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ThinkServerRD530
UserGuide
MachineTypes:2569,2570,2573,2574,2575,and2576
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Note:
Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:
•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct
• “Safetyinformation”onpageiii
•AppendixA“Notices”onpage147
SecondEdition(June2012)
©CopyrightLenovo2012.
LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.
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Contents
Safetyinformation.......... iii
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction................. 1
Serverdocumentation.............2
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5
Chapter3.Productoverview......7
Serverpackage...............7
Features.................. 7
Specications............... 11
Software................. 11
ThinkServerEasyStartup......... 11
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater. 12
LenovoThinkServerEasyManage..... 12
BIOSandTMMupdateutilities...... 12
RAIDcongurationutilities........ 12
Remotemanagementsoftware...... 12
LenovoRackPlanner.......... 12
ThinkServerSmartGridTechnology.... 12
Locations................. 13
Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label................. 13
Frontviewoftheserver......... 14
Frontpanel.............. 17
IntelligentDiagnosticsModule....... 19
Rearviewoftheserver......... 20
Servercomponents........... 22
Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs... 25
RAIDcard............... 25
Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.... 27
Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections.............. 30
Systemboardcomponents........ 31
Systemboardjumpersandswitches.... 35
SystemboardLEDs........... 39
Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff
theserver............... 43
Turningontheserver............ 43
Turningofftheserver............ 43
Chapter5.Conguringtheserver.. 45
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........ 45
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram..... 45
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility
program............... 45
SetupUtilityprograminterface...... 46
Settingthesystemdateandtime..... 48
Usingpasswords............ 49
Selectingastartupdevice........ 50
ConguringtheTPMfunction....... 50
SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector
0.................. 51
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram...... 51
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS...... 51
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram... 53
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup
program............... 53
StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup
program............... 54
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
onaWindowsoperatingsystem...... 55
ConguringRAID.............. 56
AboutRAID.............. 56
ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.......... 58
ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS
hardwareRAID............. 58
ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers...... 59
Updatingthermware............ 59
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram.... 59
UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManage
program................. 59
Chapter6.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware.......... 61
Guidelines................ 61
Precautions.............. 61
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices..... 62
Systemreliabilityguidelines........ 63
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron. 63
Removingtheservercover.......... 63
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware... 65
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles. 65
Removingandreinstallingthecooling
shroud................ 67
Installingorremovingamemorymodule... 69
InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard... 76
ReplacingtheRAIDcard......... 80
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.... 83
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
700Battery.............. 86
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium...... 89
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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerT rusted
PlatformModule............ 92
Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant
powersupply............. 95
Installingorreplacingaheatsink...... 99
Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..102
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk
drive.................110
Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive
backplane............... 114
ReplacingtheIntelligentDiagnostics
Module................119
Replacingasystemfan.........121
Replacingthefrontpanelboard...... 123
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive... 125
Replacingtherisercardassembly1.... 128
Replacingthesystemboardbattery....130
Completingthepartsreplacement....... 132
Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting
cables................ 132
Updatingtheserverconguration..... 135
Chapter7.Troubleshootingand
diagnostics............. 137
Troubleshootingprocedure.......... 137
ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs..... 137
Viewingthesystemeventlog......... 137
Basictroubleshootingtables......... 138
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
problems...............138
Opticaldriveproblems..........138
Harddiskdriveproblems.........139
Memorymoduleproblems........140
Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice
problems...............141
Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,
andservice............. 143
Informationresources............ 143
Usingthedocumentation......... 143
ThinkServerWebsite..........143
LenovoSupportWebsite.........143
Helpandservice..............144
Beforeyoucall.............144
Callingforservice............144
Usingotherservices.......... 145
Purchasingadditionalservices......145
AppendixA.Notices......... 147
Trademarks................148
Importantnotes.............. 148
PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..148
Recyclinginformation............ 148
Batteryreturnprogram..........149
Requirementforbatteriescontaining
perchlorate..............150
Particulatecontamination..........150
ImportantinformationfortheEuropeanDirective
2002/96/EC................151
GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...154
Exportclassicationnotice.......... 155
Electronicemissionnotices.......... 155
FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)
Statement............... 155
ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......157
Index................. 159
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Safetyinformation
Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe
documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.
Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.
Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.
PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.
PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.
Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derndespåere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.
LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.
Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.
Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.
VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.
AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.
Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.
製品をご使用になる前に、製品に付属のDocumentationDVDに収録されているマルチリンガルの「安
全に正しくご使用いただくために」を読んで理解してください。
제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.
Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.
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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.
Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.
Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.
Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.
Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.
在使用本产品之前,请务必先阅读和了解产品附带的文档DVD中的多语言安全说明。
Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.
PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.
Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.
Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.
Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.
使用本產品之前,請務必閱讀並瞭解產品隨附的文件DVD上的多國語言版本安全資訊。
Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.
Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.
Important: Thecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarelabeledwithnumbers.Eachnumber
identiesanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementthatreferstotranslatedversionsofthecaution
ordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.Forexample,ifadangerstatementislabeled
“Statement1,”translationsforthisdangerstatementareintheSafetyInformationdocumentunder
“Statement1.”
Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.
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Statement1
DANGER
Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.
Toavoidashockhazard:
• Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis
productduringanelectricalstorm.
•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.
•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.
•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.
•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water ,orstructuraldamage.
•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou
openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.
• Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening
coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.
Toconnect: Todisconnect:
1.TurneverythingOFF .
2.First,attachallcablestodevices.
3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.
4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.
5.TurndevicesON.
1.TurneverythingOFF .
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,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:
•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.
•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.
DANGER
SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:
Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.
Statement4
≥18kg(39.7lb) ≥32kg(70.5lb) ≥55kg(121.2lb)
<32kg(70.5lb) <55kg(121.2lb) <100kg(220.5lb)
CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.
Statement5
CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.
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Statement6
CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.
Statement7
CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.
Statement8
CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.
Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.
Statement9
CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.
Statement10
CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.
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Statement11
CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.
Statement12
DANGER
Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.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
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.
•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SEL V)source.AnSEL V
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).
•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.
•Use1.3mm
2
or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters
inlength.
•T orquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.
•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.
Statement17
CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.
Statement18
CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.
Statement19
CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.
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Statement20
CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.Toavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.
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Chapter1. Generalinformation
Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
• “Introduction”onpage1
• “Serverdocumentation”onpage2
Introduction
ThisuserguideforyourLenovo
specications,componentlocations,congurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.
YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.
TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_01.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.
®
ThinkServer
®
productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,
Forwarrantyservice,consulttheworldwideLenovoSupporttelephonelist.Telephonenumbersaresubject
tochangewithoutnotice.Themostup-to-datetelephonelistforLenovoSupportisalwaysavailableonthe
Websiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.Ifthetelephonenumberforyourcountryorregionisnot
listed,contactyourLenovoresellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.
Toobtainthemostup-to-dateinformationabouttheserver,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformationand
downloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.ToaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.
Forwheretondtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage13.
Productname
Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)
Serialnumber(S/N)
Dateofpurchase
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
YoucanregisteryourserverwithLenovobyfollowingtheinstructionsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/register
Whenyouregisteryourserver,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteryourserverwithLenovo,youwillreceive
quickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.
Serverdocumentation
Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.
Printeddocuments
Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.
•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete
warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtondthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.
•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing
theserver.
•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing
therailkitshippedwiththeserver.
Note: Thisdocumentisavailableinvelanguages.AprintedEnglishversionisincludedinyourserver
package.APDFversionofFrench,German,Italian,andSpanishareprovidedonthedocumentationDVD
thatcomeswiththeserver.
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DocumentationDVD
ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andHyperT extMarkupLanguage(HTML).ThedocumentationDVDisnot
bootable.ToviewthedocumentsontheDVD,youwillneedacomputerwithaWebbrowserandtheAdobe
Readerprogram,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.adobe.com
TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft
®
Linux
operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
®
Windows
®
environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga
Note: LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeaftertherstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30
languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.
•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,
andinformationabouthowtocontactLenovoSupport.
•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.
•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,
congure,andmaintainyourserver.
•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing
therailkitshippedwiththeserver.
•ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.
YoumightndthisdocumentonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Ifnot,downloadit
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
Note: Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerManagementModule
Premium(TMMPremium)ontheTMMPremiumconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingor
removingtheThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage89
.
•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto
usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.
Note: RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationoftheRAIDcardinstalledintheserver.See
“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage80
.
Chapter1.Generalinformation3
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Documentonlyfortrainedservicepersonnel
ThefollowingdocumentisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
HardwareMaintenanceManual
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutcomponentlocations,replacementproceduresformajorField
ReplaceableUnits(FRUs),andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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Chapter2. Serversetuproadmap
Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
acpowersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.
Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage61
3.Installyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshippedwiththeserver.SeeRack
InstallationInstructions thatcomeswithyourserver.
4.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercord(s)totheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
20tolocatetheconnectors.
5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage43.
6.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
7.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage53and“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
8.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.
9.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
10.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage59.
11.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.
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Chapter3. Productoverview
Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
• “Serverpackage”onpage7
• “Features”onpage7
• “Specications”onpage11
• “Software”onpage11
• “Locations”onpage13
Serverpackage
Theserverpackageincludestheserver,arailkit,powercord(s),printeddocumentation,adocumentation
DVD,andsoftwaremedia.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
Figure1.Serverpackage
1Server
2Materialbox,includingpowercord(s),printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia
3Railkit
Features
Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
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Microprocessor
OneortwoIntel
®
®
Xeon
quad-core,hexa-core,orocta-coremicroprocessors(internalcachesizevaries
bymodel)
ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Memory
Yourserverhas20memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69.
Powersupply
Oneortwo800-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUSGold)
Systemfans
Youservercomeswitheightsystemfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow.
Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI
(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives
Note: Theterm“2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives”or“2.5-inchharddiskdrives”hereinafterreferstoall
thesupportedtypesof2.5-inchharddiskdrives,includingthesolid-statedrives.
•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels
Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage22
Expansionslots
•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard
•OnePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly1
•OnePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly2
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage20.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•OneortwoVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectors
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13
.
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Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknown
astheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,onthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or
1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.
•OnboardIntel82574GigabitEthernetcontrollerfordedicatedorsharedlocalareanetwork(LAN)
managementinterface(Ethernetconnector0isforsystemmanagement)
•OnboardIntelGigabitDualPortEthernetcontrollerforEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage20
.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage49)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note: TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
.
