Lenovo RD430 User Manual

ThinkServerRD430
UserGuide

MachineTypes:3057,3059,3061,3064,3065,3069,3070,3071,
and4306

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage189

FirstEdition(August2012)

©CopyrightLenovo2012.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

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

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

Serverdocumentation.............2

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

Serverpackage...............7

Features..................8

Specications...............11

Software.................12

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........12

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.12

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage.....12

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities......12

RAIDcongurationutilities........12

Remotemanagementsoftware......12

LenovoRackPlanner..........12

ThinkServerSmartGridTechnology....13

Locations.................13

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................13

Frontviewoftheserver.........15

Frontpanel..............21

Diagnosticmodule...........23

Rearviewoftheserver.........26

Servercomponents...........31

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs...35

RAIDcard...............36

Expandercard.............37

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane....38

Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable

connections..............42

Systemboardcomponents........47

Systemboardjumpersandswitches....50

SystemboardLEDs...........54

Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff

theserver...............57

Turningontheserver............57

Turningofftheserver............57

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..59

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........59

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....59

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............59

SetupUtilityprograminterface......60

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....62

Usingpasswords............63

Selectingastartupdevice........64

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......64

SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector

0..................65

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......65

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......65

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...67

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............67

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............68

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

onaWindowsoperatingsystem......69

ConguringRAID..............70

AboutRAID..............70

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram..........72

ConguringtheThinkServerRAID300...72
ConguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardware

RAID.................77

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers......78

Updatingthermware............78

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....78

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManage

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

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........81

Guidelines................81

Precautions..............81

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....82

Systemreliabilityguidelines........83

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.83

Removingtheservercover..........83

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....85

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...86

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles.87

Removingandreinstallingthecooling

shroud................91

Removingandreinstallingtheleftcage...93

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...95

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....101

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....105

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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

700Battery..............107

Installingorremovingtheexpandercard...110
InstallingorremovinganEthernetcard...114
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....119

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer

ManagementModulePremium......123

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerT rusted

PlatformModule............126

Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............129

Installingorreplacingaheatsink......133

Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..135
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...143
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................148

Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

backplane...............152

Replacingtherisercardassembly1....159

Replacingtherisercardassembly2....161

Replacingthefrontpanelboard......163

Replacingthediagnosticmodule.....167

Replacingasystemfan.........170

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....172

Completingthepartsreplacement.......174

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................174

Updatingtheserverconguration.....177

Chapter7.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics.............179

Troubleshootingprocedure..........179

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....179

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........179

Basictroubleshootingtables.........180

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............180

Opticaldriveproblems..........180

Harddiskdriveproblems.........181

Memorymoduleproblems........182

Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice

problems...............183

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............185

Informationresources............185

Usingthedocumentation.........185

ThinkServerWebsite..........185

LenovoSupportWebsite.........185

Helpandservice..............186

Beforeyoucall.............186

Callingforservice............186

Usingotherservices..........187

Purchasingadditionalservices......187

AppendixA.Notices.........189

Trademarks................190

Importantnotes..............190

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..190

Recyclinginformation............190

Batteryreturnprogram..........191

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............191

Particulatecontamination..........192

ImportantinformationfortheEuropeanDirective

2002/96/EC................192

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...196

Exportclassicationnotice..........196

Electronicemissionnotices..........196

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............196

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......198

Index.................199

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derndespåere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

製品をご使用になる前に、製品に付属のDocumentationDVDに収録されているマルチリンガルの「安
全に正しくご使用いただくために」を読んで理解してください。

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

在使用本产品之前，请务必先阅读和了解产品附带的文档DVD中的多语言安全说明。

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

使用本產品之前，請務必閱讀並瞭解產品隨附的文件DVD上的多國語言版本安全資訊。

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Thecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarelabeledwithnumbers.Eachnumber
identiesanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementthatreferstotranslatedversionsofthecaution
ordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.Forexample,ifadangerstatementislabeled
“Statement1,”translationsforthisdangerstatementareintheSafetyInformationdocumentunder
“Statement1.”

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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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.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer .Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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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.

Statement5

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.To
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.Y ou
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff
thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower.Toremoveall
electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat
thedcpowerinputterminals.

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SEL V)source.AnSELV
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•T orquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.T oavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisuserguideforyourLenovo
specications,componentlocations,congurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

Forwarrantyservice,consulttheworldwideLenovoSupporttelephonelist.Telephonenumbersaresubject
tochangewithoutnotice.Themostup-to-datetelephonelistforLenovoSupportisalwaysavailableonthe
Websiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.Ifthetelephonenumberforyourcountryorregionisnot
listed,contactyourLenovoresellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.

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

LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformationand
downloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.ToaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

Forwheretondtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage13.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

YoucanregisteryourserverwithLenovobyfollowingtheinstructionsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/register

Whenyouregisteryourserver,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourserverwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesageneraldescriptionofeachdocumentforyourserverandinstructionsonhow
toobtainallthedocuments.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandincludedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete

warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtondthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing

theserver.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

Note:Thisdocumentisavailableinvelanguages.AprintedEnglishversionisincludedinyourserver
package.APDFversionofFrench,German,Italian,andSpanishareprovidedonthedocumentationDVD
thatcomeswiththeserver.

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DocumentationDVD

ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andHyperT extMarkupLanguage(HTML).ThedocumentationDVDisnot
bootable.ToviewthedocumentsontheDVD,youwillneedacomputerwithaWebbrowserandtheAdobe
Readerprogram,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.adobe.com

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeaftertherstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,

andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

•ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

YoumightndthisdocumentonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Ifnot,downloadit
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Note:Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerManagementModule
Premium(TMMPremium)ontheTMMPremiumconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingor
removingtheThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage123

.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyourserverhasasupportedRAIDcard
installed.See“RAIDcard”onpage36

.ForinformationabouttheThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownas

onboardSASsoftwareRAID),see“ConguringtheThinkServerRAID300”onpage72.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

Documentonlyfortrainedservicepersonnel

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutcomponentlocations,replacementproceduresformajorField
ReplaceableUnits(FRUs),andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanac
powersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwaredevices
installed,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroptions.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage81.

3.Installtheserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshippedwiththeserver.SeetheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

4.ConnecttheEthernetcable(s)andpowercord(s)totheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage

tolocatetheconnectors.

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5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage57.

6.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59

7.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage67

8.Installanyadditionaldriversrequiredforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewith
thehardwareoption.

9.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

10.Checkforrmwareupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage78.

11.Installmanagementapplicationsandanyotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withtheapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.

and“ConguringRAID”onpage70.

.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage8

•“Specications”onpage11

•“Software”onpage12

•“Locations”onpage13

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,powercord(s),arailkit,printeddocumentation,adocumentation
DVD,andsoftwaremedia.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1Server
2Materialbox,includingpowercord(s),printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia
3Railkit

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Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryorunavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,usethe
SetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59

Microprocessor

.

OneortwoIntel

®

®

Xeon

quad-core,hexa-core,orocta-coremicroprocessors(internalcachesizevaries

bymodel)

ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Memory

Yourserverhas12memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage95

Powersupply

Oneortwo800-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUSGold)

Systemfan

Asystemfancagewithfourhot-swapsystemfansandtwodummysystemfans

Internaldrive

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Harddiskdrive
–Uptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI

(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Upto123.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives
–Upto162.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives

.

Note:Theterm“2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives”or“2.5-inchharddiskdrives”hereinafterreferstoall
thesupportedtypesof2.5-inchharddiskdrives,includingthesolid-statedrives.

•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels

Expansionslot

•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard

•TwoPeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)Expresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1

•ThreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly2

Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage26

.

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Input/Output(I/O)features

•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)connectoronthefrontpanelinsomemodelsandoneVGAconnector
ontherearpanel

•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)

•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Videosubsystem

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknown
astheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,onthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices

Ethernetconnectivity

ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.

