Lenovo 4011, 1044, 1043, 4010 User Manual

ThinkServer
InstallationandUserGuide

MachineTypes:1043,1044,4010,and4011

Note

Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheImportantNoticesthatcomeswithyourproduct

•TheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourproduct

•AppendixC“Notices”onpage103

FourthEdition(June2011)

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Contents

Safetyinformation..........iii

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

Introduction.................1

Noticesandstatementsinthedocument.....1

Relateddocumentation............2

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...3

Chapter3.Featuresand

technologies..............5

Whatisincludedwithyourserver........5

Features..................5

Specications................5

Softwareprograms..............7

EasyStartup...............7

EasyManage...............7

Reliability,availability,andserviceability......7

Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,

LEDs,andconnectors.........9

Frontview.................9

Rearview..................9

Frontcontrolpanel.............10

Locatingservercomponents.........13

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......13

Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane.....16

Chapter5.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........17

Guidelines................17

Basicguidelines............17

Systemreliabilityguidelines........18

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....18

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.19

Removingtheservercover..........19

Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardware

devices.................20

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...20

Removingorinstallinginternaldrives....23

Installingorremovingtherisercard.....32

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......35

RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard...37
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

devices.................38

Removingorinstallingthesystemboard

battery................38

RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller..40

Removingorinstallingtheheatsink

assembly...............52

Removingorinstallingthepowersupply...55
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..60

Completingthepartsreplacement.......64

Installingtheservercover........64

Connectingthecables..........64

Turningontheserver..........65

Updatingtheserverconguration.....65

Turningofftheserver..........65

Connectingexternaldevices.......66

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver..67

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........67

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....68

IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......68

Usingpasswords............75

RAIDcontrollers..............76

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...76

BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....77

Setupandconguration.........77

ConguringRAID............78

Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....78

ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..79

RAIDinformation............79

StartingtheIntelMatrixStorageManager

program...............79

CreatingtheRAIDvolume........79

DeletingtheRAIDvolume........80

RebuildingtheRAIDvolume.......80

ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....80

Updatingthermware............80

UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

program...............80

InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram.81

Chapter7.Troubleshooting......83

Troubleshootingtables...........83

DVDdriveproblems...........83

Generalproblems............84

Harddiskdriveproblems.........84

Intermittentproblems..........84

Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device

problems...............85

Memoryproblems...........85

Microprocessorproblems........86

Monitorproblems............87

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Optional-deviceproblems........88

Powerproblems............89

Serialportproblems...........90

Softwareproblems...........91

UniversalSerialBus(USB)portproblems..92

Solvingpowerproblems...........92

SolvingEthernetcontrollerproblems......92

Solvingundeterminedproblems........93

Eventlogs................94

Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingthe

server................94

Systemeventlog..............95

DiagnosticLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanel...95

Onboarddebugdigitron...........95

AppendixA.RAIDbatterycard

assembly...............97

Specications...............97

Batterylifeanddataretentiontime.....97

AppendixB.Gettinghelpand

technicalassistance.........99

Beforeyoucall...............99

Usingthedocumentation..........99

GettinghelpandinformationfromtheWorldWide

Web...................99

LenovoSupportWebsite..........100

Callingforservice.............100

Usingotherservices............101

Purchasingadditionalservices........101

LenovoproductserviceinformationforTaiwan..101

AppendixC.Notices........103

Trademarks................104

Importantnotes..............104

Productrecyclinganddisposal........104

Particulatecontamination..........105

Turkishstatementofcompliance.......106

Batteryreturnprogram...........106

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...107

Electronicemissionnotices..........107

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............107

Index.................111

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Safetyinformation

Beforeinstallingthisproduct,readtheSafetyInformation.

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Important:Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthisdocumentislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumber

isusedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsof
thecautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationmanual.Forexample,ifacautionstatementis
labeled“Statement1,”translationsforthiscautionstatementareintheSafetyInformationmanualunder
“Statement1.”

Besuretoreadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatcomeswiththeserveroran
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

ToConnect:ToDisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.

5.TurndeviceON.

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1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

CAUTION:
Whenreplacingthelithiumbattery,useonlythebatteryrecommendedbythemanufacturer.Ifyour
systemhasamodulecontainingalithiumbattery,replaceitonlywiththesamemoduletypemadeby
thesamemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperlyused,handled,or
disposedof.Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing.

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

≥18kg(39.7lb)≥32kg(70.5lb)≥55kg(121.2lb)
<32kg(70.5lb)<55kg(121.2lb)<100kg(220.5lb)

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

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Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.T oremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatessharpedges,corners,orjointsnearby.

Statement12

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesahotsurfacenearby.

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Statement13

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitispotentiallyarehazardandashockhazardundercertain
conditions.T oavoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceed
branchcircuitprotectionrequirements.Refertotheinformationthatisprovidedwithyourdevice
forelectricalspecications.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Makesurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextended.

Statement17

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesmovingpartsnearby.

Statement26

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mounteddevices.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Noticesandstatementsinthedocument”onpage1

•“Relateddocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisInstallationandUserGuideisforyourLenovo®ThinkServer®RD230server(machinetypes1043,1044,
4010,and4011).Thisdocumentcontainsthefollowinginformation:

•Settingupandcablingtheserver

•Startingandconguringtheserver

•Installingoptionsandreplacingcustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)

•Solvingproblems

TheservercomeswiththeThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoucongurethehardware,installdevice
drivers,andinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Theservercomeswithalimitedwarranty.Forinformationaboutthetermsofthewarrantyandgetting
serviceandassistance,seetheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserver.

Toobtainthemostup-to-dateinformationabouttheserverandotherLenovoproducts,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Recordinformationabouttheserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedthisinformationwhenyouregister
theserverwithLenovo.

Productname
Machinetype1043,1044,4010,or4011

Modelnumber

Serialnumber

Themodelnumberandserialnumberareonthelabelsonthebottomoftheserverandonthefront,visible
throughthebezel.

ThinkServerRD230

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

Noticesandstatementsinthedocument

ThecautionanddangerstatementsthatappearinthisdocumentarealsointhemultilingualSafety
Information.Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthisdocumentislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumberis

usedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsofthe
cautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformation.See“Relateddocumentation”onpage2
informationabouthowtogetthevariousdocumentationforyourserver.

fordetailed

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Thefollowingnoticesandstatementsareusedinthisdocument:

•Note:Thesenoticesprovideimportanttips,guidance,oradvice.

•Important:Thesenoticesprovideinformationoradvicethatmighthelpyouavoidproblemsor
inconvenientsituations.

•Attention:Thesenoticesindicatepotentialdamagetoprograms,devices,ordata.Anattentionnoticeis
placedjustbeforetheinstructionorsituationinwhichdamagecouldoccur.

•Caution:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallyhazardoustoyou.Acaution
statementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallyhazardousproceduresteporsituation.

•Danger:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallylethalorextremelyhazardous
toyou.Adangerstatementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallylethalorextremely
hazardousproceduresteporsituation.

Relateddocumentation

TheLenovodocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsdocumentationfortheserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF).ToviewthedocumentationonthedocumentationDVD,youneedtohave
theAdobeReader5.0programorlaterinstalled,orthexpdf,whichcomeswithLinux®operatingsystems.

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthegeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentation
providedwithyourserverandhowtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Table1.Relateddocumentationfortheserver

DocumentationDescriptionLocation

HardwareMaintenance
Manual

ImportantNotices

RackInstallation
Instructions

ReadMeFirstThisdocumentdirectsyoutothe

SafetyInformation

WarrantyandSupport
Information

Note:Y oucanobtainallthedocumentationinPDFforyourserverfromtheLenovoSupportWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.

Thisdocumentprovidesdiagnostic
information,partslisting,replacement
proceduresforallCRUs,andreplacement
proceduresforothereldreplaceableunits
(FRUs)replacedbytrainedservicepersonnel.

Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegal
noticesthatyouareexpectedtoreadbefore
usingtheserver.

Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhow
toinstallyourserverinarack.

documentationDVDforcompletewarranty
andsupportinformation.

Thisdocumentincludestranslationsofall
safetystatementsusedintheThinkServer
documentation.

Thisdocumentincludesthewarranty
statementandinformationabouthowto
contactLenovoSupport.

ThisdocumentisinEnglishandposted
ontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.

Thisdocumentisprintedoutand
providedinserverpackaging.

TheEnglishversionofthisdocumentis
printedoutandprovidedintheserver
packaging.Additionallanguagesare
providedonthedocumentationDVD
andontheLenovoSupportWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thisdocumentisprintedoutand
providedinserverpackaging.

AvailableonthedocumentationDVD

AvailableonthedocumentationDVD

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
electricaloutlet,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequirestheoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.

Table2.Serversetuproadmap

TaskWheretondtheinformation

Unpack
Installhardware
InstalltheserverintherackTheRackInstallationInstructionsmanualisprintedandalsoincludedonthe

ConnecttheEthernetcable
andpowercord

Turnontheservertoverify
operation

ReviewtheBIOSsettings
andcustomizeasneeded

CongureRAID(onboard
SATARAIDortheinstalled
SASRAIDadapter)

Checkforrmwareupdates
Installoperatingsystemand

basicdrivers
Installanyadditionaldrivers

neededforaddedfeatures
CongureEthernetsettings

intheoperatingsystem
Installremotemanagement

applications
Installapplications

Chapter3“Featuresandtechnologies”onpage5
Chapter5“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage17

documentationDVD.
“Rearview”onpage9

“Turningontheserver”onpage65

“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage68

“RAIDcontrollers”onpage76

“UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram”onpage80
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage76

Refertotheinstructionsthatcamewiththehardwareoption.

Seetheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstepisnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwas
installedusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

“InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage81

Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.

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Chapter3.Featuresandtechnologies

Whatisincludedwithyourserver

TheRD230serverpackageincludestheserver,apowercord,documentation,thedocumentationDVD,and
softwaremedia.

Features

TheRD230serveroffersthefollowingfeaturesandtechnologies:

•Microprocessor(s):TheserversupportsuptotwoIntel®Xeon®dual-core,quad-core,orhex-core
microprocessors.

•BIOS:Theserverrmwaredenesastandardinterfacebetweentheoperatingsystem,platformrmware,
andexternaldevices.

•EasyStartupDVD:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramguidesyouthroughthecongurationofthe
hardware,theredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)controller,andtheinstallationoftheoperating
systemanddevicedrivers.

•Integratednetworksupport:
controllersandeachsupportsconnectiontoa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formore
information,see“ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller”onpage80.

•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability:Somehot-swapservermodelssupportfour

3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddisk
driveswithoutturningofftheserver.

•Largesystem-memorycapacity:Theserversupportsupto64GBofsystemmemory.Thememory
modulesupportserrorcorrectingcode(ECC)foruptoeightindustry-standardsingle-rankordual-rank,
1333MHz,DDR3(third-generationdouble-data-rate)registeredsynchronousdynamicrandomaccess
memory(SDRAM)dualinlinememorymodules(DIMMs).

•High-performancegraphicscontroller:Theservercomeswithanonboardhigh-performancegraphics
controllerthatsupportshighresolutionsandincludesmanyperformance-enhancingfeaturesforthe
operating-systemenvironment.

•Redundantconnection:
toaredundantEthernetconnection.IfaproblemoccurswiththeprimaryEthernetconnection,all
Ethernettrafcthatisassociatedwiththeprimaryconnectionisautomaticallyswitchedtotheredundant
NIC.Iftheapplicabledevicedriversareinstalled,thisswitchingoccurswithoutdatalossandwithout
userintervention.

•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0:Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirect
accesstoservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI2.0protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterface
toissuecommandstocontroltheserverpower,viewsysteminformation,andidentifytheserver.Y oucan
alsosaveoneormorecommandsasatextleandruntheleasascript.

•RAIDsupport:TheserversupportstheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandanadd-onSASRAIDcard
(ThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDAdapter,ThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter,orThinkServerRAID
700Adapter),whicharerequiredforyoutousethehot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrivesandto
createtheRAIDcongurations.

Theservercomeswithtwointegratedsingle-portGigabitEthernet

Thetwoonboardnetworkinterfacecontrollers(NIC)provideafailovercapability

Specications

Thefollowinginformationisasummaryofthefeaturesandspecicationsoftheserver.Dependingonthe
servermodel,somefeaturesmightnotbeavailable,orsomespecicationsmightnotapply.

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Table3.Featuresandspecications

Microprocessor(s):Supportsupto
twoIntelXeondual-core,quad-core,
orhex-coremicroprocessors.Forthe
specictypeandspeedinformation
aboutthemicroprocessor,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”on
page67
microprocessorsforyourserver,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.
OntheThinkServersystemspage,
clickProducts➙Options➙

ThinkServerProcessors.

