Replaceable Components

The following table lists the replaceable components in the server and directs you to the replacement instructions.

Replaceable Component Description Replacement Instructions

Battery (Cold service)

Lithium coin-cell battery that powers the CMOS BIOS and real-time clock.

Servicing the Battery

DIMMs (Cold service)

Add or replace memory modules in the system.

Servicing the DIMMs

Storage drives (Hot service)

Supports NVMe SSDs.

Servicing Storage Drives

Fan modules (Hot service)

Four fan modules for cooling the motherboard assembly and installed components.

Servicing Fan Modules

PCIe cards (Cold service)

Optional add-on PCIe cards that can expand the functionality of the server.

Servicing PCIe Cards

PCIe risers (Cold service)

Houses and connects the PCIe cards.

Servicing PCIe Risers

Power supplies (Hot service)

Two fully redundant AC power supplies.

Servicing Power Supplies

Processor and heatsink (Cold service)

Carries out the instructions of the system.

Servicing Processors

Disk backplane (Cold service)

Serves as the interface between storage drives and the PCIe NVMe signals from the motherboard.

Servicing the Disk Backplane

Front LED indicator module (Cold service)

Contains the push-button circuitry and LEDs that are displayed on the front panel.

Servicing the Front LED Indicator Module

Temperature sensor (Cold service)

Provides temperature information for the system.

Servicing the Temperature Sensor

OCP V3 NIC (Cold service)

(Optional) Provides two Gigabit Ethernet QSFP ports (PORT 1 and PORT 2) on the server rear panel.

Servicing the OCP Network Interface Card

Motherboard assembly (Cold service)

Provides connectors for the fans, DIMMs, processors, PCIe risers, and power supplies.

Servicing the Motherboard Assembly

NVMe cables (Cold service)

Provide signals between the disk backplane and the motherboard NVMe connectors.

Servicing the NVMe Cables