•OnboardIntel82574LGigabitEthernetcontrollerfordedicatedorsharedlocalareanetwork(LAN)
managementinterface(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)

•OnboardIntelGigabitDualPortEthernetcontrollerforEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2

Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage26.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpyouprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver

(see“Usingpasswords”onpage63

)

–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestoprotectagainstsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails(forservermodelsthatcomewithonepowersupply,youcan
purchaseahot-swapredundantpowersupplyoptionfromLenovoandinstallitintoyourserverasthe
secondpowersupplyforredundancy)

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)congurationforimprovingdatastoragereliabilityand

faulttolerance(see“ConguringRAID”onpage70

)
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.

•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

Chapter3.Productoverview9

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

–TMM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMM,no
matterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMM-controlled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,lockingthepowerswitchonthefrontpanel,andsoon.Thispartof
servermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMI
helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanndmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTMMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
CongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.

Formoreinformation,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichisavailablefor
downloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

–Hot-swapfeature

Yourserversupportshot-swapharddiskdrives,hot-swapsystemfans,andhot-swapredundant
powersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceahot-swapdevice
withoutturningofftheserver.

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.

–RAID

YourserversupportsThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSASsoftwareRAID)and
advancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDifarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,
see“ConguringRAID”onpage70

.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12.

–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTMMdetectsthepresenceofa

ThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium),whichalsoisknownasintegratedkeyboard,
video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheTMMPremiumisaremotemanagementmodule.Youcanpurchase

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aTMMPremiumfromLenovoandinstallitontheTMMPremiumconnector(alsoknownasiKVM
connector)onthesystemboardofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatetheadvanced
systemmanagementfeatures.

Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerManagementModule
UserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Widthwithoutrackhandles:442mm(17.4inches)
Widthwithrackhandles:482.4mm(19inches)
Depthwithoutrackhandles:720.6mm(28.37inches)
Depthwithrackhandles:734mm(28.9inches)
Height:87.6mm(3.45inches)

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:16kg(35.27lb)to28kg(61.73lb)
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:19kg(41.89lb)to35kg(77.16lb)

Environment

•Airtemperature:
Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)

Storage:-40°Cto70°C(-40°Fto158°F)inoriginalshippingpackage

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment

•Humidity:
Operating:8%to80%(non-condensing)

Storagewithoutpackage:8%to80%(non-condensing)
Storagewithpackage:8%to90%(non-condensing)

Electricalinput

•Universalinput:

–Lowrange:

Minimum:100Vac
Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz

–Highrange:

Minimum:200Vac
Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz

Chapter3.Productoverview11

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use,
andmaintaintheserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogram
alsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage67

.

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation
aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage78

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.

.

Fordetailedinformation,see“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage79

.

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)rmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage65

and“Updatingthermware”onpage78.

RAIDcongurationutilities

WithsomeRAIDcongurationutilities,yourserversupportsThinkServerRAID300andadvancedSATA/SAS
hardwareRAIDifarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”
onpage70.

Remotemanagementsoftware

TheintegratedTMMprovidesbasicremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.Theadd-onTMMPremium
optionprovidesadvancedremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.

Fordetailedinformationabouttheremotemanagementsoftwareandserverremotemanagement,referto
theThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

LenovoRackPlanner

Racksandserversareusuallydeployedonalargescale.Whendeployingtheequipment,equipment
managersneedalotofreferenceparameterstocalculatepowerconsumptionandelectriccurrentvalues
underdifferentcongurations.TheLenovoRackPlannerprogramprovidesdatamaintenance,power

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consumptionandelectriccurrentcalculations,andreportstohelpequipmentmanagerssignicantly
increaseefciencyindeployingtheequipmentandconvenientlymanagetheequipment.

TodownloadtheLenovoRackPlannerprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpage.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoRackPlannerprogram,refertothehelpsystemforthe
program.

ThinkServerSmartGridT echnology

TheThinkServerSmartGridT echnologyprogramhelpsadministratorstomonitorandmanageserver
performance,especiallythepowerconsumptionforgroupsofserversequippedwiththeIntelIntelligent
PowerNodeManagertechnology.

LenovoprovidesatrialversionoftheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogramwithafree90-day
subscription.After90days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinueusingtheprogram.Youcanpurchase
thelicensefromLenovotoactivatetheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogramandexpandthe
managementcapabilityoftheprogramwhenthefreetrialends.

TodownloadtheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogram,refertothehelp
systemfortheprogram.

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoutolocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

Theillustrationsinthistopicshowthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsonservermodelswith
differentharddiskdrivecongurations.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferent
fromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Chapter3.Productoverview13

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelisattachedonthepull-outinformationcardinthe
followingservermodels:

•Servermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

•Servermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays
Thepull-outinformationcardisasmallplastictabandcanbeslidoutofthefrontofthechassis.

Figure2.Labelonservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Figure3.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

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Forservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelis
attachedontheleftsideoftheserver.

Figure4.Labelonservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Theillustrationsinthistopicshowtheserverfrontviews
basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives:

•“Frontviewofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage16

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage17

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage20

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Chapter3.Productoverview15

Frontviewofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

Figure5.Frontviewofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

13.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
2Rackhandle(left)6Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)
3Pull-outinformationcard
4Frontpanel

13.5-inchharddiskdrivearea

5Diagnosticpanel(variesbymodel)

7Rackhandle(right)

TheElectromagneticInterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrive
bayscoveredoroccupied.Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.The
vacantharddiskdrivebaysareoccupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.

Forservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedon
thetopedgeofthefrontbezel.

Figure6.3.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)

2Rackhandle(left)

7Rackhandle(right)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserverout
oftherackcabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothat
theservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

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3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13.

4Frontpanel

Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage21.

5Diagnosticpanel

Thediagnosticpanelvariesbymodel.Fordetailedinformation,see“Diagnosticmodule”onpage23.

6Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive.

Frontviewofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

Figure7.Frontviewofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

13.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
2Rackhandle(left)7NIC2statusLED
3FrontUSBconnectors(2)8SystemerrorLED
4PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
5Systemidenticationbutton(IDbutton)withIDLED

6NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED

9Rackhandle(right)

Chapter3.Productoverview17

13.5-inchharddiskdrivearea

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrivebaysare
occupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.

Forservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedon
thetopedgeofthefrontbezel.

Figure8.3.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)

2Rackhandle(left)

9Rackhandle(right)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserverout
oftherackcabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothat
theservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

Forservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,thefrontUSBconnectorsareintegratedintotheleft
rackhandle;andthefrontcontrolsandLEDsareintegratedintotherightrackhandle.

3FrontUSBconnectors

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

4PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“T urningonandturningofftheserver”onpage57

.ThepowerstatusLED

helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

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PowerstatusLED

Blinking

5IDbuttonwithIDLED

OnGreen
Off

Color

Theserverison.

None

GreenTheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown

Theserverisoff.

asPowerOnSuspend(POS)mode.Inthismode,
themicroprocessor(s)arenotworkingwhileother
hardwaredevicesarestillworking.

Description

WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelittohelpyoulocate
theserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremotemanagementprogram
forserverpresencedetection.

6NIC1statusLED

7NIC2statusLED

IDLED

On
Off

Color

Blue

None

Theserverisidentied.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentied.

Description

TheNIC1statusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1ontherearoftheserver.

TheNIC2statusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector2ontherearoftheserver.

Description

8SystemerrorLED

NICstatusLEDColor

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Green

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.

ThesystemerrorLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemerrorLEDColor

On

Off

Amber

None

Oneormoresystemerrorshaveoccurredandthe
systemislikelytofail.

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.

