
RX2520 M4
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
Shutting down the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Disconnecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Getting access to the component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Extending the server out of the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the server from the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reassembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sliding the server into the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Handling the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing the air duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Handling the fan holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the fan holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing the fan holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Handling the crossbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing the crossbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the crossbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Basic software procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Starting the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Suspending BitLocker functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Disabling the boot watchdog (iRMC S5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing backup and optical disk media . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . 70
Switching on the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Completing the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Updating or recovering the BIOS and iRMC S5 . . . . . . . . . 72
Updating or recovering the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Updating or recovering the iRMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Verifying system information backup/restore . . . . . . . . . . 74
Updating expansion card firmware (iRMC S5) . . . . . . . . . . 76
Enabling Option ROM scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Summary of Contents for PRIMERGY RX2520 M4
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