–TMM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMMchip,
nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMM-controlled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,lockingthepowerswitchonthefrontpanel,andsoon.Thispartof
servermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMI
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helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanndmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTMMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
CongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.
Formoreinformation,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichisavailablefor
downloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
–Hot-swapfeature
Yourserversupportshot-swapharddiskdrivesandhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Withthe
hot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceahot-swapdevicewithoutturningofftheserver.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)
YourserversupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDwithaRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailed
information,see“ConguringRAID”onpage56
.
–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs
FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.
–Softwareprograms
Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage11.
–WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetwork
administratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagementconsoleusingremote
networkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdatatransferandsoftware
updates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedoneafternormalworking
hoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTMMdetectsthepresenceofa
ThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium),whichalsoisknownasintegratedkeyboard,
video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheTMMPremiumisaremotemanagementmodule.Y oucanpurchase
aTMMPremiumfromLenovoandinstallitontheTMMPremiumconnector(alsoknownasiKVM
connector)onthesystemboardofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatetheadvanced
systemmanagementfeatures.
Formoreinformationaboutadvancedsystemmanagement,refertotheThinkServerManagementModule
UserGuide ,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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Specications
Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.
Dimensions
Width:436mm(17.17inches)withouthandles;482.4mm(18.99inches)withhandles
Height:43.6mm(1.72inches)
Depth:720.6mm(28.37inches)withouthandles;734mm(28.90inches)withhandles
Weight
Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.
Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:12kg(26.46lb)to17kg(37.48lb)
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:15kg(33.07lb)to24kg(52.91lb)
Environment
•Airtemperature:
Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)
Storage:-40°Cto70°C(-40°Fto158°F)inoriginalshippingpackage
•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment
•Humidity:
Operating:8%to80%(non-condensing)
Storagewithoutpackage:8%to80%(non-condensing)
Storagewithpackage:8%to90%(non-condensing)
Electricalinput
•Universalinput:
–Lowrange:
Minimum:100Vac
Maximum:127Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
–Highrange:
Minimum:200Vac
Maximum:240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
Software
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.
ThinkServerEasyStartup
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogram
alsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage53
.
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ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation
aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage59
LenovoThinkServerEasyManage
TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.
Fordetailedinformation,see“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage59.
BIOSandTMMupdateutilities
TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)rmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage51
and“Updatingthermware”onpage59.
RAIDcongurationutilities
YourserverhasaRAIDcardinstalled,whichworkswithsomecongurationutilitiestosupporthardware
RAID.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
.
Remotemanagementsoftware
TheintegratedTMMprovidesbasicremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.Theadd-onTMMPremium
optionprovidesadvancedremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.
Fordetailedinformationabouttheremotemanagementsoftwareandserverremotemanagement,referto
theThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
LenovoRackPlanner
Racksandserversareusuallydeployedonalargescale.Whendeployingtheequipment,equipment
managersneedalotofreferenceparameterstocalculatepowerconsumptionandelectriccurrentvalues
underdifferentcongurations.TheLenovoRackPlannerprogramprovidesdatamaintenance,power
consumptionandelectriccurrentcalculations,andreportstohelpequipmentmanagerssignicantly
increaseefciencyindeployingtheequipmentandconvenientlymanagetheequipment.
TodownloadtheLenovoRackPlannerprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpage.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoRackPlannerprogram,refertothehelpsystemforthe
program.
ThinkServerSmartGridT echnology
TheThinkServerSmartGridT echnologyprogramhelpsadministratorstomonitorandmanageserver
performance,especiallythepowerconsumptionforgroupsofserversequippedwiththeIntelIntelligent
PowerNodeManagertechnology.
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LenovoprovidesatrialversionoftheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogramwithafree90-day
MT -M XXXX- XXX
S/N XXXXXXX
subscription.After90days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinueusingtheprogram.Youcanpurchase
thelicensefromLenovotoactivatetheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogramandexpandthe
managementcapabilityoftheprogramwhenthefreetrialends.
TodownloadtheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogram,refertothehelp
systemfortheprogram.
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel
Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.
WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard,whichisa
smallplastictabandcanbeslidoutofthefrontofthechassis.Thefollowingillustrationsaresamplesofthe
machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsonservermodelswithdifferentharddiskdrivecongurations.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Figure2.Labelonservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives
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MT -M XXXX- XXX
S/N XXXXXXX
Figure3.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives
Frontviewoftheserver
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.
Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Theillustrationsinthistopicshowtheserverfrontviews
basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives:
•Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives
•Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives.
Figure4.Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives
1Frontpanel 5Rightrackhandle
2IntelligentDiagnosticsModule 63.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
3Pull-outinformationcard 7Leftrackhandle
4Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)
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1Frontpanel
Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage17.
2IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage19.
3Pull-outinformationcard
Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13.
4Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)
SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive.
5Rightrackhandle
7Leftrackhandle
Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestoslidetheserveroutoftherack
cabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothattheserver
cannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRackInstallation
Instructions thatcomeswithyourserver.
63.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrivebaysare
occupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.
Theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedonthetopedgeofthefrontbezel.
Figure5.3.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)
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Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives.
Figure6.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives
1Frontpanel 4Rightrackhandle
2Pull-outinformationcard
3IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
1Frontpanel
52.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
6Leftrackhandle
Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage17.
2Pull-outinformationcard
Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabeloftheserverisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard.
See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13.
3IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage19.