Description

Chapter3.Productoverview19

Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

Figure9.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

12.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(rightcage)5Rackhandle(left)

22.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(middlecage)6Diagnosticpanel(variesbymodel)
3Pull-outinformationcard
4Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)8Rackhandle(right)

12.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(rightcage)

7Frontpanel

22.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(middlecage)

Thefrontofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebaysconsistsofthreecages:

•Theleftcageconsistsofthefrontpanelboard,thefrontVGADB-15connector,thediagnosticmodule,
thepull-outinformationcard,andtheslimopticaldrivebay.

•Themiddlecageconsistsofthenumber0tonumber7harddiskdrivebays.Thereiseithera2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdriveora2.5-inchdummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachbay.

•Therightcageconsistsofthenumber8tonumber15harddiskdrivebays.Thereiseithera2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdriveora2.5-inchdummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachbay.Iftheserver
supportsuptoeightharddiskdrives,therewillbeanEMI-protectivepanelthatcoverstherightcage
asawhole.

Figure10.RightcagewithanEMI-protectivepanel

Note:Theharddiskdrivebaynumber(0-15)ismarkedaboveeach2.5-inchharddiskdrivebayonthe
frontbezel.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13

.

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4Slimopticaldrive

ID

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive.

5Rackhandle(left)

8Rackhandle(right)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserverout
oftherackcabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothat
theservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

6Diagnosticpanel

Thediagnosticpanelvariesbymodel.Fordetailedinformation,see“Diagnosticmodule”onpage23

7Frontpanel

.

Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage21.

Frontpanel

Thistopicappliesonlytothefollowingservermodels:

•Servermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

•Servermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays
Forservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,thefrontUSBconnectorsareintegratedintotheleft

rackhandle;andthefrontcontrolsandLEDsareintegratedintotherightrackhandle.See“Frontviewof
servermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage17

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.T olocate
thefrontpanel,see“Frontviewofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage16and
“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage20.

fordetailedinformation.

Figure11.Frontpanel

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
2IDbuttonwithIDLED
3NIC1statusLED7VGADB-15connector
4NIC2statusLED

5SystemerrorLED
6FrontUSBconnectors(2)

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1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“T urningonandturningofftheserver”onpage57.ThepowerstatusLED
helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

PowerstatusLED

Blinking

2IDbuttonwithIDLED

OnGreen
Off

Color

Theserverison.

None

GreenTheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown

Theserverisoff.

asPowerOnSuspend(POS)mode.Inthismode,
themicroprocessor(s)arenotworkingwhileother
hardwaredevicesarestillworking.

Description

WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverare
littohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

3NIC1statusLED

4NIC2statusLED

IDLED

On
Off

Color

Blue

None

Theserverisidentied.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentied.

Description

TheNIC1statusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1ontherearoftheserver.

TheNIC2statusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector2ontherearoftheserver.

Description

5SystemerrorLED

NICstatusLEDColor

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Green

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.

ThesystemerrorLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemerrorLEDColor

On

Off

Amber

None

Oneormoresystemerrorshaveoccurredandthe
systemislikelytofail.

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.

Description

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6FrontUSBconnectors

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

7VGADB-15connector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

Diagnosticmodule

Thistopicappliesonlytothefollowingservermodels:

•Servermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

•Servermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthediagnosticmoduleandthediagnosticLEDsonthepanelofthe
module.T olocatethediagnosticpanel,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Someservermodelscomewithoneofthefollowingdiagnosticmodules:

•IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(IDM)

•IntelligentDiagnosticsModulePremium(IDMPremium)

ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnosticpaneloftheserver.IfanLEDislit,oneor
moreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyoutothesourceoftheerror.See“System
boardLEDs”onpage54.

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(IDM)

TheIDMisavailableinsomemodelstoprovidebasicdiagnosticfunctions.Thefollowingillustrationshows
thediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanel.

Figure12.IDMpanel

1PowersupplyerrorLED4MemorymodulestatusLED
2AmbienttemperaturelimitLED5MicroprocessorstatusLED
3SystemfanerrorLED

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1PowersupplyerrorLED

WhenthepowersupplyerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthereisapowersupplyproblem.T o
identifythefailingpowersupply,checkthestatusLEDnearthepowercordconnectorontheredundant
powersupply.WhentheLEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworking
correctly.WhentheLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelyto
failorhasfailed.

2AmbienttemperaturelimitLED

WhenthisLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthattheambienttemperatureisbelow7°C(44.6°F)orover40°C
(104°F),whichisnotproperforserveroperation.

3SystemfanerrorLED

WhenthesystemfanerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthesystemfan(s)areoperatingslowlyorhave
failed.Toidentifythefailingsystemfan(s),checkthestatusLEDsonthesystemboard.See“System
boardLEDs”onpage54.

4MemorymodulestatusLED

WhenthememorymodulestatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatoneormorememorymodulesare
overheated.

5MicroprocessorstatusLED(alsoknownasCPUstatusLED)

WhenthemicroprocessorstatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatoneortwomicroprocessorsare
overheated.

IntelligentDiagnosticsModulePremium(IDMPremium)

TheIDMPremiumisavailableinsomemodelstoprovideadvanceddiagnosticfunctions.Thefollowing
illustrationshowsthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMPremiumpanel.

Figure13.IDMPremiumpanel

1SystemfanerrorLEDs
2CPU1DIMMstatusLEDs
3CPU2DIMMstatusLEDs

4AmbienttemperaturelimitLED
5MicroprocessorstatusLEDs
6PowersupplyerrorLEDs

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1SystemfanerrorLEDs

WhenasystemfanerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingsystemfanisoperatingslowly
orhasfailed.Thefollowingillustrationshowsthesystemfansandtheirnumbers.

Notes:

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustration.

•Yourserverhasfoursystemfans.Thecallout3andcallout6indicatedummysystemfans.

Figure14.Systemfans

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2CPU1DIMMstatusLEDs

3CPU2DIMMstatusLEDs

WhenaDIMMstatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingmemorymoduleisoverheated.
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthememorymodulesandtheirnumbers.

Figure15.DIMMstatusLEDsandDIMMs

4AmbienttemperaturelimitLED

WhenthisLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthattheambienttemperatureisbelow7°C(44.6°F)orover40°C
(104°F),whichisnotproperforserveroperation.

5MicroprocessorstatusLEDs(alsoknownasCPUstatusLEDs)

WhenamicroprocessorstatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingmicroprocessoris
overheated.Forthemicroprocessorlocation(s),see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47.

6PowersupplyerrorLEDs

WhenapowersupplyerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthereisapowersupplyproblem.Forthe
powersupplylocation(s),see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage26

.Toidentifythefailingpowersupply,you
alsomightcheckthestatusLEDnearthepowercordconnectorontheredundantpowersupply.Whenthe
LEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.WhentheLED
islitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserver.

Figure16.Rearviewoftheserver

1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availablein

7VGADB-15connector

somemodels)

2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1
3PCIExpresscardareaforcardsontherisercard

8Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)
9Ethernetconnector0forsystemmanagement(RJ-45)

assembly2

4PCIExpresscardareaforcardsontherisercard

10Serialport

assembly1

5Ethernetconnector2(RJ-45)
6FourUSBconnectors

1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availableinsomemodels)

2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1

11IDLED

Thehot-swapredundantpowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails.Youcanpurchaseahot-swapredundantpowersupplyoptionfrom
Lenovoandinstallthepowersupplytoprovidepowerredundancywithoutturningofftheserver.

Oneachhot-swapredundantpowersupply,thereisastatusLEDnearthepowercordconnector.Whenthe
LEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.WhentheLED
islitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.

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3PCIExpresscardareaforcardsontherisercardassembly2

TherearethreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly2forinstallingEthernetcardsorother
supportedPCIExpresscards.