Memorymodules:

•Minimumsystemmemory:2GB

•Maximumsystemmemory:64GB

•T ypes:ECC,1333MHz,DDR3

•Slots:Eightdualinlinememory

•Supports2GB,4GB,and8GB

Integratedgraphicscard:

•8MBvideomemory

Size:

•Height:43.6mm(1.72inches)

•Width:436mm(17.17inches)

•Depth:568mm(22.36inches)

•

.Foralistofthesupported

(eightmemoryslots,eachwithone
8GBRDIMMinstalled)

registeredSDRAMDIMMsonly

module(DIMM)slots

RDIMMs

Maximumweight:17kg(37.48lb)
whenfullycongured

Opticaldrive:

•SlimDVD/RW

Harddiskdriveexpansionbays
(dependingonthemodel):

Uptofour3.5-inchSATAorSAShard
diskdrives

Expansionslots:

•ThreePCIExpressslotsonthe
systemboardandthePCIExpress
x16slotisforarisercard(thereis
onePCIExpressx16slotonthe
risercard)

Powersupply:

powersupply

Systemfans:Fivesystemfans
withautomaticenergy-savingnoise
reductiontechnology

Integratedfunctions:

•T wosingle-portGbEthernet
controllers

•SixUSB2.0connectors(twofront
andfourrear)

•T woRJ-45Ethernetconnectors

•Oneserialport

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)
monitorconnector

Single600-watt

Environment:

•Airtemperature:
–Serveron:10°Cto35°C(50°F

to95°F);altitude:0to914.4m
(3000ft)

–Serveron:10°Cto32°C(50°F

to89.6°F);altitude:914.4m(3
000ft)to2133.6m(7000ft)

–Serveroff:10°Cto43°C(50°F

to109.4°F);maximumaltitude:

2133.6m(7000ft)

–Shipping:-40°Cto60°C(-104°F

to140°F)

•Humidity:
–Serveron:8-90%,

non-condensing

–Serveroff:8-90%,

non-condensing

–Shippingandstorage:upto

93%,non-condensing

•Particulatecontamination:

Attention:Airborneparticulates
andreactivegasesactingalone
orincombinationwithother
environmentalfactorssuchas
humidityortemperaturemight
posearisktotheserver.

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Table3.Featuresandspecications(continued)

RAIDcontrollers:

•OnboardSATASoftwareRAID

•ThinkServer8708ELPSASRAID
Adapter

•ThinkServer8708EM2RAID
Adapter

•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

Electricalinput

•Inputvoltage:
–Lowrange:

–Highrange:

Minimum:100Vac
Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to

60Hz

Minimum:200Vac
Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to

60Hz

Notes:

1.Powerconsumptionandheat
outputvarydependingonthe
numberandtypeofoptional
featuresinstalledandthe
power-managementoptional
featuresinuse.

2.Thesoundlevelsweremeasured
incontrolledacoustical
environmentsaccordingto
theproceduresspeciedbythe
AmericanNationalStandards
Institute(ANSI)S12.10and
ISO7779andarereportedin
accordancewithISO9296.
Actualsound-pressurelevelsina
givenlocationmightexceedthe
averagevaluesstatedbecause
ofroomreectionsandother
nearbynoisesources.The
noiseemissionlevelstated
isthedeclared(upperlimit)
sound-powerlevel,inbels,fora
randomsampleofsystem.

3.Thereisnokeyboardconnector
ormouseconnectoronthe
server.Y oucanconnectaUSB
keyboardandUSBmouseto
theserverbyusingtheUSB
connectors.

Softwareprograms

Lenovoprovidessoftwaretohelpgetyourserverupandrunning.

EasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
Microsoft®Windows®andLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.TheEasyStartup
programisprovidedwithyourserverontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheDVDisself-starting
(bootable).TheuserguidefortheEasyStartupprogramisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromthe
programinterface.Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage76

EasyManage

TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentenablesthisservertobemanagedbythecentralizedconsoleofan
EasyManageCoreServeroverthenetwork.TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentissupportedon32-bitand
64-bitWindows,RedHat,andSUSEoperatingsystems.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.

.

Chapter3.Featuresandtechnologies7

TheserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•AdvancedCongurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)

•AdvancedDesktopManagementInterface(DMI)

•Automaticmemorydownsizingonerrordetection

•Automaticrestartonnon-maskableinterrupt(NMI)

•Availabilityofmicrocodelevel

•Built-in,menu-drivensetup,systemconguration,andRAIDconguration

•Built-inmonitoringforfan,temperature,andvoltage

•Coolingfanswithspeed-sensingcapability

•ECCDDR3SDRAMwithSerialPresenceDetect(SPD)

•Errorcodesandmessagestohelpyouidentifyproblems

•Generatingerrorlogsforthepower-onself-test(POST)failures

•Hot-swapSASharddiskdrives

•IntegratedEthernetcontrollers

•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

•Power-onself-test(POST)

•RedundantEthernetconnectionwithfailovercapability(requiresanoptionalEthernetcard)

•Standbyvoltageforsystem-managementfeaturesandmonitoring

•System-errorlight-emittingdiode(LED)onthefrontpanel

•Vitalproductdata(VPD),includingtheserialnumberinformationandreplacementpartnumbers,storedin
thenonvolatilememoryforeasierremotemaintenance

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Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,LEDs,andconnectors

Thischapterprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourserverparts,controls,light-emittingdiodes
(LEDs),andconnectors.

Frontview

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthedrivesandpartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Figure1.Frontviewoftheserver

1Slimopticaldrive
2Frontcontrolpanel(see“Frontcontrolpanel”onpage10)
3Mountingpointfor3.5-inchharddiskdrive

Rearview

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsoftheconnectorsandpartsontherearoftheserver.

Figure2.Rearviewoftheserver

1Powersupply1
2Powersupply2bay(blankand

coveredbyabaybezel)

3Powercordconnector8Ethernetconnector1
4USBconnectors(1and2)9Ethernetconnector2(sharewithMGMT)
5VGAmonitorconnector10PCIexpansionslot

6Serialport
7USBconnectors(3and4)

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ConnectorDescription

PowercordconnectorUsedtoconnectthepowercord.
Ethernetconnector
Serialport

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforalocalareanetwork(LAN).
Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

USBconnectorUsedtoattachadevicethatusesaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard

oraUSBmouse.

VGAmonitorconnectorUsedtoattachaVGAmonitororotherdevicesthatuseaVGAmonitorconnector.

Frontcontrolpanel

Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefrontcontrolpaneloftheserver.

Thefollowingillustrationhelpsyouidentifytheconnectors,controls,andLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanelof
yourserver.

Figure3.Frontcontrolpanellocations

1USBconnector
2USBconnector
3IDbutton9PowerbuttonandLED
4NMIbutton
5Resetbutton
6Ethernet1statusLED

7Ethernet2statusLED
8HarddiskdrivestatusLED

10SystemIDLED
11SystemstatusLED
12LED(willnotbeusedinthisserver)

ThefollowingtabledescribesthemeaningoftheLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanel.

Table4.FrontcontrolpanelLEDs

LEDStateColorDescription

PowerLED

LED

Ethernet1

statusLED

OnGreen

Blinking

OffOff
OffOff

Blinking

OnGreen

Blinking

OffOff

GreenTheserverpowerisunderS1.

Green

Green

Theserverpowerison.

Theserverpowerisoff.
Theharddiskdriveisnotactive. Harddiskdrive
Theharddiskdriveisactive.
LANislinked.
LANisactive.
LANisnotlinked.

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Table4.FrontcontrolpanelLEDs(continued)

LEDStateColorDescription

Ethernet2

statusLED

LED

IDLED

OnGreen

Blinking

OffOff
On
OffOff
On
OffOffSystemisnotidentied.

Green

Red

Blue

LANislinked.
LANisactive.
LANisnotlinked.
Failure.Overtemperatureorovervoltage. Systemstatus
Nofailure.
Systemisidentied.

EachharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.ThegreenLED1(bottom)indicatesactivityand
theamberLED2(top)indicatestheRAIDstatus.

Notes:IftheonboardSATAandonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDarecongured,notethefollowing:

•TheSGPIOconnectorofthe4–portSATAcableinthechassisshouldbeconnectedtotheJ45connector
onthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage13

.

•ThefunctionoftheamberLED2isonlyavailableafteryouentertheoperatingsystem.

Table5.HarddiskdriveLEDs

GreenLED1

Description

Harddiskdriveisnotpresent.
Harddiskdriveispresentbutisnotactive.
Harddiskdriveispresentandactive.Blinking
Serverisintheprocessoflocatingtheharddiskdrive.On
RAIDhasfailed.
Harddiskdriveisrebuilding.BlinkingBlinking

(bottom)AmberLED2(top)

OffOff
OnOff

Off
Blinking

OffOn

Note:Forsomemodels,theharddiskdrivestatusinformationmightbedifferentfromtheinformationlistedin
theabovetable.Fortheseservermodels,refertothefollowingtwotablesfortheharddiskdriveLEDstatus.

Table6.HarddiskdriveLEDsfortheonboardSA TAandonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcongurations(somemodels)

GreenLED1

Description

Harddiskdriveisnotpresent.
Harddiskdriveispresentbutisnotactive.
Harddiskdriveispresentandactive.Blinking
Serverisintheprocessoflocatingtheharddiskdrive.OnOff
RAIDhasfailed.
Harddiskdriveisrebuilding.Blinking

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(bottom)AmberLED2(top)

OffOff
OnOff

Off

OnOff

Off

Table7.HarddiskdriveLEDsfortheadd-onSASRAIDadapterconguration(somemodels)

GreenLED1

Description

Harddiskdriveisnotpresent.
Harddiskdriveispresentbutisnotactive.
Harddiskdriveispresentandactive.Blinking
Serverisintheprocessoflocatingtheharddiskdrive.
RAIDhasfailed.
Harddiskdriveisrebuilding.BlinkingBlinking

(bottom)AmberLED2(top)

OffOff
OnOff

Off
BlinkingBlinking
OffOn

TheEthernet1andEthernet2connectorshavetwostatusLEDsthatindicatetheLANconnectionand
activityoftheconnection.

Table8.EthernetLEDs

LEDStateColorDescription

RJ-45linkage/activity(left)

RJ-45speed(right)

OnGreen10/100/1000Mblinked
Blinking
OffOff
On
OnGreen
OffOff

Green10/100/1000Mbactivity

NoLANconnection.

Amber1000Mblinkedandactive

100Mblinkedandactive
10MbmodeornoLANconnection.

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Locatingservercomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthemajorcomponentsinyourserver.

Figure4.Servercomponentlocations

1Lefthandleofthechassis
2Slimopticaldrive7Systemfans
3PCIcard
4Memorymodules
5Powersupplyassembly

6Heatsinkassemblyandmicroprocessor(s)underneath

8Righthandleofthechassis
9Mountingpointsforthe3.5-inchharddiskdrives

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard

Thefollowingillustrationsshowthelocationsofthepartsonthesystemboard.

Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,LEDs,andconnectors13

Figure5.Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard

1Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHA1)13SATAconnector1
2Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHA0)14SATAconnector2
3Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHB0)15SA TAconnector3
4Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHC0)16SATAconnector5
5Powerconnector2(forCPU0)17SATAconnector4
624-pinpowerconnectorforthesystemboard
7Microprocessor(CPU0)19PCIExpressx8slot(fortherisercard)
8Memoryslot(CPU0DIMMCHA1)20PCIExpressx8slot(fortherisercard)
9Memoryslot(CPU0DIMMCHA0)21PCIExpressx16slot(fortherisercard)
10Memoryslot(CPU0DIMMCHB0)22Microprocessor(CPU1)
11Memoryslot(CPU0DIMMCHC0)23Powerconnector3(forCPU1)
12SATAconnector0

18Systemboardbattery

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Figure6.Locatingotherconnectorsonthesystemboard

1J47(systemfan1connector)7J35(forfrontcontrolcable)
2J48(systemfan2connector)8JP1(ClearCMOSjumper)
3J50(systemfan3connector)9USB2connector
4J56(systemfan4connector)10J45connector(fortheSGPIOconnectorofthe4–portSATAcable)

5J49(systemfan5connector)11JP8(COM2connector)
6J19(frontUSBconnector)

Thefollowingtableintroducesthejumperswitchesonthesystemboard.

Table9.Jumpersettings

JumperPositionDescription

JP1:Clear

Pins1-2

CMOS

Pins2-3

Thedefaultpositionatwhichthejumperisplacedonpins1-2duringthenormal
operationofthesystem.

Ifthejumperisplacedonpins2-3,whenthejumperismovedbacktothedefault
position,thesettingsofCMOSwillbeclearedautomaticallyatthenextstartup.

Note:BeforeclearingtheCMOS,turnofftheserveranddisconnectthepowercord.Movethejumperfrom
pins1-2topins2-3.Waitmorethanveminutesandthenmovethejumperbacktothenormalposition
(pins1-2)toclearCMOS.

Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,LEDs,andconnectors15

Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane

Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorlocationsonthebackplane.

Figure7.Backplaneconnectorlocations

1Powerconnector2
2Powerconnector1

3Opticaldrivepowerconnector
4Mini-SASsignalcableconnector

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Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Guidelines”onpage17

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage19

•“Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices”onpage20

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices”onpage38

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

Guidelines

Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Basicguidelines

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingguidelines:

•BesuretoreadandunderstandtheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthe
documentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and“Guidelines”onpage17
helpyouworksafely.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelpyoutoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandtheserverisreadyto
functionatoptimalperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

.Theseinformationwill

–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•ToviewtheerrorLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedto
power.

©CopyrightLenovo2010,2011

17

•Y oudonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplacehot-swapfans,redundanthot-swapacpower
supplies,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeperforminganystepsthat
involveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swapoptionaldevicesorcomponents.

•Aftercompletinganyinstallation,removal,orreplacementprocedure,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,
labels,andgroundwires.

•Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,makesurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•EverydrivebayhasaninternaldriveinstalledoranElectroMagneticCompatibility(EMC)shieldinstalled.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,everypowersupplybayhasapowersupplyassemblyinstalled.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertomakesurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthat
comewiththeoptions.

•Makesurethatyoureplaceafailingfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Donotremoveanyairductorairbafeswhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingtheserverwithoutthe
airductorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessortooverheat.

