Lenovo Flex System x220 Installation and Service Manual

FlexSystemx220ComputeNode

InstallationandServiceGuide

MachineTypes:7906,2585

Note

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixB

“Notices”onpage691,theWarrantyInformationdocument,andtheIBMSafetyInformationandthe

EnvironmentalNoticesandUserGuidedocumentsontheIBMDocumentationCD.

TenthEdition(August2016)

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016.

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Contents

Safety.................iii

Safetystatements..............iv

Chapter1.Introduction.........1

Relateddocumentation............2

Brocadedocumentation............2

TheLenovoDocumentationCD.........3

Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements.....3

UsingtheDocumentationBrowser......3

Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument.....4

Featuresandspeciﬁcations...........5

Whatyourcomputenodeoffers.........6

LenovoXClarityAdministrator..........9

Reliability,availability,andserviceabilityfeatures.11

Majorcomponentsofthecomputenode....11

Power,controls,andindicators........12

Computenodecontrols,connectors,and

LEDs.................12

Consolebreakoutcable.........15

Turningonthecomputenode.......15

Turningoffthecomputenode.......16

System-boardlayouts............17

System-boardconnectors........17

System-boardjumpers..........17

System-boardLEDs..........18

System-boardswitches.........18

Chapter2.Conﬁguring........21

Updatingﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers.....21

RecoveringaUEFIimage..........22

Conﬁguringthecomputenode........23

UsingtheSetuputility..........24

Nxbootfailure.............28

Settingthebootprotocoltobootfromlegacy

devicesusingtheSetuputility.......29

UsingtheBootSelectionMenuprogram...30

UpdatingtheUniversallyUniqueIdentiﬁerand

DMI/SMBIOSdata...........30

ConﬁguringaRAIDarray.........33

FeaturesonDemand..........40

SettinguptheLAN-on-motherboardfeature.40

Chapter3.Installingtheoperating

system.................43

UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD.44

ServerGuidefeatures..........44

Typicaloperating-systeminstallation....45

Installingtheoperatingsystemwithoutusing

ServerGuide..............45

UsingLenovoServerGuideScriptingToolkit...45

Chapter4.AccessingtheIMM2....47

AccessingtheIMM2remotely.........47

Viewingthenetworkaccesstag......47

LoggingintotheIMM2Webinterface....48

IMM2actiondescriptions........49

AccessingtheIMM2usingtheLANoverUSB

interface.................52

PotentialconﬂictswiththeLANoverUSB

interface...............52

ResolvingconﬂictswiththeIMM2LANover

USBinterface.............52

ConﬁguringtheLANoverUSBinterface

manually...............53

Chapter5.Partslisting,Types2585

and7906................55

Chapter6.Troubleshooting......61

Servicebulletins..............61

Diagnostictools..............61

Lightpathdiagnostics..........61

IMMeventlog.............63

LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis.....65

DSAdiagnostictestresults........67

Eventmessages..............223

IMMmessages.............223

UEFIdiagnosticcodes..........584

Troubleshootingbysymptom.........614

Computenodestartproblems.......615

Connectivityproblems..........615

Harddiskdriveproblems.........628

Intermittentproblems..........628

Intermittentconnectivityproblems.....629

Memoryproblems...........630

Observableproblems..........630

Optionaldeviceandreplaceablecomponent

installationproblems..........631

Performanceproblems..........632

Power-onproblems...........632

Softwareproblems...........634

Undeterminedproblems.........634

Collectingservicedata...........635

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Chapter7.Installing,removing,

