Lenovo RD450 User Manual

ThinkServerRD450
UserGuideandHardwareMaintenance
Manual

MachineTypes:70DA,70DB,70DC,70DD,70DE,70DF,70DV,
70DW,70Q9,70QA,70QQ,70QR,70QS,70QT,70QV,and70QW

Note:Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Readthisfirst:safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage193

SeventhEdition(August2016)

©CopyrightLenovo2014,2016.

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

Contents

Readthisfirst:safetyinformation..iii

Productsthatarenotassessed.........x

Safetyinspectionguide............x

Groundingrequirements............xi

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

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

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

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

Features..................7

Specifications...............12

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

BIOSandTSMupdateutilities.......13

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystem

CenterConfigurationsManagement....13

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystem

CenterOperationsManagement......13

LenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenter..13
LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager..13

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics......14

LenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-based

PlatformUpdateTool..........14

LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner.....15

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager....15

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager

Premium...............15

LenovoXClarityAdministrator.......15

LenovoXClarityEnergyManager......16

LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI.......16

Locations.................16

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................16

Frontviewoftheserver.........17

Frontpanel..............22

Rearviewoftheserver.........24

Servercomponents...........26

AnyRAIDadapterandRAIDcard......29

Hot-swap-drivebackplane........37

Systemboardcomponents........42

Systemboardjumpers..........45

Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs..47

PowersupplystatusLEDs........48

Connectingcables...........48

Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff

theserver...............49

Turningontheserver............49

Turningofftheserver............49

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver..51

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........51

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....51

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............51

SetupUtilityprograminterface......51

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....54

Usingpasswords............54

Selectingastartupdevice........55

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......56

SettinganEthernetconnectorforsystem

management.............56

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......56

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......57

ConfiguringRAID..............58

AboutRAID..............59

ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovo
ThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram.60

ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............61

Updatingthefirmware............61

Chapter6.Replacinghardware....63

Guidelines................63

Precautions..............63

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....64

Systemreliabilityguidelines........64

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.65

Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherack

cabinet..................65

Removingtheservercover..........65

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...67

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles.67
Removingandreinstallingthecooling

shroud................68

Installingorreplacingasystemfan.....70

Removingandreinstallingthesystemfan

cage.................73

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...74

Replacingtherisercard.........81

InstallingorremovingaPCIExpresscard:
Ethernetcard,RAIDcard,andothersupported

typesofPCIExpresscards........86

ReplacingtheAnyRAIDadapter......98

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InstallingorremovingtheAnyRAIDflash

module................100

InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServer

RAID110iupgradekey.........102

InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServer

RAID510iupgradekey.........104

InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServer

RAID500or520iupgradekey.......107

InstallingorremovingaThunderboltmemory

module................109

Installingorremovingtheopticalmodule..111
Installingorremovingthesecuredigital

module................114

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSystem

ManagerPremiummodule........116

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrusted

PlatformModule............119

Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............121

Installingorreplacingaheatsink......124

Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..126
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

SuperCapacitorModule.........135

Installingorreplacingahot-swapdrive...137
Installingorreplacinganeasy-swapstorage

drive.................140

Installinga2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drive

bay.................143

Replacingthehot-swap-drivebackplane..146
Replacingtheeasy-swap-drivemodule...148

Replacingthefrontpanelboard......150

ReplacingthefrontVGAandUSBmodule..152
Installingorremovingtheintrusionswitch..153
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...155

Installingorreplacingthetapedrive....166

Replacingthecoin-cellbattery......171

Connectinganexternaltapedrive.....173

Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthe

systemboard.............174

Completingthepartsreplacement.......178

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................178

Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....181

Chapter7.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics.............183

Troubleshootingprocedure..........183

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....183

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........184

Basictroubleshootingtables.........184

LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager

programproblems...........184

Opticaldriveproblems..........184

Storagedriveproblems.........185

Memorymoduleproblems........186

Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice

problems...............187

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............189

Informationresources............189

Usingthedocumentation.........189

ThinkServerWebsite..........189

LenovoSupportWebsite.........189

Helpandservice..............190

Beforeyoucall.............190

Callingforservice............190

Usingotherservices..........191

Purchasingadditionalservices......191

AppendixA.Notices.........193

Trademarks................194

Importantnotes..............194

Recyclinginformation............194

Batteryreturnprogram..........195

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............196

RecyclinginformationforBrazil......196

Particulatecontamination..........196

ImportantWEEEinformation.........197

RestrictionofHazardousSubstances(RoHS)

Directive.................198

EuropeanUnionRoHS..........198

TurkishRoHS.............198

UkraineRoHS.............198

IndiaRoHS..............198

ChinaRoHS..............199

TaiwanBSMIRoHSdeclaration......200

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...200

Exportclassificationnotice..........201

Electronicemissionnotices..........201

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............201

Eurasiancompliancemark..........203

JapanVCCIClassAcompliancestatement...203
Japanesestatementforacpowerconsumptionfor

JEITAharmonicsguideline..........204

Japanesestatementofcomplianceforproducts
lessthanorequalto20AperphaseforJEITA

harmonicsguideline............204

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......204

Index.................205

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Readthisfirst:safetyinformation

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Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualSafetyInformationonthe
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https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS

Antesdeusaroproduto,certifique-sedelereentenderasSafetyInformation(Informaçõessobresegurança)
multilínguesnositedaLenovo.

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забезопасност)науебсайтанаLenovo.

PrijekorištenjanašegproizvodasvakakosrazumijevanjempročitajtevišejezičnidokumentSafetyInformation
(Informacijeosigurnosti)naweb-mjestutvrtkeLenovo.

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LuemonikielinenSafetyInformation(Turvaohjeet)-julkaisuLenovonverkkosivustostaennentuotteenkäyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserceproduit,prenezconnaissancedesSafetyInformation(Informationsrelativesàlasécurité)
multilinguessurlesiteWebLenovo.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,φροντίστεναδιαβάσετεκαινακατανοήσετετιςSafetyInformation
(Πληροφορίεςασφαλείας)στοδικτυακότόποτηςLenovo.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSiediemehrsprachigenSafetyInformation(Sicherheitsinformationen)
aufderLenovoWebsitelesenundverstehen.

Atermékhasználataelőttolvassaát,ésismerjemegaLenovowebhelyéntöbbnyelveniselérhetőSafety
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Information(Informazionisullasicurezza)sulsitoWebLenovo.

製品をご使用になる前に、LenovoWebサイトに掲載されているマルチリンガルのSafetyInformation(安全
上の注意)を読んで理解してください。

제품을사용하기전에Lenovo웹사이트의다국어SafetyInformation(안전정보)를주의깊게읽어
보십시오.

ZorgdatualleSafetyInformation(veiligheidsvoorschriften)opdewebsitevanLenovohebtgelezenen
begrepenvoordatuhetproductgebruikt.

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PrzedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymdokumentemSafetyInformation

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Antesdeutilizaroproduto,certifique-sedequelêecompreendeadocumentaçãomultilingueSafety
Information(InformaçõessobreSegurança)nosítiodaWebdaLenovo.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,citiţişiînţelegeţiSafetyInformation(informaţiiledesiguranţă)înmaimulte
limbidepesite-ulwebLenovo.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenflerspråkligeSafetyInformation(sikkerhetsinformasjonen)
pånettstedettilLenovo.

ПередиспользованиемпродуктаобязательноознакомьтесьсразделомSafetyInformation
(Информацияпотехникебезопасности),представленнымнанесколькихязыкахнавеб-сайтеLenovo.

在使用产品之前，请务必先阅读和了解LenovoWeb站点上的多语言SafetyInformation《安全信息》。

Prekorišćenjaproizvoda,obaveznopažljivoisarazumevanjempročitajtevišejezičneSafetyInformation
(Bezbednosneinformacije)naveblokacijikompanijeLenovo.

Skôrnežproduktzačnetepoužívať,prečítajtesiviacjazyčnéSafetyInformation(Bezpečnostnéinformácie)na
webovejlokalitespoločnostiLenovo.

Preduporaboizdelkaposkrbite,dabosteprebraliinrazumelirazdelekSafetyInformation(Varnostne
informacije),kijenaspletnemmestuLenovonavoljovvečjezikih.

Antesdeusarelproducto,asegúresedeleeryentenderlasecciónSafetyInformation(Informaciónde
seguridad)multilingüedelsitiowebdeLenovo.

InnanduanvänderdenhärproduktenärdetviktigtattduharlästochförståttdenflerspråkigaSafety
Information(säkerhetsinformationen)påLenovoswebbplats.

使用本產品之前，請務必先閱讀及瞭解Lenovo網站上多國語言版本的SafetyInformation（安全資訊）。

Ürünükullanmadanönce,LenovowebsitesindekiSafetyInformation(GüvenlikBilgileri)belgesini(birdençok
dildeyayınlanmaktadır)mutlakaokuyun.

Першніжвикористовуватипродукт ,обов'язковопрочитайтеSafetyInformation(інструкціїзтехніки
безпеки),доступнірізнимимоваминавеб-сайтіLenovo.

Important:Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbefore
youperformtheprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththe
serveroroptionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfigurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconfigurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.T urneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.T urndevicesON.

