Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 User guide

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Enterprise Services Education
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer
TS150 and TS450
November 2015
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 –Table of contents
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Table of contents
Preface...........................................................................................................................4
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450...............................................4
Objectives..................................................................................................................5
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450................................................6
Overview....................................................................................................................6
ThinkServer TS150 and TS450............................................................................6
Features and specifications.......................................................................................7
Product description....................................................................................................8
TS150 optional storage drive convertor kit .........................................................17
BIOS options............................................................................................................20
PCI express configuration ..................................................................................20
OS optimized defaults ........................................................................................20
Problem determination and troubleshooting ............................................................21
ThinkServer diagnostic tool ................................................................................21
How Tos and solutions .......................................................................................22
Helpful links .............................................................................................................24
Summary......................................................................................................................25

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Preface
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450
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Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Provide an overview of the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450.
2. Describe the system’s mechanical design.
3. Describe the different subsystems.
4. Describe the troubleshooting steps and explain how to complete the problem
determination tasks for the TS150 and TS450.

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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150
and TS450
Overview
ThinkServer TS150 and TS450
The Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 is a follow-on system of the Lenovo ThinkServer
TS140. The Lenovo ThinkServer TS450 is a follow-on system of the Lenovo
ThinkServer TS440.
The TS150 and TS450 are 4U, one processor socket tower servers. The TS150
supports the latest Intel Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, and Xeon E3-1200 v5 family
processors. The TS450 supports the Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 family processors only.
Note: The equivalent model of the TS150 in China is TS250 and the equivalent model
of the TS450 in China is TS550. For reference, in this course, only TS150 and TS450
are used.

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Features and specifications
The TS150 and TS450 key features include:
TS150: Support for one Intel Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Xeon E3-1200 v5 series
processor
TS450: Support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 series processor
Four DDR4 DIMM slots, minimum 4 GB, maximum 64 GB (16 GB UDIMM x 4)
Intel Greenlow C236 chipset
Support for optional storage drive conversion kit (TS150 only)
Support for easy-swap and hot-swap hard disk drive (TS450 only)
Support software RAID configuration
Power supply (depending on model):
oTS150: fixed power supply only
oTS450: support fixed power supply or hot-swap power supply
Support for Lenovo ThinkServer EasySetup v4.0.1a
Support for Lenovo ThinkServer diagnostics Windows edition, Linux edition, and
standalone edition
Note: The TS150 with Intel Celeron, Pentium or Core i3 processor models will be
available after February, 2016.

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Product description
Figure 1 shows the TS150 front view.
Figure 1: TS150 front view
HDD status LED
Power status
LED

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Table 1 shows the TS150 LED status description.
Table 1: TS150 LED status description
LED
Status
Description
HDD status LED
Blinking green
Storage drives are active and data is being
transferred.
Off
Storage drives are not in use.
Power status
LED
Green
The system is powered on.
Off
The system is powered off.
Figure 2 shows the TS450 front view.
Figure 2: TS450 front view

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Figure 3 shows the TS450 front view with front door opened.
Figure 3: TS450 front view with front door opened
Front
panel

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Figure 4 shows the details of the TS450 front LED panel.
Figure 4: TS450 front LED panel
Table 2 shows the TS450 front panel description.
Table 2: TS450 front panel description
ID
Description
1
Power button with power status LED
2
HDD status LED
3
Network Interface Controller (NIC) status LED
4
Front USB 3.0 connectors
Table 3 shows the TS450 front panel LED status description.
Table 3: TS450 front panel LED status description
LED
Status
Description
HDD status LED
Flashing green
Storage drives are active and data is being
transferred.
Off
Storage drives are not in use.
Power status LED
Green
The system is powered on.
Off
The system is powered off.
Note: The TS450 front panel HDD status LED is only functional for easy-swap SATA
HDD. For the TS450 with hot-swap SAS HDD, the front panel HDD status LED is
always off.

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Figure 5 shows the TS150 rear view.
Figure 5: TS150 rear view

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Figure 6 shows the TS450 rear view.
Figure 6: TS450 rear view

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The TS150 and TS450 use the same system board. Figure 7 shows the I/O ports on
the rear of the TS150 and TS450.
Figure 7: I/O ports on the rear of the TS150 and TS450
Table 4 contains the I/O ports description.
Table 4: TS150 and TS450 rear I/O ports description
ID
Description
ID
Description
1
Serial port
8
Ethernet connector
2
VGA port
9
USB 3.0 port 4
3
Display port
10
USB 3.0 port 3
4
USB 3.0 port 8
11
Audio line-in connector
5
USB 3.0 port 7
12
Audio line-out connector
6
USB 3.0 port 6
13
Microphone connector
7
USB 3.0 port 5

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Figure 8 shows the TS150 inside view.
Figure 8: TS150 inside view
Table 5 contains the inside components description.
Table 5: TS150 inside components description
ID
Description
ID
Description
1
Power supply
5
Front USB assembly
2
Rear fan
6
Front fan
3
Optical drive
7
Internal storage drive bay 2
4
Internal storage drive bay 1
1
2
4
3
5
7
6

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Figure 9 shows the TS450 inside view.
Figure 9: TS450 inside view
Table 6 contains the inside components description.
Table 6: TS450 inside components description
ID
Description
ID
Description
1
Hot-swap power supply
5
SD module
2
Power distribution board cage
6
Front fan
3
Rear system fan
7
HDD cage release latch
4
RAID super capacitor module
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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TS150 optional storage drive convertor kit
The TS150 supports an optional storage drive convertor kit. Figure 10 shows the 2.5-
inch drive convertor kit for the TS150 storage drive bay 3.
Figure 10: TS150 2.5-inch drive convertor kit for storage bay 3
Note: The TS150 drive bay 3 only supports a 2.5-inch hard disk drive or a solid-state
drive.
Figure 11 shows the 5.25-inch drive convertor kit for the TS150 storage drive 4.
Figure 11: TS150 5.25-inch drive convertor kit

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Figure 12 shows the 5.25-inch drive convertor kit rear view.
Figure 12: TS150 5.25-inch drive convertor kit
Figure 13 shows the slim optical drive and storage drive convertor kit front view for the
TS150 drive bay 5.
Figure 13: Slim optical drive and storage drive convertor kit

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Figure 14 shows how to install the slim optical drive and HDD into the storage drive
convertor kit.
Figure 14: Slim optical drive and storage drive convertor kit
Note: For TS150, if installing a 2.5-inch HDD drive or SSD drive into a 3.5-inch drive
bay, install the drive into a 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch drive adapter first. For more details about
internal drive installation of the TS150, refer to ThinkServer TS150 Hardware
Maintenance Manual on Lenovo support (Available after December 7, 2015).

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BIOS options
Most of the BIOS options for the TS150 and TS450 are the same as the predecessors.
Refer to the following sections for the major changes of the TS150 and TS450 BIOS.
PCI express configuration
A new PCI Express Configuration option is available on the Devices page as shown in
Figure 15. Users can configure the PCI slot speed in BIOS through this option.
Figure 15: PCI express configuration option in BIOS
OS optimized defaults
A new OS Optimized defaults option is available on the Exit page as shown in Figure
16.
Figure 16: OS optimized defaults option
Note: If the system installed Windows 10 on the system, Lenovo suggests that users
enable this option to optimize the OS performance. If the system installed an OS other
than Windows 10; for example, Windows 2012 or Linux OS, the OS optimized option
must be disabled. If not, users may not boot to the OS successfully.