andreplacingcomputenode

components.............637

Installinganoptionaldevice.........637

Installationguidelines............637

Systemreliabilityguidelines........637

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....638

Returningadeviceorcomponent.....638

Updatingthecomputenodeconﬁguration..638

Removingacomputenodefromachassis....639

Installingacomputenodeinachassis.....639

Removingandreplacingconsumableand

structuralparts..............641

Removingthechassisbulkhead......641

Installingthechassisbulkhead......642

Removingthecomputenodecover.....643

Installingthecomputenodecover.....644

Removingthefronthandle........645

Installingthefronthandle.........646

Removingtheharddiskdrivecage.....647

Installingtheharddiskdrivecage.....647

RemovingandreplacingTier1customer

replaceableunits(CRUs)...........648

Removingthebezel...........648

Installingthebezel...........649

RemovingtheCMOSbattery.......650

InstallingtheCMOSbattery........651

RemovingaDIMM...........652

InstallingaDIMM............654

Removingafabricconnector.......659

Installingafabricconnector........660

Removingtheharddiskdrivebackplane...661

Installingtheharddiskdrivebackplane...662

Removingahot-swapharddiskdrive....663

Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive....663

RemovingaServeRAIDcontroller.....664

InstallingaServeRAIDcontroller......665

RemovinganI/Oexpansionadapter....666

InstallinganI/Oexpansionadapter.....667

Removingthelightpathdiagnosticspanel..668

Installingthelightpathdiagnosticspanel..669

RemovingtheRFIDtag.........670

InstallingtheRFIDtag..........671

RemovingtheUSBﬂashdrive.......671

InstallingtheUSBﬂashdrive.......672

RemovingandreplacingTier2customer

replaceableunits(CRUs)...........673

Removingtheadapter-retentionassembly..673

Installingtheadapter-retentionassembly..674

Removingamicroprocessorandheatsink..675

Installingamicroprocessorandheatsink..678

Thermalgrease............682

Removingthesystem-boardassembly...683

Installingthesystem-boardassembly....684

AppendixA.Gettinghelpand

technicalassistance........687

Beforeyoucall...............687

Usingthedocumentation..........688

GettinghelpandinformationfromtheWorldWide

Web...................688

HowtosendDSAdata...........688

Creatingapersonalizedsupportwebpage...688

Softwareserviceandsupport.........688

Hardwareserviceandsupport........689

Taiwanproductservice...........689

AppendixB.Notices.........691

Trademarks................692

Importantnotes..............692

Recyclinginformation............692

Particulatecontamination..........693

Telecommunicationregulatorystatement....693

Electronicemissionnotices..........694

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

statement...............694

IndustryCanadaClassAemissioncompliance

statement...............694

Avisdeconformitéàlaréglementation

d'IndustrieCanada...........694

AustraliaandNewZealandClassA

statement...............694

EuropeanUnionEMCDirectiveconformance

statement...............694

GermanyClassAstatement.......695

Japaneseelectromagneticcompatibility

statements..............696

KoreaCommunicationsCommission(KCC)

statement...............696

RussiaElectromagneticInterference(EMI)

ClassAstatement...........696

People'sRepublicofChinaClassAelectronic

emissionstatement...........696

TaiwanClassAcompliancestatement...696

TaiwanBSMIRoHSdeclaration......697

Index.................699

iiFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

Safety

Beforeinstallingthisproduct,readtheSafetyInformation.

Antesdeinstalaresteproduto,leiaasInformaçõesdeSegurança.

Læssikkerhedsforskrifterne,førduinstallererdetteprodukt.

Leesvoordatuditproductinstalleerteerstdeveiligheidsvoorschriften.

Ennenkuinasennattämäntuotteen,lueturvaohjeetkohdastaSafetyInformation.

Avantd'installerceproduit,lisezlesconsignesdesécurité.

VorderInstallationdiesesProduktsdieSicherheitshinweiselesen.

Primadiinstallarequestoprodotto,leggereleInformazionisullaSicurezza.

Lessikkerhetsinformasjonen(SafetyInformation)førduinstallererdetteproduktet.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

iii

Antesdeinstalaresteproduto,leiaasInformaçõessobreSegurança.

Antesdeinstalaresteproducto,lealainformacióndeseguridad.

Lässäkerhetsinformationeninnanduinstallerardenhärprodukten.

Safetystatements

Thesestatementsprovidethecautionanddangerinformationthatisusedinthisdocumentation.

Important:Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthisdocumentationislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumber

isusedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsofthe

cautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.

Forexample,ifacautionstatementislabeledStatement1,translationsforthatcautionstatementareinthe

SafetyInformationdocumentunderStatement1.

Besuretoreadallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentationbeforeyouperformtheprocedures.

Readanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatcomeswithyoursystemoroptionaldevicebeforeyouinstall

thedevice.

ivFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconﬁguration

ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofﬁre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodems

beforeyouopenthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationand

conﬁgurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,or

openingcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

ToConnect:ToDisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.

5.TurndeviceON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

CAUTION:

Whenreplacingthelithiumbattery,useonlyPartNumber33F8354oranequivalenttypebattery

recommendedbythemanufacturer.Ifyoursystemhasamodulecontainingalithiumbattery,replace

itonlywiththesamemoduletypemadebythesamemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumand

canexplodeifnotproperlyused,handled,ordisposedof.Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

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Statement12

CAUTION:

Thefollowinglabelindicatesahotsurfacenearby.

Statement21

CAUTION:

Hazardousenergyispresentwhenthebladeisconnectedtothepowersource.Alwaysreplacethe

bladecoverbeforeinstallingtheblade.

ULregulatoryinformation

ThisdeviceisforuseonlywithListedchassis.

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Chapter1.Introduction

TheLenovoFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeTypes2585and7906isahigh-availability,scalablecompute

nodethatisoptimizedtosupportthenext-generationmicroprocessortechnologyandisideallysuitedfor

mediumandlargebusinesses.

TheFlexSystemx220ComputeNodeissupportedintheFlexSystemEnterpriseChassisonly.

Thisdocumentationprovidesthefollowinginformationaboutsettingupandtroubleshootingthecompute

node:

•Startingandconﬁguringthecomputenode

•Installingtheoperatingsystem

•Diagnosingproblems

•Installing,removing,andreplacingcomponents

PackagedwiththecomputenodearesoftwareCDsthathelpyouconﬁgurehardware,installdevicedrivers,

andinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Todownloadthelatestﬁrmwareanddevicedrivers,gotohttp://www.ibm.com/support/ﬁxcentralandselect

FlexSystemandFlexSystemx220.

Thecomputenodecomeswithalimitedwarranty.Forinformationaboutthetermsofthewarrantyand

gettingserviceandassistance,seetheWarrantyInformationdocumentforyourcomputenode.This

documentisavailableontheLenovoDocumentationCD.

Youcanobtainup-to-dateinformationaboutthecomputenodeathttp://www.ibm.com/systems.