1.T urneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

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,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
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.T oremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,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

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialfirehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.T o
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.You
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

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

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
definedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceinthefieldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

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

Productsthatarenotassessed

Typicalproductsthatarenotassessedincludebutnotlimitedtothefollowing:

•ServerandIT-rackcomponents(forexample,uninterruptiblepowersuppliesandcurrentdistribution
systems)

•DevicesinITrooms(forexample,bulkstorageunitsandnetworkproducts)

•Industriallow-voltageswitchgear

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Youshouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotentialsafety
hazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkServerfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutfirstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitororabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercordsdisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Powerofftheserver.Disconnectthepowercords.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbetheauthorizedtypespecifiedforyourserver.Goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkServeralterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkServeralterations.

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7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetalfilings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsoffireorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingoftheserverisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeverifiedbyacertifiedelectrician.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisdocumentforyourLenovo

®

ThinkServer
specifications,componentlocations,configurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.

YourservercomeswiththeLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogramthatprovidesaconvenient
solutionforconfiguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchased
fromLenovo.TheLLWisavailableathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.IfyoucannotobtaintheLLW
throughtheLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovoofficeorresellertoobtainaprintedversionof
theLLW,freeofcharge.

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

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

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

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

Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

Forwheretofindtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage16.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

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

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

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesageneraldescriptionofeachdocumentforyourserverandinstructionsonhow
toobtainallthedocuments.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandincludedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocument.Itillustratessafetysymbolsandinstructsyoutoreadthecomplete

safety,warranty,andsupportinformationprovidedontheLenovoWebsitebeforeusingtheserver.This
documentalsotellsyouhowtofindthemostup-to-dateinformationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.In
addition,recycling,environmental,andlegalnoticesareallincluded.

•Alettertocustomers
Thisisamultilinguallettertocustomers,whichtellscustomersthatLenovoisundertakingapaperless

electronicdocumentationinitiativetoprotectenvironment.Thisletteralsoprovidesinformationabout
howtocontactLenovoifyourequireaprintedversionofanyelectronicdocuments.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackbyusingtherail

kitshippedwiththeserver.

Note:AprintedEnglishversionofthisdocumentisincludedinyourserverpackage.PDFversionsof
otherlanguagesareprovidedathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

Electronicdocuments

•Youcanfindthefollowingelectronicdocumentsathttps://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS:
–SafetyInformation

Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproduct.Ensurethatyou
readandunderstandthesesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

–LenovoLimitedWarranty

ThisdocumentincludestheLenovotermsandwarrantystatements.

–LenovoLicenseAgreement

ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•YoucanfindthefollowingelectronicdocumentsattheLenovoSupportWebsite.Goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support,clickDocumentation,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreento
findthedocumentyouneed.

–Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation

Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan
30languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.
ThisdocumentalsoincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)
information,andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

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–UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,
configure,andmaintainyourserver.

–RackInstallationInstructions

Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackbyusingtherail
kitshippedwiththeserver.

–ThinkServerSystemManagerUserGuide(Englishonly)

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.

Note:Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerSystemManager
Premium(TSMPremium)moduleontheTSMPremiumconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installing
orremovingtheThinkServerSystemManagerPremiummodule”onpage116

.

–MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide(Englishonly)

ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto
usetheutilityprogramstoconfigure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.

–Otherdocuments

YoumightfindotherdocumentsfortheHostBusAdapter(HBA),Ethernetcard,orotheroptionalparts.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanac
powersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwaredevices
installed,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroptions.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Replacing
hardware”onpage63.

3.Ifnecessary,installtheserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshippedwiththeserver.
SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

4.ConnecttheEthernetcablesandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
24tolocatetheconnectors.

5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage49.

6.ReviewtheBasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage51.

7.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedrivers.See“LenovoThinkServer
DeploymentManager”onpage13and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage58.

8.Installanyadditionaldriversrequiredforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewith
thehardwareoption.

9.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.This
stepisnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeployment
Managerprogram.

10.Checkforfirmwareupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage61.

11.Installmanagementapplicationsandanyotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withtheapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specifications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specifications”onpage12

•“Software”onpage12

•“Locations”onpage16

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludesthefollowingitems:

•Server

•Railkit(availableonsomemodels)

•Cablemanagementarmorcablemanagementbar(availableonsomemodels)

•Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)

•Materialbox,includingitemssuchaspowercords(availableonsomemodels)andprinteddocumentation

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specificmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryorunavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecificmodel,usethe
SetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51
totheProductSpecificationsReferencedocumentforThinkServerproductsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/

Microprocessor

OneortwoIntel

ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Memory

Yourserverhas16memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage74.

®

®

Xeon

microprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodel)

.Y oualsocanrefer

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Powersupply

•Oneortwo450-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Gold)

The450-watthot-swapredundantpowersuppliesarenotEnergyStar2.0compliant.Forinformation
aboutEnergyStar,see“ENERGYSTARmodelinformation”onpage204

.

•Oneortwo550-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Platinum)

•Oneortwo750-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Platinum)

•Oneortwo750-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Highlineinputandcompliantwith80PLUS
Titanium)

•Oneortwo1100-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80
PLUSPlatinum)

Note:Ifyouareusinguninterruptiblepowersupplies(UPS),ensurethatyouuseonlypure-sineUPSes
withyourThinkServerserver.

Systemfans

Yourserversupportsuptofournon-hot-swapsystemfanswithredundancy.Thisdesignhelpsyouavoid
significantcoolingproblemswhenasystemfanfails.Tolocatethesystemfans,see“Systemboard
components”onpage42.

•Ifyourserverisinstalledwithonemicroprocessor,threesystemfans(fan1tofan3)areadequateto
providepropercooling.However,youmustkeepthelocationforfan4occupiedbyadummyfanto
ensureproperairflow.

•Ifyourserverisinstalledwithtwomicroprocessors,ensurethatallthefoursystemfansareinstalledto
avoidcoolingproblems.

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Internalstoragedrive
Yourserversupportsoneofthefollowingstoragedriveconfigurations:

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityDrivetype

Hot-swap,SA TAorSAS

3.5-inch8

3.5-inch8

2.5-inch24

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor2.5-inchsolid-state
drive

Easy-swap,SA TAorSAS

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor2.5-inchsolid-state
drive

Hot-swap,SA TAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Note:Youcaninstalla2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drivebay.Formoreinformation,see“Installinga

2.5-inchdriveintoa3.5-inch-drivebay”onpage143.

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Notes:

–SATAistheacronymforSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment.
–SASstandsforSerialAttachedSCSI(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface).
–YoucaninstallSATAharddiskdrives,SASharddiskdrives,andsolid-statedrivesintothesameserver.

•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels

•Tapedrive
–Oneinternaltapedriveinsomemodels

Expansionslots

•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard

•OnePCIExpress(PCIe)slotonsystemboard

•ThreeortwoPCIeslotsontherisercard

Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage24

.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•Ontherearpanel:
–Onevideographicsarray(VGA)connector

–Oneserialconnector
–TwoUSB3.0connectors
–ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectors

•Onthefrontpanel:
–OneVGAconnector

–TwoUSB2.0connectors

Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage16

.

Videosubsystem

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupporttheVGAconnectorsforconnecting
videodevices.TheintegratedgraphicscontrollerislocatedintheBaseboardManagementController
(BMC)chiponthesystemboard.

•Integratedgraphicscontroller:On-boardASPEEDAST2400

•16MBofvideomemorycache

Ethernetconnectivity

TherearethreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100
Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.OneoftheEthernetconnectorsisforsystemmanagement.To
locatetheEthernetconnectors,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage24

.

YoucaninstallanEthernetcardtoenablemoreEthernetconnectors.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizetheEthernetconnectors.Thedevicedriversareavailable
fordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

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Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage54

)

–ThinkServerT rustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails
–Anintrusionswitchthatinformsyouthattheservercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosedbycreating

aneventinthesystemeventlog(SEL)

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

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

.

–TSM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTSMfeatures.The
TSMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTSM,no
matterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTSM-controlled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTSM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TSMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specification.IPMI
helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanfindmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTSMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.

Youcanfindthedefaultusername,password,andotherinformationfortheTSMintheThinkServer
SystemManagerUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

–Hot-swapfeature

Yourserversupportshot-swapstoragedrives(includingharddiskdrivesandsolid-statedrives)and
hot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplacea
hot-swapdevicewithoutturningofftheserver.

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–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

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

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDifyourserverhasarequiredRAIDcardoran
AnyRAIDadapterinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage58

.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page16.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12

.

–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonaserverthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTSMdetectsthepresenceofa

TSMpremiummodule.TheTSMpremiummoduleisaremotemanagementmodule.Y oucanpurchasea
TSMpremiummodulefromLenovoandinstallitonthesystemboardtoactivatetheadvancedsystem
managementfeatures.

Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerSystemManager
UserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

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Specifications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecificationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Widthwithoutrackhandles:447mm(17.6inches)
Widthwithrackhandles:482mm(18.98inches)
Depthwithoutrackhandlesandpowersupplyhandles:764mm(29.37inches)
Depthwithrackhandlesandpowersupplyhandles:782.9mm(30.82inches)
Height:87mm(3.43inches)

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemconfigurations.

Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:16kg(35.27lb)to27kg(59.52lb)
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:21kg(46.30lb)to32kg(70.55lb)

Environment

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

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

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment

Note:Whenthealtitudeexceeds950m(3117ft),thedefinedmaximumdry-bulbtemperatureforoperation
becomesadependentvariable.Thistemperaturevaluedecreasesby1°C(33.8°F)withevery300m(984ft)of
altitudeincrease.

•Humidity:
Operating:20%to80%(non-condensing)

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

Electricalinput

•Universalinput:

–Lowrange:

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

–Highrange:

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

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.

Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

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BIOSandTSMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTSM(alsoknownasBMC)firmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovo
maintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTSMupdateutilitieswithinstructions
fordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTSMfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updating
orrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage57

and“Updatingthefirmware”onpage61.

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurations
Management

TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterConfigurationsManagement(SCCM)programhelps
youmanagethefirmwarecomponentsinyourThinkServerserver.Thefirmwarecomponentsinclude
TSM,BIOS,DeploymentManagerApplication,WindowsDriverPackageforDeploymentManager,and
LinuxDriverPackageforDeploymentManager.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstosende-mailalertsto
relatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperations Management

TheLenovoPartnerPackforMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManagementprogramautomatically
detectsthemanagedserversofyourThinkServerserverandprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedservers.Thesysteminformationincludescomponentinventory,componentstatus,andsensor
status.Theprogramalsoenablesuserstoperformmanagementtasks,suchasrestartingorturningoffyour
ThinkServerserver,launchingaremoteconsole,andaccessingtheTSMinterface.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenter

TheLenovoPartnerPackforVMwarevCenterprogramprovidesdetailedsysteminformationaboutthe
managedserversofyourThinkServerserverintheVMwarevirtualizedenvironment.Thesysteminformation
includestheinventoryandstatusofcomponentssuchasmicroprocessors,memorymodules,fans,and
temperaturesensors.Theprogramenablesuserstoperformtaskssuchaslaunchingaremoteconsoleand
accessingtheTSMinterface.Theprogramalsoprovidesaneasywaytoupdatethefirmwareandsend
e-mailalertstorelatedrecipientswhencertaineventsaredetected.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager

TheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasDeploymentManager)
simplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAID,configuringBIOSsettings,andupdatingthefirmware.The
programworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatethe
processofinstallingtheoperatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Theprogramispartoftheserver
firmware.Thehelpsystemfortheprogramcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

DeploymentManagerhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystem

•Automatichardwaredetection

•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype

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•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

•ContainsRAIDconfigurationutility

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•SupportsBIOSsettingsconfiguration

•Supportsfirmwareandapplicationsupdate

TouseDeploymentManager,dothefollowing:

1.Launchtheprogramthroughoneofthefollowingmethods:

•Turnontheserver.PressF10assoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds.
DeploymentManageropens.

•StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.SelectBootManager➙LaunchTDM.DeploymentManageropens.

2.Readandacceptthelicenseagreement.

3.Selectthelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentousetheprogram.

BeforeinstallingaWindowsoraLinuxoperatingsystemusingDeploymentManager,itisrecommended
thatyoudothefollowing:

1.Downloadthelatestdevicedriverbundlefileforyourserver.T ofindanddownloadthebundlefile,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

2.LaunchDeploymentManagerandclickPlatformUpdateontheleftpane.

3.SelectApplicationandthenclickNext.

4.ClickBrowsetoselectthecorrespondingbundlefileandthenclickOK.Theversioninformationis
displayed.

5.ClickFlashtoapplythebundlefileandupdatethecurrentdevicedrivers.

Note:IfyouwanttoinstallaVMwarehypervisorusingDeploymentManager,thedevicedriverbundle
fileisnotneeded.

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

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics

TheLenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsprogramenablesyoutodiagnoseserverproblems,performsome
diagnostictests,andcollectsysteminformation.Examplesofthesysteminformationincludebasic
operating-systeminformation,hardwareinformation,SEL,RAIDlog,andsoon.Dependingonthemodel,
yourservermightcomewithoneofthefollowingdiagnosticprogrameditions:

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsEmbeddedEdition

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsStandaloneEdition

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoThinkServerDiagnostics,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovodiagnosticsolutions/downloads.LocatetheLenovoThinkServer

DiagnosticssectionatthebottomoftheWebpage.Then,clickthedesiredlinkformoreinformation.

LenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-basedPlatformUpdateTool

TheLenovoThinkServerOperatingSystem-basedPlatformUpdateT oolisusedtoupdatethefirmwarein
theoperatingsystemforyourserver.

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Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner

TheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerSystemManager

TheLenovoThinkServerSystemManager(TSM)isamanagementsolutionthatprovidescomprehensive
andsecuremanagementfeatures.Thesefeaturesenableyoutomanageyourserversremotelyusing
aone-to-oneorone-to-manymethod.

TheTSMprovidesaone-to-oneweb-basedconsole.Theweb-basedconsoleisdevelopedinHTML5and
structuredinthewaythatmakesplatformmanagementintuitiveandefficient.TheTSMalsoprovidesa
securecommand-lineinterfaceforimprovedefficiencyandfunctionality.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerSystemManagerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerSystemManagerPremium

LenovoThinkServerSystemManagerPremiumprovidesyouasolutionthatenablesyoutoreceiveallthe
benefitsandfeaturesprovidedbyboththeLenovoThinkServerSystemManagerprogramandtheLenovo
ThinkServerEnergyManagerprogram.ItalsoenablesyoutocontroltheserverremotelyusingLenovovirtual
keyboard,video,andmouse.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoXClarityAdministrator

LenovoXClarityAdministratorisacentralizedresource-managementsolutionthatenablesadministrators
todeployinfrastructurefasterandwithlesseffort.ThesolutionseamlesslyintegratesintoSystemx,
ThinkServer,andNeXtScaleservers,aswellastheFlexSystemconvergedinfrastructureplatform.

LenovoXClarityAdministratorprovidesthefollowingfeatures:

•Automateddiscoveryandinventory

•Baremetaldeployment

•Securitymanagement

•Upwardintegration

•PythonCLI,representationalstatetransfer(REST)applicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs),and
WindowsPowerShell

•Simplenetworkmanagementprotocol(SNMP),systemlog,ande-mailforwarding

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoXClarityAdministrator,goto:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.lenovo.lxca.doc%2
Faug_product_page.html

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LenovoXClarityEnergyManager

TheLenovoXClarityEnergyManager(hereinafterreferredtoasEnergyManager)isatoolfordatacenter
powermanagement.Itmonitorsthepowerandtemperatureatthedevicelevelandthegrouplevel.By
monitoringandanalyzingpowerandtemperatureinformation,EnergyManagerhelpsyouincreasepower
efficiencyandimprovebusinesscontinuity.

ForinformationaboutusingLenovoXClarityEnergyManager,refertothehelpsystemoftheprogram.

LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI

LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIconsistsofindividualapplicationmodulesthatutilizeacommand-lineinterface
(CLI)tohelpyoumanageservers.Withtheinventoryapplicationmodule,LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI
enablesyoutogetinventoryandsysteminformationforThinkServerservers.

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/solutions/HT116433?LinkTrack=Solr

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoutolocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

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Thefollowingillustrationsareexamplesofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsonserver
modelswithdifferentdrivebayconfigurations.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure1.Labelonservermodelswith3.5-inch-drivebays

Figure2.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays

Frontviewoftheserver

Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Theillustrationsinthistopicshowtheserverfrontviews
basedonthesupportedinternaldrives:

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives”onpage18

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•“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives”onpage19

0

1 3

2

5

4

7

6

•“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrivesandaslimopticaldrive”onpage20

•“Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive”onpage21

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives

Figure3.Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchdrives

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard

53.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)6Rackhandle(right)

16Rackhandles

2Frontpanel
4Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Y oualsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage22.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage16.

4Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive(DVD-RWorDVD-ROM).

53.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

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Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Figure4.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard

2Frontpanel

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–23)

5Rackhandle(right)

15Rackhandles

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Y oualsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage22.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage16

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–23)

.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Dependingonyourservermodel,allorsomeofthedrive-baygroups,suchasbays0–7,bays8–15,and
bays16–23,mightbecoveredbyEMI-protectivepanelsasawhole.

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Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrivesandaslimopticaldrive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Figure5.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrivesandaslimopticaldrive

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard

2Frontpanel

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–15)

5Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)6Rackhandle(right)

16Rackhandles

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Y oualsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage22.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage16.

42.5-inch-drivebays(0–15)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

Iftheserversupportsuptoeightdrives,anEMI-protectivepanelcoversthebays8–15asawhole.

5Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive(DVD-RWorDVD-ROM).

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Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Figure6.Frontviewofservermodelswithaninternaltapedrive

1Rackhandle(left)
3Pull-outinformationcard
5Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)6Rackhandle(right)

72.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)

16Rackhandles

2Frontpanel
4Internaltapedrive(availableonsomemodels)

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof
therackcabinet.Y oualsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetso
thattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

2Frontpanel

Forinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Frontpanel”
onpage22.