Figure17.Risercardassembly2

Note:Theslot

1andslot2aresupportedonlyinservermodelswithtwomicroprocessors.Forserver

modelswithonemicroprocessor,theslot1andslot2arecovered.Ifyouinstallthesecondmicroprocessor
intheserver,youneedtoremovethecoversthatprotecttheslot1andslot2beforeinstallingany
supportedcardsintotheslots.

PCIExpress

cardslot

1

2

3

Physicallink

width

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x8x8,x4,x2,x1
x8x4,x2,x1

Negotiablelinkwidth

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard
Half-length,full-heightcard
Low-prolecard

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4PCIExpresscardareaforcardsontherisercardassembly1

TherearetwoPCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1.

Figure18.Risercardassembly1

Note:ForaRAIDcard,itmustbeinstalledintotheupperslot(callout2)ontherisercardassembly1.For
anexpandercard,itmustbeinstalledintothelowerslot(callout1)ontherisercardassembly1.

PCIExpress

cardslot

Physicallink

width

1

2

x8x4,x2,x1

x16x16,x8,x4,x2,x1

Negotiablelinkwidth

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard(recommendedfor
installinganexpandercard)

Half-length,full-heightcard(recommendedfor
installingasupportedRAIDcard)

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589Ethernetconnectors(RJ-45)

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Notes:

•TheEthernetconnector0(callout9)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouse

remotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.

•TheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagementis82574Lbydefault.Ifyouhaveselectedshare

modeforthe82574LEthernetconnectorintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanusetheconnector
asanordinaryEthernetconnectorwith100Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.However,teamingwithother
EthernetconnectorsisnotsupportedifthemanagementEthernetconnectorisusedasanordinary
Ethernetconnector.FordetailedinformationaboutsettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnectorforsystem
management,see“SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0”onpage65

Figure19.EthernetstatusLEDs

.

EthernetstatusLED

1Left

2Right

6USBconnectors

ColorStatus

Amber
GreenOn
None
GreenOn
None
Green

On

Off

Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Description

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

7VGADB-15connector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

10Serialport

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

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11IDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontoftheserver,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserver
arelittohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.Y oualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

IDLED

On
Off

Color

Blue

None

Theserverisidentied.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentied.

Description

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage83.

Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthethreemainchassis
congurationsbasedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

•“Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage32

•“Componentsofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage33

•“Componentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage34

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Figure20.Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Coolingshroud
2Powersupplycoolingshroud
3Risercardassembly214Frontpanelboard
4Oneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies

12Pull-outinformationcard
13Rackhandle(left)

15Backplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddisk

drivebays

5PCIExpresscard(s)(availableinsomemodels)16Systemfans(4)
6Heatsink(s)withmicroprocessor(s)underneath17CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
7Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)18CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)
8Rackhandle(right)19Systemboard

93.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
10Diagnosticmodule(variesbymodel)21PCIExpresscard(s)(availableinsomemodels)
11VGADB-15connector

20Systemboardbattery

22Risercardassembly1

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Componentsofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Figure21.Componentsofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Coolingshroud

10Backplaneforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddisk

drivebays

2Powersupplycoolingshroud
3Risercardassembly2
4Oneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies13CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)
5PCIExpresscard(s)(availableinsomemodels)14Systemboard
6Heatsink(s)withmicroprocessor(s)underneath15Systemboardbattery
7Rackhandle(right)withfrontcontrolsandLEDs

83.5-inchharddiskdrivearea17RAIDcard
9Rackhandle(left)withfrontUSBconnectors

11Systemfans(4)
12CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)

16Expandercard

18Risercardassembly1

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Componentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Figure22.Componentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Coolingshroud13Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)
2Powersupplycoolingshroud
3Risercardassembly2
4Oneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies
5PCIExpresscard(s)(availableinsomemodels)17Systemfans(4)
6Heatsink(s)withmicroprocessor(s)underneath18CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
7Backplane(s)forservermodelswith2.5-inch

14Diagnosticmodule(variesbymodel)
15Rackhandle(left)
16Frontpanelboard

19CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)

harddiskdrivebays

8Rackhandle(right)20Systemboard

92.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(rightcage)21Systemboardbattery

102.5-inchharddiskdrivearea(middlecage)22PCIExpresscard(s)(availableinsomemodels)
11Pull-outinformationcard
12VGADB-15connector

23Risercardassembly1

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Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.

Figure23.3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Figure24.2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

1HarddiskdriveactivityLED2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

On,greenOff

Blinking,green

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes

On,greenOn,amber

Blinking,green

Off

persecond),amber

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
berecovered.Youneedtorecreatea
newarray.

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

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RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheRAIDcardifyourserverhasaRAID
cardinstalledinthelongerslotoftherisercardassembly1.

SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“Installingor
removingtheRAIDcard”onpage101.

Notes:

•TheoptionkitforaRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional

cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

•TheservermusthaveaRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalledtosupportmorethaneighthard

diskdrives.

YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure25.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

1Port03RAID5keyconnector
2Port1

1Port0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42

3RAID5keyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105

.

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.

.

ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Figure26.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

1Ports7-43Board-to-boardconnector
2Ports3-0

1Ports7-4

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42.

2Ports3-0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42.

3Board-to-boardconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700
Battery”onpage107

.

Expandercard

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheexpandercardifyourserverhas
oneinstalledintheshorterslotoftherisercardassembly1.

TheexpandercardworkstogetherwiththeRAIDcardbyexpandingtheportsontheRAIDcardsothat
theservercansupportupto16harddiskdrives.

Note:TheservermusthaveaRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalledtosupportmorethaneighthard
diskdrives.

Chapter3.Productoverview37

Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheexpandercard.Eachconnectorontheexpander
cardisusedtoconnectamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Fordetailedinformation,see“Mini-SASto
mini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42.

Figure27.Expandercard

1Connector14Connector4
2Connector25Connector5
3Connector36Connector6

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdrivebayandbackplanecongurations:

•Eight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebaysandonebackplane

•123.5-inchharddiskdrivebaysandonebackplane

•Eight2.5-inchharddiskdrivebaysandonebackplane

•162.5-inchharddiskdrivebaysandtwobackplanes

Tolocatethebackplane(s),see“Servercomponents”onpage31

Backplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodels
witheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

.

38ThinkServerRD430UserGuide

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard
diskdrivebays.

Figure28.Frontviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Slot0fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive5Slot7fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot2fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive6Slot5fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
3Slot4fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive7Slot3fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
4Slot6fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive8Slot1fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive

Figure29.Rearviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

18-pinpowerconnector
28-pinpowerconnector
3Opticaldrivepowerconnector

128-pinpowerconnector

4Mini-SASports4-7
5Mini-SASports0-3

Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.

3Opticaldrivepowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveiftheserverhasoneinstalled.

4Mini-SASports4-7

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7.

5Mini-SASports0-3

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.

Chapter3.Productoverview39

Backplaneforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodels
with123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswith123.5-inchhard
diskdrivebays.

Figure30.Frontviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Slot0fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive7Slot6fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot1fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive8Slot7fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
3Slot2fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive9Slot8fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
4Slot3fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive10Slot9fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
5Slot4fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive11Slot10fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
6Slot5fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive12Slot11fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive

Figure31.Rearviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Signalcableconnector5Signalcableconnector
2Mini-SASports8-11
3Mini-SASports4-7
4Mini-SASports0-3

1Signalcableconnector

68-pinpowerconnector
78-pinpowerconnector

UsedtoconnectthesignalcableforthefrontcontrolsandLEDsontherightrackhandle.

2Mini-SASports8-11

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive8toharddiskdrive11.

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3Mini-SASports4-7

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7.

4Mini-SASports0-3

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.

5Signalcableconnector

UsedtoconnectthesignalcableforthefrontUSBconnectorsontheleftrackhandle.

678-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.

Backplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswith

2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchhard
diskdrivebays.