Thecomputenodemighthavefeaturesthatarenotdescribedinthedocumentationthatcomeswiththe

computenode.Thedocumentationmightbeupdatedoccasionallytoincludeinformationaboutthose

features.Technicalupdatesmightalsobeavailabletoprovideadditionalinformationthatisnotincluded

inthecomputenodedocumentation.Toobtainthemostup-to-datedocumentationforthisproduct,go

tohttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp.

Youcansubscribetoinformationupdatesthatarespeciﬁctoyourcomputenodeat

http://www.ibm.com/support/mynotiﬁcations.

ThemodelnumberandserialnumberareontheIDlabelonthebezelonthefrontofthecomputenode,

andonalabelonthebottomofthecomputenodethatisvisiblewhenthecomputenodeisnotintheFlex

Systemchassis.IfthecomputenodecomeswithanRFIDtag,theRFIDtagcoverstheIDlabelonthebezel

onthefrontofthecomputenode,butyoucanopentheRFIDtagtoseetheIDlabelbehindit.

Note:Theillustrationsinthisdocumentmightdifferslightlyfromyourhardware.

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016

1

000

00000000

ID label

RFID tag

Relateddocumentation

Usethisinformationtoidentifyandlocaterelatedcomputenodedocumentation.

ThisInstallationandServiceGuidecontainsgeneralinformationaboutthecomputenode,includinghowto

installsupportedoptionaldevicesandhowtoconﬁgurethecomputenode.Italsocontainsinformationto

helpyousolveproblemsyourselfandinstructionsforremovingandinstallingcomponents,anditcontains

informationforservicetechnicians.DocumentsthatareinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF)areonthe

documentationCDthatcomeswithyourproduct.Thefollowingdocumentationisalsoavailable:

•SafetyInformation

ThisdocumentisinPDF.Itcontainstranslatedcautionanddangerstatements.Eachcautionanddanger

statementthatappearsinthedocumentationhasanumberthatyoucanusetolocatethecorresponding

statementinyourlanguageintheSafetyInformationdocument.

•LenovoWarrantyInformation

ThisprinteddocumentcontainsthewarrantytermsandapointertotheLenovoStatementofLimited

Warranty.

•EnvironmentalNoticesandUserGuide

ThisdocumentisinPDF.Itcontainstranslatedenvironmentalnotices.

•LicenseAgreementforMachineCode

ThisdocumentisinPDF.ItprovidestranslatedversionsoftheLicenseAgreementforMachinecode

foryourcomputenode.

•LicensesandAttributionsDocument

ThisdocumentisinPDF.Itprovidesinformationabouttheopen-sourcenotices.

Inadditiontothedocumentationinthislibrary,besuretoreviewtheInstallationandServiceGuideforyour

FlexSystemchassisforinformationtohelpyouprepareforsysteminstallationandconﬁguration.

Tocheckforupdateddocumentation,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

YoucanalsoﬁnddocumentationthatisrelatedtoFlexSystemproductsathttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/

ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp.

Brocadedocumentation

UsethisinformationtoidentifyandlocaterelatedBrocadedocumentation.

2FlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

ThefollowingsectionintroducesBrocadedocumentsthatyoumightﬁndusefulfortheinstallationand

administration.

•EN4023UserGuide

–NetworkOSLayer2SwitchingConﬁgurationGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/conﬁguration-guide/nos-601a-l2guide/

–NetworkOSCommandReferenceGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/command-reference-guide/nos-601a-commandref/index.html

–NetworkOSMessageReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/message-reference-guides/nos-601a-messageref/wwhelp/

wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

•FC5022UserGuide

–FabricOSAdministrator'sGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/administration-guide/fos-740-adminguide/

–FabricOSCommandReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/command-reference-guide/fos-741-commandref/wwhelp/

wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

–FabricOSMessageReference-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/message-reference-guides/FOS_740_MESSAGES/wwhelp/

wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=Title.1.2.html

–AccessGatewayAdministrator'sGuide-

http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/administration-guide/fos-740-accessgateway/index.html

TheLenovoDocumentationCD

TheDocumentationCDcontainsdocumentationforthecomputenodeinPortableDocumentFormat(PDF).

Itincludesadocumentationbrowsertohelpyouﬁndinformationquickly.

YoucanruntheDocumentationCDonanycomputerthatmeetsthehardwareandsoftwarerequirements.

Hardwareandsoftwarerequirements

Usethisinformationtodeterminetheminimumhardwareandsoftwarerequirements.

TheLenovoDocumentationCDrequiresthefollowingminimumhardwareandsoftware:

•MicrosoftWindows

•100MHzmicroprocessor

•32MBofRAM

•AdobeAcrobatReader3.0(orlater)orxpdf,whichcomeswithLinuxoperatingsystems

UsingtheDocumentationBrowser

UsethisinformationtostarttheDocumentationBrowser.

UsetheDocumentationBrowsertobrowsethecontentsoftheCD,readbriefdescriptionsofthedocuments,

andviewdocuments,usingAdobeAcrobatReaderorxpdf.TheDocumentationBrowserautomatically

detectstheregionalsettingsinuseinyoursystemanddisplaysthedocumentsinthelanguageforthat

region(ifavailable).Ifadocumentisnotavailableinthelanguageforthatregion,theEnglish-language

versionisdisplayed.