3Pull-outinformationcard

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage16.

4Internaltapedrive

Someservermodelscomewithaninternaltapedrive.Theinternaltapedriveenablesyoutostoredataon
tapes.

5Slimopticaldrive

SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive(DVD-RWorDVD-ROM).

72.5-inch-drivebays(0–7)

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantdrivebaysareoccupied
bydummytrays.

Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

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Frontpanel

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.Tolocate
thefrontpanel,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage17.

Figure7.Frontpanel

1NetworkstatusLED
3PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED
5USB2.0connectors(2)6VGAconnector

1NetworkstatusLED

2SystemhealthLED
4SystemIDbuttonwithIDLED

ThenetworkstatusLEDonthefrontpanelhelpsyouidentifythenetworkconnectivityandactivity.

StatusColor

OnGreen

Blinking

Off

Theserverisconnectedtoanetwork.

Green

None

Thenetworkisconnectedandactive.
Theserverisdisconnectedfromthenetwork.

Description

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2SystemhealthLED

ThesystemhealthLEDprovidesbasicdiagnosticfunctionsforyourserver.IfthesystemhealthLEDislit,
oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyoutothesourceoftheerror.

StatusColor

On

BlinkingAmber

Off

DescriptionAction

Thetemperatureoftheserverreachedthe
non-criticaltemperaturethreshold.

Thevoltageoftheserverreachedthe
non-criticalvoltagethreshold.

Afanhasbeendetectedtoberunningat
lowspeed.

Afanhasbeenremoved.1.Ensurethatthesystemfansare

Amber

Thepowersupplyhasacriticalerror.
Thepowercordhasbeendisconnected

fromonepowersupplyoraredundant
powersupplyhasbeenremoved.

Theserverisoverheated.

TheBMCisinitializing.

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandis
workingcorrectly.

ChecktheBMCforerrorsandcheckthe
systemfans.

Replacethesystemboard.
Note:Thisproceduremustbeperformed
onlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,
andservice”onpage189

Checkthesystemfans.

connectedsecurelytothesystem
board.

2.Reinstalltheremovedfanorinstalla
newfantoreplacetheremovedfan.

ChecktheBMCfordetailedinformation.

1.Ensurethatthepowersuppliesare
installedsecurelyintheserver.

2.Ensurethatthepowercordsare
connectedsecurelytothepower
supplies.

3.Installanewpowersupplytoreplace
theremovedone.

ChecktheBMCforerrorsandthencheck
thesystemfans.

.

3PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserverwhenyoufinishsettinguptheserver.Y oualsocan
holdthepowerbuttonforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage49.ThepowerstatusLED
helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

StatusColor

OnGreen
Off

Theserverison.

None

Theserverisoff.

Description

Chapter3.Productoverview23

4SystemIDbuttonwithIDLED

























WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverare
littohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

StatusColor

On
Off

Blue

None

Theserverisidentified.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.

Description

5FrontUSB2.0connectors(2)

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

6VGAconnector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Figure8.Rearviewoftheserver

1Powersupply1
3PCIeslot64PCIeslot3(onrisercardassembly2)
5PCIeslot4(onrisercardassembly2)6PCIeslot5(onrisercardassembly2)
7PCIeslot1(onrisercardassembly1)8PCIeslot2(onrisercardassembly1)
9SystemIDLED10USB3.0connectors(2)
11Ethernetconnector2(RJ-45)12Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)
13Serialconnector14Ethernetconnectorforsystemmanagement(RJ-45)
15VGAconnector

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2Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)

1Powersupply1

2Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)

Thehot-swapredundantpowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails.YoucanpurchaseapowersupplyoptionfromLenovoandinstallthe
powersupplytoprovidepowerredundancywithoutturningofftheserver.

Oneachpowersupply,therearethreestatusLEDsnearthepowercordconnector.Forinformationabout
thestatusLEDs,see“PowersupplystatusLEDs”onpage48.

3PCIeslotsonthesystemboard

Slot

3PCIeslot6

456PCIeslotsonrisercardassembly2

Slot

4PCIeslot3
5PCIeslot4
6PCIeslot5

78PCIeslotsonrisercardassembly1

Slot

7PCIeslot1
8PCIeslot2

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x8,x4,x2,x1
x16x8,x4,x2,x1

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Low-profilecard

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Low-profilecard
Low-profilecard
Low-profilecard

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard
Half-length,full-heightcard

Note:Ifyourserverisinstalledwithonlyonemicroprocessor,onlyPCIeslots1and2areavailable.

9SystemIDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverare
littohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremote
managementprogramforserverpresencedetection.

StatusColor

On
Off

10USB3.0connectors(2)

Blue

None

Theserverisidentified.
TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.

Description

UsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSB2.0or3.0connection,suchasakeyboard,amouse,ascanner,
aprinter,orapersonaldigitalassistant(PDA).

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111214EthernetRJ-45connectors

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

TheEthernetconnector0(14)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagementbydefault.Ifyouwantto
useremotemanagementfunctions,connectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.Y oualsocan
settheEthernetconnector1forsystemmanagement.See“SettinganEthernetconnectorforsystem
management”onpage56

Figure9.EthernetstatusLEDs

.

EthernetstatusLED

1Left:dataspeed

2Right:linkandactivity

13Serialconnector

ColorStatus

Amber
GreenOn
None
GreenOn
None
Green

On

Off

Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Description

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialconnector.

15VGAconnector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage16.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage65.

26ThinkServerRD450UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithaninternaltapedriveandaslim
opticaldrive.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure10.Componentsofservermodelswithaninternaltapedriveandaslimopticaldrive

1Rackhandle(right)2Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)
3Internaltapedrive(availableonsomemodels)
5FrontVGAandUSBmodule6Rackhandle(left)
7Frontpanelboard
9Hot-swap-drivebackplane
11Systemfan12Systemboard
13CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
15Coin-cellbattery16Coolingshroud
17ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule(available

42.5-inch-drivearea

8AnyRAIDadapter(availableonsomemodels)
10Systemfancage

14Heatsink

18Risercardassembly1

onsomemodels)

19Risercardassembly2
21Powersupply1
23Intrusionswitch(availableonsomemodels)24CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)

20PCIecard(availableonsomemodels)
22Powersupply2(availableonsomemodels)

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25CPU2DIMMs(varybymodel)26CPU1DIMMs(varybymodel)
27Servercover

CRUsarepartsthatcanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.IfaCRUisdeterminedtobedefective
duringthewarrantyperiod,areplacementCRUwillbeprovidedtothecustomer.Customersareresponsible
forinstallingtheself-serviceCRUsforthisproduct.Customersalsocaninstalloptional-serviceCRUs,which
mightrequiresometechnicalskillsortools,orrequestthatatechnicianinstalltheoptional-serviceCRU
underthetermsoftheapplicablewarrantyservicetypeforyourcountryorregion.

Non-CRUsmustbereplacedonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

ThefollowingtableliststhemajorFRUsinyourserverandtheCRUidentificationinformation.Foracomplete
listingofFRUinformation,suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

Notes:

•BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpageiii

.

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

*Availableonsomemodels

FRUdescription

AnyRAIDadapter*NoYes
AnyRAIDflashmodule*
Coin-cellbattery
Coolingshroud
Easy-swap-drivemodule*NoYes
Easy-swapstoragedrive*YesNo
FrontpanelboardYesNo
FrontVGAandUSBmodule
HeatsinkYesNo
Hot-swap-drivebackplane*NoYes
Hot-swapredundantpowersupplyYesNo
Hot-swapstoragedrive*YesNo
Internaltapedrive*YesNo
Intrusionswitch*YesNo
LenovoThinkServerRAID110iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID500upgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID520iupgradekey*
LenovoThinkServerRAID720iModularDRAM

Upgrade*
LenovoThinkServerRAID720iModularFlash*
LenovoThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule*

Self-serviceCRUOptional-serviceCRU

NoYes
YesNo
YesNo

YesNo

NoYes

NoYes

NoYes

NoYes

NoYes

NoYes

NoYes

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FRUdescription

LenovoThinkServerSystemManagerPremium
module*

LenovoThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule*
MemorymoduleYesNo
MicroprocessorNoYes
Opticaldrive*
Opticalmodule*
PCIecard*
PCIesolid-statedrive*
Powercord*YesNo
RisercardYesNo
Securedigital(SD)card*
SDmodule*
Systemboard
Systemfan
Systemfancage

Self-serviceCRUOptional-serviceCRU

YesNo

YesNo

YesNo
YesNo
YesNo
YesNo

YesNo

NoYes

NoNo
YesNo
YesNo

AnyRAIDadapterandRAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheconnectorsontheAnyRAIDadapterandRAIDcard.Youcan
purchaseasupportedAnyRAIDadapterandRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.Foralistof
ThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Note:TheoptionkitforAnyRAIDadapterorRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmight
containadditionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

YouserveralsosupportstheHostBusAdapter.TheHostBusAdapterisusedtoconnectyourserverto
externalstoragedevices,suchasastoragearray.

