
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
RX100
S8
Contents
4.3
Disconnecting the server from the mains . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.4
Getting access to the component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.4.1
Extending the server out of the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.4.2
Removing the server from the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.4.3
Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.5
Reassembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.1
Installing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.5.2
Mounting the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.5.3
Sliding the server into the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6
Connecting the server to the mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.7
Switching on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.8
Handling riser modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.8.1
Removing a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.8.2
Installing a riser module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5
Basic software procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1
Starting the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.1
Disabling BitLocker functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2
Disabling SVOM boot watchdog functionality . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.1.2.1
Viewing boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.1.2.2
Configuring boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.3
Removing backup and optical disk media . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.1.4
Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . . 66
5.1.5
Note on server maintenance in a Multipath I/O environment . . . 67
5.1.6
Switching on the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.2
Completing the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.2.1
Updating or recovering the system board BIOS and iRMC . . . . 70
5.2.1.1
Updating or recovering the system board BIOS . . . . . . . . 70
5.2.1.2
Updating or recovering the iRMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.2.2
Verifying system information backup / restore . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.2.3
Updating RAID controller firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.2.4
Enabling Option ROM scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.2.5
Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . . 76
5.2.6
Resetting the boot retry counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.2.6.1
Viewing the boot retry counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.2.6.2
Resetting the boot retry counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
5.2.7
Enabling SVOM boot watchdog functionality . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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