4Rightrackhandle
6Leftrackhandle
Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestoslidetheserveroutoftherack
cabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothattheserver
cannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRackInstallation
Instructions thatcomeswithyourserver.
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52.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
0
6
7
2
3
4
5
0
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
1
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrivebaysare
occupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.
Theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedonthetopedgeofthefrontbezel.
Figure7.2.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)
Frontpanel
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.
Figure8.Frontpanel
1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
2IDbuttonwithIDLED
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED 7FrontUSBconnector2
4NIC2statusLED 8FrontVGADB-15connector(availableinsomemodels)
5SystemerrorLED
6FrontUSBconnector1
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1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnitofffromtheoperating
system.SeeChapter4“T urningonandturningofftheserver”onpage43.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyou
todeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.
PowerstatusLED
Blinking
2IDbuttonwithIDLED
On Green
Off
Color
Theserverison.
None
Green TheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown
Theserverisoff.
asPowerOnSuspend(POS)mode.Inthismode,the
microprocessorisnotworkingwhileotherhardware
devicesarestillworking.
Description
WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelittohelpyoulocate
theserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremotemanagementprogram
forserverpresencedetection.
3NIC1statusLED
4NIC2statusLED
IDLED
On
Off
Color
Blue
None TheIDLEDisnotinuseorthesystemisnot
Thesystemisidentied.
identied.
Description
ThetwoNICstatusLEDsindicatetheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
ontherearpaneloftheserver.
Description
5SystemerrorLED
NICstatusLED Color
On Green
Off
Blinking
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
None
Green
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.
ThesystemerrorLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.
SystemerrorLED Color
On
Off
Amber
None
Amaincomponenthasfailed.
Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.
Description
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6FrontUSBconnector1
7FrontUSBconnector2
UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.
8FrontVGADB-15connector(availableinsomemodels)
UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.
IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheIDM)
andthediagnosticLEDsonthemodule.ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnostic
paneloftheserver.IfanLEDislit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyouto
thesourceoftheerror.See“SystemboardLEDs”onpage39
ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheIDMandthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanelinthe
frontoftheserver.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.
.
Figure9.IDMpanel
1PowersupplyerrorLED 4MemorymodulestatusLED
2AmbienttemperaturelimitLED 5MicroprocessorstatusLED
3SystemfanerrorLED
1PowersupplyerrorLED
WhenthepowersupplyerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthereisapowersupplyproblem.Toidentify
thefailingpowersupply,checkthestatusLEDnearthepowercordconnectorontheredundantpower
supply.WhentheLEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthepowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.WhentheLEDis
litinamber,itindicatesthatthepowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.
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2AmbienttemperaturelimitLED
WhenthisLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthattheambienttemperatureisbelow7°C(44.6°F)orover40°C
(104°F).
3SystemfanerrorLED
WhenthesystemfanerrorLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatoneormoresystemfansareoperating
slowlyorhavefailed.Toidentifythefailingsystemfan(s),checkthestatusLEDsonthesystemboard.
See“SystemboardLEDs”onpage39
4MemorymodulestatusLED
.
WhenthememorymodulestatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatoneormorememorymodulesare
overheated.
5MicroprocessorstatusLED(alsoknownasCPUerrorLED)
WhenthemicroprocessorstatusLEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatoneormoremicroprocessorsare
overheated.
Rearviewoftheserver
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.
Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithtwohot-swappowersupplies.
Figure10.Rearviewoftheserver
1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availablein
somemodels)
2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1
3Low-prolePCIExpresscardslot 9Ethernetconnector0(RJ-45)(forsystemmanagement)
4PCIExpresscardslot 10Serialport
5Ethernetconnector2(RJ-45)
6USBconnectors(4)
1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availableinsomemodels)
7VGADB-15connector
8Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)
11IDLED
2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1
Thehot-swapredundantpowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails.Y oucanpurchaseahot-swapredundantpowersupplyoptiondirectly
fromLenovoandinstallthepowersupplytoprovidepowerredundancywithoutturningofftheserver.
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Oneachhot-swapredundantpowersupply,thereisastatusLEDnearthepowercordconnector.Whenthe
LEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.WhentheLED
islitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.
3Low-prolePCIExpresscardslot
UsedtoattachaRAIDcard.
Physicallinkwidth Negotiablelinkwidth
x8 x8,x4,x2,x1
4PCIExpresscardslot
Supportedcardlengthandheight
Low-prolecard
UsedtoattachanEthernetcardoranyothersupportedPCIExpresscard.
Physicallinkwidth Negotiablelinkwidth
x16 x16,x8,x4,x2,x1
589Ethernetconnectors
Supportedcardlengthandheight
Half-length,full-heightcard
UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.
Notes:
•TheEthernetconnector0(callout
9)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouse
remotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.
•TheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagementis82574Lbydefault.Ifyouhaveselectedsharemode
forthe82574LEthernetconnectorintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanuseitasanordinaryEthernet
connectorwith100Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.However,teamingwithotherEthernetconnectorsisnot
supportedifthemanagementEthernetconnectorisusedasanordinaryEthernetconnector.Fordetailed
informationaboutsettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement,see“Settingthe
modeoftheEthernetconnector0”onpage51
.
EthernetstatusLED
1Left
2Right
Color Status
Amber
Green On
None
Green On
None
Green
Description
On
Off
Off
Blinking TheLANisconnectedandactive.
Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
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6USBconnectors(4)
UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyou
havemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.
7VGADB-15connector
UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.
10Serialport
Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.
11IDLED
WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelittohelpyoulocate
theserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremotemanagementprogram
forserverpresencedetection.
IDLED
On
Off
Color
Blue
None TheIDLEDisnotinuseorthesystemisnot
Thesystemisidentied.
identied.
Description
Servercomponents
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.
Toremovetheservercoverandthecoolingshroudandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see
“Removingtheservercover”onpage63and“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthetwochassiscongurations
basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.
•Servermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
•Servermodelswith2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.
Figure11.Componentsofservermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
1Systemfans
2Twentymemoryslots(installedmemorymodules
11Rightrackhandle
12Harddiskdrivebay3
varybymodel)
3PCIExpresscard 13Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledinsome
models)
4Coolingshroud
5Risercardassembly1
6PCIExpresscard
7Risercardassembly2 17IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
8Powersupply 18Harddiskdrivebay0
9Heatsinks(2)
10Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
14Harddiskdrivebay2
15Pull-outinformationcard
16Harddiskdrivebay1
19Frontpanel
20Leftrackhandle
•Formoreinformationabout13,17,and19,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage14.
•Thereisa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachhard
diskdrivebay(
12,14,16,and18).
Note: Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyharddiskdrivetraytocovertheplace.
•Forinformationabouttherisercardassemblies,see“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.
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•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69.
•Formoreinformationabout1,3,4,6,9,10,11,15,and20,refertotherelatedtopics.
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.
Figure12.Componentsofservermodelswith2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
1Systemfans
2Twentymemoryslots(installedmemorymodules
13Harddiskdrivebay6
14Harddiskdrivebay5
varybymodel)
3PCIExpresscard
4Coolingshroud
5Risercardassembly1 17Harddiskdrivebay2
6PCIExpresscard
7Risercardassembly2 19Harddiskdrivebay1
8Powersupply
9Heatsinks(2)
10Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
11Rightrackhandle 23Frontpanel
12Harddiskdrivebay7
15Harddiskdrivebay4
16Harddiskdrivebay3
18IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
20Pull-outinformationcard
21Harddiskdrivebay0
22Leftrackhandle
•Formoreinformationabout18and23,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage14.
•Thereisa2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachhard
diskdrivebay(
12-17,19,and21).
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Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyharddiskdrivetraytocovertheplace.
•Forinformationabouttherisercardassemblies,see“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.
•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69
•Formoreinformationabout1,3,4,6,9,10,11,20,and22,refertotherelatedtopics.
Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs
Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.
Figure13.Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs
1HarddiskdriveactivityLED 2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLED Description
Off Off
On,green Off
Blinking,green
On,green Blinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes
On,green On,amber
Blinking,green
Off
persecond),amber
Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber
Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.
Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.
Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.
TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.
TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
berecovered.Youneedtorecreatea
newarray.
Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.
.
RAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardinstalledontheriser
cardassembly2.
YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctionstotheserver.
Formoreinformation,referto“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage80.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
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ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure14.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port0
2Port1
1Port0
3ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID
connector
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30
3ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAIDconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage83.
.
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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
Figure15.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter
1Ports7-4
2Ports3-0
1Ports7-4
3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30.
2Ports3-0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30.
3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700
Battery”onpage86
.
Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdrivebayandbackplanecongurations:
•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane
•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedriveswithonebackplane
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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.Youneedtoremove
theservercovertoaccessthebackplane.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Thefollowingillustrationisbasedon3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveswithonebackplane1.
Figure16.Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanelocation
Backplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddisk
drives.
Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.
Figure17.Frontviewofthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
1Slot0fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive 3Slot2fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot1fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive 4Slot3fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
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Figure18.Rearviewofthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
18-pinpowerconnector
2Opticaldrivepowerconnector
18-pinpowerconnector
3Mini-SASports0-3
Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.
2Opticaldrivepowerconnector
Usedtoconnectthepowercablefortheslimopticaldrive.
3Mini-SASports0-3
Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcabletosupportthehard
diskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.
Backplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddisk
drives.
Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives.
Figure19.Frontviewofthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives
1Slot2fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive 5Slot5fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot4fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive 6Slot3fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
3Slot6fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive 7Slot1fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
4Slot7fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive 8Slot0fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
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Figure20.Rearviewofthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives
18-pinpowerconnector
2Mini-SASports4-7
18-pinpowerconnector
3Mini-SASports0-3
Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.
2Mini-SASports4-7
Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcabletosupportthehard
diskdrive4toharddiskdrive7.
3Mini-SASports0-3
Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcabletosupportthehard
diskdrive0toharddiskdrive3.
Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcables.Thistopic
containsconnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane.
YoucanconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanetosupportuptoeightharddiskdrives.Inthis
case,youcancongureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.
Note: TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
Figure21.ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane
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ToconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane,dooneofthefollowingdependingonthetypeof
yourRAIDcard:
•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,dothefollowing:
1.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3totheports3-0on
theRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector
4tothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplane.
2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector
1totheports7-4ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthe
mini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplane.
•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,dothefollowing:
1.Usethemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1totheport0onthe
RAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplane.
2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SAS
signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3totheport1ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthe
mini-SASconnector4tothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplane.
Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:
• “Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage27
• “RAIDcard”onpage25
• “Systemboardcomponents”onpage31
Systemboardcomponents
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.