UseoneofthefollowingprocedurestostarttheDocumentationBrowser:

Chapter1.Introduction3

•IfAutostartisenabled,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive.TheDocumentationBrowserstarts

automatically.

•IfAutostartisdisabledorisnotenabledforallusers,useoneofthefollowingprocedures:

–IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdriveandclickStart→

Run.IntheOpenﬁeld,type

e:\win32.bat

whereeisthedriveletteroftheCDorDVDdrive,andclickOK.

–IfyouareusingRedHatLinux,inserttheCDintotheCDorDVDdrive;then,runthefollowing

commandfromthe/mnt/cdromdirectory:

shrunlinux.sh

SelectthecomputenodefromtheProductmenu.TheAvailableTopicslistdisplaysallthedocumentsfor

thecomputenode.Somedocumentsmightbeinfolders.Aplussign(+)indicateseachfolderordocument

thathasadditionaldocumentsunderit.Clicktheplussigntodisplaytheadditionaldocuments.

Whenyouselectadocument,adescriptionofthedocumentisdisplayedunderT opicDescription.Toselect

morethanonedocument,pressandholdtheCtrlkeywhileyouselectthedocuments.ClickViewBook

toviewtheselecteddocumentordocumentsinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.Ifyouselectedmorethanone

document,alltheselecteddocumentsareopenedinAcrobatReaderorxpdf.

Tosearchallthedocuments,typeawordorwordstringintheSearchﬁeldandclickSearch.The

documentsinwhichthewordorwordstringappearsarelistedinorderofthemostoccurrences.Clicka

documenttoviewit.PressCtrl+FtousetheAcrobatsearchfunction,orpressAlt+Ftousethexpdfsearch

functionwithinthedocument.

ClickHelpfordetailedinformationaboutusingtheDocumentationBrowser.

Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument

Usethisinformationtounderstandthemostcommondocumentationnoticesandstatementsandhow

theyareused.

ThecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarealsointhemultilingualSafetyInformation

document,whichisontheDocumentationCD.Eachstatementisnumberedforreferencetothe

correspondingstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.

Thefollowingnoticesandstatementsareusedinthisdocument:

•Note:Thesenoticesprovideimportanttips,guidance,oradvice.

•Important:Thesenoticesprovideinformationoradvicethatmighthelpyouavoidinconvenientor

problemsituations.

•Attention:Thesenoticesindicatepossibledamagetoprograms,devices,ordata.Anattentionnoticeis

placedjustbeforetheinstructionorsituationinwhichdamagemightoccur.

•Caution:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallyhazardoustoyou.Acaution

statementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallyhazardousproceduresteporsituation.

•Danger:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallylethalorhazardoustoyou.A

dangerstatementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallylethalorhazardousprocedure

steporsituation.

4FlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

Featuresandspeciﬁcations

Usethisinformationtoviewspeciﬁcinformationaboutthecomputenode,suchascomputenodehardware

featuresandthedimensionsofthecomputenode.

1.Power,cooling,andchassissystemsmanagementareprovidedbytheFlexSystemchassis.

2.TheoperatingsysteminthecomputenodemustprovideUSBsupportforthecomputenodeto

recognizeanduseUSBmediadrivesanddevices.TheFlexSystemchassisusesUSBforinternal

communicationwiththesedevices.

ThefollowingtableisasummaryofthefeaturesandspeciﬁcationsoftheFlexSystemx220ComputeNode.

Table1.Featuresandspeciﬁcations

Featuresandspeciﬁcations

Microprocessor:Uptotwomulti-coreIntelXeon

microprocessors.

Note:UsetheSetuputilitytodeterminethetypeand

speedofthemicroprocessorsinthecomputenode.

Integratedfunctions:

•RenesasSH7757(IMM2)baseboardmanagement

controller(BMC)withintegratedVGAcontroller

•(Modelswithembeddedvirtualfabriconly)Broadcom

5718dual-portoneGigabitEthernetcontroller

•Concurrentkeyboard/video/mouse(cKVM)

•Lightpathdiagnostics

•Automaticserverrestart(ASR)

•OneLSIS/WSATAwithsupportforRAIDlevel-0or

RAIDlevel-1

1

•OneLSI2004SAScontrollerwithsupportforRAID

level-0orRAIDlevel-1(optional)

2

•OneexternalUSBport

•SupportforuptotwointernalUSBports

•SerialoverLAN(SOL)

•WakeonLAN(WOL)

Memory:

•12dualinlinememorymodule(DIMM)connectors

•Type:Low-proﬁle(LP)double-datarate(DDR3)DRAM

•Supports2GB,4GB,8GB,and16GBDIMMswith

upto192GBoftotalmemoryonthesystemboard

•SupportforUDIMMsandRDIMMs(combiningisnot

supported)

PredictiveFailureAnalysis(PFA)alerts:

•Microprocessors

•Memory

•Harddiskdrives

Drives:Supportsuptotwohot-swapGen2,smallform

factor(SFF),SerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)orSerialATA

(SATA)harddiskdrives.

1

Upgradeableﬁrmware:Allﬁrmwareisﬁeldupgradeable.