Figure32.Frontviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

1Slot0fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-state

5Slot4fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

drive

2Slot1fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-state

6Slot5fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

drive

3Slot2fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-state

7Slot6fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

drive

4Slot3fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-state

8Slot7fora2.5-inchharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

drive

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Figure33.Rearviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

18-pinpowerconnector
2Mini-SASports4-74Opticaldrivepowerconnector

18-pinpowerconnector

3Mini-SASports0-3

Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.

2Mini-SASports4-7

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupport
theharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7;ortosupporttheharddiskdrive12toharddiskdrive15ifthe
backplaneisforharddiskdrivesintherightcageoftheserver.

3Mini-SASports0-3

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3;ortosupporttheharddiskdrive8toharddiskdrive11ifthebackplane
isforharddiskdrivesintherightcageoftheserver.

4Opticaldrivepowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveiftheserverhasoneinstalled.

Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcables.Thistopic
containsthefollowingitems:

•“ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane”onpage42

•“ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtotheexpandercard,andthenfromtheexpandercardto

thebackplane(s)”onpage43

•“Connectingcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplane”onpage46

ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane

IfyourserverhasasupportedRAIDcardinstalled,youcanconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothe
backplanetosupportuptoeightharddiskdrivesandadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.

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Note:TheoptionkitforaRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional

cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

UsethefollowinginstructionstoconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane:

1.Forharddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3,dooneofthefollowingdependingonthetypeofyourRAID
card:

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableand

connectthemini-SASconnector

1ononeendofthecabletotheport0ontheThinkServerRAID

500Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SAS
ports0-3onthebackplane.

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableand

connectthemini-SASconnector3ononeendofthecabletotheports3-0ontheThinkServer
RAID700Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector

4ontheotherendofthecabletothe

mini-SASports0-3onthebackplane.

2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,forharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7,
dooneofthefollowingdependingonthetypeofyourRAIDcard:

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableand

connectthemini-SASconnector

3ononeendofthecabletotheport1ontheThinkServerRAID

500Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector4ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SAS
ports4-7onthebackplane.

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableand

connectthemini-SASconnector

1ononeendofthecabletotheports7-4ontheThinkServer

RAID700Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendofthecabletothe
mini-SASports4-7onthebackplane.

Figure34.ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage38

•“RAIDcard”onpage36

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47

ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtotheexpandercard,andthenfromthe
expandercardtothebackplane(s)

Tosupportmorethaneightandupto123.5-inchharddiskdrivesorupto162.5-inchharddiskdrives,your
servermusthaveasupportedRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalled.Youneedtoconnectcablesfrom
theRAIDcardtotheexpandercard,andthenfromtheexpandercardtothebackplane(s).

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UsethefollowinginstructionstoconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtotheexpandercardrst:

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,dothefollowing:

1.Useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthe
cabletotheport0ontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnectoron
theotherendofthecabletotheconnector1ontheexpandercard.

2.Useanothermini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendof
thecabletotheport1ontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector
ontheotherendofthecabletotheconnector2ontheexpandercard.

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,dothefollowing:

1.Useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthe
cabletotheports3-0ontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector
ontheotherendofthecabletotheconnector1ontheexpandercard.

2.Useanothermini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeend
ofthecabletotheports7-4ontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.Then,connectthemini-SAS
connectorontheotherendofthecabletotheconnector2ontheexpandercard.

RefertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsontheRAIDcardandexpander
card:

•“RAIDcard”onpage36

•“Expandercard”onpage37

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Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectcablesfromtheexpandercardtothebackplanesfor2.5-inch
harddiskdrives:

1.Forharddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector1ononeendofthecabletotheconnector3ontheexpandercard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplane
for2.5-inchharddiskdrivesinthemiddlecage.

2.Forharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector2ononeendofthecabletotheconnector4ontheexpandercard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplane
for2.5-inchharddiskdrivesinthemiddlecage.

3.Forharddiskdrive8toharddiskdrive11,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector

3ononeendofthecabletotheconnector5ontheexpandercard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplane
for2.5-inchharddiskdrivesintherightcage.

4.Ifyourserverhasmorethan12harddiskdrivesinstalled,forharddiskdrive12toharddiskdrive15,
useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnector4ononeendofthe
cabletotheconnector6ontheexpandercard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnectorontheotherend
ofthecabletothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesintherightcage.

Figure35.Connectingcablesfromtheexpandercardtothebackplanesfor2.5-inchharddiskdrives

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage38

•“Expandercard”onpage37

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47

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Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectcablesfromtheexpandercardtothebackplanefor123.5-inch
harddiskdrives:

1.Forharddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector1ononeendofthecabletotheconnector3ontheexpandercard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplanefor

123.5-inchharddiskdrives.

2.Forharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector2ononeendofthecabletotheconnector4ontheexpandercard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplanefor

123.5-inchharddiskdrives.

3.Forharddiskdrive8toharddiskdrive11,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnector

3ononeendofthecabletotheconnector5ontheexpandercard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports8-11onthebackplanefor

123.5-inchharddiskdrives.

Figure36.Connectingcablesfromtheexpandercardtothebackplanefor123.5-inchharddiskdrives

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage38

•“Expandercard”onpage37

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47

Connectingcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplane

YourserverhastwoSASconnectorsonthesystemboardtosupportuptoeightharddiskdrives.

Ifyouconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplane,youcan
congureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingthefunctionsoftheThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownasthe
onboardSASsoftwareRAID).

Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectcablesfromthesystemboardtothebackplane:

1.Forharddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3,useamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthe
mini-SASconnectorononeendofthecabletotheSASconnector0-3onthesystemboard.Then,

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connectthemini-SASconnectorontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASports0-3onthe
backplane.

2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,forharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7,use
anothermini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableandconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthe
cabletotheSASconnector4-7onthesystemboard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnectoronthe
otherendofthecabletothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplane.

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage38

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47

Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

Figure37.Systemboardcomponents

1Frontpanelconnector
2InternalUSBconnector1
3InternalUSBconnector2
4Diagnosticmoduleconnector19Redundantpowersupplyconnector1
5FrontVGAconnector
6SATAconnector0

16ThinkServerManagementModule
17Risercardassembly1slot
18Risercardassembly2slot

20Redundantpowersupplyconnector2
21Backplanepowerconnector1

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7SASconnector4-7
8SASconnector0-3
9Systemboardbattery24Systemfan5connector
10PlatformControllerHub(PCH)25Memoryslots(6)
11InternalUSBTypeAconnector226Systemfan4connector
12TMMPremiumconnector27Microprocessorsocket1
13InternalUSBTypeAconnector128Systemfan2connector
14TPMconnector
15iButtonsocket

1Frontpanelconnector

22Backplanepowerconnector2
23Microprocessorsocket2

29Memoryslots(6)
30Systemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcableifyourserverhasafrontpanelboardinstalled.

2InternalUSBconnector1

UsedtoconnectthefrontpanelUSBcableifyourserverhasafrontpanelboardinstalled.

3InternalUSBconnector2

Reservedforthemanufacturer.

4Diagnosticmoduleconnector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthediagnosticmoduleifyourserverhasadiagnosticmoduleinstalled.

5FrontVGAconnector

UsedtoconnectthecableoftheVGADB-15connectoronthefrontpanelofsomeservermodels.

6SATAconnector0

Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldriveifyourserverhasaslimopticaldriveinstalled.

7SASconnector4-7

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7.

8SASconnector0-3

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.

9Systemboardbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andcongurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thesystemboardbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

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10PlatformControllerHub(PCH)

Thischipsupportsandprovidesmanyfeatures.ItservesasaPCH,whichprovidesthedatabufferingand
interfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidth
necessaryforthesystemtoachievepeakperformance.

11InternalUSBT ypeAconnector2

13InternalUSBT ypeAconnector1

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.Inthiscase,youcanconnectittoaninternal
USBTypeAconnector.

12TMMPremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaserveroptionnamedasThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium)to
enableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium”onpage123.

14TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaTPM,whichisasecuritychip,toenhanceserversecurity.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule”onpage126.

15iButtonsocket

YourserversupportsThinkServerRAID300,whichincludesonboardSASsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.
YoualsocanactivateonboardSASsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAIDintheiButtonsocket.Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
RAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage119.

16ThinkServerManagementModule

WiththeintegratedThinkServerManagementModule(alsoknownastheBMCchip),nomatterwhat
conditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserver
isconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMMcontrolledserverscanbe
achievedthroughsystemnetwork.TheusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandSEL,
andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,locking
thepowerswitchonthefrontpanelandsoon.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

17Risercardassembly1slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.

18Risercardassembly2slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.

19Redundantpowersupplyconnector1

20Redundantpowersupplyconnector2

Usedtoconnectahot-swapredundantpowersupply.

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21Backplanepowerconnector1

22Backplanepowerconnector2

Usedtoconnectthepowercable(s)fromthebackplane.

24262830Systemfanconnectors

Therearefourhot-swapsystemfansandtwodummysystemfansinstalledinthesystemfancageinyour
server.Eachsystemfanconnectorisusedtoconnectacorrespondinghot-swapsystemfan.

23Microprocessorsocket2

27Microprocessorsocket1

Iftheserverhastwomicroprocessors,eachofthemicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocket
onthesystemboardandaheatsinkisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.Iftheserver
hasonlyonemicroprocessor,themicroprocessorsocket2isprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

2529Memoryslots

Thereare12memoryslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation
rules”onpage95.

Systemboardjumpersandswitches

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthejumpersandswitchesonthesystemboard.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustaprintedcircuitboard,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperusuallyisencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andtoavoidanypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare
calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsajumperinthedefaultsettingposition(pin1andpin2).Thisisthecorrect
positionfornormaloperation.

Figure38.Defaultjumpersetting

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthestatusofthejumpersandswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.
Youcancongure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecicfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthe
jumpersandswitches.

Figure39.Systemboardjumpersandswitches

1ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)jumper
2TMMEnable/Disablejumper(alsoknownasBMCEnable/Disablejumper)
3Systemboardswitches

Attention:Tosetthejumpersorswitches,youneedtoremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstothe
systemboard.Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safety
information”onpageiii

1ClearCMOSjumper

and“Guidelines”onpage81.

UsedtoclearCMOSandturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:ClearingCMOSdoesnoteraseyourBIOSpasswords.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.

4.Ifnecessary,removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage

91.

5.LocatetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

6.MovetheClearCMOSjumperfromthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuited
position(pin2andpin3).

7.Waitmorethan10secondsandthenmovetheClearCMOSjumperbacktothenormalposition(pin1
andpin2).

8.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174

.

9.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.The
BIOSsettingsturntothefactorydefaultsettings.

2TMMEnable/Disablejumper(alsoknownasBMCEnable/Disablejumper)

WhentheTMMEnable/Disablejumperisinthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2),theserverneeds
about30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontofthechassisduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;it
willstartaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.

IfyoumovetheTMMEnable/Disablejumpertopin2andpin3,theTMMfunctionisnotavailableandthe
serverwillbedirectlyturnedonwhenyoupressthepowerswitchwithoutwaitingfortheTMMtobeready.

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3Systemboardswitches

Therearefourswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.

Figure40.Systemboardswitches

1BIOSrecoveryswitch3ManagementEngine(ME)inforceupdateswitch
2Clearpasswordswitch

1BIOSrecoveryswitch

4Reservedforthemanufacturer

UsedtorecovertheBIOSifthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyour
servercannotstartcorrectly.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage66

2Clearpasswordswitch

.

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchastheBIOSpasswords.

Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.

4.LocatetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.

5.MovetheClearpasswordswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

6.WaitmorethanvesecondsandthenmovetheClearpasswordswitchbacktotheoffposition.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174

8.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.The
BIOSpasswordsareerased,includingtheadministratorpasswordanduserpassword.

9.Tosetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage63.

3MEinforceupdateswitch

Usedtoupdate(ash)theME.

TheMEupdatingprocessusuallyiscontainedintheBIOSupdating(ashing)process.

Note:OnlysomeBIOSversionscontaintheparametersforupdatingtheME.IfyouwanttoupdatetheME,
ensurethatyourBIOSversioncontainstherequiredparameters.

.

ToupdatetheME,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.

4.LocatetheMEinforceupdateswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.

5.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

6.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174.

7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Then,updatetheBIOS.See“Updating(ashing)theBIOS”
onpage66

8.Repeatstep1throughstep4.

9.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchbacktotheoffposition.

10.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174

11.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSandMEhavebeen
updated.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

.

.

SystemboardLEDs

ThistopichelpsyoutolocatetheLEDsonthesystemboard.

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Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheserverisdesignedsothatLEDsremainlitwhentheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersourcebutis
notturnedon,providedthatthepowersupplyisoperatingcorrectly.Thishelpsyoutoisolateproblems
whentheserverisnotturnedon.ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnosticpanelof
someservermodels.IfanLEDislit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirect
youtothesourceoftheerror.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheTMMstatusLEDandsystemfanerrorLEDsonthesystemboard.

Figure41.SystemboardLEDs

1TMMstatusLED(alsoknownasBMCstatusLED)

ThisLEDindicatesthestatusoftheonboardThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC).

TMMstatusLED

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

2-5SystemfanerrorLEDs

Color

TheTMMisnotready.

None

Green

TheTMMhasnopowerorhasfailed.
TheTMMisworking.

Description

WhenasystemfanerrorLEDonthesystemboardislit,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingsystemfanis
operatingslowlyorhasfailed.T osolvetheproblem,youmightneedtoreinstallorreplacethesystemfan.
See“Replacingasystemfan”onpage170

.Ifitisasystemboardproblem,contacttheLenovoCustomer

SupportCenter.

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontofthechassistoturnontheserver.Theserverneedsabout30secondsforthe
ThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryouconnectthe
servertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerswitchduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstart
immediately;itwillstartaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Turningofftheserver

CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontofthechassistostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem
andturnofftheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthefront
ofthechassisforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpower
cordsfromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

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•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

•Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.

•Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage67

•“ConguringRAID”onpage70

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage78

•“Updatingthermware”onpage78

•“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage79

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.Y oucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage57.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage63.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.Y oualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC),totalmemorysize,and
systemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe

installedmemorymodules.

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–SelectSATA/SASCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage50

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,
andtheFRU/SensorDataRecords(SDR).

TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“Mainmenu”onpage60

•“Advancedmenu”onpage60

•“Securitymenu”onpage61

•“ServerManagementmenu”onpage61

•“BootOptionsmenu”onpage62

•“BootManagermenu”onpage62

•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage62

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LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage65.

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andswitches”onpage50.

Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage62

Advancedmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

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Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•PCIConguration:ViewandsetPCIcongurationparameters.

•ACPIConguration:ViewandsetACPIcongurationparameters.

•ProcessorConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessor(s)andsetmicroprocessor
congurationparameters.

•MemoryConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemory
congurationparameters.

•ChipsetConguration:Viewandsetchipsetcongurationparameters.

•SA TA/SASConguration:ViewinformationabouttheinstalledSATAorSASdevicesandsetSATAor
SAScongurationparameters.

•USBConguration:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters,suchasenablingordisablingUSB
devices.

•SuperIOConguration:Viewandsetserialportcongurationparameters.

•SerialPortConsoleRedirection:Viewandsetcongurationparametersfortheserialportconsole
redirection.

Securitymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage63

•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage63

•TPM/TCM:ConguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage64.

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ServerManagementmenu

YoucanviewsysteminformationandvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsontheServer
ManagementmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationor

showselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsare
displayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheServerManagementmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•EraseSEL:Erasesystemeventlog(SEL).