•Thesecondmicroprocessorsocketalwayscontainseitheramicroprocessorsocketcoverora
microprocessor.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:

Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeenremovedfromthe
serverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamage
servercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Wearanelectrostatic-dischargewriststrap,ifoneisavailable.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIcards,memorymodules,system
boards,andmicroprocessors)byitsedgesoritsframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingthepartsandothercomputercomponents.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoametal
expansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceontheserverforatleasttwoseconds.This
reducesstaticelectricityfromthepackageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecicsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

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Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:

Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcausetheserverto
halt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewrist
straporothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-ttingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-ttingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercord(s),Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware19

4.Loosenthethumbscrewintherearoftheservercover1.Then,slidetheservercovertotherearuntil
youcanliftituptocompletelyremoveitfromthechassis2.

Notes:

a.Thethumbscrewissecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,forexampleascrewdriver,to

loosenit.

b.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheservercoveranditcannotberemovedfromtheserver

cover.

Figure8.Removingtheservercover

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Installingtheservercover”onpage64.

Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplaceoptionalhardwaredevicesforyour
server.Youcanexpandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingmemorymodules,PCIcards,ordrives,
andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailingoptionalhardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacinganoptional
hardwaredevice,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedurefortheoptional
hardwaredevicethatyouwanttoreplace.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.Foralistofthesupported
memorymodulesforyourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServersystems
page,clickProducts➙Options➙ThinkServerMemory.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

YourserverhaseightmemoryslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3SDRAMDIMMsthatprovideuptoa
maximumof64GBofsystemmemory.

Thefollowingtablesprovideinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesthatyoushould
considerwheninstallingamemorymodule.The“X”markindicatesthesuggestedmemoryslot(s)into
whichthememorymodule(s)shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.Thenumber,forexample1,2,or3,
indicatestheinstallationsequence.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage13
variousmemoryslots.

toidentifythe

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Note:Allmemorymoduletypesandcapacitiesmustbeconsistent.

Table10.DIMMinstallationruleswhenasinglemicroprocessor(CPU0)isinstalled

DIMMslotOneDIMMTwoDIMMsThreeDIMMsFourDIMMs

CPU0DIMMCHA1
CPU0DIMMCHA0
CPU0DIMMCHB0
CPU0DIMMCHC0

Note:InstallingDIMMsonchannelAandchannelBofCPU0shouldenableChannelMirroringMode.Thismode
requiresthatyouinstalltheDIMMsinpair,andtheDIMMinstallationforChannelMirroringModeisoneDIMMon
CPU0DIMMCHA0andoneDIMMonCPU0DIMMCHB0whenasinglemicroprocessor(CPU0)isinstalled.

Table11.DIMMinstallationruleswhentwomicroprocessors(CPU0andCPU1)areinstalled

DIMMslotTwoDIMMsFourDIMMsSixDIMMsEightDIMMs

CPU0DIMMCHA1
CPU0DIMMCHA0
CPU0DIMMCHB0
CPU0DIMMCHC0
CPU1DIMMCHA1
CPU1DIMMCHA0
CPU1DIMMCHB0
CPU1DIMMCHC0

Note:FortheChannelMirroringMode,itrequiresthatyouinstalltheDIMMsinpair,andtheDIMMinstallationfor
ChannelMirroringModewhentwomicroprocessors(CPU0andCPU1)areinstalledisshownbelow.Followthis
sequenceratherthanthesequencelistedaboveifyouwanttousetheChannelMirroringMode.

1.Pair1:installaDIMMonCPU0DIMMCHA0andtheninstallaDIMMonCPU0DIMMCHB0.

2.Pair2:installaDIMMonCPU1DIMMCHA0andtheninstallaDIMMonCPU1DIMMCHB0.

XX,1X,1X,1

X,2X,2X,2

X,3X,3

X,1X,1X,1X,1

X,3X,3X,3

X,5X,5

X,2X,2X,2X,2

X,4X,4X,4

X,6X,6

X,4

X,7

X,8

Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Locatetheappropriatememoryslotonthesystemboardintowhichyouwillinstallthememorymodule.

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

Tooptimizesystemperformance,followtherelatedmemorymoduleinstallationrulesandinstallthe
memorymoduleintoamemoryslotstartingwiththememorymodulefarthestfromthemicroprocessor.
See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage20

.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware21

4.Opentheretainingclipsofthememoryslotintowhichyouwanttoinstallthememorymodule.

Figure9.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewmemorymodulefromthepackage.

6.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Makesurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifthereisagapbetweenthememorymoduleandtheretainingclips,thememorymodulehas
notbeencorrectlyinstalled.Opentheretainingclips,removethememorymodule,andthenreinstallit
intotheslot.

Figure10.Installingthememorymodule

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

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and“Guidelines”onpage17.

.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Locatethememoryslotwiththememorymodulethatyouwanttoremove.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage13forthelocationsofthememoryslots.

4.Carefullyopentheretainingclipsoneachendofthememoryslotandthengraspthememorymodule
straightupbyitsedges.

Figure11.Removingthememorymodule

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturnthefailingmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

.

Removingorinstallinginternaldrives

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallinternaldrivesfortheserver.

See“Specications”onpage5forinformationaboutthetypesofinternaldrivesthattheserversupportsand
otherimportantinformation,andsee“Frontview”onpage9forthelocationsofthedrivebaysintheserver.

Wheninstallinganinternaldrive,besuretoconsiderthefollowinginformation:

•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatisspeciedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.

•Selectthedrivebayinwhichyouwanttoinstallthedrive.

•Checktheinstructionsthatcomewiththedrivetoseewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesorjumpers
onthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSASdevice,besuretosettheSASIDforthatdevice.

•TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays,PCIslots,andPCIExpress
slotscoveredoroccupied.Whenyouinstalladrive,PCIcard,orPCIExpresscard,savetheEMC
shieldandllerpanelfromthebay,PCIcardslot,orPCIExpresscardslotintheeventthatyoulater
removethedevice.

•Foralistofthesupportedharddiskdrivesforyourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.On
theThinkServersystemspage,clickProducts➙Options➙ThinkServerHardDrives.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware23

Removingtheopticaldrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheopticaldrive.

Toremovetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Disconnectthepowercablefromtheopticaldrivepowerconnectoronthebackplane.See“Locating
connectorsonthebackplane”onpage16

4.DisconnectthesignalcablefromtheSATA5connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartson
thesystemboard”onpage13

.

5.Presstheretentiontab1andslidetheopticaldriveoutofthefrontoftheserver.

.

Figure12.Removingtheopticaldrive

6.Disconnectthepowercableandthesignalcablefromtherearoftheremovedopticaldrive.

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7.Removetheopticaldriveretentiontabbyremovingthetwoscrewsthatsecurethetab.Savethe
retentiontabtousewhenyouinstallanewopticaldrive.

Figure13.Removingtheopticaldriveretentiontab

8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedopticaldrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Installingtheopticaldrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheopticaldrive.

Toinstalltheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Ifyouarereplacingtheopticaldrive,makesurethat:

•Y ouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatisspeciedinthedocumentationthatcomes

withthenewopticaldrive.

•Y ouhavecheckedtheinstructionsthatcomewiththenewopticaldrivetodeterminewhetheryou

mustsetanyswitchesorjumpersinthedrive.

•Y ouhaveremovedtheretentiontabfromtherearoftheoldopticaldriveandhaveitavailablefor

installationonthenewopticaldrive.

Note:Ifyouareinstallingadrivethatcontainsalaser,observethefollowingsafetyprecautions.

Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposure

tohazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein

mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware25

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing.

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

2.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewopticaldrivetoanyunpaintedmetalsurface
ontheserver.Then,removetheopticaldrivefromthepackageandplaceitonastatic-protective
surface.

3.Followtheinstructionsthatcomewiththeopticaldrivetosetjumpersorswitches,ifthereareany.

4.Installthetwoscrewstosecuretheretentiontabtotherearofthenewopticaldrive.Then,connectthe
signalcable

1andthepowercable2totherearofthenewopticaldrive.

Figure14.Installingtheretentiontabandconnectingthecables

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5.Routethecablesthroughthedrivebayholeinthefrontandthenslidetheopticaldriveintothedrive
bayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure15.Installingtheopticaldrive

6.Connectthepowercabletotheopticaldrivepowerconnectoronthebackplane.See“Locating
connectorsonthebackplane”onpage16.

7.ConnectthesignalcabletotheSATA5connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage13.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

.

Removingahot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveahot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionappliesonlyto
servermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Toremoveahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Youdonothavetoturnofftheserverwhenremovingahot-swapharddiskdrive.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware27

1.Rotatethedrivetrayhandle2oftheharddiskdrivetrayassembly1totheopenposition.Then,grasp
thehandleandpullthedrivetrayassemblywiththeharddiskdriveoutofthebay.

Figure16.Removingtheharddiskdrivetrayassemblywiththeharddiskdrive

2.Removethescrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdriveinthetray.Then,removetheharddiskdrive.

Figure17.Removinga3.5-inchharddiskdrive

28ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

3.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedharddiskdrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionappliesonlyto
servermodelsthatsupporthot-swapharddiskdrives.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Notes:

1.Y oudonothavetoturnofftheserverfortheinstallationofahot-swapharddiskdrive.

2.ThecablescomewiththeSATAharddiskdriveoptionkitwillnotbeusedinthisserver.

Toinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Rotatethedrivetrayhandle2oftheharddiskdrivetrayassembly1totheopenposition.Then,grasp
thehandleandpullthedrivetrayassemblyoutofthebay.

Figure18.Removingtheharddiskdrivetrayassembly

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware29

2.Removethescrewsthatsecuretheplasticllerandthenremovetheplasticller.

Figure19.Removingtheller

3.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewharddiskdrivetoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheserver.Then,removetheharddiskdrivefromthepackageandplaceitona
static-protectivesurface.

4.Makesurethatthedrivetrayhandleisintheopenposition.

30ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

5.Alignthescrewholesinbothsidesoftheharddiskdrivewiththecorrespondingholesinthetray.Then,
installthescrewstosecuretheharddiskdriveinthetray.

Figure20.Installinga3.5-inchharddiskdrive

6.Keepthehandleontheharddiskdrivetrayassemblyfullyopen,slidethetraywiththeharddiskdrive
intothecorrespondingmountingpointofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebay1,andthenslightlypress
thehandletolockthetrayintoplace2.

7.ChecktheharddiskdrivestatusLEDstomakesurethattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.You
mighthavetorestarttheserverforthedrivetoberecognized.IftheamberharddiskdrivestatusLED
foradriveislitcontinuously,itindicatesthatthedriveisfaultyandmustbereplaced;ifthegreenhard
diskdriveactivityLEDisashing,thisindicatesthatthedriveisbeingaccessed.

Note:IftheserverisconguredforRAIDoperationusingaRAIDcontroller,youmighthaveto
recongurethediskarraysafteryoureplaceharddiskdrives.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware31

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Installingorremovingtherisercard

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetherisercard.

Installingtherisercard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltherisercard.TherisercardhasaPCIcardinstalledonit.

Toinstalltherisercard,dothefollowing:

Note:Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththerisercardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.LocatetheappropriatePCIslotonthesystemboardforinstallingtherisercard.See“Locatingpartson
thesystemboard”onpage13

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstherisercardtoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthe
server.Then,removetherisercardfromthestatic-protectivepackage.

.

32ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

5.Presstherisercard(mighthavingaPCIcardinstalled)downintotheappropriatePCIcardslotonthe
systemboard.Then,closetheretentiontabtosecurethePCIcard(installedontherisercard)andthen
installthefasteningscrewtosecuretherisercardinplace.

Note:TherisercardmighthaveaPCIcardalreadyinstalledonit.CarefullytthePCIcardintothe
server.

Figure21.Installingtherisercard

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

Removingtherisercard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetherisercardwithaPCIcardinstalled.

Toremovetherisercard,dothefollowing:

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware33

.

Note:Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththerisercardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.DisconnectanycablesfromthePCIcardoranycablesthatimpedeaccesstotherisercard.

4.OpentheretentiontabthatsecuresthePCIcard,whichisinstalledontherisercard.

Figure22.Openingtheretentiontab

34ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

5.Removethefasteningscrewthatsecurestherisercard1andlifttherisercardstraightupbyits
edgestoremoveit2.

Figure23.Removingtherisercard(withaPCIcardinstalled)

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveaPCIcard.

InstallingaPCIcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallaPCIcard.

ToinstallaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththePCIcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware35

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Removetherisercard.See“Removingtherisercard”onpage33.

4.InstallthePCIcardintotheslotontherisercard.

Figure24.InstallingaPCIcardintotheslotontherisercard

5.InstalltherisercardintoanappropriatePCIcardslotonthesystemboard.See“Installingtheriser
card”onpage32

.

6.ConnectanycablestothePCIcard.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

RemovingaPCIcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveaPCIcard.

ThePCIcardisinstalledontherisercard.ToremoveaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththePCIcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.DisconnectanycablesfromthePCIcardoranycablesthatimpedeaccesstotherisercard.

4.RemovetherisercardtogetherwiththeinstalledPCIcard.See“Removingtherisercard”onpage33.

36ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

5.RemovethePCIcardfromthePCIcardslotontherisercard.

Figure25.RemovingthePCIcardfromtherisercard

IfyouareinstructedtoreturnthePCIcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterials
thataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

.

RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstalltheEthernetcard.

RemovingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.

TheEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercard.ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Disconnectanycablesthatimpedeaccesstotherisercard.

4.RemovetherisercardtogetherwiththeinstalledEthernetcard.See“Removingtherisercard”on
page33

5.Referto“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage36andfollowthoseinstructionstoremovetheEthernet
cardfromtherisercard.

6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware37

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

InstallingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcardandhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard
driveronWindowsoperatingsystems.

ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe

4.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage35andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheEthernetcard.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

OnLinuxoperatingsystems,youdonotneedtoinstallanydevicedriverfortheEthernetcard;onWindows
operatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverfortheEthernetcard.Toinstallthedevicedriver
onWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheEthernetcardfromthepackage.

.

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.

3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.

4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutton.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.

5.ExpandtheNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTorthe
yellowquestionmark).

6.SelectUpdateDriver ....TheHardwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.

7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.

8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwaredevicesforyourserver.
Youcanmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacingahardware
device,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedureforthehardwaredevice
thatyouwanttoreplace.

Removingorinstallingthesystemboardbattery

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallthesystemboardbattery.

38ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

Removingthesystemboardbattery

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethesystemboardbattery.

Toremovethesystemboardbattery,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Locatethebatteryonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage13.

4.Removethesystemboardbattery.

Figure26.Removingthesystemboardbattery

5.Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

Whattodonext:

•Toinstallanewsystemboardbattery,see“Installingthesystemboardbattery”onpage39.

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

Installingthesystemboardbattery

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthesystemboardbattery.

Besuretoconsiderthefollowinginformationwhenyoureplacethebatteryintheserver:

•Y oumustreplacethebatterywithalithiumbatteryofthesametypefromthesamemanufacturer.

•Afteryoureplacethesystemboardbattery,youmustreconguretheserverandresetthesystemdate
andtime.

•Toavoidpossibledanger,readandfollowthefollowingsafetystatement.

Statement2

CAUTION:
Whenreplacingthelithiumbattery,useonlyPartNumber33F8354oranequivalenttypebattery
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Ifyoursystemhasamodulecontainingalithiumbattery,replace
itonlywiththesamemoduletypemadebythesamemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumand
canexplodeifnotproperlyused,handled,ordisposedof.Donot:

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware39

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Toinstallthesystemboardbattery,dothefollowing:

Note:Followanyspecialhandlingandinstallationinstructionsthatcomewiththereplacementbattery.

1.Holdthesystemboardbattery1andpositiononesideofthebatteryintoitssocket.Then,pressthe
othersideofthebatteryuntilitsnapsintoplace.

Figure27.Installingthesystemboardbattery

2.Makesurethatthebatteryclipholdsthebatterysecurely.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.Youneedtousethe
SetupUtilityprogramandresettheconguration,suchasthesystemdateandtimeandpasswords.See
“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage68

fordetails.

RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstalltheRAIDcontroller.

RemovingtheRAIDcontroller

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRAIDcontrollerinstalledinyourserver.

Notes:

1.UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto

2.Whenyoudisconnectthepowersourcefromtheserver,youlosetheabilitytoviewtheLEDsbecause

TheRAIDcontrollerisinstalledontherisercard.ToremovetheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Pressthetabsonbothsidesoftheconnectoronthesignalcabletowardseachotherandremovethe

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

theinstructionsinthissection.

theLEDsarenotlitwhenthepowersourceisremoved.Beforeyoudisconnectthepowersource,make
anoteofwhichLEDsarelit,includingtheLEDsthatarelitonthefrontcontrolpanel.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

cablefromtheRAIDcontroller.

40ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

4.DisconnectanyothercablesfromtheRAIDcontrolleroranycablesthatimpedeaccesstotherisercard.

5.RemovetherisercardtogetherwiththeinstalledRAIDcontroller.See“Removingtherisercard”on
page33.

6.Referto“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage36andfollowthoseinstructionstoremovetheRAIDcontroller
fromtherisercard.

Note:DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,ifnecessary,removetheRAIDbatteryfromtheRAID
controllerbyremovingthescrewsthatsecurethebatteryonthecontrolleranddisconnectinganycables.

7.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheRAIDcontroller,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

InstallingtheThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDAdapter

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDAdapter(hereafter
referredtoastheRAIDcontrollerwithinthissection).

ToinstalltheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcontrollertoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcontrollerfromthepackage.

4.DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,youmightneedtoinstallaThinkServer8708ELPSASRAID
adapterbattery(hereafterreferredtoasthebatterycardassembly)ontheRAIDcontroller.Thebattery
cardassemblymountsdirectlytotheRAIDcontrollerthroughasmallboard-to-boardconnector
(daughtercard).

Notes:

a.ThebatterycardassemblyprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheRAIDcontrollerby

providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpower
outage.Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicate
batterystatusinformationsuchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrenttoyourserver.Italsoprovides
aninexpensivealternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffault
tolerancewhenusedinconjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.Formoreinformationabout
thebatterycardassembly,seeAppendixA“RAIDbatterycardassembly”onpage97

.

b.Thebatterycardassemblyoptionkitcontainsauserguide,thebatterycardassembly,andthree

Phillips-headscrews.Donotremovethebatterycardassemblyfromtheantistaticshipping
containeruntilyouarereadytoinstallit.Whenyouremovethebatterycardassemblyfromyour
server,placeitinitsoriginalcontainer.

c.ChecktheappropriatesupportWebsitesforthelatestupdatesforyourbasicinput/outputsystem

(BIOS)code,utilityprograms,devicedrivers,andothersoftwareapplications.Followtheinstructions
providedbyyourServiceProvidertodownloadandinstallupdates.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware41

d.Itisrecommendedthatyoureplacethebatterypackonthebatterycardassemblyannuallyorafter

500rechargingcycles,whichevercomesrst.

e.Thetemperatureofthebatterycardassemblyisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthanthe

ambienttemperatureduringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompleteafastchargecycle,theambient
temperatureshouldbelowerthan45°C(113°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds45°C(113°F),
thefastchargecyclewillterminateprematurely,thuspreventingthebatterycardassemblyfrom
reachingafullychargedstate.

Attention:

•WhenattachingthebatterycardassemblytoaPCIExpressslot,centerthePhillips-headscrew
drivertoavoiddamagingthescrewheadanddonotover-tightenthescrewsasyoumightdamage
thebatterycardassembly.

•Thebatteryinthebatterycardassemblymustrechargeforatleastsixhoursduringfastcharge
undernormaloperatingconditions.

ToinstallthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

42ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

a.Notethetopviewandthebottomviewofthebatterycardassembly.Then,insertthebatterypack

harnessconnectorintothe5-pinJ3batterypackharnessconnectoronthebacksideofthebattery
cardassembly.Formoreinformation,refertothefollowingillustrations.

Figure28.Topviewofthebatterycardassembly

1Batterypackharness

Figure29.Bottomviewofthebatterycardassembly

1J3batterypackharnessconnector
2J1connector
3J2board-to-boardconnector

b.Withthefrontsideup,placetheRAIDcontrolleronaat,clean,static-freesurface.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware43

c.HoldthebatterycardassemblywiththebatterysideupandtheJ2board-to-boardconnectorlining

upwiththeJ7BBUconnector1ontheRAIDcontroller.Carefullypressthebatterycardassembly
ontotheRAIDcontrollersothatthetwoconnectorsarermlyjoined.Then,securethebattery
cardassemblytotheRAIDcontrollerwiththethreescrewsandthestandoffsthatcomewiththe
batterycardassemblyaccessorykit.

Figure30.Installingthebatterycardassembly

1J7BBUconnector

5.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage35andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheRAIDcontroller.

6.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheRAIDcontrollerandminiSASsignalcableconnectoronthe
backplane.See“Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane”onpage16

Note:Usethe440mm(17.32inches)miniSASsignalcable.

Figure31.ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcable

1Ports0-3
2Ports4-7(reservedforuse)

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64

44ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

.

InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter(hereafterreferred
toastheRAIDcontrollerwithinthistopic)andthebatterycardassemblyforthisRAIDcontroller.

ToinstalltheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Removetherisercardassembly.See“Removingtherisercard”onpage33.

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcontrollertoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcontrollerfromthepackage.

5.DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,youmightneedtoinstallaThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter
Battery(hereafterreferredtoasthebatterycardassembly)ontheRAIDcontroller.Thebattery
cardassemblymountsdirectlytotheRAIDcontrollerthroughasmallboard-to-boardconnector
(daughtercard).

Notes:

a.ThebatterycardassemblyprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheRAIDcontrollerby

providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpower
outage.Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicate
batterystatusinformationsuchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrenttoyourserver.Italsoprovides
aninexpensivealternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffault
tolerancewhenusedinconjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.Formoreinformationabout
thebatterycardassembly,seeAppendixA“RAIDbatterycardassembly”onpage97

b.Thebatterycardassemblyoptionkitcontainsauserguide,thebatterycardassembly,andthree

Phillips-headscrews.Donotremovethebatterycardassemblyfromtheantistaticshipping
containeruntilyouarereadytoinstallit.Whenyouremovethebatterycardassemblyfromyour
server,placeitinitsoriginalcontainer.

c.ChecktheappropriatesupportWebsitesforthelatestupdatesforyourbasicinput/outputsystem

(BIOS)code,utilityprograms,devicedrivers,andothersoftwareapplications.Followtheinstructions
providedbyyourServiceProvidertodownloadandinstallupdates.

d.Itisrecommendedthatyoureplacethebatterypackonthebatterycardassemblyannuallyorafter

500rechargingcycles,whichevercomesrst.

e.Thetemperatureofthebatterycardassemblyisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthanthe

ambienttemperatureduringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompleteafastchargecycle,theambient
temperatureshouldbelowerthan45°C(113°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds45°C(113°F),
thefastchargecyclewillterminateprematurely,thuspreventingthebatterycardassemblyfrom
reachingafullychargedstate.

.

Attention:

•WhenattachingthebatterycardassemblytoaPCIExpressslot,centerthePhillips-headscrew

drivertoavoiddamagingthescrewheadanddonotover-tightenthescrewsasyoumightdamage
thebatterycardassembly.

•Thebatteryinthebatterycardassemblymustrechargeforatleastsixhoursduringfastcharge

undernormaloperatingconditions.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware45

ToinstallthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:
a.Notethetopviewandbottomviewofthebatterycardassembly.Then,insertthebatterypack

harnessconnectorintotheJ4batterypackharnessconnectoronthebacksideofthebatterycard
assembly.Formoreinformation,refertothefollowingillustrations.

Figure32.Topviewofthebatterycardassembly

1Batterypackharness

Figure33.Bottomviewofthebatterycardassembly

1J4batterypackharnessconnector
2J5board-to-boardconnector
3J2connector

b.Withthefrontsideup,placetheRAIDcontrolleronaat,clean,static-freesurface.

46ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

c.HoldthebatterycardassemblywiththebatterysideupandtheJ5board-to-boardconnector

liningupwiththeJ10BBUconnector1ontheRAIDcontroller.Carefullypressthebatterycard
assemblyontotheRAIDcontrollersothatthetwoconnectorsarermlyjoined.Then,securethe
batterycardassemblytotheRAIDcontrollerwiththethreescrewsandthestandoffsthatcome
withthebatterycardassemblyaccessorykit.

Figure34.InstallingthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcontroller

1J10BBUconnector

6.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletoports0-3ontheRAIDcontroller.

Note:Usethe400mm(15.75inches)miniSASsignalcable.

Figure35.ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcabletotheRAIDcontroller

1Ports0-3

2Ports4-7(reservedforuse)

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware47

7.InstalltheRAIDcontrollerintoanappropriatePCIcardslotontherisercardassembly.Then,install
thescrewtosecuretheRAIDcontrollerinplace.

Figure36.InstallingtheRAIDcontrollerintothePCIcardslotontherisercard

8.InstalltherisercardwiththeRAIDcontrollerintoanappropriatePCIcardslotonthesystemboard.

9.Connecttheotherendofthe400mm(15.75inches)miniSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcable
connector

1onthebackplaneofyourserver.

Figure37.MiniSASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplane

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

InstallingtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheThinkServerRAID700Adapter(hereafterreferredtoas
theRAIDcontrollerwithinthistopic)andthebatterycardassemblyforthisRAIDcontroller.

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and“Guidelines”onpage17.

ToinstalltheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Removetherisercardassembly.See“Removingtherisercard”onpage33.

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcontrollertoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcontrollerfromthepackage.

5.DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,youmightneedtoinstallaThinkServerRAID700AdapterBattery
(hereafterreferredtoasthebatterycardassembly)ontheRAIDcontroller.Thebatterycardassembly
mountsdirectlytotheRAIDcontrollerthroughasmallboard-to-boardconnector(daughtercard).

Notes:

a.ThebatterycardassemblyprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheRAIDcontrollerby

providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpower
outage.Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicate
batterystatusinformationsuchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrenttoyourserver.Italsoprovides
aninexpensivealternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffault
tolerancewhenusedinconjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.Formoreinformationabout
thebatterycardassembly,seeAppendixA“RAIDbatterycardassembly”onpage97

.

b.Thebatterycardassemblyoptionkitcontainsauserguide,thebatterycardassembly,andthree

Phillips-headscrews.Donotremovethebatterycardassemblyfromtheantistaticshipping
containeruntilyouarereadytoinstallit.Whenyouremovethebatterycardassemblyfromyour
server,placeitinitsoriginalcontainer.

c.ChecktheappropriatesupportWebsitesforthelatestupdatesforyourbasicinput/outputsystem

(BIOS)code,utilityprograms,devicedrivers,andothersoftwareapplications.Followtheinstructions
providedbyyourServiceProvidertodownloadandinstallupdates.

d.Itisrecommendedthatyoureplacethebatterypackonthebatterycardassemblyannuallyorafter

500rechargingcycles,whichevercomesrst.

e.Thetemperatureofthebatterycardassemblyisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthanthe

ambienttemperatureduringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompleteafastchargecycle,theambient
temperatureshouldbelowerthan45°C(113°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds45°C(113°F),
thefastchargecyclewillterminateprematurely,thuspreventingthebatterycardassemblyfrom
reachingafullychargedstate.

Attention:

•WhenattachingthebatterycardassemblytoaPCIExpressslot,centerthePhillips-headscrew

drivertoavoiddamagingthescrewheadanddonotover-tightenthescrewsasyoumightdamage
thebatterycardassembly.