YourserversupportsthefollowingAnyRAIDadaptersandRAIDcards:

AnyRAIDadapters(supportedtypevariesbyservermodel):

•LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter(alsocalledpass-throughboard)

•LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

RAIDcard:

•LenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapter

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter

ThefollowingillustrationshelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheAnyRAIDadaptersandRAIDcards.

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Note:Dependingontheconfiguration,theAnyRAIDadapterorRAIDcardinstalledinyourservermightlook
slightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesSATAsoftwareRAIDfunction.Thefollowing
illustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure11.LenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

1SA T A0–3connector

UsedtoconnecttotheSATAconnector0(ports0–3)onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

2SA T A4–7connector

UsedtoconnecttotheSATAconnector1(ports4–7)onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure12.LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapter

1PCIE0connector

2PCIE1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

3RAIDupgradekeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Thefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure13.ThinkServerRAID720iAnyRAIDAdapter

1ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleconnector(availableonsomemodels)

UsedtoconnecttotheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.See“Servercomponents”onpage26

2PCIE0connector

3PCIE1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

.

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ThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.Theadapterisusedinservermodelssupportingtheinternaltapedrive.Thefollowingillustration
showstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure14.ThinkServerRAID720ixAnyRAIDAdapter

1SA T Aconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSATAsignalcablefromtheinternaltapedriveifoneisinstalled.

2ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleconnector

UsedtoconnecttotheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.See“Servercomponents”onpage26.

3PCIE0connector

4PCIE1connector

UsedtoconnecttotheAnyRAIDconnector0–1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapterisusedtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheRAIDcard.

Figure15.LenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapter

1Connector0

UsedtoconnecttotheSASconnector1(ports0–3)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives.See
“Backplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives”onpage38.

2Connector1

UsedtoconnecttotheSASconnector2(ports4–7)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives.See
“Backplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives”onpage38.

3RAID500upgradekeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaLenovoThinkServerRAID500upgradekeyforadvancedRAID.

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ThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter

TheRAID520iAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Thefollowingillustration
showstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure16.ThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter

1Connector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD0-3.

2Connector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD4-7.

3J3connector

UsedtoconnecttoaThinkServerRAID520iupgradekey.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapter

TheLenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapterisusedtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functions.ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheRAIDcard.

Figure17.LenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapter

1Connector1

UsedtoconnecttotheSASconnector1(ports0–3)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives.See
“Backplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives”onpage38

.

2Connector2

UsedtoconnecttotheSASconnector2(ports4–7)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives.See
“Backplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives”onpage38.

3ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectthecableofaThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.

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ThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter

TheRAID720iAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Thefollowingillustration
showstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure18.ThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter

1Connector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD0-3.

2Connector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD4-7.

3ThunderboltFlashModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectaThunderboltMemorymodule(hereinafterreferredtoasTMM).

Hot-swap-drivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingdrivebayandbackplaneconfigurations:

DrivebaysizeDrivebayquantityBackplanequantityDrivetype

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

3.5-inch81

2.5-inch81

2.5-inch162

2.5-inch242

3.5-inchharddiskdriveor

2.5-inchsolid-statedrive
Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive

Hot-swap,SATAorSAS

Harddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive

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Tolocatethebackplanes,see“Servercomponents”onpage26.

0 1 2 3 4 5

76

10 118 9

Backplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives.

Figure19.Frontviewofthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives

Figure20.Rearviewofthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives

0–7Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect3.5-inchdrives.

810-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardtoprovidepowertothe
backplane.

9SASconnector2(ports4–7)

Usedtoconnecttooneofthefollowingconnectors:

•SATAconnector1(ports4–7)onthesystemboard

•Port1ontheLenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapter

•Port2ontheLenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapter

102-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttoanopticaldriveifoneisinstalled.

11SASconnector1(ports0–3)

Usedtoconnecttooneofthefollowingconnectors:

•SATAconnector0(ports0–3)onthesystemboard

•Port0ontheLenovoThinkServerRAID500PCIeAdapter

•Port1ontheLenovoThinkServerRAID710PCIeAdapter

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Backplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1210 11 13 14 15

16 17

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives.

Figure21.Frontviewofthebackplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives

Figure22.Rearviewofthebackplaneforuptosixteen2.5-inchdrives

0–15Slot0–slot15

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

1610-pinpowerconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardtoprovidepowertothe
backplane.

17AnyRAIDadapterslot0

UsedtoconnectanAnyRAIDadapter.

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Backplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(withanAnyRAID-adapterslot)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9

10

11

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheslotsandconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives.

Figure23.Frontviewofthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives

Figure24.Rearviewofthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives

0–7Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

810-pinpowerconnector0

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinbackplanepowerconnectoronthesystemboardtoprovidepowertothe
backplane.

9AnyRAIDadapterslot0

UsedtoconnectanAnyRAIDadapter.

104-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttoaninternaltapedriveifoneisinstalled.

112-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttoaslimopticaldriveifoneisinstalled.

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Backplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(withmini-SASconnectors)

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives(with
mini-SASconnectorsontherear).

Figure25.Frontview

Figure26.Rearview

0–7Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchhot-swapdrives.

910-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.

810Mini-SASconnectors

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorsonaRAIDadapter.YoualsocanuseaSATAtomini-SASsignal
cabletoconnectthebackplanetotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

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Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

Figure27.Systemboardcomponents

1SATAconnector(opticaldrive)2Coin-cellbattery
3SAT Aconnector1(ports4–7)4Storage-drivepowerconnector
5AnyRAIDconnector0–1
7Frontpanelconnector18Frontpanelconnector2
9SDmoduleconnector
11TSMPremiumconnector
13PCIeslot
15RAIDupgradekeyconnector16Powersupplyconnector2
17Powersupplyconnector118Intrusionswitchconnector
19Backplanepowerconnector220Backplanepowerconnector1
21Microprocessor2memoryslots(4)22Systemfan5connector
23Microprocessor2socket
25Microprocessor2memoryslots(4)26Microprocessor1memoryslots(4)
27Systemfan2connector
29Systemfan1connector30Microprocessor1memoryslots(4)

1SA T Aconnector(opticaldrive)

6SAT Aconnector0(ports0–3)

10Risercardassembly1slot
12TPMconnector
14Risercardassembly2slot

24Systemfan4connector

28Microprocessor1socket

Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldrive.

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2Coin-cellbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andconfigurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thecoin-cellbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

3SA T Aconnector1(ports4–7)

Usedtoconnecttooneofthefollowingconnectors:

•SASconnector2(ports4–7)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives

•SATA4–7connectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

•SATAconnector(ports4–7)ontheeasy-swap-drivemodule

4Storage-drivepowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe4-pinpowerconnectorontheeasy-swap-drivemodule.

5AnyRAIDconnector0–1

UsedtoconnecttothePCIeconnectorsontheAnyRAIDadapter.

6SA T Aconnector0(ports0–3)

Usedtoconnecttooneofthefollowingconnectors:

•SASconnector1(ports0–3)onthebackplaneforuptoeight3.5-inchdrives

•SATA0–3connectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID110iAnyRAIDAdapter

•SATAconnector(ports0–3)ontheeasy-swap-drivemodule

7Frontpanelconnector1

Usedtoconnecttothefrontpanelboard.

8Frontpanelconnector2

UsedtoconnecttothefrontVGAandUSBmodule.

9SDmoduleconnector

UsedtoconnectanSDmodule.

10Risercardassembly1slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.

11TSMPremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaTSMpremiummoduletoenableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.

12TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaTPM.TPMisasecuritychipthatisusedtoenhanceserversecurity.

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13PCIeslot

UsedtoinstallasupportedPCIecard.ForinformationaboutsupportedPCIecards,see“Rearviewof
theserver”onpage24.

14Risercardassembly2slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.

15RAIDupgradekeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID110iupgradekey.

16Powersupplyconnector2

Usedtoconnectthepowersupply2.

17Powersupplyconnector1

Usedtoconnectthepowersupply1.

18Intrusionswitchconnector

Usedtoconnecttoanintrusionswitch.

19Backplanepowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

20Backplanepowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttothe10-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplaneorontheeasy-swap-drivemodule.

22242729Systemfanconnector

Usedtoconnectasystemfan.

21252630Memoryslots

Thereare16memoryslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation
rules”onpage74.

23Microprocessor2socket

28Microprocessor1socket

Iftheserverhastwomicroprocessors,eachofthemicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocket
onthesystemboardandaheatsinkisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.Iftheserver
hasonlyonemicroprocessor,themicroprocessorsocket2isprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

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Systemboardjumpers

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthejumpersonthesystemboardofyourserver.

Figure28.Systemboardjumpers

1Jumpercapstorage
3BIOSdefaultsettingsjumper4Clearpasswordjumper

2BIOSrecoveryjumper

Attention:Tosetthejumpers,removetheservercoverandgainaccesstothesystemboardfirst.Donot
openyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safetyinformation”
onpageiii

1Jumpercapstorage

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

Usedtostorethejumpercap.Ajumpercapisencasedonthepinsbydefault.

2BIOSrecoveryjumper

UsedtorecovertheBIOSifthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyour
servercannotstartcorrectly.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage57.