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7 8
10
11
12
13
14
9
15
16
17
18
19
20
22
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
Figure22.Systemboardcomponents
1Frontpanelconnector 17Redundantpowersupplyconnector2
2InternalUSBconnector1
3InternalUSBconnector2 19Memoryslots(4)
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector
5FrontVGAconnector 21Systemfan7connector
6SATAconnector0
7PlatformControllerHub(PCH) 23Systemfan6connector
8Systemboardbattery 24Memoryslots(4)
9InternalUSBTypeAconnector1 25Systemfan5connector
10ThinkServerManagementModulePremium
connector
11InternalUSBTypeAconnector2 27Systemfan4connector
12ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModuleconnector 28Systemfan3connector
13ThinkServerManagementModule 29Systemfan2connector
14Risercardassembly1slot 30Microprocessor1
15Risercardassembly2slot
16Redundantpowersupplyconnector1
18Backplanepowerconnector1
20Systemfan8connector
22Microprocessor2
26Memoryslots(6)
31Memoryslots(6)
32Systemfan1connector
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1Frontpanelconnector
Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.
2Internaldual-portUSBconnector1
UsedtoconnectthefrontpanelUSBcable.
3Internaldual-portUSBconnector2
Reservedforthemanufacturer.
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector
UsedtoconnectthecableoftheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule.
5FrontVGAconnector
UsedtoconnectthecableofthefrontVGAconnectoronthefrontpaneloftheserver.
6SATAconnector0
Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldrive.
7PlatformControllerHub(PCH)
ThischiponthesystemboardservesasaPCH,whichprovidesthedatabufferingandinterfacearbitration
requiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidthnecessaryforthe
systemtoachievepeakperformance.
8Systemboardbattery
Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andcongurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thesystemboardbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.
9InternalUSBT ypeAconnector1
UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.YoucanconnectittoaninternalUSBTypeA
connector.
10ThinkServerManagementModulePremiumconnector
UsedtoconnectaserveroptionnamedThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium)to
enableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium”onpage89
11InternalUSBT ypeAconnector2
.
UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.YoucanconnectittoaninternalUSBTypeA
connector.
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12ThinkServerT rustedPlatformModuleconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTPM),whichis
asecuritychip,toenhanceserversecurity.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatform
Module”onpage92.
13ThinkServerManagementModule
WiththeintegratedThinkServerManagementModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTMM),nomatterwhat
conditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserver
isconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMMcontrolledserverscanbe
achievedthroughsystemnetwork.TheusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandSEL,
andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,locking
thepowerswitchonthefrontpanel,andsoon.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentofthe
operatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
14Risercardassembly1slot
Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.
15Risercardassembly2slot
Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.
16Redundantpowersupplyconnector1
Usedtoconnectaredundantpowersupply.
17Redundantpowersupplyconnector2
Usedtoconnectaredundantpowersupply.
18Backplanepowerconnector1
Usedtoconnectthepowercablefromthebackplane.
19242631Memoryslots
Thereare20memoryslotsonthesystemboard.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation
rules”onpage69.
22Microprocessor2
30Microprocessor1
Forservermodelswithtwomicroprocessors,eachofthemicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessor
socketonthesystemboardandaheatsinkisinstalledaboveittoprovidecooling.Forservermodelswith
onemicroprocessor,thesocketforthemicroprocessor2isprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.
2021232527282932Systemfanconnectors
Usedtoconnectthecableofthecorrespondingsystemfan.
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Systemboardjumpersandswitches
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthejumpersandswitchesonthesystemboard.
Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustprintedcircuitboards,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperusuallyisencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andtoavoidanypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare
calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.
Thefollowingillustrationshowsajumperinthedefaultsettingposition(pin1andpin2).Thisisthecorrect
positionfornormaloperation.
Figure23.Defaultjumpersetting
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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthestatusofthejumpersandswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.
Youcancongure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecicfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthe
jumpersormovingtheswitches.
Figure24.Systemboardjumpersandswitches
Table1.Systemjumpers
1ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)jumper 3Switches
2ThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper
Attention: Tosetthejumpersormoveswitches,youneedtoremovetheservercovertoaccessthesystem
board.Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
1ClearCMOSjumper
UsedtoclearCMOSandrecoveryourservertothefactorydefaultsettings.
Note:AfterclearingCMOS,yourBIOSrecoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.
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ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.LocatetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.
5.MovetheclearCMOSjumperfromthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuited
position(pin2andpin3).
6.WaitmorethanvesecondsandthenmovetheClearCMOSjumperbacktothenormalposition
(pin1andpin2).
7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132.
8.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.The
BIOSrecoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.
2ThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper
WhentheThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper(hereinafterreferredtoastheTMM
Enable/Disablejumper)isinthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2),theserverneedsabout30seconds
fortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepower
switchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTMM
initializationnishes.TheTMMfunctionisavailableinthissituation.
IfyoumovetheTMMEnable/Disablejumpertopin2andpin3,theTMMfunctionisnotavailableandthe
serverwillbedirectlyturnedonwhenyoupressthepowerswitchwithoutwaitingfortheTMMtobeready.
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3Switches
Therearefourswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.