•Thebatteryinthebatterycardassemblymustrechargeforatleastsixhoursduringfastcharge

undernormaloperatingconditions.

ToinstallthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware49

a.Notethebottomviewofthebatterycardassembly.

Figure38.Bottomviewofthebatterycardassembly

1J1board-to-boardconnector
2J2remoteconnector(reservedforuse)

b.Withthefrontsideup,placetheRAIDcontrolleronaat,clean,static-freesurface.
c.HoldthebatterycardassemblywiththebatterysideupandtheJ1board-to-boardconnector

liningupwiththeJ6B1BBUconnector

1ontheRAIDcontroller.Carefullypressthebatterycard

assemblyontotheRAIDcontrollersothatthetwoconnectorsarermlyjoined.Then,securethe
batterycardassemblytotheRAIDcontrollerwiththethreescrewsandthestandoffsthatcome
withthebatterycardassemblyaccessorykit.

Figure39.InstallingthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcontroller

1J6B1BBUconnector

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6.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletoports0-3ontheRAIDcontroller.

Note:Usethe400mm(15.75inches)miniSASsignalcable.

Figure40.ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcabletotheRAIDcontroller

1Ports0-3
2Ports4-7(reservedforuse)

7.InstalltheRAIDcontrollerintoanappropriatePCIcardslotontherisercardassembly.Then,install
thescrewtosecuretheRAIDcontrollerinplace.

Figure41.InstallingtheRAIDcontrollerintothePCIcardslotontherisercard

8.InstalltherisercardwiththeRAIDcontrollerintoanappropriatePCIcardslotonthesystemboard.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware51

9.Connecttheotherendofthe400mm(15.75inches)miniSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcable
connector1onthebackplaneofyourserver.

Figure42.MiniSASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplane

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Removingorinstallingtheheatsinkassembly

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstalltheheatsinkassembly.

Removingtheheatsinkassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheheatsinkassembly.

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkassemblymightbeveryhot.Turnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutestoletthe
servercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

Toremovetheheatsinkassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.SeeRemovingtheservercover.

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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3.Removetheeightscrewsthatsecuretheheatsinkassembly1-8andgentlyliftouttheheatsink
assembly.

Figure43.Removingtheheatsinkassembly

1-8Screws
9Airow
10Indicatesthefrontofthechassis

4.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheheatsinkassembly,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Toinstalltheheatsinkassembly,see“Installingtheheatsinkassembly”onpage53.

Installingtheheatsinkassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheheatsinkassembly.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware53

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.T urnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutes
tolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

Toinstalltheheatsinkassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Positiontheheatsinkassemblyinplacebyaligningtheretainingscrewsontheheatsinkassemblywith
thecorrespondingholesinthesystemboard.Then,tightentheeightscrewsfollowingthenumerical
sequenceasshownbelowtosecuretheheatsinkassemblyonthesystemboard.

Figure44.Installingtheheatsinkassembly

1-8Screws
9Airow
10Indicatesthefrontofthechassis

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Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Removingorinstallingthepowersupply

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallthepowersupply.

Removingthepowersupply

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage17.

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethepowersupply.

Whenyouremoveapowersupply,observethefollowingprecautions.

DANGER

Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Toremovethepowersupply,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware55

3.Removethefourscrews1and2thatsecurethepowersupply.

Figure45.Removingthescrewsthatsecurethepowersupply

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4.Disconnectthepowercablesfromconnectors3,4,and5onthesystemboard,andfromconnectors

1and2onthebackplane.

Figure46.Disconnectingthepowercables

5.Disconnectthepowercablesfromanyothercardsordevices.

Note:Thepowercablesarepartofthepowersupply.Donottrytoremoveordisconnectthepower
cablesfromthepowersupply.

6.Carefullyliftthepowersupplyoutoftheserver.

7.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturnthepowersupply,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toinstallanewpowersupply,see“Installingthepowersupply”onpage57.

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

Installingthepowersupply

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthepowersupply.

Whenyouinstallapowersupply,observethefollowingprecautions.

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware57

DANGER

Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.

Toinstallthepowersupply,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

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3.Carefullyplacethepowersupplyintotheserverbyaligningthescrewholesinthepowersupplywith
thecorrespondingholesinthechassis.Then,installthefourscrews1and2tosecurethepower
supplyinplace.

Figure47.Installingthescrewstosecurethepowersupply

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware59

4.Connectthepowercablestothesystemboardconnectors3,4,and5,andtothebackplane
connectors1and2.

Figure48.Connectingthepowercables

5.Connectthepowercablestoanyothercardsordevices.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallthemicroprocessor.

Removingthemicroprocessor

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethemicroprocessor.

CAUTION:

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.T urnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutes
tolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

Toremovethemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Removetheheatsinkassembly.See“Removingtheheatsinkassembly”onpage52.

4.Liftthesmallhandleandopentheretainertoaccessthemicroprocessor.Then,carefullyliftthe
microprocessorstraightupandoutofthesocket,andplaceitonastatic-protectivesurface.

Note:Touchonlytheedgesofthemicroprocessor.

Figure49.Removingthemicroprocessor

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturnthemicroprocessor,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Installingthemicroprocessor

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallthemicroprocessor.

CAUTION:

Theheatsinkandmicroprocessormightbeveryhot.T urnofftheserverandwaitthreetoveminutes
tolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

and“Guidelines”onpage17.

Note:Whenyouneedtoinstallasecondmicroprocessor,rstremovethedualheatsinkandthen
removeexcessgreasefromtherstmicroprocessorandthemicroprocessorsocketarea.Makesurethe
microprocessorandsocketareaarecleanofgrease.Usethenewheatsinkthatcomeswiththesecond

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware61

microprocessoroptionkitanddisposeoftheoldone.Thenewheatsinkhasgreasealreadyappliedforboth
therstandsecondmicroprocessors.

Foroptimalperformance,followthesemicroprocessorinstallationrules:

1.Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,bothmusthavethesamecorevoltageandcorespeed.

2.Whenonlyonemicroprocessorisinstalled,itmustbeinthesocketlabeledCPU0.Theothersocket
mustbekeptempty.

3.AlwaysinstallthemicroprocessorrstintotheCPU0socket,andtheninstallanothermicroprocessor
intotheCPU1socketifyouwanttoinstalltwomicroprocessors.

Toinstallthemicroprocessor,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage19.

3.Removetheheatsinkassembly.See“Removingtheheatsinkassembly”onpage52.

4.Pressdownandpushthesmallhandleoutwardonthemicroprocessorsockettoliftthehandleto
theopenposition.

Figure50.Liftingthehandle

5.Gentlypresstheretainerofthemicroprocessorsockettoopenit.

Figure51.Openingtheretainer

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6.Removetheprotectivecoverfromthemicroprocessorsocket.Toavoiddamagingthepinsinthe
microprocessorsocket,donottouchthepinswhileremovingthecover.

Figure52.Removingthemicroprocessorsocketcover

7.Removethenewmicroprocessorfromtheprotectivecoverthatprotectsthegoldcontactsonthe
bottomofthenewmicroprocessor.

Figure53.Removingthenewmicroprocessorfromtheprotectivecover

8.Holdthenewmicroprocessorbytheedgesandalignthenotches1onitwiththetabs2inthe
microprocessorsocket.Then,installthemicroprocessorintothesocket.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware63

Figure54.Installingthemicroprocessor

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage64.

Completingthepartsreplacement

Thissectionprovidesinstructionstohelpyoucompletethepartsreplacementandturnonyourserver.

Tocompletethepartsreplacement,youmustreinstalltheservercover,reconnectallthecablesand,for
somedevices,runtheSetupUtilityprogramtodofurthersetup.

Installingtheservercover

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheservercover.

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operating
theserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withthecoverremovedmightdamage
servercomponents.

Toinstalltheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Makesurethatallcables,add-oncards,andothercomponentsareinstalledandseatedcorrectlyand
thatyouhavenotleftloosetoolsorpartsinsidetheserver.Also,makesurethatallinternalcablesare
correctlyrouted.

2.Positiontheservercoveronthechassissothattherailguidesonthebottomoftheservercoverengage
therails.Then,slidetheservercovertothefrontoftheserveruntilitsnapsintopositionandisclosed.
Then,tightenthethumbscrewtosecuretheservercover.

Note:Althoughtheservercoverissecuredbyathumbscrew,forsafetyconsideration,besuretousea
tool,forexampleascrewdriver,totightenthethumbscrewandalwaysmakesurethatthethumbscrew
issecurelyinstalled.Also,donotover-tightenthethumbscrew.

Connectingthecables

Attention:Topreventdamagetoequipment,connectthepowercordslast.

Iftheservercablesandconnectorpanelhavecolor-codedconnectors,matchthecolorofthecableendwith
thecoloroftheconnector.Forexample,matchabluecableendwithabluepanelconnector,aredcable

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endwitharedconnector,andsoon.See“Rearview”onpage9foranillustrationoftheI/Oconnectorson
therearoftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Whentheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersourcebutisnotturnedon,theoperatingsystemdoesnot
run,andallcorelogicexceptfortheserviceprocessor(theintegratedmanagementmodule)isshutdown;
however,theservercanrespondtorequeststotheserviceprocessor,suchasaremoterequesttoturnon
theserver.Thepower-onLEDashestoindicatethattheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersourcebut
isnotturnedon.

Approximatelyvesecondsaftertheserverisconnectedtoacpower,oneormorefansmightstartrunning
toprovidecoolingwhiletheserverisconnectedtopowerandthepower-onbuttonLEDashesquickly.
Approximatelyonetothreeminutesaftertheserverisconnectedtoacpower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive(thepower-onLEDashesslowly),andoneormorefansmightstartrunningtoprovide
coolingwhiletheserverisconnectedtopower.Then,youcanturnontheserverbypressingthepower
buttononthefrontcontrolpanel.See“Frontcontrolpanel”onpage10

.

Updatingtheserverconguration

Whenyouturnontheserverforthersttimeafteryouaddorremoveadevice,youmightreceivea
messagesayingthatthecongurationhasbeenchanged.TheSetupUtilityprogramstartsautomatically
sothatyoucansavethenewcongurationsettings.Formoreinformation,seeChapter6“Conguring
theserver”onpage67

.

Someoptionaldeviceshavedevicedriversthatyoumustinstall.Forinformationaboutinstallingdevice
drivers,seethedocumentationthatcomeswitheachdevice.

Theservercomeswithatleastonemicroprocessor.Ifmorethanonemicroprocessorisinstalled,theserver
canoperateasasymmetricmultiprocessing(SMP)server.Youmighthavetoupgradetheoperatingsystem
tosupportSMP.Formoreinformation,seetheoperating-systemdocumentation.

IftheserverhasanoptionalRAIDcontrollerandyouhaveinstalledorremovedaharddiskdrive,seethe
documentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerforinformationaboutreconguringthediskarrays.

Turningofftheserver

Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoacpower,theservercanrespondtorequeststo
theserviceprocessor,suchasaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Whiletheserverremainsconnected
toacpower,oneormorefansmightcontinuetorun.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmust
disconnectitfromthepowersource.

Someoperatingsystemsrequireanorderlyshutdownbeforeyouturnofftheserver.Seeyour
operating-systemdocumentationforinformationaboutshuttingdowntheoperatingsystem.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.T oremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware65

Theservercanbeturnedoffinanyofthefollowingways:

•Y oucanturnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystem,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.After
anorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.

•Y oucanpressthepowerbuttontostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturnoffthe
server,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Iftheoperatingsystemstopsfunctioning,youcanpressandholdthepowerbuttonformorethanfour
secondstoturnofftheserver.

•TheservercanbeturnedoffbytheShutdownonLANfeature.

•Theintegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)canturnofftheserverasanautomaticresponsetoacritical
systemfailure.

Connectingexternaldevices

Ifyouinstallasupportedoptionaladapter,youcanattachexternaldevicestotheserver.

Toattachanexternaldevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Ifyouareattachinganexternaldevice,seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththedevicefor
informationaboutcabling.

1.ReadandunderstandtheSafetyInformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,
and“Guidelines”onpage17
http://www.lenovo.com/support

2.T urnofftheserverandallattacheddevices.

3.Followtheinstructionsthatcomewiththedevicetoprepareitforinstallationandtoconnectitto
theserver.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

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Chapter6.Conguringtheserver

Thefollowingcongurationprogramscomewiththeserver:

•SetupUtilityprogram:TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetup
Utilityprogramtoviewyourserverconguration,changethestartupdevicesequence,setthedate
andtime,andsetpasswords.Forinformationaboutusingthisprogram,see“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage67

•Ethernetcontrollerconguration:ForinformationaboutconguringtheEthernetcontroller,see
“ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller”onpage80.

•INTELiMSTSATAsoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram:UsetheINTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogramtoconguretheonboardSATAcontrollerwithsoftwareRAID
capabilitiesandthedevicesthatareattachedtoit.Forinformationaboutusingthisprogram,see
“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage79

•ThinkServer8708ELPSASRAID,ThinkServer8708EM2SASRAID,orThinkServerRAID700
CongurationUtilityprogram:UsetheCongurationUtilityprogramtoconguretheThinkServer
8708ELPSASRAID,ThinkServer8708EM2SASRAID,orThinkServerRAID700adapterwithRAID
capabilitiesandthedevicesthatareattachedtoit.Forinformationaboutusingthisprogram,seethe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcamewithyouserver.

Thefollowingtableliststhedifferentservercongurationsandtheapplicationsthatareavailablefor
conguringandmanagingRAIDarrays.