3BIOSdefaultsettingsjumper

UsedtoturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactory-defaultsettings.

ToturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactory-defaultsettings,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

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3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.LocatetheBIOSdefaultsettingsjumper3onthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsand
disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage1.

6.NotetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheBIOSdefaultsettings
jumper.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage178.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitforaboutfiveminutesfortheBMCinitialization.
Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsturnintothefactory-defaultsettings.

9.Repeatstep1throughstep3.

10.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage1.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage178.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.

4Clearpasswordjumper

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchastheBIOSpasswords.

Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Locatetheclearpasswordjumper4onthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage1.

6.Notetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheclearpasswordjumper.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage178

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8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitforaboutfiveminutesfortheBMCinitialization.
Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerased,includingtheadministratorpasswordand
userpassword.

9.Repeatstep1throughstep3.

10.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage1.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage178.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.

13.Tosetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage54.

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Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs

12

Eachhot-swapdrivehastwoLEDsonthefront.

Figure29.Hot-swap-driveactivityandstatusLEDs

1DriveactivityLED2DrivestatusLEDDescription

OffOff
On,greenOff
Blinking,green
On,greenBlinkingrapidly(about

On,greenOn,amberOneofthefollowingsituations:

Off

fourflashesper
second),amber

Thedrivehasfailedorisnotpresent.
Thedriveispresentbutnotinuse.
Thedriveisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.
TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthedrive.

•Thedrivehasfailed.Replacethedrive.

•ThestatusofthedriveisUnconfiguredBad.Replacethedrive.

Blinking,green

Blinkingslowly(about
oneflashpersecond),
amber

Note:IfadriveinaRAIDarrayisremovedandthenreinstalled
whiletheserverison,thestatusofthedrivewillbeidentifiedas
UnconfiguredBad.Inthiscase,donotreplacethedrive.You
canchangethedrivestatusintoUnconfiguredGoodusingthe
ThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware.

•ThestatusofthedriveisOffline.Y oucanchangethedrivestatus
intoOnlineusingtheThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerMegaRAID
SASSoftware,refertotheThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware
UserGuide.Youcanobtainthemostup-to-datedocumentationfor
yourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Thedriveisbeingrebuilt.

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PowersupplystatusLEDs

1

2

3

Eachhot-swappowersupplyhasthreestatusLEDs.

Figure30.PowersupplystatusLEDs

LED

1InputstatusLED

2Outputstatus

LED

Status

Off

On,green

Off

Blinking,green(aboutone
flasheverytwoseconds)

Blinking,green(abouttwo
flasheseachsecond)

On,green

Off

On,amber

DescriptionAction

Thepowersupplyis
disconnectedfromtheac
powersource.

Thepowersupplyisconnected
totheacpowersource.

Theserverisofforthepower
supplyisnotworkingnormally.

Thepowersupplyisincold
redundancyactivemode.

Thepowersupplyisincold
redundancysleepmode.

Theserverisonandthepower
supplyisworkingnormally.

Thepowersupplyisworking
normally.

Thepowersupplyhasfailed.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Replacethepowersupply.
See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapredundantpower
supply”onpage121

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded. 3FaultLED

Replacethepowersupply.
See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapredundantpower
supply”onpage121

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Connectingcables

Toconnectthesignalcablesfromtheinstalledhardwarecomponents,refertotherelatedinformation
inthefollowingtopics:

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42

•“AnyRAIDadapterandRAIDcard”onpage29

•“Hot-swap-drivebackplane”onpage37

•“Installingthetapedrive”onpage166

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage22
30secondsfortheThinkServerSystemManager(TSM,alsoknownasBMC)toinitializewheneveryou
connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepowerbuttononthefrontpanelduringthis
period,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTSMinitializationfinishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

Turningofftheserver

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

.Theserverneedsabout

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttononthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTSMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

•Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.

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•Forinformationaboutyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Configuringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage58

•“Updatingthefirmware”onpage61

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage49

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,typethecorrectpasswordtoentertheSetupUtility
program.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage54

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ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

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

SetupUtilityprograminterface

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheBIOSdefaultsettingsjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See
“Systemboardjumpers”onpage45

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,upgradetheBIOSandtheTSMfirmwareifnecessary.

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TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“SystemInformationmenu”onpage52

•“AdvancedSettingsmenu”onpage52

•“SystemSecuritymenu”onpage53

•“TSMSettingsmenu”onpage53

•“BootManagermenu”onpage53

•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage53

LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOS.See“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage57

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,theBIOSwillrecovertothepreviousversionautomatically.Therecoveryprocesslastsabout20
minutes.YoualsocanusetheBIOSrecoveryjumpertorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“System
boardjumpers”onpage45.

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SystemInformationmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheSystemInformationmenu.Themenulistsbasic
informationaboutyourserver,suchastheBIOS,microprocessortype,memory,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheSystemInformationmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateand
time”onpage54

.

AdvancedSettingsmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedSettingsmenuintheSetup
Utilityprogram.TheAdvancedSettingsmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.On
eachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

TheAdvancedSettingsmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•ProcessorSettings:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorsandsetmicroprocessor
configurationparameters.

•MemorySettings:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemoryconfiguration
parameters.

•AdvancedPowerSettings:Viewandsetpowerandperformanceparameters.

•PCI/PCIESettings:ViewandsetPCIorPCIeconfigurationparameters.

•SATASettings:SetonboardSATAparameters.

•USBSettings:ViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters,suchasenablingordisablingUSBdevices.

•SerialSettings:Viewandsetconfigurationparametersfortheserialconnector.

•WakeupSettings:Viewandconfigurethewakeuptimingandsetthepowerstateafterapowerfailure.

•MiscellaneousSettings:Viewandconfiguresomemiscellaneousitems,suchastheNumLockkeyon
thekeyboardandthebootstatuscode.

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SystemSecuritymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconfiguretheTPMfunctionontheSystemSecuritymenuintheSetupUtility
program.Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusing
theupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthe
menuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

TheSystemSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage54

•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage54.

•SecureBoot:Setsecurebootparameters.

•TPM/TCM:ConfiguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConfiguringtheTPMfunction”onpage56.

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TSMSettingsmenu

YoucanvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsontheTSMSettingsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesired
optionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheTSMSettingsmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•TSMNetworkSettings:SetBMCmanagementnetworkconfigurationparameters.

•UserAccountSettings:SetBMCuseraccountparameters.

BootManagermenu

TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconfiguration.

TheBootSequencesubmenuintheBootManagermenuprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchange
theserverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesin
thestartupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverrestarts.Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhich
theserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.Theserverstartsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.For
example,youcandefineastartupsequencethatchecksadiscintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheinternal
storagedrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformationaboutsettingthestartupsequenceor
selectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage55

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Save&Exitmenu

AfteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&Exitmenu,andthenselectY eswhenpromptedto
confirmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage56

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TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

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•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewithfurtherconfigurationintheSetup
Utilityprogram.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•LoadOptimizedDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.

•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

•PureUEFIOSOptimizedDefaults:EnableordisableoptimizeddefaultsettingsforthepureUEFI
operatingsystem.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

2.OntheSystemInformationmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.If

youareresponsibleformaintainingtheconfigurationsettingsofseveralservers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalidpasswordeachtimetheserverturnson.

Youcannotlogintoanyoperatingsystemuntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
theserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto32characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

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•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

2.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordor
selectUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage54.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconfirmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheclearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardtoerase
thepassword.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage45.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF11ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.

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

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

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2.OntheBootSequencesubmenuundertheBootManagermenu,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentosetthestartupdeviceforBootOption#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.
Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“BootManagermenu”onpage53

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyouencryptdataandprotecttheserver.The
TPMfunctionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheTPM”on
page119.YoucanpurchaseaTPMfromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPM,checkiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

2.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectTPMSettings➙TPMSupport.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMSecurityFeatureitemisdisplayed.SetTPMSecurity
FeaturetoActivate.

•IfTPMSupportissettoDisabled,dothefollowing:
a.SetTPMSupporttoEnabledandpressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Theserverwillrestart.

b.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectTPMSettings.Then,set

TPMSecurityFeaturetoActivate.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe
TPMfunction.

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SettinganEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement

TherearethreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearoftheserver.Ethernetconnector0isforsystem
managementbydefault.However,youalsocansetEthernetconnector1forsystemmanagementuse.
Whenusedforsystemmanagement,Ethernetconnector1andEthernetconnector0cannotbeteamed
orsetforfailover.Onlyoneofthemcanbeusedatatime.T olocatethethreeEthernetconnectors,see
“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage24

TosettheEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

2.OntheTSMSettingsmenu,selectTSMNetworkSettings➙TSMNICSelection.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•TosettheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagement,selectDedicatedPort.

•TosettheEthernetconnector1forsystemmanagement,selectSharedNICPort.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcando
oneofthefollowingtoexittheSetupUtilityprogram:

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

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙LoadOptimizedDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage53.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTSMfirmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdate
theserverfirmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

Updating(flashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemconfigurations.

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

•AfterupdatingtheBIOSfirmware,allofyourpreviousBIOSsettingswillbeautomaticallyrestored.Check
andreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.

Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTfile.

