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Enterprise Services Education Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 November 2015 Study guide ES71585 This course is owned and published by Enterprise Services Education. ___________________________________________________________________________________...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Table of contents 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 ................
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Preface Preface Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 This document may not be copied or sold, either in part or in whole, to non-Lenovo personnel. Current release date: November 2015 Current release level: 1.00...
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 –Objectives 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.
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.
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Features and specifications 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 ...
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description Product description Figure 1 shows the TS150 front view. HDD status LED Power status Figure 1: TS150 front view November 2015 ES71585...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description Table 1 shows the TS150 LED status description. Table 1: TS150 LED status description Status Description HDD status LED Blinking green Storage drives are active and data is being transferred.
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description Figure 3 shows the TS450 front view with front door opened. Front panel Figure 3: TS450 front view with front door opened November 2015 ES71585...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description Figure 5 shows the TS150 rear view. Figure 5: TS150 rear view November 2015 ES71585...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description Figure 6 shows the TS450 rear view. Figure 6: TS450 rear view November 2015 ES71585...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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.
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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 Description Description Power supply Front USB assembly...
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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 Description Description Hot-swap power supply...
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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.
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Product description 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.
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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).
A new OS Optimized defaults option is available on the Exit page as shown in Figure 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;...
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Problem determination and troubleshooting Problem determination and troubleshooting TS150 and TS450 do not support remote control console. To perform the problem determination actions, check the LED indicators on the system, or use the Lenovo ThinkServer diagnostic tool to collect the service data.
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Problem determination and troubleshooting How tos and solutions For information about the field tips and problem solutions for the TS150 and TS450, go Lenovo Support Web site and search for ThinkServer TS150 or ThinkServer TS450 (as shown in Figure 17).
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Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Problem determination and troubleshooting On the TS150 or TS450 support page, click the How Tos & Solutions tag (as shown in Figure 18) to view all related field tips and problem solutions for the server.
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Helpful links Helpful links Table 8: Helpful links Title Link to materials Lenovo support http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/ Lenovo Quick Pick http://www.lenovoquickpick.com/ November 2015 ES71585...
Servicing the Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 and TS450 – Summary Summary This course enabled you 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.