Table12.ServercongurationsandapplicationsforconguringandmanagingRAIDarrays

.

.

RAIDarrayconguration(before

Serverconguration

INTELiMSTSATAsoftwareRAIDINTELiMSTCongurationUtility

ThinkServer8708ELPSASRAID
Adapter

ThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapterLSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS

ThinkServerRAID700AdapterLSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS

operatingsystemisinstalled)

program(pressCtrl+Itostart)
LSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS

CongurationUtility(pressCtrl+Hto
start)

CongurationUtility(pressCtrl+Hto
start)

CongurationUtility(pressCtrl+Hto
start)

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtoperformthefollowingtasks:

•Viewcongurationinformation

•ViewandchangeassignmentsfordevicesandI/Oports

•Setthedateandtime

•Setthestartupcharacteristicsoftheserverandtheorderofstartupdevices

•Setandchangesettingsforadvancedhardwarefeatures

•View,set,andchangesettingsforpower-managementfeatures

•Viewandclearerrorlogs

RAIDarraymanagement(after

operatingsystemisinstalled)

INTELRAIDStorageManager
(WebConsole)

MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM)

MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM)

MegaRAIDStorageManager(MSM)

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•Resolvecongurationconicts

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Approximatelythreeminutesaftertheserverisconnectedtoaworkingelectricaloutlet,thepower
buttonbecomesactive.T urnontheserverandthePOSTrunsautomatically.Youwillthenseethelogo
screen.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.

2.PressDelassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.TheSetupUtilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetan
administratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoaccessthefullSetupUtility
programmenu.Ifyoudonottypethecorrectadministratorpassword,alimitedSetupUtilityprogram
menuisavailable.

Note:YoucanalsopressTABassoonasyouseethelogoscreentoreviewthePOSTprocessand
information.

3.TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemcongurationsettings.Selectthe
settingstovieworchange.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedatthebottomofeachscreen.

Note:Usethedefaultsettingforanyitemyouarenotfamiliarwith.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliar
itemsoritemsthatarenotmentionedinthismanualtoavoidanyunexpectedproblems.Ifyoucannotturn
ontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,refertoandusethejumperstoclearCMOSandrecover
tothefactorydefaultsettings.

IntroductionoftheBIOSitems

ThefollowingtableslistallthemainmenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.Someitemsmightvary
becauseoftheBIOSupdates.

Notes:

1.Usethedefaultsettingforanyitemyouarenotfamiliarwith.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliar
itemsoritemsthatarenotmentionedinthismanualtoavoidanyunexpectedproblems.Ifyoucannot
turnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,usethejumpersonthesystemboardtoclear
CMOSandrecovertothefactorydefaultsettings.

2.AfterupdatingtheBIOS,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdatedBIOSversion.
YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.

Table13.TheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu

ItemDescription

Main
Advanced
PCIPnPSetthePCIparameters.
Boot
SecuritySetthesecurityparameters.
ChipsetSetthechipset.
Exit

SetthebasicBIOSparameters.
SettheadvancedBIOSparameters.

Setthebootparameters.

ExittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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Table14.ItemsundertheMainmenu

ItemOptionDescription

AMIBIOSViewtheBIOSversionandcreation

dateinformation.
Processor
SystemMemory

Viewmicroprocessorinformation.

Viewmemorycapacityinformation.
SystemTimeHH:MM:SSSetsystemtime.
SystemDateMM/DD/YYYYSetsystemdate.

Table15.ItemsundertheAdvancedmenu

ItemDescription

CPUCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheCPUConguration.

MassStorageControllerCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheMassStorageControllerConguration.

SuperIOCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheSuperIOConguration.

USBCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheUSBConguration.

HardwareHealthCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheHardwareHealthConguration.

IPMI2.0CongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheIPMI2.0Conguration.

IntelVT -dCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenu

undertheIntelVT -dConguration.

RemoteAccessCongurationEnterthesubmenutoseealltheoptions.SeeSubmenus

undertheRemoteAccessConguration.

SystemInformation

Viewthesysteminformation,includingthemachinetype
andmodel,serialnumber,assettag,andUUID.

Note:DonotchangeanyunfamiliaritemvalueundertheAdvancedmenu.

Table16.SubmenusundertheCPUConguration

ItemOptionDescription

C1ESupportDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheC1Efunction

ofthemicroprocessor.Thissetting

mightimpactsystemperformance.
HardwarePrefetcher

Disabled/[Enabled]

Enableordisabletheprefetch

functionofthemicroprocessor.

Thissettingmightimpactsystem

performance.
AdjacentCacheLinePrefetchDisabled/[Enabled]

Enableordisabletheadjacentcache

lineprefetch.Thissettingmight

impactsystemperformance.
MPSandACPIMADTorderingLegacyordering/[Modernordering]SelecttheMPSandACPIMADT

orderingmethod.

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Table16.SubmenusundertheCPUConguration(continued)

ItemOptionDescription

Intel®VirtualizationT echDisabled/[Enabled]

Execute-DisableBitCapabilityDisabled/[Enabled]

Intel®HTT echnology[Enabled]/Disabled

ActiveProcessorCores[All]/1/2

Intel®SpeedStep™techDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheSpeedStep

Intel®TurboModetechDisabled/[Enabled]

Intel®C-STATEtechDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheC-STATE

C3StateDisabled/[ACPIC2]/ACPIC3SetthemicroprocessorC3state

C6StateDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheC6stateofthe

CStatepackagelimitsetting[Auto]/C1/C3/C6/C7SettheCstatepackagelimit.
C1AutoDemotionDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheC1State

C3AutoDemotionDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheC3State

ACPITStateDisabled/[Enabled]

Notes:

1.Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

2.Theaboveoptionsmightvarydependingonthetypeoftheinstalledmicroprocessor.

EnableordisabletheIntel
VirtualizationTech.Thistechnology
canprovideadditionalcapacityfor
hardwarecomputing.Ifyousetthis
featuretoEnabled,youhavetoturn
offtheserveranddisconnectthe
powercordfromelectricaloutlet,and
thenreconnectthepowercordand
turnontheservertomakethisfeature
takeeffect.

EnablingtheExecute-DisableBit
Capabilitycanpreventtheexecutive
codeofsomemalicioussoftware
fromusingthedatapage.

Enableordisablethehyper-thread
technology.(Whetheryourserver
supportsthisfeatureornotis
dependingonthetypeoftheinstalled
microprocessor.)

Enableordisablethemulti-core
processingfunction.

technology.
EnableordisabletheTurboMode

technology.

technology.

mode.

microprocessor.

Demotionofthemicroprocessor.

Demotionofthemicroprocessor.
Enableordisablethemicroprocessor

throttlinginACPI.

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Table17.SubmenusundertheMassStorageControllerConguration

ItemOptionDescription

SATACongurationDisabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheintegratedSATA

controller.
CongureSATAas[IDE]/RAID

Toselecttheharddiskdrivemode.

IfthisoptionissettoIDE,allthe

SATAconnectorswillbecongured

asstand-aloneSATAconnectors.

Notes:

1.Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

2.TheSA TACongurationitemmightnotapplybecauseyourservercamewithanintegratedSAScontroller.

Table18.SubmenusundertheSuperIOConguration

ItemOptionDescription

SerialPort1AddressDisabled/[3F8/IRQ4]/3E8/IRQ4/

2E8/IRQ3

SerialPort2AddressDisabled/[2F8/IRQ3]/3E8/IRQ4/

2E8/IRQ3

SelecttheI/Obaseaddressand

interruptforserialport1.

SelecttheI/Obaseaddressand

interruptforserialport2.
Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Table19.SubmenusundertheUSBConguration

ItemOptionDescription

LegacyUSBSupportDisabled/[Enabled]/Auto

Enableordisablethesupporton

legacyUSBdevices.
USB2.0ControllerModeFullSpeed/[HiSpeed]SelecttheUSBspeed.
HotplugUSBFDDSupportDisabled/Enabled/[Auto]

Enableordisablethesupportonthe

hot-swapUSBdiskettedrive.
Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
ForexternalUSBdevices,theUSBMassStorageDeviceCongurationsubmenuisasbelow:
EmulationT ype

[Auto]/Floppy/ForcedFDD/Hard

SelectthetypeoftheUSBdevice.

Disk/CDROM

Table20.SubmenusundertheHardwareHealthConguration

ItemOptionDescription

ItemsandoptionswithBMCconguration:

AutoFanControlDisabled/[Enabled]

IfthisoptionissettoDisabled,the

fanrunsatthefullspeed;ifthisoption

issettoEnabled,thefanspeedis

controlledbythesystemtemperature.
PWMMinimalDutyCycle[60%DutyCycle]/45%DutyCycle

/30%DutyCycle

SelectthePWMMinimalDutyCycle

forthefan:60%-100%,45%-100%,

or30%-100%.
SensorDataRegisterMonitoringReadOnly

Thesensordatainthisoptionisfor

readonly.Thedetecteddataincludes

thetemperature,voltageandfan

speed.

ItemsandoptionswithoutBMCconguration:

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver71

Table20.SubmenusundertheHardwareHealthConguration(continued)

ItemOptionDescription

H/WHealthFunctionDisabled/[Enabled]

AutoFANControlDisabled/[Enabled]

PWMMinimalDutyCycle[60%DutyCycle]/45%DutyCycle

/30%DutyCycle

FanFailureLEDIndication

HardwareHealthEventMonitoring

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Disabled/[Enabled]

ReadOnly

Enableordisablethehardware
monitorfunction.

IfthisoptionissettoDisabled,the
fanrunsatthefullspeed;ifthisoption
issettoEnabled,thefanspeedis
controlledbythesystemtemperature.

SelectthePWMMinimalDutyCycle
forthefan:60%-100%,45%-100%,
or30%-100%.

Enableordisablethefanalarm
function.Ifthisoptionissetto
Enabled,amessageaboutfanfailure
willbedisplayedonthePOSTscreen
whentherotationalspeedofeachfan
islessthan800rpm.

Thesensordatainthisoptionisfor
readonly.Thedetecteddataincludes
thetemperatureandsystemfan
rotationalspeed.

Table21.SubmenusundertheIPMI2.0Conguration

ItemSub-itemOptionDescription

ViewBMCSystemEvent
Log

ClearBMCSystemEvent
Log

SetLANCongurationSettheIPaddresssource,

SetPEFCongurationPEFSUPPORTDisabled/[Enabled]

BMCWatchDogTimer
Action

BMCAlertLEDandBeep[Off]/OnTurnonorturnofftheBMC

FWkey
Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

[Disabled]/ResetSystem/
PowerDown/PowerCycle

[0000000]

Viewthesystemeventlog.

Deletethesystemevent
log.

IPaddress,subnetmask,
andgatewayaddress.

EnableordisablethePEF
support.

DisableorenabletheOS
baseddongle.Ifenabled,
wheneveranyproblems
arisingfromtheoperation
system,suchasthe
systemhalted,thesystem
managementfeaturewill
takeactionsofReset
System,PowerDown,or
PowerCycleattheprompt
ofthedongleTimer.

alertLEDandbeep.

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Table22.SubmenuundertheIntelVT-dConguration

ItemOptionDescription

IntelVT-d

Disabled/[Enabled]

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Table23.SubmenusundertheRemoteAccessConguration

ItemOptionDescription

RemoteAccess

[Disabled]/Enabled

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Table24.ItemsunderthePCIPnPmenu

ItemOptionDescription

ClearNVRAM[No]/Yes

BootsGraphicAdapterPriority[Auto]/OnboardVGA

LAN1

[Auto]/Enabled/Disabled

LAN1OP-ROM[Enabled]/Disabled

LAN2

[Auto]/Enabled/Disabled

LAN2OP-ROM[Enabled]/Disabled

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Enableordisablethevirtualization

technologyforI/Odevices.

Enableordisabletheserialport

remoteaccess.

IfthisoptionissettoY es,thatmeans

tocleartheNVRAMinformationwhen

thesystemstartsup.

IfthisoptionissettoAuto,the

externalgraphicscardwillbeenabled

rstly.Ifnoexternalgraphicscard,

theintegratedgraphicscontrolleris

automaticallyenabled.Ifthisoption

issettoOnboardVGA,onlythe

integratedgraphicscardisenabled.

TheAutooptionmeansto

automaticallyenabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller1.TheEnabled

optionmeanstoenabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller1.TheDisabled

optionmeanstodisabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller1.

Enableordisablethewake-upfrom

LAN1.

TheAutooptionmeansto

automaticallyenabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller2.TheEnabled

optionmeanstoenabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller2.TheDisabled

optionmeanstodisabletheintegrated

Ethernetcontroller2.

Enableordisablethewake-upfrom

LAN2.

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver73

Table25.ItemsundertheBootmenu

ItemSub-itemOptionDescription

BootSettingsConguration

HardDiskDrives

CD/DVDDrives

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Table26.ItemsundertheSecuritymenu

QuickBoot[Disabled]/Enabled

QuietBoot[Enabled]/Disabled

AddOnROM/Display
Mode

BootupNum-Lock

1stBootDeviceBootdevicenames BootDevicePriority
2ndBootDeviceBootdevicenames

1stDrive/2ndDrive...

1stDrive...Basedontheinstalled

[ForceBIOS]/KeepCurrentSettheAddOnROM

[Off]/OnSettheNum-LockLED

Enableordisablethequick
bootfeature.

Enableordisablethe
featuretoshowOEMLogo
duringthePOST.

DisplayMode.

state.
Setthestartupdevice

sequence(supportatmost
vestartupdevices).

Basedontheinstalledhard
diskdrives.

opticaldrives.

ItemDescription

ChangeSupervisorPasswordSetorchangethesupervisorpassword.Thepassword

canbeanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticand
numericcharacters.