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•SystemInformation:Viewbasicinformationaboutyourserver.

•BMCNetworkConguration:SetBMCcongurationparameters.

BootOptionsmenu

TheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangethe
serverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthe
startupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverstarts.

Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage64

BootManagermenu

TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage64.

Save&Exitmenu

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&ExitmenuandthenselectY eswhenpromptedto
conrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage65

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TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewiththecongurationintheSetupUtility
program.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•DiscardChanges:Discardchangesandloadpreviousvalues.

•RestoreDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.

•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

3.UsetheT abkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
theserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
UserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage63.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

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4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconrmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”onpage50.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF10ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.

3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage62.

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.The
TPMfunctionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheTPM”on
page126

AfterinstallingaTPM,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTPM/TCM➙TPMSupport.EnsurethatTPMSupportissettoEnabled.

3.WhenTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SetTPMStatetoEnabled.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe

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.YoucanpurchaseaTPMfromLenovo.

TPMfunction.

SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0

TheEthernetconnector0ontherearoftheserverisforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouseremote
managementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.See“Rear
viewoftheserver”onpage26

TheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagementis82574Lbydefault.Ifyouhaveselectedsharemode
forthe82574LEthernetconnectorintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanusetheconnectorasanordinary
Ethernetconnectorwith100Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.However,teamingwithotherEthernetconnectors
isnotsupportedifthemanagementEthernetconnectorisusedasanordinaryEthernetconnector.

TosetthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0intheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

2.OntheServerManagementmenu,selectBMCNetworkConguration➙BMCLANShareSetting.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asanordinaryEthernetconnector,selectShared.

•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asadedicatedsystemmanagementEthernetconnector,
selectDedicated.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcando
oneofthefollowingtoexittheSetupUtilityprogram:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectSave&Exit➙
SaveChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙RestoreDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage62

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UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheTMMrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.You
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Usingthe
SetupUtilityprogram”onpage59

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTMMrmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Y oucanupdate
theserverrmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

.TheTMMrmwareprovidesremotemanagementfeatures.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage78

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Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemcongurations.

•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.Y oucan
selectSaveasUserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtosaveyourcurrent
BIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS.Then,youcanselectRestoreUser
DefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuserdefaultvaluesafter
updatingtheBIOS.Inthiscase,youcankeepyourpreviousBIOSsettingsanddonotneedtorecongure
thesettingsafterupdatingtheBIOS.Y oualsocannotedownyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdating
theBIOSforaneasierrecongurationinthenewBIOSversion.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

3.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)
theBIOS.

4.DooneofthefollowingaftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted:

•IfyouhavesavedyourBIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS,selectRestore

UserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuserdefault
values.Then,checkiftheuserdefaultvaluesmeetyourcurrentrequirements.

•CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto

“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

Note:IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderEFImode,youneedtoreinstalltheoperating
systemafterrecoveringtheBIOS.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadaBIOS
updatepackage.Then,puttheamiboot.romlecontainedinthepackageintotherootdirectoryof
abootableUSBkey.

2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

3.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

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4.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.

5.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryswitchonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”on
page50.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothe
switch.

6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandthenstarttheserverfromthebootableUSBkeythat
containstheamiboot.romle.Therecoveryprocessstarts.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,
yourserverwillautomaticallyturnoff.

9.Repeatstep2throughstep5.

10.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchbacktotheoffposition.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage174.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsrecovertothe
factorydefaultsettings.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59

Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamagedandyouneedtoreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomer
SupportCenter.

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UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

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•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•ContainstheRAIDcongurationutility

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem
oradd-ondevice

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page64

2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:

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•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Spanish,andTurkish.YourThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormorereminders
ormessagesaboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovo
LicenseAgreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmust
acceptthetermsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.

•CongureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsele.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythe

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specicversionoftheprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.

•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges

ifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating system

YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Notes:

•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.

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6.0

•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.

YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.

•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.

•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.

•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.

•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

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2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource

ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage70

•“ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage72

•“ConguringtheThinkServerRAID300”onpage72

•“ConguringtheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID”onpage77

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives
intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareinaRAID
array.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehostserveras
onesinglestorageunit,knownasavirtualdrive.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,
suchastheexpeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedwithsingle-drive
storagesystems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdata
fromtheremainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

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•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargelesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires
alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot
destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated
fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata
lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis
rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof
theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

whichdataisstripedacrossmultipleRAID5drivegroups.RAID50worksbestwithdatathatrequires
highreliability,highrequestrates,highdatatransfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

Note:HavingvirtualdrivesofdifferentRAIDlevels,suchasRAID0andRAID5,inthesamedrivegroupis
notallowed.Forexample,ifanexistingRAID5virtualdriveiscreatedoutofpartialspaceinanarray,the
nextvirtualdriveinthearrayhastobeRAID5only.

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

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ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations

•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage67andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.

SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.

ConguringtheThinkServerRAID300

TheThinkServerRAID300(alsoknownasonboardSASsoftwareRAID)isintegratedinthePCHon
thesystemboard.Ifyouconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothe
backplane,youcancongureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program,independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TheThinkServerRAID300supportsRAIDlevels0,1,and
10bydefault.Y oualsocanactivateRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage119

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.

•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.

RAIDarraystatus

Whenyouturnontheserver,theRAIDcontrollerROMversion,theRAIDarraystatus,andthelistofthe
availableharddiskdriveswillbedisplayedduringthePOST.

TheRAIDarraystatuscanbeoneofthefollowing:

•Online
Thisisthenormalstatus,whichindicatesthattheRAIDarrayisworkingcorrectly.

•Degrade

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ThisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveintheRAIDarraycannotbesynchronizedorhave
failed.Youneedtoreplacethefailingharddiskdrivesandrebuildthedata.See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage148and“Rebuildingaphysicaldrive”onpage76.

•Ofine
ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannotberebuilt.YouneedtocreateanewRAID

array.See“Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray”onpage74.

StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Turnontheserver.

2.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetup
Utility,”immediatelypressCtrl+MtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.

AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:

•Congure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconguration,addanew

RAIDarray,deleteanexistingRAIDarray,andselectabootvirtualdrive.

•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrive(s).

Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.

•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyoucongureparametersfortheRAIDcontroller,thevirtualdrive(s),andthephysical

drive(s).

•Rebuild
ThismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.

Youcanchoosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnot
operational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestore
thesystemtofaulttolerance.

•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrive(s).Theconsistencycheckveriesthe

correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrive(s)thatuseRAID1,5,and10.

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ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

Table1.LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogrammenuitems

Congure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

CheckConsistency

Menuitem

SubmenuitemComments

EasyCongurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill

automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.

NewCongurationCleartheexistingcongurationand

startanewconguration.

View/AddConguration

ClearCongurationCleartheexistingconguration.
SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.

Variesbyconguration.

Adapter

VirtualDrive

PhysicalDrive

Variesbyconguration.
Variesbyconguration.

Viewtheexistingcongurationoradda
newconguration.

Initializevirtualdrives.
Setadapterrelatedparameters,such

asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
auto-rebuild,andsoon.

Setvirtualdriveparameters.
Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas

creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specicationsofaphysicaldrive.

Rebuildphysicaldrive(s).
Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrive(s).

Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram.

Note:BeforeyoucreateaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,ensurethat
theservermeetstherequiredhardwareconguration.Forexample,theserverneedstohavetherequired
numberofharddiskdrivesinstalledandconnectedtothesystemboard.See“AboutRAID”onpage70
forinformationabouttherequirednumberofharddiskdrivesforeachRAIDlevel.Ifyouwanttocreatea
RAID5arrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,theserveralsoneedstohavea
ThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
300UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage119

Tocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothe
following:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,dooneofthefollowingdependingonyourneeds:

•IfyouwanttocreateaRAIDarray,selectEasyCongurationandthenfollowtheinstructionson

thescreen.