Size:

•Height:55.5mm(2.2in)

•Depth:492.24mm(19.4in)

•Width:217.35mm(8.5in)

•Maximumweight(fullyconﬁgured):6.4kg(14.11lb)

Environment:

TheFlexSystemx220ComputeNodecomplieswith

ASHRAEclassA3speciﬁcations.

•Poweron

3

:

–Temperature:5°C-40°C(41°F-104°F)

4

–Humidity,non-condensing:-12°Cdewpoint

(10.4°F)and8%-85%relativehumidity

5,6

–Maximumdewpoint:24°C(75°F)

–Maximumaltitude:3048m(10,000ft)

–Maximumrateoftemperaturechange:5°C/hr

(41°F/hr)

7

•Poweroff

8

:

–Temperature:5°Cto45°C(41°F-113°F)

–Relativehumidity:8%-85%

–Maximumdewpoint:27°C(80.6°F)

•Storage(non-operating):

–Temperature:1°Cto60°C(33.8°F-140°F)

–Altitude:3050m(10,006ft)

–Relativehumidity:5%-80%

–Maximumdewpoint:29°C(84.2°F)

•Shipment(non-operating)

9

:

–Temperature:-40°Cto60°C(-40°F-140°F)

–Altitude:10,700m(35,105ft)

–Relativehumidity:5%-100%

–Maximumdewpoint:29°C(84.2°F)

10

•Particulatecontamination

Attention:Airborneparticulatesandreactivegases

actingaloneorincombinationwithotherenvironmental

factorssuchashumidityortemperaturemightpose

arisktothecomputenode.Forinformationabout

thelimitsforparticulatesandgases,see“Particulate

contamination”onpage693

.

1.Theon-boardServeRAIDC105(SWRAID)controllersupportsSATAdrivesonly,Solidstatedrives(SSD)andSAS

drivesarenotsupported.ThebootinganduseofinternaldriveswithVMwareisalsonotsupported.

Chapter1.Introduction5

Table1.Featuresandspeciﬁcations(continued)

Featuresandspeciﬁcations

2.Ifinstalled,theoptionalServeRAIDH1135orServeRAIDM5115controllersupportsSSDandSASdrives.The

bootinganduseofinternaldriveswithVMwareisalsosupported.

3.Chassisispoweredon.

4.A3-Deratemaximumallowabletemperature1°C/175mabove950m.

5.TheminimumhumiditylevelforclassA3isthehigher(moremoisture)ofthe-12°Cdewpointandthe8%relative

humidity.Theseintersectatapproximately25°C.Belowthisintersection(~25°C),thedewpoint(-12°C)represents

theminimummoisturelevel;abovetheintersection,relativehumidity(8%)istheminimum.

6.Moisturelevelslowerthan0.5°CDP,butnotlower-10°CDPor8%relativehumidity,canbeacceptedif

appropriatecontrolmeasuresareimplementedtolimitthegenerationofstaticelectricityonpersonneland

equipmentinthedatacenter.Allpersonnelandmobilefurnishingsandequipmentmustbeconnectedtoground

viaanappropriatestaticcontrolsystem.Thefollowingitemsareconsideredtheminimumrequirements:

a.Conductivematerials(conductiveﬂooring,conductivefootwearonallpersonnelwhogointothedatacenter;

allmobilefurnishingsandequipmentwillbemadeofconductiveorstaticdissipativematerials).

b.Duringmaintenanceonanyhardware,aproperlyfunctioningwriststrapmustbeusedbyanypersonnelwho

contactsITequipment.

7.5°C/hrfordatacentersemployingtapedrivesand20°C/hrfordatacentersemployingdiskdrives.

8.Chassisisremovedfromoriginalshippingcontainerandisinstalledbutnotinuse,forexample,duringrepair,

maintenance,orupgrade.

9.Theequipmentacclimationperiodis1hourper20°Coftemperaturechangefromtheshippingenvironment

totheoperatingenvironment.

10.Condensation,butnotrain,isacceptable.

Whatyourcomputenodeoffers

YourcomputenodeoffersfeaturessuchastheintegratedmanagementmoduleII,harddiskdrivesupport,

systems-managementsupport,LenovoX-Architecture,microprocessortechnology,integratednetwork

support,I/Oexpansion,largesystem-memorycapacity,lightpathdiagnosticsLEDs,PCIExpress,and

powerthrottling.

•FeaturesonDemand

IfaFeaturesonDemandfeatureisintegratedinthecomputenodeorinanoptionaldevicethatisinstalled

inthecomputenode,youcanpurchaseanactivationkeytoactivatethefeature.Forinformationabout

FeaturesonDemand,see“FeaturesonDemand”onpage40

.

•Flexiblenetworksupport

Thecomputenodeprovidesﬂexiblenetworkcapabilities:

–ModelswithembeddedEthernet

Thedual-port1GbBroadcomEthernetcontrollerisroutedtoa100Gbconnectoronthesystemboard.

Thisconnectorattachestoaperiscopeconnectorthatenables100Gbsupport.Thecontrolleralso

supportsWakeonLANtechnology.

–ModelswithoutembeddedEthernet

Thecomputenodehasconnectorsonthesystemboardforoptionalexpansionadaptersforadding

networkcommunicationcapabilitiestothecomputenode.YoucaninstalluptotwoI/Oexpansion

adaptersfornetworksupport.Thisprovidestheﬂexibilitytoinstallexpansionadaptersthatsupporta

varietyofnetworkcommunicationtechnologies.