ChangeUserPasswordSetorchangetheuserpassword.Thepasswordcan

beanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticand
numericcharacters.

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Table27.ItemsundertheChipsetmenu

ItemSub-itemOptionDescription

CPUBridgeConguration

QPIFrequency[Auto]/4.800GT/5.866GT

/6.400GT

QPIL0sandL1Disabled/[Enabled]EnableordisabletheQPI

MemoryFrequency

MemoryMode

[Auto]/ForceDDR-800/
ForceDDR-1066/Force
DDR-1333

[Independent]/Channel
Mirroring/Lockstep

Standardtransferringrate
oftheQPIbus.

L0sandL1.
Setthefrequencyofthe

memorymodule.Make
surethatthemandatory
memoryfrequencysetting
islessthanthemaximum
frequencythatthememory
modulecansupport.

Setthememorychannel
modetoimprovereliability
orefciency.

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Table27.ItemsundertheChipsetmenu(continued)

ItemSub-itemOptionDescription

SouthBridgeCongurationRestoreonACPowerLossPowerOff/PowerOn/

[LastState]

Note:Thesettingsin[]arethedefaultsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifthepowerisrecovered
afteroutage,thesystem
willbeatthestatethatyou
setunderRestoreonAC

PowerLoss.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.
YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Then,youcandooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10.Otherwise,your
changeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadOptimalDefaults.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver
anddata.Thefollowingoptionsareavailabletohelpyousetasupervisorpasswordorauserpassword:

•ChangeSupervisorPassword

•ChangeUserPassword

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingsections.

Passwordconsiderations

Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.T osetastrong
password,usethefollowingguidelines:

Note:TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•Havesixcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage68.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectSecurity➙ChangeSupervisorPasswordor
ChangeUserPassword.Forinformationaboutthesupervisorpasswordanduserpassword,see
ItemsundertheSecuritymenu.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoset,change,ordeleteapassword.

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver75

Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto6(1to6)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.For
moreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage75.

RAIDcontrollers

ThefollowingtableliststhevariousutilitiesavailabletocongureRAIDcontrollersbeforeanoperating
systemisinstalled.

Table28.RAIDutilities

Wheretondmore

UtilityDescriptionLocation

EasyStartupRAID
congurationutility

INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAIDCongurationUtility
program

LSIMegaRAIDWebBIOS
CongurationUtility

•Forusewithall
factory-supportedRAID
controllers

•Automaticallydetects
hardwareandlists
allsupportedRAID
congurations

•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller

•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
conguredLenovo
servers.

INTELiMSTSATAsoftware
RAID

ThinkServer8708ELPSAS
RAIDAdapter,ThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,
orThinkServerRAID700
Adapter(9260-8i)

EasyStartupDVD“UsingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram”on
page76

PressCtrl+Itostart“Conguringtheonboard

SATAsoftwareRAID”on
page79

PressCtrl+Htostart

RefertotheMegaRAID

SASSoftwareUserGuide

onthedocumentationDVD
thatcamewithyouserver.
Andyoucanndandinstall
theMegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe

ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour

server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\T oolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.

information

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-system
installationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.

IfyoudidnotreceiveanThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefrom
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

76ThinkServerInstallationandUserGuide

TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Self-bootingDVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystem

•Automatichardwaredetection

•RAIDcongurationutility

•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystem

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Installstheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•CreatesareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserverstomake
futureinstallationsevenfaster.

BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD

FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemscanvarywithdifferentversionsoftheEasyStartupprogram.
Tolearnmoreabouttheversionyouhave,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandrestarttheserver.

2.AdvancetotheHomescreen.

3.ClickCompatabilitynotes.Thecompatabilitynotesfeatureprovidesdetailedinformationaboutthe
RAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythatversionofthe
EasyStartupprogram.

4.ClickUserGuide.TheUserGuideprovidesanoverviewofthevariousfunctionsprovidedbythat
versionoftheEasyStartupprogram.

BeforeusingtheEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,makesureanyexternalstorage
devicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

Setupandconguration

WhenyoustarttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing:

•Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram.

•Selectthelanguageofthekeyboardyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram.

Note:Thefollowinglanguagekeyboardsaresupported:English,French,German,Spanish,Japanese,
Turkish,Italian,andDutch.Y ourThinkServerEasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,the
keyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.

Youwillthenseeoneormoreremindersaboutconguringstoragedevices,andthenyouwillbepresented
withtheLenovoLicenseAgreement.Readthelicenseagreementcarefully.Y oumustagreewithtermsin
ordertocontinue.

Afteragreeingtothelicenseagreement,youwillbegiventhefollowingchoices:

•Continuetothemainprograminterface

•Useashortcuttoinstallanoperatingsystembasedaresponselethatyoupreviouslycreatedusingthe
EasyStartupprogram

•UseashortcuttocongureRAIDcontrollersbasedonaRAIDresponselethatyoupreviouslycreated
usingtheEasyStartupprogram

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver77

Ifyoucontinuetothemainprograminterface,youwillhavethefollowingselectableoptions:

•Compatibilitynotes:ThisselectionprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,
andservercongurationssupportedbythatversionoftheEasyStartupprogram.

•UserGuide:Thisselectionprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesprovidedbythatversionofthe
EasyStartupprogram.

•Hardwarelist:ThisselectiondisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheEasyStartupprogram.

•CongureRAID:ThisselectionenablesyoutoviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationforeachinstalled
RAIDcontrollerandmakechangesifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem:Thisselectiondisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformation
requiredforinstallation,preparestheharddiskforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocess
usingtheuser-providedoperating-systeminstallationCDorDVD.

•About:Thisselectiondisplaysversioninformationandlegalnotices.

ConguringRAID

TheRAIDcongurationfeaturethatispartoftheEasyStartupprogramenablesyoutoviewandchangeRAID
settingsforsupportedRAIDcontrollers.Throughthisfeature,youhavetheabilitytocongureeachinstalled
controller.Theprogramautomaticallydetectsthenumberofdiscscurrentlyattachedtothecontroller,
determinesthepossibleRAIDcongurationsthatcanbecongured,andpromptsyouthroughthesteps
tocongureoneormorediskarrayswithorwithouthot-spareharddiskdrives.Asyoucongureeach
controlleryouwillbegiventheoptiontosavetheRAIDcongurationsettingstoaRAIDresponsele,which
youcanuseonothersimilarlyconguredLenovoservers.Thismethodsatisesmostusers'needs.

Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation

WhenyouselectInstalloperatingsystem,youwillbepromptedforinformationrequiredfortheinstallation.
Thepromptsvarydependingontheoperatingsystemselected.Thissectiondescribesthetasksassociated
withatypicalWindowsoperatingsysteminstallation.Eachtaskmustbecompletedinorderbeforemoving
tothenexttask.

Note:EnsurethatyourRAIDcontrolleriscorrectlyconguredbeforeyouselectanoperatingsystemtoinstall.

•Selectoperatingsystem:Thistaskenablesyoutoselecttheoperatingsystemthatyouwillbeinstalling.

•Selectdisk:Thistaskenablesyoutoselectthediskwhereyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Note:ThediskthatyouselectmustbesetasthebootdiskintheSetupUtilityprogram.

•Partitionsoptions:Thistaskenablesyoutochoosewhetheryouwanttorepartitiontheselecteddrive
oruseanexistingpartition.

•Partitionsettings:Thistaskenablesyoutochoosethelesystemtypeanddenethepartitionsize.

•Installationsettings:Thistaskpromptsyouforuserandsystemsettings,theoperatingsystemproduct
key,andtheadministratorpassword.

•Networksettings:Thistaskpromptsyoufordomainandworkgroupsettings,Ethernetcontrollertype,IP
addresssettings,DNSsettings,andWINSaddresssettings.

•Installapplications:Thistaskenablesyoutoruncustomcommandsorscriptsattheendofthe
installationprocessandinstalltheThinkServerEasyManageprogramtohelpyoumanageyourservers.

•InstallWindowscomponents:ThistaskenablesyoutoinstalloptionalWindowscomponentssuch
asIIS,ASP.NET,andSNMP .

•Conrmsettings:Thistaskenablesyoutoreviewalloftheinformationyouprovided.

•Saveresponsele:ThistaskgivesyoutheoptionofsavingtheinformationonadisketteorUSBdevice
asaresponseleforfutureinstallationsonsimilarlyconguredLenovoservers.

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•Startinstallation:Thistaskstartstheactualinstallationprocess.First,thediskispreparedusingthedisk
andpartitioninformationyouspecied.Thenyouarepromptedtoinserttheoperatingsystemdisk,and
theoperatingsystemisinstalledusingtheinformationthatyouspecied.

ConguringtheonboardSA T AsoftwareRAID

ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconguretheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDbyusingthe
INTELiMSTCongurationUtilityprogram.

RAIDinformation

Duringsystemstartup,theSATARAIDBIOSisinitializedandtheBIOSversionoftheRAIDadapter,the
currentRAIDstatus,andthecongurationofthearraywillbedisplayedonthescreen.Thestatusofthe
arraywillbeoneofthefollowing:

1.Normal:ThisstatusindicatesthenormaloperationoftheRAIDarray.

2.Degraded:Thisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveisfaultyordisconnectedfrom
mirrorvolumeandyouhavetoreplacethefaultyharddiskdrivesandrecoverthedatathroughthe
Rebuildfunction.

3.Failed:ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisfailedandunabletoberestoredbyrebuilding.You
havetocreatethearrayagain.

4.Rebuild:Thisstatusindicatesthatthearrayisbeingrebuilt.

StartingtheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogram

TostarttheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogram,dothefollowing:

1.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-ItoenterCongurationUtility...”,pressCtrl+I.
TheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogrammainmenuopens.

2.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoconguretheSATARAID.Whenworkingwiththisprogram,
youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedatthebottom
ofeachscreen.

ThemainmenuoftheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogramincludesthefollowingitems:

•CreateRAIDvolumeisforcreatingtheRAIDvolume.

•DeleteRAIDvolumeisfordeletingtheRAIDvolume.

•ResetDiskstoNon-RAIDisforsettingtheharddiskdrivestononRAID.

•RecoveryVolumeOptionsisarecoveryoptionwhentheRAIDmodeisRecovery.

•Exitisforexitingtheprogram.

CreatingtheRAIDvolume

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreatetheRAIDvolumebyusingtheIntelMatrixStorage
Managerprogram.

TocreatetheRAIDvolumebyusingtheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogram,dothefollowing:

1.SelectCreateRAIDVolumefromtheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogrammainmenuandpress
Enter.TheCREATEVOLUMEMENUopens.

2.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthevolumenameandRAIDlevel,selectharddiskdrives,the
stripsize(RAID1cannotbestriped),andthecapacity.

Note:Donotexceedthemaximumcapacity.

Chapter6.Conguringtheserver79

3.Whennishallthesettings,pressEnter.Awarningmessagewillbedisplayed.PressYtoconrm
yoursettingsandcreatethevolume.

DeletingtheRAIDvolume

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtodeletetheRAIDvolumebyusingtheIntelMatrixStorage
Managerprogram.

TodeletetheRAIDvolumebyusingtheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogram,dothefollowing:

1.SelectDeleteRAIDVolumefromtheIntelMatrixStorageManagerprogrammainmenuandpressEnter.
TheDELETEVOLUMEMENUopens.

2.FollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoselecttheRAIDvolumeandpressDel.

3.PressYwhenpromptedtodeletetheRAIDvolume.

RebuildingtheRAIDvolume

Whenthereisafailingharddiskdriveinthevolume,youneedtoreplacetheharddiskdrive.Then,the
volumewillbeautomaticallyrebuilt.Therebuildingwillbeperformedintheoperationsystem.

ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller

TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovidesaninterfaceforconnecting
toa10Mbps,100Mbps,or1Gbpsnetworkandprovidesfull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.IftheEthernetportsintheserversupports
auto-negotiation,thecontrollersdetectthedata-transferrate(10BASE-T,100BASE-TX,or1000BASE-T)and
duplexmode(full-duplexorhalf-duplex)ofthenetworkandautomaticallyoperatesatthatrateandmode.

Youdonothavetosetanyjumpersorcongurethecontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevicedriverto
enabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupportWeb
site.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttocheckforthelatestlevelofrmware,suchastheBIOS
ROMle,BMCFWandRAIDFWles.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorrestorethepre-existingrmwarefromadisketteor
CDimage.

•TheBIOSROMleisstoredinashonthesystemboard.

•TheEthernetrmwareisstoredinEEPROMontheEthernetcontroller.

•TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDrmwareisintegratedintotheBIOSROMonthesystemboard.

•TheSASRAIDcardrmwareisstoredinROMontheSASRAIDcard.

TheEthernetrmwareisdownloadableathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterisasoftwareapplicationthatenablesyoutomaintainyour
systemrmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryoutages.FirmwareUpdaterupdatestheserver
systemandadapterrmware.

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Toupdateyoursystem,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadtheISOimagefortheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram.

3.BurntheISOimagetoadisc.

4.Settheopticaldriveastherstbootdeviceandinsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Theserverwill
proceeddirectlytotheUserInterfaceApplication’sintroductoryscreen.

5.Readthemessagesandinstructionsdisplayedontheintroductoryscreen.Then,clickNexttoproceed
tothelistofrmwareupdatesavailableontheopticalmedia.

6.ClickApplytobegintheupdates(clickCancelifyouwanttoaborttheupdatesandexit).Allupdates
willruntocompletion,witheachupdater’snativeuserinterfacekeptvisibletotheuser.WhentheUser
InterfaceApplicationregainscontrol,youwillseetheresultsscreen.