3.PrinttheTXTfilethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(flash)
theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.PerformthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

Note:IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderEFImode,reinstalltheoperatingsystem
afterrecoveringtheBIOS.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dooneofthefollowing:

•Usingtheautomaticrecoveryfeature

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1.Reconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.

2.AfterthesystemhealthLEDturnsoff,pressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserver.Theserveris
turnedonandthenturnedoffautomatically.Then,therecoveryprocessstarts.Waitforabout20
minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DONOTTURNOFFTHE
SERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.Whentherecoveryprocessiscompleted,theserverturns
onautomatically.

3.CheckandconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage51

•UsingtheBIOSrecoveryjumper

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage45.
Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

Note:Donotremovethememorymodulesormicroprocessors.

5.Removethejumpercapfromthejumpercapstorage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage45.

6.NotetheorientationofthejumpercapandtheninstallthejumpercapontheBIOSrecoveryjumper.

7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Theserverturnsonandthenturnsoffautomatically.

8.Movethejumpercapbacktothejumpercapstorage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage45.

9.Waitforabout20minutesfortheTSMtorecovertheBIOS.Topreventpermanentdamage,DO
NOTTURNOFFTHESERVERduringtherecoveryprocess.WhentheBIOSrecoveryprocessis
completed,theserverturnsonautomatically.

10.EnsurethattheSetupUtilityprogramstartsnormally.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”on
page51.Then,disconnecttheserverfromtheacpowersource.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completing
thepartsreplacement”onpage178.

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.CheckandconfiguretheBIOS
settingsforyourspecificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51.

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Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSread-onlymemory
(ROM)mightbedamaged.Youmustreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomerSupport
Center.

ConfiguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:

•“AboutRAID”onpage59

•“ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram”onpage60

•“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage61

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AboutRAID

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

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina
RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost
serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe
expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedwithsingle-drive
storagesystems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdata
fromtheremainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargefilesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberofoneharddiskdrive.

•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.

•RAID6:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID6usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripe,anddiskstriping.ARAID6

virtualdrivecansurvivethelossofanytwodriveswithoutlosingdata.ARAID6drivegroupissimilar
toaRAID5drivegroup.Blocksofdataandparityinformationarewrittenacrossalldrives.Theparity
informationisusedtorecoverthedataifoneortwodrivesfailinthedrivegroup.

RAID6requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

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•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.

•RAID60:acombinationofRAID0andRAID6
RAID60usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripeineachRAIDset,anddisk

striping.ARAID60virtualdrivecansurvivethelossoftwodrivesineachoftheRAID6setswithout
losingdata.RAID60worksbestwithdatathatrequireshighreliability,highrequestrates,highdata
transfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

RAID60requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
Guide.ThisguideisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ConfiguringRAIDusingtheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager
program

DeploymentManagersimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAID.Thehelpsystemfortheprogram
canbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

DeploymentManagerhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations

•Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponsefilethatcanbeusedtoconfigureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlyconfigured
Lenovoservers

See“LenovoThinkServerDeploymentManager”onpage13
interfaceoftheprogram.

andviewthehelpsystemfromthemain

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ConfiguringtheadvancedSA TAorSAShardwareRAID

YourservercomeswithanAnyRAIDadaptertoprovideadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAIDfunctions.

Note:Dependingontheoperatingsystem,thetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto
2TB.

YoucanusethefollowingprogramsortoolstoconfiguretheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID.

•MegaRAIDHumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)configurationutility
ThisutilityenablesyoutoconfigureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.TodisplaytheHII

configurationutilityinterface,starttheserverandpresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreento
entertheSetupUtilityprogram.Then,selectBootManager➙AdaptersandUEFIDrivers.

•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
Thisprogramprovidesgraphicaluserinterface(GUI)foryoutocreateandmanagestorageconfigurations

inanoperatingsystemenvironment.

•StorageCommandLineTool(StorCLI)
Thisisacommand-linemanagementtoolthatisusedtoconfigureRAIDinanoperatingsystem

environment.

TodownloadtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandStorCLI,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

FormoreinformationabouthowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,refer
totheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide.ThisguideisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Updatingthefirmware

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOS,theTSMfirmware,andtheFRU/SDR.

Toupdatethefirmware,dooneofthefollowing:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

•UsetheLenovoThinkServerDeploymentManagerprogram.See“LenovoThinkServerDeployment
Manager”onpage13

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Chapter6.Replacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage63

•“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage65

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage67

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178

ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafety
instructionsandtheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)ontheLenovoWebsiteat
https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS.Readingandunderstandingthesafetyinstructions
reducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe
firmware”onpage61

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“T roubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage183todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage189.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

formoreinformation.

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

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

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•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,hot-swap
harddiskdrives,hot-swapsolid-statedrives,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnoffthe
serverbeforeperforminganystepsthatinvolveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesor
non-hot-swapdevicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIcards,memorymodules,system
boards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposedcircuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecificsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnonthe
server.Operatingtheserverwiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdriveassoonaspossible.

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•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbaffles,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafflesmightcausethemicroprocessor(s)tooverheat.

•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-fittingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-fittingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet

Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removeorextendtheserverfromtherackcabinetbeforeinstalling
orreplacinghardware.Dependingontherailtype,dooneofthefollowing:

•Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinetusingstaticrails,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetand
placeitonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomes
withtheserver.

•Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinetusingsliderails,presstherackhandlestoextendtheserverfrom
therackcabinet.However,iftheworkingenvironment,cablingconfiguration,ortheserverlocationin
therackcabinetcreatesawkwardconditions,removetheserverfromtherackcabinet.SeetheRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiii

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

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

4.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

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5.Useascrewdrivertounscrewthecoverlocktotheopenpositionasshown.

Figure31.Unscrewingthecoverlock

6.Fullyopenthecoverlatchasshownandslidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisdisengagedfromthe
chassis.Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandplacetheservercoveronaflatcleansurface.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitseveralminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe
servercover.

Attention:Handletheservercovercarefully.Droppingtheservercoverwiththecoverlatchopen
mightdamagethecoverlatch.

Figure32.Removingtheservercover

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage178.

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverwiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

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Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Y oucan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCIe
cards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

Notes:

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIecardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating
orcomponentdamage.

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:

1.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewsthatsecuretherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.

Figure33.Removingtherackhandles

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2.Toreinstalltherackhandles,alignthescrewholesintherackhandlewiththecorrespondingholesinthe
chassis.Installthescrewstosecuretherackhandleoneachsideoftheserver.

Figure34.Installingtherackhandles

Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Toaccesssomeoftheservercomponentsonthesystemboard,removethecoolingshroudfirst.Toensure
propercoolingandairflow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Toremoveandreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.RemovetheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleifoneisinstalledonthecoolingshroud.See
“RemovingtheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule”onpage136.

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5.Insertyourfingersintotheholes1inthecoolingshroudandliftitoutoftheserver.

Figure35.Removingthecoolingshroud

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6.Toreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:
a.Ensurethat:

•Allcomponentshavebeenreassembledcorrectly.

•Notoolsorloosescrewsareleftinsideyourserver.

•Allcablesinsidetheserverhavebeenproperlyroutedandtheywillnotinterferewithinstalling
thecoolingshroud.

b.Notetheorientationofthecoolingshroud.Alignthetabsonbothsidesofthecoolingshroudwith

thecorrespondingholesorgapsinbothsidesofthechassis.

c.Lowerthecoolingshroudintothechassisuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifnecessary,gentlypressthecoolingshroudonbothsidessothatthetabsonthecoolingshroud
completelyengagewithbothsidesofthechassis.

Figure36.Installingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.Operating
theserverwiththecoolingshroudremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178.

Installingorreplacingasystemfan

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiii

Yourserversupportsuptofournon-hot-swapsystemfans.T olocatethesystemfans,see“Systemboard
components”onpage42.

70ThinkServerRD450UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toinstallorreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage68.

5.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Ifyouareinstallingasystemfan,graspthetopofthedummyfanwithyourindexfingerandthumb

andthenliftthedummyfanoutoftheserver.

Figure37.Removingthedummyfan

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•Ifyouarereplacingasystemfan,disconnectthefailingfanfromthesystemboard.Then,graspthe
topofthefanwithyourindexfingerandthumbandliftthefanoutoftheserver.

Figure38.Removingthesystemfan

6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewsystemfantoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewsystemfanfromthepackage.

7.Installthenewsystemfanintothesystemfancagesothatthesystemfancableonthebottomofthenew
systemfanisfacingtherearofthechassis.Then,connectthesystemfancabletothecorresponding
systemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42

.

Figure39.Installingthesystemfan

8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldsystemfan,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178

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.

Removingandreinstallingthesystemfancage

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Toremoveandreinstallthesystemfancage,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage68.

5.Removethesystemfans.See“Installingorreplacingasystemfan”onpage70.

6.Pressthetabsonbothsidesofthecageasshown.Atthesametime,liftthecagestraightupto
removeitfromthechassis.

Figure40.Removingthesystemfancage

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7.Notetheorientationofthesystemfancage.Aligntheleftandrightsidesofthesystemfancagewith
thecorrespondingmountingpostsinthechassis.Then,pressthesystemfancagestraightdowninto
thechassisuntilthecagesnapsintoposition.