•Harddiskdrivesupport

Thecomputenodesupportsuptotwohot-swapharddiskdrives.YoucanimplementRAID0orRAID

1forthedrives.

•LenovoServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD

TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,whichyoucandownloadfromtheweb,providesprogramsto

helpyousetupthecomputenodeandinstallaWindowsoperatingsystem.TheServerGuideprogram

6FlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

detectsinstalledoptionalhardwaredevicesandprovidesthecorrectconﬁgurationprogramsanddevice

drivers.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD”onpage44

.

•LenovoX-Architecture

LenovoX-Architecturesystemscombineproven,innovativedesignstomakeyour

x86-processor-basedcomputenodepowerful,scalable,andreliable.Formoreinformation,see

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/servers/mission-critical/.

•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII

TheintegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)combinessystems-managementfunctions,videocontroller,

theremotepresence,andblue-screencapturefeaturesinasinglechip.TheIMM2providesadvanced

systems-managementcontrol,monitoring,andalertingfunction.

Ifanenvironmentalconditionexceedsathresholdorifasystemcomponentfails,theIMM2lightsLEDsto

helpyoudiagnosetheproblem,recordstheerrorintheIMMeventlog,andalertsyoutotheproblem.

Optionally,theIMM2alsoprovidesavirtualpresencecapabilityforremotesystems-management

capabilities.TheIMM2providesremotesystemsmanagementthroughindustry-standardinterfaces:

–CommonInformationModel(CIM)

–IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)version2.0

–SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)version3.0

–Webbrowser

Formoreinformation,seeChapter4“AccessingtheIMM2”onpage47.

•Largesystem-memorycapacity

Thecomputenodesupportsupto192GBofsystemmemory.Thememorycontrollerprovidessupport

forupto12industry-standardregisteredECCDDR3onlow-proﬁle(LP)DIMMsonthesystemboard.For

themostcurrentlistofsupportedDIMMs,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.

•Lightpathdiagnostics

Lightpathdiagnosticsprovideslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)tohelpyoudiagnoseproblems.Formore

information,see“Lightpathdiagnostics”onpage61

.

•Microprocessortechnology

Thecomputenodesupportsuptotwomulti-coreIntelXeonmicroprocessors.Formoreinformationabout

supportedmicroprocessorsandtheirpartnumbers,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.

Note:Theoptionalmicroprocessorsarelimitedbythecapacityandcapabilityofthecomputenode.Any

microprocessorthatyouinstallmusthavethesamespeciﬁcationsasthemicroprocessorthatcame

withthecomputenode.

•PCIExpress

PCIExpressisaserialinterfacethatisusedforchip-to-chipinterconnectandexpansionadapter

interconnect.YoucanaddoptionalI/Oandstoragedevices.

Optionalexpansionnodesareavailabletoprovideacost-effectivewayforyoutoincreaseandcustomize

thecapabilitiesofthecomputenode.Expansionnodessupportawidevarietyofindustry-standardPCI

Express,network,storage,andgraphicsadapters.Foradditionalinformation,see"PCIeExpansion

Node"athttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.pme.doc/

product_page.html.

•Powerthrottling

Byenforcingapowerpolicyknownaspower-domainoversubscription,theFlexSystemchassiscan

sharethepowerloadbetweentwoormorepowersuppliestoensuresufﬁcientpowerforeachdevice

intheFlexSystemchassis.ThispolicyisenforcedwhentheinitialpowerisappliedtotheFlexSystem

chassisorwhenacomputenodeisinsertedintotheFlexSystemchassis.

Thefollowingsettingsforthispolicyareavailable:

Chapter1.Introduction7

–Basicpowermanagement

–Powermoduleredundancy

–Powermoduleredundancywithcomputenodethrottlingallowed

YoucanconﬁgureandmonitorthepowerenvironmentbyusingtheChassisManagementModule.Formore

information,seetheFlexSystemChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuide

athttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/dw1kt_cmm_

cli_book.pdf.

•Systems-managementsupport

ThecomputenodeIMM2providesawebinterfaceforremotesystems-managementsupport.Youcan

usetheinterfacetoviewsystemstatusandcontrolservermanagementfunctionsandIMMmanagement

settings.

TheIMM2communicateswiththeLenovoFlexSystemChassisManagementModule(CMM)andFlex

SystemManagermanagementsoftware(ifinstalled).

–TheCMMisahot-swapmodulethatprovidessystems-managementfunctionsforall

componentsinanFlexSystemchassis.Itcontrolsaserialportforremoteconnection

anda1GbpsEthernetremote-managementconnection.Formoreinformation,seethe

FlexSystemChassisManagementModule:Command-LineInterfaceReferenceGuideat

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.acc.cmm.doc/dw1kt_cmm_

cli_book.pdf.

–TheFlexSystemManagermanagementsoftwareisaplatform-managementfoundation

thatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysicalandvirtualsystemsinaheterogeneous

environment.Byusingindustrystandards,FlexSystemManagermanagement

softwaresupportsmultipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologies.Formore

information,seethe"FlexSystemManagerSoftware:InstallationandServiceGuide"at

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.ibm.acc.8731.doc/product_

page.html.