Beforedistributingthermwareupdatetootherservers,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram

ToinstalltheThinkServerEasyManageAgent,youmustalreadyhaveacoreserverrunningtheThinkServer
EasyManageCoreServerprogram.TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentmustbeinstalledfromthatcore
server.RefertotheThinkServerEasyManageCoreServerdocumentationaboutAgentdeploymentfor
instructionsonthevariouswaystodeploytheThinkServerEasyManageAgenttoyournewserver.

Also,theThinkServerEasyStartupprogramprovidesanoptiontoinstalltheThinkServerEasyManageAgent
aspartoftheoperatingsysteminstallationprocess.

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Chapter7.Troubleshooting

Thischapterdescribesthediagnostictoolsthatareavailabletohelpyousolveproblemsthatmightoccurin
theserver.

Ifyoucannotdiagnoseandcorrectaproblembyusingtheinformationinthischapter,seeAppendixB
“Gettinghelpandtechnicalassistance”onpage99

Troubleshootingtables

Usethetroubleshootingtablestondsolutionstoproblemsthathaveidentiablesymptoms.

Ifyouhavejustaddednewsoftwareoranewoptionaldeviceandtheserverisnotworking,completethe
followingstepsbeforeyouusethetroubleshootingtables:

1.Checktheoperatorinformationpanel.

2.Removethesoftwareordevicethatyoujustadded.

3.Reinstallthenewsoftwareornewdevice.

DVDdriveproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

formoreinformation.

SymptomAction

TheDVDdriveisnot
recognized.

ADVDisnotworkingcorrectly.

1.Makesurethat:

•TheSA TAchanneltowhichtheDVDdriveisattached(primaryorsecondary)
isenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

•Allcablesandjumpersareinstalledcorrectly.

•Thesignalcableandconnectorarenotdamagedandtheconnectorpins
arenotbent.

•ThecorrectdevicedriverisinstalledfortheDVDdrive.

2.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.DVDdrive
b.DVDdrivecables

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.DVDdrive
b.DVDdriveandcables
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.CleantheDVD.

2.ReseattheDVDdrive.

3.ReplacetheDVDdrive.

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SymptomAction

TheDVDdrivetrayisnot
working.

1.Makesurethattheserveristurnedon.

2.Inserttheendofastraightenedpaperclipintothemanualtray-releaseopening.

3.ReseattheDVDdrive.

4.ReplacetheDVDdrive.

Generalproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Acoverlockisbroken,anLED
isnotworking,orasimilar
problemhasoccurred.

IfthepartisaCRU,replaceit.IfthepartisaFRU,thepartmustbereplacedbya
trainedservicetechnician.

Harddiskdriveproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Notalldrivesarerecognizedby
theharddiskdrivediagnostic
tests.

Theserverstopsresponding
duringtheharddiskdrive
diagnostictest.

Aharddiskdrivewasnot
detectedwhiletheoperating
systemwasbeingstarted.

Removethedrivethatisindicatedbythediagnostictests;then,runtheharddisk
drivediagnostictestsagain.Iftheremainingdrivesarerecognized,replacethe
drivethatyouremovedwithanewone.

Removetheharddiskdrivethatwasbeingtestedwhentheserverstopped
responding,andrunthediagnostictestagain.Iftheharddiskdrivediagnostictest
runssuccessfully,replacethedrivethatyouremovedwithanewone.

Reseatallharddiskdrivesandcables;then,runtheharddiskdrivediagnostic
testsagain.

Intermittentproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

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SymptomAction

Aproblemoccursonly
occasionallyandisdifcultto
diagnose.

1.Makesurethat:

•Allcablesandcordsareconnectedsecurelytotherearoftheserverand
attacheddevices.

•Whentheserveristurnedon,airisowingfromthefangrille.Ifthereis
noairow,thefanisnotworking.Thiscancausetheservertooverheat
andshutdown.

2.Checkthesystem-eventlog(see“Eventlogs”onpage94).

3.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage93.

Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-deviceproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Allorsomekeysonthe
keyboarddonotwork.

Themouseorpointingdevice
doesnotwork.

1.Makesurethat:

•Thekeyboardcableissecurelyconnected.

•Theserverandthemonitorareturnedon.

2.Thekeyboardiscompatiblewiththeserver.RefertotheWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

3.IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardanditisconnectedtoaUSBhub,disconnect
thekeyboardfromthehubandconnectitdirectlytotheserver.

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Keyboard
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.Makesurethat:

•Themouseorpointingdeviceiscompatiblewiththeserver.RefertotheWeb

siteathttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

•Themouseorpointing-devicecableissecurelyconnectedtotheserver.

•Themouseorpointing-devicedevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.

•Theserverandthemonitorareturnedon.

•ThemouseisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

2.IfyouareusingaUSBmouseorpointingdeviceanditisconnectedtoaUSB
hub,disconnectthemouseorpointingdevicefromthehubandconnectit
directlytotheserver.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Mouseorpointingdevice
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

Memoryproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

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•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Theamountofsystemmemory
thatisdisplayedislessthan
theamountofinstalledphysical
memory.

MultiplerowsofDIMMsina
branchareidentiedasfailing.

1.Makesurethat:

•NoerrorLEDsarelitontheoperatorinformationpanelorontheDIMM.

•Memorymirroringdoesnotaccountforthediscrepancy.

•Thememorymodulesareseatedcorrectly.

•Y ouhaveinstalledthecorrecttypeofmemory.

•Ifyouchangedthememory,youupdatedthememorycongurationinthe
SetupUtilityprogram.

•Allbanksofmemoryareenabled.Theservermighthaveautomatically
disabledamemorybankwhenitdetectedaproblem,oramemorybank
mighthavebeenmanuallydisabled.

2.CheckthePOSTeventlogforDIMMerrormessages:

•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbyasystems-managementinterrupt(SMI),replace
theDIMM.

•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbytheuserorbyPOST,runtheSetupUtilityprogram
andenabletheDIMM.

3.Makesurethatthereisnomemorymismatchwhentheserverisattheminimum
memoryconguration.

4.AddonepairofDIMMsatatime,makingsurethattheDIMMsineachpair
arematching.

5.ReseattheDIMMs.

6.ReplacetheDIMMsoneatatimeintheorderandrestarttheservereachtime.

1.ReseattheDIMMs;then,restarttheserver.

2.Replacethelowest-numberedDIMMswithidenticalknowngoodDIMMs;
then,restarttheserver.Repeatasnecessary.Ifthefailurescontinueafterall
identiedpairsarereplaced,contactatrainedservicetechnicianforhelp.

3.ReturntheremovedDIMMs,onepairatatime,totheiroriginalconnectors,
restartingtheserveraftereachpair,untilapairfails.ReplaceeachDIMMin
thefailedpairwithanidenticalknowngoodDIMM,restartingtheserverafter
youreinstalleachDIMM.ReplacethefailedDIMM.Repeattheseactionsuntil
youhavetestedallremovedDIMMs.

4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.

Microprocessorproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

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SymptomAction

Theserveremitsacontinuous
beepduringthePOST,
indicatingthatthestartup
(boot)microprocessorisnot
workingcorrectly.

1.Makesurethattheserversupportsallthemicroprocessorsandthatthe
microprocessorsmatchinspeedandcachesize.

2.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Reseatmicroprocessor1.

3.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifthereisnoindicationofwhichmicroprocessor
hasfailed,isolatetheerrorbytestingwithonemicroprocessoratatime.

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Microprocessor2
b.VRM2
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

5.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifmultipleerrorcodesindicateamicroprocessor
error,reversethelocationsoftwomicroprocessorstodeterminewhetherthe
errorisassociatedwithamicroprocessororwithamicroprocessorsocket.

•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessor,replacethemicroprocessor.

•IftheerrorisassociatedwithaVRM,replacetheVRM.

•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessorsocket,replacethesystem

board.

Monitorproblems

Somemonitorshavetheirownself-tests.Ifyoususpectaproblemwithyourmonitor,seethedocumentation
thatcomeswiththemonitorforinstructionsfortestingandadjustingthemonitor.

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Testingthemonitor

Thescreenisblank.

1.Makesurethatthemonitorcablesarermlyconnected.

2.Tryusingadifferentmonitorontheserver,ortryusingthemonitorthatisbeing
testedonadifferentserver.

3.Runthediagnosticprograms.Ifthemonitorpassesthediagnosticprograms,
theproblemmightbeavideodevicedriver.

4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.

1.IftheserverisattachedtoaKVMswitch,bypasstheKVMswitchtoeliminateit
asapossiblecauseoftheproblem:connectthemonitorcabledirectlytothe
correctconnectorontherearoftheserver.

2.Makesurethat:

•Theserveristurnedon.Ifthereisnopowertotheserver,see“Power

problems”onpage89

•Themonitorcablesareconnectedcorrectly.

•Themonitoristurnedonandthebrightnessandcontrastcontrolsare

adjustedcorrectly.

•NoPOSTerrorsaregeneratedwhentheserveristurnedon.

3.Makesurethatthecorrectserveriscontrollingthemonitor,ifapplicable.

4.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage93.

.

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SymptomAction

Themonitorhasscreen
jitter,orthescreenimageis
wavy,unreadable,rolling,or
distorted.

Wrongcharactersappearon
thescreen.

1.Ifthemonitorself-testsshowthatthemonitorisworkingcorrectly,consider
thelocationofthemonitor.Magneticeldsaroundotherdevices(suchas
transformers,appliances,uorescentlights,andothermonitors)cancause
screenjitterorwavy,unreadable,rolling,ordistortedscreenimages.Ifthis
happens,turnoffthemonitor.

Attention:Movingacolormonitorwhileitisturnedonmightcausescreen
discoloration.

Movethedeviceandthemonitoratleast305mm(12inches)apart,andturnon
themonitor.

Topreventdiskettedriveread/writeerrors,makesurethatthedistancebetween
themonitorandanyexternaldiskettedriveisatleast76mm(3inches).

2.Reseatthemonitor.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Monitor
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.Ifthewronglanguageisdisplayed,updatetheserverrmwarewiththecorrect
language(see“Updatingthermware”onpage80

2.Reseatthemonitor.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Monitor
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

).

Optional-deviceproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

ALenovooptionaldevicethat
wasjustinstalleddoesnot
work.

1.Makesurethat:

•Thedeviceisdesignedfortheserver.Foralistofthesupportedoptionsfor
yourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServer
systemspage,clickProducts➙Options.

•Y oufollowedtheinstallationinstructionsthatcamewiththedeviceandthe
deviceisinstalledcorrectly.

•Y ouhavenotloosenedanyotherinstalleddevicesorcables.

•Y ouupdatedthecongurationinformationintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Whenevermemoryoranyotherdeviceischanged,youmustupdatethe
conguration.

2.Reseatthedevicethatyoujustinstalled.

3.Replacethedevicethatyoujustinstalled.

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SymptomAction

ALenovooptionaldevicethat
usedtoworkdoesnotwork
now.

1.Makesurethatallofthehardwareandcableconnectionsforthedeviceare
secure.

2.Ifthedevicecomeswithtestinstructions,usethoseinstructionstotestthe
device.

3.IfthefailingdeviceisanSCSIdevice,makesurethat:

•ThecablesforallexternalSCSIdevicesareconnectedcorrectly.

•ThelastdeviceineachSCSIchain,ortheendoftheSCSIcable,is

terminatedcorrectly.

•AnyexternalSCSIdeviceisturnedon.YoumustturnonanexternalSCSI

devicebeforeyouturnontheserver.

4.Reseatthefailingdevice.

5.Replacethefailingdevice.

Powerproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(Trainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

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SymptomAction

Thepower-controlbuttondoes
notwork(theserverdoesnot
start).
Note:Thepower-control
buttonwillnotfunctionuntil
3minutesaftertheserverhas
beenconnectedtoacpower.

Theserverdoesnotturnoff.

Theserverunexpectedlyshuts
down,andtheLEDsonthe
operatorinformationpanelare
notlit.

1.Makesurethatthepower-controlbuttonisworkingcorrectly:
a.Disconnecttheserverpowercords.
b.Reconnectthepowercords.
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Reseattheoperatorinformationpanel

cables,andthenrepeattheabovetwosteps.Iftheserverstarts,reseatthe
operatorinformationpanel.Iftheproblemremains,replacetheoperator
informationpanel.

2.Makesurethat:

•Thepowercordsarecorrectlyconnectedtotheserverandtoaworking

electricaloutlet.

•Thetypeofmemorythatisinstallediscorrect.

•TheDIMMisfullyseated.

•TheLEDsonthepowersupplydonotindicateaproblem.

•Themicroprocessorsareinstalledinthecorrectsequence.

3.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.DIMMs
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerswitchconnector
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerbackplane

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.DIMMs
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerswitchconnector
c.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerbackplane
d.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

5.Ifyoujustinstalledanoptionaldevice,removeit,andrestarttheserver.If
theservernowstarts,youmighthaveinstalledmoredevicesthanthepower
supplysupports.

6.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage93.

1.DeterminewhetheryouareusinganAdvancedCongurationandPower
Interface(ACPI)oranon-ACPIoperatingsystem.Ifyouareusinganon-ACPI
operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

a.PressCtrl+Alt+Delete.
b.Turnofftheserverbypressingthepower-controlbuttonfor5seconds.
c.Restarttheserver.
d.IftheserverfailsthePOSTandthepower-controlbuttondoesnotwork,

disconnectthepowercordfor20seconds;then,reconnectthepowercord
andrestarttheserver.

2.IftheproblemremainsorifyouareusinganACPI-awareoperatingsystem,
suspectthesystemboard.

See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage93

.

Serialportproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

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