•IfyouwanttoaddasecondaryRAIDarray(ifsupportedbyyourserver),selectView/Add

Congurationandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewthecurrentcongurationand
addanewRAIDarray.

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•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDarray,exittheprogramandbackupallyourdataonthe
harddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammaininterfaceandselectClear

Conguration.SelectY eswhenpromptedandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletinganexistingRAIDarrayerasesalldataonthearray.Ensurethatyoubackupall

databeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.IftheoperatingsystemisinstalledontheRAIDarrayyouwantto
delete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterdeletingtheRAIDarray.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDarrayandcreateanewRAIDarray,exittheprogramandback
upallyourdataontheharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammain
interfaceandselectNewConguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedtoproceedandthenfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletinganexistingRAIDarrayerasesalldataonthearray.Ensurethatyoubackupall
databeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.IftheoperatingsystemisinstalledontheRAIDarrayyouwantto
delete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterdeletingtheRAIDarray.

Initializingavirtualdrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
Utilityprogramaftercompletingthecongurationprocess.

Virtualdriveinitializationistheprocessofwritingzerostothedataeldsofavirtualdriveand,infault-tolerant
RAIDlevels,generatingthecorrespondingparitytoputthevirtualdriveinareadystate.Initializationerases
alldataonthevirtualdrive.Drivegroupswillworkwithoutbeinginitialized,buttheycanfailaconsistency
checkbecausetheparityeldshavenotbeengenerated.

Notes:

•Ensurethatyoubackupanydatayouwanttokeepbeforeinitializingavirtualdrive.

•Ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdriveyouareinitializing.Otherwise,you
needtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinitializingthevirtualdrive.

ToinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectInitializeandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Settingahot-sparedrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetaharddiskdriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

Ahot-sparedriveisanextra,unuseddrivethatispartofthedisksubsystem.Itisusuallyinstandbymode
andreadyforserviceifaharddiskdrivefails.Fordetailedinformationabouthot-sparedrives,referto
“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserver.

Tosetaharddiskdriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,
dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttocreateoraddanewRAIDarray,youcansetahot-sparedriveduringtheconguration

processbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

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•Ifyouwanttosetahot-sparedriverightaftertheconguration,selectObjects➙PhysicalDrive
fromtheprogrammaininterface.Then,selecttheharddiskdrivethatyouwanttosetasahot-spare
driveandpressEnter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.SelectMakeHotSparefromthesubmenuandthen
selectY eswhenpromptedtosettheharddiskdriveasahot-sparedrive.

Rebuildingaphysicaldrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
UtilityprogramwhenaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayfails.

WhenaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayfails,youcanrebuildthedrivebyrecreatingthedatathatwasstored
onthedrivebeforeitfails.Ifthedriveisnotoperational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrive
mustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestorethesystemtofaulttolerance.

TheRAIDcontrollerrecreatesthedatausingthedatastoredonotherdrivesinthedrivegroup.Rebuilding
canbedoneonlyindrivegroupswithdataredundancy,suchasRAID1,RAID5,andRAID10arrays.For
detailedinformationaboutdiskrebuild,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

TorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogramwhenaphysicaldrive
inaRAIDarrayfails,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectRebuildandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

.

Note:Runaconsistencycheckimmediatelyaftertherebuildcompletestoensuredataintegrityforthevirtual
drives.See“Runningaconsistencycheck”onpage76

Therebuildrateisthepercentageofthecomputingcyclesdedicatedtorebuildingfailingdrives.Therebuild
ratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,therebuildisdoneonlyifthesystem
isnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,therebuildhasahigherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconguretherebuildrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Usingarebuildrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙RebuildRate.

3.Settherebuildratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

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Runningaconsistencycheck

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunaconsistencycheckforvirtualdrivesusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TheconsistencycheckoperationveriesthatallstripesonavirtualdrivewitharedundantRAIDlevel(RAID
1,RAID5,andRAID10)areconsistentandthedateonthevirtualdriveiscorrect.Forexample,inasystem
withparity,checkingconsistencymeanscomputingthedataononedriveandcomparingtheresultsto
thecontentsoftheparitydrive.

Youshouldrunaconsistencycheckonfault-tolerantvirtualdrivesperiodically.Itisrecommendedthatyou
runaconsistencycheckatleastonceamonth.Y oumustrunaconsistencycheckifyoususpectthatthe
virtualdrivedatamightbecorrupted.Ensurethatyoubackupthedatabeforerunningaconsistencycheck
ifyoususpectthatthedatamightbecorrupted.

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TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:

Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage73.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.

3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconguringRAID.

TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsandmightnotapplytotheThinkServerRAID300congurations.

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”

•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”

•“MaintainingandManagingStorageCongurations”

TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ConguringtheadvancedSA T A/SAShardwareRAID

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.

•ThetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDarraymightbelimitedto2TB.

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver77

SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“RAIDcard”
onpage36.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.

TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.

ForinstructionsonhowtocongureandmanagetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers

TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage67

ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersalsoareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

.

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,andtheFRU/SDR.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

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Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully

withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.Theprogramprovidesaninterfacetodisplayallseversbeing
managed,whichenablestheadministratortoconvenientlysearchfor,monitor,andmanageservers.

TodownloadtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage81

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage83

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage85

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage86

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage174

ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe
rmware”onpage78

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“T roubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage179todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage185

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

.

formoreinformation.

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

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

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•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,hot-swap
harddiskdrives,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeperforming
anystepsthatinvolveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swapdevicesor
components.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarenishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Anyserverpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.

Notes:

•Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIExpresscards,memorymodules,
systemboards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

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

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.Selecta
groundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecicservice
requirement.

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

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–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor

referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon
theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver
coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbafes,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessor(s)tooverheat.

•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.T oavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

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:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage81.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

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

4.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

5.Pressthereleasebutton1inthedirectionasshown.

Figure42.Pressingthereleasebutton

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6.Fullyopenthecoverlatch1andslidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisdisengagedfromthechassis.
Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandsetitaside.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremoving
theservercover.

Figure43.Removingtheservercover

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage174.

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthatsupport2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezelforservermodelswith2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,dothe
following:

and“Guidelines”onpage81.

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1.Removethethreescrews1thatsecurethefrontbezelandthenpivotthefrontbezeloutwardto

ID

MEM 1

PSU 1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

MEM 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10

CPU 1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

removeitfromthechassis.

Figure44.Removingthefrontbezel

2.Toreinstallthefrontbezel,alignthetabsonthebottomedgeofthefrontbezelwiththecorresponding
holesinthechassis.Then,pivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintopositionandthethreescrew

1inthetopedgeofthefrontbezelarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesinthetopofthe

holes
chassis.Installthethreescrewstosecurethefrontbezelinplace.

Figure45.Installingthefrontbezel

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCI
Expresscards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

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Notes:

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,ller,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating
orcomponentdamage.

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstalltherackhandles.Thistopiccontainsthe
followingitems:

•“Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”
onpage87

•“Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays
andservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”onpage90

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandlesforservermodelswith123.5-inchhard
diskdrivebays

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage81.

Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandlesforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,dothe
following:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.

4.Locatethebackplane.See“Componentsofservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays”
onpage33.

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5.Disconnectthefollowingsignalcablesfromthesignalcableconnectorsonthebackplaneforserver
modelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays.

•SignalcableforthefrontcontrolsandLEDsontherightrackhandle

•SignalcableforthefrontUSBconnectorsontheleftrackhandle

Figure46.Disconnectingtherackhandlesignalcablesfromthebackplane

6.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewthatsecurestherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.

Note:Carefullypullthesignalcableofeachrackhandleoutoftheholeinthechassiswhenyouare
removingtherackhandles.

Figure47.Removingtherackhandlesforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays

7.Toreinstalltherackhandlesforservermodelswith123.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,dothefollowing:

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