•LenovoXClarityAdministrator

LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators

todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx,

ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovides:

–Automateddiscovery

–Agent-freehardwaremanagement

–Monitoring

–Firmwareupdatesandcompliance

–Pattern-basedconﬁgurationmanagement

–Deploymentofoperatingsystemsandhypervisors

Administratorsareabletoﬁndtherightinformationandaccomplishcriticaltasksfasterthroughan

uncluttered,dashboard-drivengraphicaluserinterface(GUI).Centralizingandautomatingfoundational

infrastructuredeploymentandlifecyclemanagementtasksacrosslargepoolsofsystemsfreesup

administratortime,andmakesresourcesavailabletoend-usersfaster.

LenovoXClarityiseasilyextendedintotheleadingvirtualizationmanagementplatformsfromMicrosoft

andVMwareusingsoftwareplug-ins,calledLenovoXClarityIntegrators.Thesolutionimprovesworkload

uptimeandservice-levelassurancebydynamicallyrelocatingworkloadsfromaffectedhostsinthecluster

duringrollingserverrebootsorﬁrmwareupdates,orduringpredictedhardwarefailures.

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministrator,seethe

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/and

8FlexSystemx220ComputeNodeInstallationandServiceGuide

thehttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/topic/com.lenovo.lxca.doc/

aug_product_page.html.

•InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministrator

–InstallingLenovoXClarityAdministratorfortheﬁrsttime

TheinitialsetupofLenovoXClarityAdministratorinvolvespreparingthenetwork,installingand

conﬁguringtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorvirtualappliance,managingsystems,andoptionally

settingupautomaticproblemnotiﬁcation.

Thereareanumberofdifferentwaystoconnectmanageablesystemstothenetwork

andtosetuptheLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagethosesystemsbasedonthe

networktopologythatisimplementedinyourenvironment.Forguidanceforinstalling

theLenovoXClarityAdministratorinVMwareESXi-basedandHyper-Venvironments,see

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2

Fsetup.html.

–Free90-daytrial

LenovoXClarityAdministratoroffersafree,90-daytriallicensethatenablesyoutouseallavailable

features(includingoperating-systemdeployment,ﬁrmwaremaintenance,andconﬁguration

management)foralimitedtime.

After90days,youcancontinuetouseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanageandmonitoryour

hardwareforfree;however,youmustpurchaseafull-function-enablementlicensetocontinueusing

LenovoXClarityAdministratortoconﬁgureyourhardwareusingConﬁgurationPatternsandtodeploy

operatingsystems.YoucanpurchaseLenovoXClarityAdministratorlicensesfromyourLenovoseller

orbusinesspartner.

Forinformationaboutinstallingthelicense,see

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2

Fupdate_lxcasw.html.

–UpdatingLenovoXClarityAdministrator

YoucandownloadorimportLenovoXClarityAdministratorupdatesand

installtheupdatesfromtheLenovoXClarityAdministratorwebinterface.

ForinformationaboutupdatingaLenovoXClarityAdministrator,see

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ﬂexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2

Fupdate_lxcasw.html.EnsurethatyoucarefullyreadtheInstallationandSetupInstructionsinthe

Invgy_sw_lxca_***_anyos_noarch.txtﬁlethatisprovidedintheupdatepackage.zipﬁle.

LenovoXClarityAdministrator

LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralized,resource-managementsolutionthatsimpliﬁesinfrastructure

management,speedsresponses,andenhancestheavailabilityofLenovo®serversystemsandsolutions.It

runsasavirtualappliancethatautomatesdiscovery,inventory,tracking,monitoring,andprovisioningfor

Lenovoservers,FlexSystemservers,andRackSwitchswitchesinasecureenvironment.

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralinterfacetoperformthefollowingfunctionsforallmanaged

endpoints.

•Hardwaremanagement

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesagent-freehardwaremanagement.Itcanautomaticallydiscover

manageableendpoints,includingFlexSystemchassisandcomponents,Systemx,NeXtScale,and

ThinkServerservers,andRackSwitchswitches.Inventoryofthediscoveredendpointsisalsogathered,

soanat-a-glanceviewofthemanagedhardwareinventoryandstatusispossible.

•Hardwaremonitoring

Chapter1.Introduction9

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralizedviewofalleventsandalertsthataregeneratedfrom

themanagedendpoints.WhenaCMMorIMMdetectsanissue,analertoreventispassedtotheLenovo

XClarityAdministratorandisdisplayedintheeventsoralertslog.Asummaryofallalertsandeventsis

visiblefromtheDashboardandtheStatusbar.Eventsandalertsforaspeciﬁcendpointareavailablefrom

theAlertsandEventsdetailpageforthatendpoint.

•Operating-systemdeployment

YoucanuseLenovoXClarityAdministratortomanagetherepositoryofoperating-systemimagesand

deployoperating-systemimagestomanagedservers.

•Conﬁgurationmanagement

Youcanquicklyprovisionandpre-provisionallofyourserversusingaconsistentconﬁguration.

