Roles and
responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 3. Installation Guidelines. . . . 9
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 10
Working inside the solution ith the po er on . . . 10
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 4. Managing Support
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Enable Support Mode in the Cloud Controller . . . 13
Access the customer's system via Support
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Place a support file on the storage or compute
node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Disable Support Mode in the Cloud Controller . . . 17
Chapter 5. Compute block
maintenance procedures . . . . . . . 19
Compute block maintenance procedures . . . . . 19
Shutting off a compute node . . . . . . . . 19
Migrating VMs from a compute node. . . . . 19
Migrate a VM bet een compute nodes . . . . 20
Compute block parts replacement procedures. . . 20
Replace compute net ork cables . . . . . . 20
Remove a compute node . . . . . . . . . 20
Install a compute node . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replace the compute enclosure. . . . . . . 22
Drive replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hot-s ap po er supply replacement . . . . 26
Fan replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
EIOM replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
DIMM replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replace the SD530 system board . . . . . . 46
Chapter 6. Storage block
maintenance procedures . . . . . . . 47
Storage block maintenance procedures . . . . . 47
Storage block component indicators . . . . . 47
Shutting off a storage controller. . . . . . . 51
Trigger manual storage HA. . . . . . . . . 52
Shutting do n the storage block . . . . . . 53
Storage block parts replacement procedures . . . 53
Replacing storage net ork cables or
transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Remove a storage controller . . . . . . . . 53
Add a storage controller. . . . . . . . . . 54
Hot-s ap drive replacement . . . . . . . . 56
Hot-s ap po er supply replacement . . . . 60
Hot-s ap storage controller replacement . . . 66
Replace the storage enclosure . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 7. Interconnect switch
maintenance procedures . . . . . . . 77
Po er off the interconnect s itch in an SS-V3
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Make the secondary interconnect s itch the
primary interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Recovering from DNS misconfiguration . . . . . 79
Chapter 8. Interconnect parts
replacement procedures . . . . . . . 83
Replace the interconnect s itch . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing a cable bet een t o interconnect
s itches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replace the secondary interconnect in a DS-V3
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 9. Management switch
maintenance procedures (optional) . . 85
Hard are management net ork cable
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replace the management s itch . . . . . . . . 85
Removing the management s itch (optional) . . . 88
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Figures
1. Storage block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Compute block. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. CP Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Management s itch . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Cloud Controller Support Mode menu
item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Turn On Support Mode dialog box . . . . . 14
7. Port number and pass ord for Support
Mode connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Virtual Office sign-in page . . . . . . . . 14
9. Command to connect to customer’s
interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10. Cloud Controller Support Mode menu
item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11. Turn Off Support Mode dialog box . . . . . 18
12. Drive removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Drive installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hot-s ap po er supply removal . . . . . . 28
15. Hot-s ap po er supply installation . . . . . 30
16. Fan fault LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
17. 60x60x56mm fan removal . . . . . . . . 32
18. 80x80x80mm fan removal . . . . . . . . 33
19. 60x60x56mm fan installation . . . . . . . 34
20. 80x80x80mm fan installation . . . . . . . 35
21. EIOM ports and corresponding node
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
22. EIOM removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
23. EIOM installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
24. DIMM removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
25. Location of the DIMM connectors on the
system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
26. Location of the DIMM connectors on the
system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
27. DIMM installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
28. Enclosure indicators. . . . . . . . . . . 48
29. Drive indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
30. Storage controller indicators . . . . . . . 50
31. Storage controller port indicators. . . . . . 51
32. Hot-s ap drive removal . . . . . . . . . 57
33. Hot-s ap drive removal . . . . . . . . . 57
34. Opening the drive tray handle . . . . . . . 58
35. Sliding the drive into the drive bay . . . . . 59
36. Hot-s ap po er supply removal (1/2) . . . . 62
37. Hot-s ap po er supply removal (2/2) . . . . 63
38. Hot-s ap po er supply installation (1) . . . 65
39. Hot-s ap po er supply installation (2) . . . 66
40. Hot-s ap storage controller removal . . . . 67
41. Hot-s ap storage controller installation . . . 68
42. Side cover removal . . . . . . . . . . . 70
43. Scre s removal . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
44. Enclosure removal from rack . . . . . . . 71
45. Removal of side cover . . . . . . . . . . 73
46. Installing the enclosure into the rack . . . . 74
47. Installing scre s on front of enclosure . . . . 74
48. Reinstalling the side cover . . . . . . . . 75
49. Recabling management s itch from primary
to secondary interconnect . . . . . . . . 79
50. Po er-cord retention clip removal . . . . . 86
51. Releasing s itch unit from the rack . . . . . 86
52. Removing mounting brackets from
s itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
53. Securing s itch to rack posts . . . . . . . 87
54. Installing po er cord retention clip . . . . . 88
55. Po er-cord retention clip removal . . . . . 89
56. Releasing s itch unit from the rack . . . . . 90
57. Removing mounting brackets from
s itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Chapter 1. ThinkAgile CP verview
This product overvie provides technical information on the Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series cloud platform, its
key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.
Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series is an all-in-one, composable cloud ith an integrated application marketplace
(Lenovo Cloud Marketplace) and end-to-end automation, delivering a turn-key cloud experience in your o n
data center. The ThinkAgile CP Series uses modular compute, storage, and net orking components paired
ith the cloud virtualization soft are to create pools of IT resources, independently scaling and allocating
capacity, and automatically configuring resources to fulfill application requirements.
Due to its soft are-defined modular architecture, the ThinkAgile CP Series platform can be scaled easily by
adding more compute and storage resources independently of each other as your needs gro . Suggested
orkloads for the ThinkAgile CP Series include eb services, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), enterprise
applications, OLTP and OLAP databases, data analytics, application development, cost-optimized
virtualization, containers, and other back-office applications.
Key Features
Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Series offers the follo ing key features:
• Modular and scalable ThinkAgile CP Series configurations of an on-premises cloud platform featuring the
second generation of the Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family that are designed to optimize your
orkload’s performance and provide the IT agility for your business demands.
• Factory-preloaded ready-to-go cloud platform that is delivered ith all the infrastructure you need for your
orkloads: Modular and scalable physical and virtual compute, net ork, and storage resources, and the
cloud soft are.
• Lenovo deployment services that are included ith the platform help get customers up and running
quickly.
• The cloud soft are provides a scalable soft are-defined infrastructure (SDI) that simplifies cloud
deployments ith integrated compute, storage, net orking, security, and management services that
manage application infrastructure and automate and orchestrate orkload provisioning.
• Extensive security features, such as data at rest encryption, virtualized net ork and VM-level fire alls,
and t o-factor authentication help customers meet the most stringent security requirements.
• Centralized cloud-based management automates discovery, deployment, and configuration of cloud
resources, and provides automated, non-disruptive soft are updates.
• Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage provides a single point of contact for all support issues and integrates
support chat and virtual technical assistance into your management interface.
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Components
The ThinkAgile CP Series consists of the follo ing components:
• Storage Blocks
A Storage Block is a 2U storage enclosure ith up to 24 PCIe NVMe SSDs and t o controllers for high
availability and redundancy. A storage block runs the cloud soft are that delivers data storage layer to the
cloud. It simplifies storage management, provides enterprise-class storage functionality, and enables
linear performance and capacity scaling.
Figure 1. Storage block
• Compute Blocks
A Compute Block is a modular 2U enclosure that contains up to four nodes, and it delivers processor and
memory resources to the cloud. The compute nodes run the cloud hypervisor that combines open KVM-
based virtualization soft are, hard are integration, and automation to orchestrate and deliver an end-to-
end compute platform.
Figure 2. Compute block
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• CP Interconnect
The Interconnect centralizes connectivity of your on-premises infrastructure to the Cloud Controller and
acts as the entry point into your existing net ork, hich connects the Cloud Controller to your
environment. The CP Interconnect consists of one or t o high-density, ultra-lo -latency 10/40 GbE
net ork devices and use specialized cloud soft are hich provides the fabric for your composable
environment, automating discovery, onboarding, and device management. Integrated net ork
virtualization secures virtual data center and applications.
Figure 3. CP Interconnect
• Management Switch
The 1 GbE management s itch is required to provide out-of-band (OOB) management for the
Interconnect, Compute Blocks, and Storage Blocks. The s itch can be supplied by Lenovo (ThinkSystem
NE0152T RackS itch), or customers may provide their o n s itch.
Figure 4. Management switch
• Cloud Controller
Cloud Controller orchestrates and manages the on-premises infrastructure and orkloads; ho ever, it
resides in the cloud. It automates and orchestrates infrastructure provisioning in real time to achieve
complete and secure vertical hard are, soft are and orkload integration. It federates and abstracts all
physical hard are into a private cloud service.
Cloud Controller provides a single point of management across an unlimited number of ThinkAgile CP
stacks ith role-based access control, t o-factor authentication, and secure HTML and RESTful API
interfaces.
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