Figure41.Installingthesystemfancage

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178

.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

Note:ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Yourserverhas16memoryslotsandithasthefollowingfeatures:

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,16GB,and32GBdoubledatarate4registereddualinlinememory
modules(DDR4RDIMMs)withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Eachslotsupports32GBand64GBdoubledatarate4loadreductiondualinlinememorymodules
(DDR4LRDIMMs)withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Yourserversupportsupto8memorymoduleswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalled,orupto16memory
moduleswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.

•Theminimumsystemmemoryis4GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledandonlyone4GBRDIMM
installedintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).

•Themaximumsystemmemoryis1024GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone64GBLRDIMM
installedineachofthe16memoryslots).

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Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecificservermodel,usetheSetupUtility

CPU2 DIMMB2
CPU2 DIMMB1
CPU2 DIMMA2
CPU2 DIMMA1

CPU1 DIMMB2
CPU1 DIMMB1
CPU1 DIMMA2
CPU1 DIMMA1

CPU2 DIMMC1
CPU2 DIMMC2
CPU2 DIMMD1
CPU2 DIMMD2

CPU1 DIMMC1
CPU1 DIMMC2
CPU1 DIMMD1
CPU1 DIMMD2

program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

.

ForalistofthesupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Beforeinstallingamemorymodule,ensurethatyouobservethefollowingguidelines:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametype.Yourserversupportsthefollowingtypes
ofmemorymodules:

–DDR4RDIMMwithECCtechnology
–DDR4LRDIMMwithECCtechnology

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentranksinonechannel,startfromthefarthestmemoryslot
inthechannel.Installthememorymodulethathasthemostranksfirst.

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentfrequenciesintothememoryslotsforthesame
microprocessor,allthememorymodulesrunatthelowestfrequency.

•Itisrecommendedthatyouinstallthehigh-frequencymemorymodulesintothememoryslotsforthe
samemicroprocessortoensurehighperformance.

Thefollowingillustrationhelpsyoutolocatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.Thefollowingillustration
showsthesystemboardwithtwoinstalledmicroprocessors(alsoknownasCPU).

Figure42.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathave
onlyonemicroprocessor(CPU1)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslotsintowhichthememory
modulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

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Table1.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithonemicroprocessor

CPU1DIMM

1DIMMX
2DIMMsXX
4DIMMsXXXX
8DIMMsXXXXXXXX

A1A2B1B2

C1C2

D1D2

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathave
twomicroprocessors(CPU1andCPU2)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslotsintowhichthe
memorymodulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

Table2.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

A1A2B1B2

2DIMMsXX
4DIMMsXXXX
8DIMMsXXXXXXXX
16DIMMsXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

C1C2

D1D2A1A2B1B2

C1C2

D1D2

Thefollowingsectionexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesinindependentmode,mirroringmode,
sparingmode,andlockstepmode.

Memorymoduleinstallationorderinindependentmode

Inindependentmode,theRASfeaturesarenotavailable.FormoreinformationabouttheRASfeatures,
refertotherelatedsectionin“Features”onpage7.

Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametype.

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentcapacity,installthememorymodulethathasthe
highestcapacityfirst.

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.

Table3.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinindependentmodeforserverswithonemicroprocessor

CPU1DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder1

A1A2B1B2

5

263

C1C2

7

D1D2

48

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.

Table4.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinindependentmodeforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

A1A2B1B2

DIMMinstallationorder19311

C1C2

5

D1D2A1A2B1B2

7

13

15210412614816

C1C2

D1D2

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Memorymoduleinstallationorderinmirroringmode

Inmirroringmode,theservermaintainstwoidenticalcopiesofalldatainmemoryandtheRASfeaturesare
available.FormoreinformationabouttheRASfeatures,refertotherelatedsectionin“Features”onpage7.

Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacity,frequency,voltage,
andnumberofranks.

•Allmemorymodulesmustbeinstalledinpairs.

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.

Table5.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinmirroringmodeforserverswithonemicroprocessor

CPU1DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder13132424

A1A2B1B2

C1C2

D1D2

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.

Table6.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinmirroringmodeforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder1

A1A2B1B2

5

1

C1C2

5

3

D1D2A1A2B1B2

7

7

3

26264848

C1C2

D1D2

Memorymoduleinstallationorderinsparingmode

Thesparingmodeprovidesmemoryredundancy.Inthismode,theRASfeaturesareavailable.Formore
informationabouttheRASfeatures,refertotherelatedsectionin“Features”onpage7.

Note:Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacity,frequency,
voltage,andnumberofranks.

Yourserversupportsranksparingmode.Inranksparingmode,onerankofamemorymoduleworksasthe
sparerankfortheotherranksonthesamechannel.Thesparerankisnotavailableassystemmemory.To
enableranksparingmode,ensurethat:

•Atleastthreeranksareavailableinonechannel.

•Atleasttwomemorymodulesareinstalledinonechannel.

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.

Table7.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinsparingmodeforserverswithonemicroprocessor

CPU1DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder11223344

A1A2B1B2

C1C2

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D1D2

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.

Table8.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinsparingmodeforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

A1A2B1B2

DIMMinstallationorder1133

C1C2

5577

D1D2A1A2B1B2

22446688

C1C2

Memorymoduleinstallationorderinlockstepmode

Inlockstepmode,theRASfeaturesareavailable.FormoreinformationabouttheRASfeatures,refertothe
relatedsectionin“Features”onpage7.

Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacity,frequency,voltage,
andnumberofranks.

•Allmemorymodulesmustbeinstalledinpairs.

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.

Table9.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinlockstepmodeforserverswithonemicroprocessor

D1D2

CPU1DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder13132424

A1A2B1B2

C1C2

D1D2

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationorderforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.

Table10.Memorymoduleinstallationorderinlockstepmodeforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

DIMMinstallationorder1

A1A2B1B2

5

1

C1C2

5

3

D1D2A1A2B1B2

7

7

3

26264848

C1C2

D1D2

Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•Ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.
See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage74

•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

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1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage68.

5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage74

.Removethememorydummyifoneisinstalled.See

“Removingamemorymodule”onpage80.

6.Disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothememoryslots.

7.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.

Figure43.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot

8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.

Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.

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9.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Ensurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey

2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown

intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.

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

Figure44.Installingamemorymodule

10.Reconnectanycablesthatyouhavedisconnected.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178.

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiii

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingthe
operation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage74.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage68.

5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage74.

6.Disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothememoryslots.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

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7.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe
memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit
fromthememoryslot.

Figure45.Removingamemorymodule

8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178

.

Replacingtherisercard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety

information”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Thefollowingprocedureisbasedonthescenariothattherisercardisinstalledontherisercard
bracket1.Theprocedureissimilarforrisercardinstalledontherisercardbracket2.

Toreplacetherisercard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

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4.Loosenthescrewthatsecurestherisercardassembly.Then,grasptheassemblybyitsedgesand
carefullyliftitstraightupandoffthechassis.

Figure46.Removingtherisercardassemblyfromthechassis

5.IfthereisanyPCIecardinstalledontherisercard,recordthecableconnectionsfirst.Then,disconnect
allcablesfromthecardsandcompletelyremovetherisercardassemblyoutofthechassis.

6.RemovethePCIecardsthatareinstalledontherisercard.See“RemovingaPCIecardfromtheriser
cardassembly”onpage95.

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7.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethefailingrisercard.Then,removethefailingrisercardfrom
thebracket.

Figure47.Removingtherisercard

8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewrisercardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewrisercardfromthepackage.

9.Alignthescrewholesinthenewrisercardwiththecorrespondingonesinthebracket.

Figure48.Installingtherisercard

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10.Installthetwoscrewstosecuretherisercardtothebracket.

Figure49.Installingthescrewstosecuretherisercard

11.ReinstallthePCIecardsonthenewrisercard.See“InstallingaPCIecardontherisercardassembly”
onpage89

.

12.RefertoyournotetoreconnectanycablestothePCIecardsonthenewrisercard.Y oualsocanreferto
“Connectingcables”onpage48forinformationaboutcableconnections.

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13.Alignthemountingstudonthesystemboardwiththecorrespondingholeintherisercardbracket.Align
therearoftherisercardassemblywiththecorrespondingrailguidesintherearofthechassis.Then,
carefullypresstherisercardassemblystraightdownintothechassisuntilitisfullyseated.

Note:CarefullyfittheinstalledPCIecardsintothechassisandproperlyrouteanycablesfromthecards.

Figure50.Installingtherisercardassembly

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14.Tightenthescrewtosecuretherisercardassemblytothesystemboard.

Figure51.Tighteningthescrew

15.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldrisercard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178.

InstallingorremovingaPCIExpresscard:Ethernetcard,RAIDcard,and othersupportedtypesofPCIExpresscards

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveaPCIExpress(PCIe)card,suchasanEthernet
card,aRAIDcard,andanyothersupportedPCIecards.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:

•“InstallingaPCIecard”onpage86

•“RemovingaPCIecard”onpage95

Note:ThePCIecardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

InstallingaPCIecard

Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:

•“Adjustingthecard-retainingbracket”onpage87

•“InstallingaPCIecardontherisercardassembly”onpage89

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