Conﬁgurationsettings(suchaslocalstorage,I/Oadapters,bootsettings,ﬁrmware,ports,andIMMand

UEFIsettings)aresavedasaserverpatternthatcanbeappliedtooneormoremanagedservers.When

theserverpatternsareupdated,thechangesareautomaticallydeployedtotheappliedservers.

•Firmwarecomplianceandupdates

Firmwaremanagementissimpliﬁedbyassigningﬁrmware-compliancepoliciestomanagedendpoints.

Whenyoucreateandassignacompliancepolicytomanagedendpoints,LenovoXClarityAdministrator

monitorschangestotheinventoryforthoseendpointsandﬂagsanyendpointsthatareoutofcompliance.

•Usermanagement

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesacentralizedauthenticationservertocreateandmanageuser

accountsandtomanageandauthenticateusercredentials.Theauthenticationserveriscreated

automaticallywhenyoustartthemanagementserverfortheﬁrsttime.Theuseraccountsthatyoucreate

forLenovoXClarityAdministratorarealsousedtologintomanagedchassisandservers.

•Security

IfyourenvironmentmustcomplywitheitherNISTSP800-131AorFIPS140-2standards,LenovoXClarity

Administratorcanhelpyouachieveafullycompliantenvironment.Itsupportsself-signedSSLcertiﬁcates

(whichareissuedbyaninternalcertiﬁcateauthority)andexternalSSLcertiﬁcates(whichareissuedbya

privateorcommercialCA).Firewallsonchassisandserverscanbeconﬁguredtoacceptincoming

requestsfromonlyLenovoXClarityAdministrator.

•Serviceandsupport

LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbesetuptocollectandsenddiagnosticﬁlesautomaticallytoyour

preferredserviceproviderwhencertainserviceableeventsoccurinLenovoXClarityAdministratorand

themanagedendpoints.YoucanchoosetosenddiagnosticﬁlestoLenovoSupportusingcallhomeor

toanotherserviceproviderusingSFTP.Youcanalsomanuallycollectdiagnosticﬁles,openaproblem

record,andsenddiagnosticﬁlestotheLenovoSupportCenter.

•Taskautomationusingscripts

LenovoXClarityAdministratorcanbeintegratedintoexternal,higher-levelmanagementandautomation

platformsthroughopenRESTapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs).UsingtheRESTAPIs,Lenovo

XClarityAdministratorcaneasilyintegratewithyourexistingmanagementinfrastructure.Youcanalsorun

LenovoXClaritycmdletsinaMicrosoftPowerShellsessiontoautomatecertainmanagementfunctions.

ThecmdletsuseLenovoXClarityAdministratorRESTAPIsandcanautomatefunctions

•Integrationwithothermanagementsoftware

LenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailablestand-aloneorasabundledofferingthatisknownasLenovo

XClarityPro.LenovoXClarityProiscomposedofthebaseAdministratorproductplustwoLenovoXClarity

IntegratormodulesthatprovideintegrationintoMicrosoftSystemsCenterorVMwarevCenter.Together,

thesetoolsprovidediscovery,monitoring,conﬁguration,andmanagementfunctionstoreducethecost

andcomplexityofroutinesystemadministrationforSystemx,NeXtScale,andFlexSystemendpoints.

MoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministratorisavailableat

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/software/systems-management/xclarity/.

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Reliability,availability,andserviceabilityfeatures

Threeofthemostimportantfeaturesincomputenodedesignarereliability,availability,andserviceability

(RAS).TheseRASfeatureshelptoensuretheintegrityofthedatathatisstoredinthecomputenode,the

availabilityofthecomputenodewhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrect

problems.

ThecomputenodehasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•AdvancedConﬁgurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)

•Automaticserverrestart(ASR)

•Built-indiagnosticsusingDSAPreboot

•Built-inmonitoringfortemperature,voltage,andharddiskdrives

•Customersupportcenter24hoursperday,7daysaweek

1

•CustomerupgradeofﬂashROM-residentcodeanddiagnostics

•Customer-upgradeableUniﬁedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)codeanddiagnostics

•ECCprotectedDDR3DIMMs

•ECCprotectionontheL2cache

•Errorcodesandmessages

•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)thatcommunicateswiththeChassisManagementModuleto

enableremotesystemsmanagement

•Lightpathdiagnostics

•Memoryparitytesting

•Microprocessorbuilt-inself-test(BIST)duringpower-onself-test(POST)

•Microprocessorserialnumberaccess

•Processorpresencedetection

•ROM-residentdiagnostics

•System-errorlogging

•Vitalproductdata(VPD)onmemory

•WakeonLANcapability

•WakeonPCI(PME)capability

Majorcomponentsofthecomputenode

Usethisinformationtolocatethemajorcomponentsonthecomputenode.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthemajorcomponentsofthecomputenode.

1.Serviceavailabilityvariesbycountry.Responsetimevariesdependingonthenumberandnatureofincomingcalls.

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Power,controls,andindicators

Usethisinformationtoviewpowerfeatures,turnonandturnoffthecomputenode,andviewthefunctions

ofthecontrolsandindicators.

Computenodecontrols,connectors,andLEDs

Usethisinformationfordetailsaboutthecontrols,connectors,andLEDs.

Thefollowingillustrationidentiﬁesthebuttons,connectors,andLEDsonthecontrolpanel.

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USB connector

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