Lenovo ThinkAgile SXM4200 Manuel de service

Lenovo ThinkAgile

SX for Microsoft Azure Stack

Administrator’s Guide

Models: SXM4200, SXM 200, SXM4400, SXM 400

Second Edition (December 2017)

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35F-05925.

Contents

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Figures iii

Tables v

Chapter 1 ThinkAgile SX for

Microsoft Azure Stack overview 1

ThinkAgile SXM documentation and related

content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 ThinkAgile SXM

Administration considerations 5

Chapter 3 Product management

and changes 7

Standard management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 4 Managing IDs and

passwords 9

Chapter 5 License considerations 11

Chapter 6 Firmware maintenance

and Best Recipe 13

Chapter 7 Component service and

replacement considerations 15

Replacing switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Replacing servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Replacing server parts . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 8 Troubleshooting

ThinkAgile SXM issues 19

Troubleshooting considerations . . . . . . . . 19

Finding information and help. . . . . . . . . . 20

Isolating and resolving issues . . . . . . . . . 20

Troubleshooting scenarios and tips . . . . . 21

Isolating problems from XClarity . . . . . . 21

Isolating network problems . . . . . . . . 22

Isolating problems from switches . . . . . . 24

Chapter 9 Working with service and

support 27

Opening a support case . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Collecting data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sending data to ThinkAgile Advantage Support . . 29

Appendix A SXM4200/SXM6200

models 31

SXM4200/SXM 200 hardware . . . . . . . . . 3

SXM4200/SXM 200 network and management

cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Appendix B SXM4400/SXM6400

models 47

SXM4400/SXM 400 hardware . . . . . . . . . 49

SXM4400/SXM 400 network and management

cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Appendix C Software 59

Appendix D ThinkAgile SXM power

cabling 61

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Figures

1. Front view of SXM4200 in 25U rack . . . . . 31

2. Rear view of SXM4200 in 25U rack . . . . . 32

3. Front view of SXM4200 in 42U rack . . . . . 33

4. Rear view of SXM4200 in 42U rack . . . . . 34

5. Front view of SXM 200 . . . . . . . . . 35

. Rear view of SXM 200 . . . . . . . . . . 3

7. Views of System x3 50 M5 server

nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

8. Views of System x3550 M5 HLH . . . . . . 37

9. View of RackSwitch G8272 TOR switch . . . 38

10. View of RackSwitch G8052 BMC

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

11. SXM4200/SXM 200 network and

management cabling diagram . . . . . . . 39

12. Front view of SXM4400 in 25U rack . . . . . 47

13. Front view of SXM4400 in 42U rack . . . . . 48

14. Front view of SXM 400 . . . . . . . . . 49

15. Views of ThinkSystem SR 50 server

nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

1 . Views of ThinkSystem SR 30 HLH . . . . . 50

17. View of ThinkSystem NE2572 TOR

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

18. View of RackSwitch G8052 BMC

switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

19. SXM4400/SXM 400 network and

management cabling diagram . . . . . . . 52

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Tables

1. ThinkAgile SXM Machine Type and

Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. SXM4200/SXM 200 network cabling for

RackSwitch G8272 TOR Switch 2 . . . . . 40

3. SXM4200/SXM 200 network cabling for

RackSwitch G8272 TOR Switch 1 . . . . . 42

4. SXM4200/SXM 200 network cabling for

RackSwitch G8052 BMC Switch . . . . . . 43

5. SXM4400/SXM 400 network cabling for

ThinkSystem NE2572 TOR Switch 2 . . . . 53

. SXM4400/SXM 400 network cabling for

ThinkSystem NE2572 TOR Switch 1 . . . . 55

7. SXM4400/SXM 400 network cabling for

RackSwitch G8052 BMC Switch . . . . . . 5

8. Power cabling for 25U rack . . . . . . . . 1

9. Power cabling for 42U rack . . . . . . . . 3

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Chapter 1 ThinkAgile SX for Microsoft Azure Stack overview

The Lenovo®ThinkAgile™SX for Microsoft Azure Stack products are pre-integrated, rack scale solutions that

are specifically designed to enable deployment of hybrid clouds with Microsoft™Azure™Stack. The products

are based on Lenovo servers and switches. Management capabilities are provided by Lenovo XClarity

Administrator. The product is revalidated for all updates, providing a complete, lifecycle-managed solution.

Note: The ThinkAgile SX for Microsoft Azure Stack product group is commonly referred to as “ThinkAgile

SXM” in the documentation.

ThinkAgile SXM configurations

The following configurations are available:

•SXM4200

The ThinkAgile SX for Microsoft Azure Stack SXM4200 includes from four to eight server nodes, a

Hardware Lifecycle Host server, two top-of-rack switches, and one BMC switch. This can be ordered in

either a 25U or 42U rack.

•SXM6200

The ThinkAgile SX for Microsoft Azure Stack SXM4200 includes from four to twelve server nodes, a

Hardware Lifecycle Host server, two top-of-rack switches, and one BMC switch. This can be ordered in a

42U rack only.

Models and Machine Types

This documentation refers to the following products:

Table 1. ThinkAgile SXM Machine Type and Models

Product Machine Type Model

SXM4200 – 25U 95 5 RCC

SXM4200 – 42U 95 5 RCD

SXM 200 (42U only) 95 5 RCE

SXM4400 – 25U 95 5 RCH

SXM4400 – 42U 95 5 RCJ

SXM 400 (42U only) 95 5 RCK

ThinkAgile SXM documentation and related content

Information about the ThinkAgile SXM products is available online and in downloadable Portable Document

Format (PDF) files. In addition, documentation is available for each of the components in the product.

ThinkAgile SXM publications

The most recent ThinkAgile SXM documentation is on the Web, at the following site:

http://thinkagile.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/com.lenovo.thinkagile.sxm.doc/sxm_introduction.html

The following ThinkAgile SXM product publications are available in PDF format. The entire content of these

publications is contained in the Web-based documentation set.

•Planning and Setup Guide

Provides an overview of the ThinkAgile SXM configuration and deployment requirements and activities.

•Administrator’s Guide

Describes ThinkAgile SXM product management and troubleshooting. Also provides information about

getting support for the product.

If you need to download the Adobe Reader to view PDF files, you can download it at http://get.adobe.com/

reader.

ThinkAgile SXM product page

For information about the current ThinkAgile SXM models, refer to the product page. See the following Web

site:

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/thinkagile/microsoft-azure-stack/

ThinkAgile SXM Support

For the latest information and links to helpful content, refer to the Lenovo Data Center Support page. You can

search for support information for ThinkAgile SXM and other Lenovo Data Center products. See the following

Web site:

https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com

Related Lenovo hardware documentation

The following documentation describes ThinkAgile SXM components. Some publications are also available in

PDF format.

The following component documentation is relevant to the SXM4400 and SXM 400 models:

Product Documentation Web site

ThinkSystem SR 50

server

• Installation Guide

• Setup Guide

• Maintenance Manual

• Messages and Codes

Reference

Documentation:

http://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/7X05/

introduction.html

Product guide:

https://lenovopress.com/lp0 44-lenovo-thinksystem-sr 50-server

ThinkSystem SR 30

server

• Installation Guide

• Setup Guide

• Maintenance Manual

• Messages and Codes

Reference

Documentation:

http://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/help/topic/7X01/

introduction.html

Product guide:

https://lenovopress.com/lp0 43-lenovo-thinksystem-sr 30-server

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