Figure25.Switches
Table2.Switches
1BIOSrecoveryswitch 3ManagementEngine(ME)inforceupdateswitch
2Clearpasswordswitch
1BIOSrecoveryswitch
4Reservedforthemanufacturer
UsedtorecovertheBIOSifthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyour
servercannotstartcorrectly.
TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage52
2Clearpasswordswitch
.
Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchasanadministratorpasswordandauserpassword.
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Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.LocatetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.
5.Movetheclearpasswordswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.
6.Waitmorethanvesecondsandthenmovetheclearpasswordswitchbacktotheoffposition.
7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132
8.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.The
BIOSpasswordsareerased,includingtheadministratorpasswordanduserpassword.
9.Tosetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage49.
3MEinforceupdateswitch
Usedtoupdate(ash)theME.
TheMEupdatingprocessusuallyiscontainedintheBIOSupdating(ashing)process.
.
Note: OnlysomeBIOSversionscontaintheparametersforupdatingtheME.IfyouwanttoupdatetheME,
ensurethatyourBIOSversioncontainstherequiredparameters.
ToupdatetheME,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.LocatetheMEinforceupdateswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.
5.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.
6.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132.
7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Then,updatetheBIOS.See“Updating(ashing)theBIOS”
onpage52.
8.Repeatstep1throughstep4.
9.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchbacktotheoffposition.
10.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132.
11.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSandMEhavebeen
updated.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
.
SystemboardLEDs
ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheLEDsonthesystemboard.
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TheserverisdesignedsothatLEDsremainlitwhentheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersourcebutis
notturnedon,providedthatthepowersupplyisoperatingcorrectly.Thishelpsyouisolateproblems
whentheserverisnotturnedon.ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnosticpanel
oftheserver.IfanLEDislit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyouto
thesourceoftheerror.
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheThinkServerManagementModulestatusLEDandsystemfanerrorLEDs
onthesystemboard.
Figure26.SystemboardLEDs
1ThinkServerManagementModulestatusLED 6Systemfan4errorLED
2Systemfan8errorLED 7Systemfan3errorLED
3Systemfan7errorLED 8Systemfan2errorLED
4Systemfan6errorLED 9Systemfan1errorLED
5Systemfan5errorLED
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1ThinkServerManagementModulestatusLED
ThisLEDindicatestheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM)statusofyourserver.
ThinkServerManagementModule
statusLED
Blinking
2-9SystemfanerrorLEDs
On Green
Off
Color
TheTMMisnotready.
None
Green
TheTMMhasnopowerorhasfailed.
TheTMMisworking.
Description
WhenasystemfanerrorLEDonthesystemboardislit,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingsystemfanis
operatingtooslowlyorhasfailed.Tosolvetheproblem,youmightneedtoreinstallorreplacethesystem
fan.See“Replacingasystemfan”onpage121.Ifitisasystemboardproblem,contacttheLenovo
CustomerSupportCenter.
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Chapter4. Turningonandturningofftheserver
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.
Turningontheserver
Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:
•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage17.Theserverneedsabout
30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill
startaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.
•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
Turningofftheserver
CAUTION:
Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff
theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower
cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected
fromthepowersource.
Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:
•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.
•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.
•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.
•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.
•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.
FormoreinformationabouttheTMM,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,whichis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.
Notes:
•Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theserveralsocanrespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.
•Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.
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Chapter5. Conguringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:
• “UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
• “UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage53
• “ConguringRAID”onpage56
• “ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage59
• “Updatingthermware”onpage59
• “UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage59
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“T urningontheserver”onpage43.
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage49.
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram
TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout
theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.
–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe
installedmemorymodules.
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–SelectSATA/SASCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout
theinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.
•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.
SetupUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage35
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,
andtheFRU/SensorDataRecords(SDR).
TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:
• “Mainmenu”onpage46
• “Advancedmenu”onpage46
• “Securitymenu”onpage47
• “ServerManagementmenu”onpage47
• “BootOptionsmenu”onpage48
• “BootManagermenu”onpage48
• “Save&Exitmenu”onpage48
.
LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage51.
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andswitches”onpage35.
Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage48
Advancedmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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Notes:
•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.
•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.
TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ACPIConguration:ViewandsetACPIcongurationparameters.
•ProcessorConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessor(s)andsetmicroprocessor
congurationparameters.
•PCIConguration:ViewandsetPCIcongurationparameters.
•MemoryConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemory
congurationparameters.
•ChipsetConguration:Viewandsetchipsetcongurationparameters.
•SA TA/SASConguration:ViewinformationabouttheinstalledSATAorSASdevicesandsetSATAor
SAScongurationparameters.
•USBConguration:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters,suchasenablingordisablingUSB
devices.
•SuperIOConguration:Viewandsetserialportcongurationparameters.
•SerialPortConsoleRedirection:Viewandsetcongurationparametersfortheserialportconsole
redirection.
Securitymenu
YoucansetpasswordsandconguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
Notes:
•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.
•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.
TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:
•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage49
•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage49
•TPM/TCM:ConguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage50.
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ServerManagementmenu
YoucanviewsysteminformationandvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsonthe Server
ManagementmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationor
showselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsare
displayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
TheServerManagementmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
•EraseSEL:Erasesystemeventlog(SEL).
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•SystemInformation:Viewbasicinformationaboutyourserver.
•BMCNetworkConguration:SetBMCcongurationparameters.
BootOptionsmenu
TheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangethe
serverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthe
startupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverstarts.
Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage50
BootManagermenu
TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.
YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage50.
Save&Exitmenu
AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&ExitmenuandthenselectY eswhenpromptedto
conrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage51
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TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:
•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewiththecongurationintheSetupUtility
program.
•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.
•DiscardChanges:Discardchangesandloadpreviousvalues.
•RestoreDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.
•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.
•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.
Settingthesystemdateandtime
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.
3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.
SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes
ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
Note: Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordtouse
theserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.
Passwordconsiderations
Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.
Notes:
•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.
•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto20characters.
Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.
Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
UserPassword tosetauserpassword.
3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage49.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.
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4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconrmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.
Note: Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.
5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”onpage35.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.
Selectingastartupdevice
Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.
Note: Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.
•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:
Note: Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.
1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.
2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF10ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.
3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.
•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1 toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage48.
3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.
ConguringtheTPMfunction
TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.TheTPM
functionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheThinkServerTrusted
PlatformModule”onpage92
AfterinstallingaTPM,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.
ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTPM/TCM➙TPMSupport.EnsurethatTPMSupportissettoEnabled.
3.WhenTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SetTPMStatetoEnabled.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe
TPMfunction.
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SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0
TheEthernetconnector0ontherearoftheserverisforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouseremote
managementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.See“Rear
viewoftheserver”onpage20
TheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagementis82574Lbydefault.Ifyouhaveselectedsharemode
forthe82574LEthernetconnectorintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanusetheconnectorasanordinary
Ethernetconnectorwith100Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.However,teamingwithotherEthernetconnectors
isnotsupportedifthemanagementEthernetconnectorisusedasanordinaryEthernetconnector.
TosetthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0intheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheServerManagementmenu,selectBMCNetworkConguration➙BMCLANShareSetting.
3.Dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asanordinaryEthernetconnector,selectShared.
•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asadedicatedsystemmanagementEthernetconnector,
selectDedicated.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcando
oneofthefollowingtoexittheSetupUtilityprogram:
•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectSave&Exit➙
SaveChangesandExit .Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙RestoreDefaults.
FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage48
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UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheTMMrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.You
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Usingthe
SetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTMMrmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdate
theserverrmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
.TheTMMrmwareprovidesremotemanagementfeatures.
YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage59
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Updating(ashing)theBIOS
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.
Notes:
•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdatepackage.
•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemcongurations.
•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.
•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.Youcan
selectSaveasUserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtosaveyourcurrent
BIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS.Then,youcanselectRestoreUser
Defaults ontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuserdefaultvaluesafter
updatingtheBIOS.Inthiscase,youcankeepyourpreviousBIOSsettingsanddonotneedtorecongure
thesettingsafterupdatingtheBIOS.Y oualsocannotedownyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdating
theBIOSforaneasierrecongurationinthenewBIOSversion.
Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS
updatepackage.
2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.
3.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)
theBIOS.
4.DooneofthefollowingaftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted:
•IfyouhavesavedyourBIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS,select
RestoreUserDefaults ontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuser
defaultvalues.Then,doadouble-check.
•CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure
IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.
Note: IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderEFImode,youneedtoreinstalltheoperating
systemafterrecoveringtheBIOS.
TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadaBIOS
updateutilityprogrampackage.Then,puttheamiboot.romlecontainedinthepackageintothe
rootdirectoryofabootableUSBkey.
2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
3.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
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4.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
5.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryswitchonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”on
page35.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothe
switch.
6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.
7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132.
8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandthenstarttheserverfromthebootableUSBkeythat
containstheamiboot.romle.Therecoveryprocessstarts.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,
yourserverwillautomaticallyturnoff.
9.Repeatstep2throughstep5.
10.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchbacktotheoffposition.
11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage132.
12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsrecovertothe
factorydefaultsettings.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45
Note: IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSROMmightbe
damagedandyouneedtoreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.
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UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.
TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.
4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
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•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide
•Automatichardwaredetection
•ContainstheRAIDcongurationutility
•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem
oradd-ondevice
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster
StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.
TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:
1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page50
2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:
.
•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram
•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram
Note: ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,Japanese,Russian,Spanish,andTurkish.YourThinkServer
EasyStartup DVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.
3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormorereminders
ormessagesaboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovo
LicenseAgreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmust
acceptthetermsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.
4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.
5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:
•Continuetothemaininterface.
•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.
•CongureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsele.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.
Notes:
•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythe
specicversionoftheprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.
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•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:
•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe
Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.
•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations
supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.
•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges
ifneeded.
•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.
Note: Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating
system
YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Notes:
•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.
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YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartup DVD.
•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
Note: Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon
theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
ConguringRAID
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:
• “AboutRAID”onpage56
• “ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage58
• “ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage58
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:
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•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata
throughput,especiallyforlargelesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.
RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.
•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis
goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.
RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.
•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata
throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires
alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot
destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated
fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata
lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis
rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof
theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.
RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.
•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive
groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.
RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.
•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin
whichdataisstripedacrossmultipleRAID5drivegroups.RAID50worksbestwithdatathatrequires
highreliability,highrequestrates,highdatatransfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.
Note: HavingvirtualdrivesofdifferentRAIDlevels,suchasRAID0andRAID5,inthesamedrivegroupis
notallowed.Forexample,ifanexistingRAID5virtualdriveiscreatedoutofpartialspaceinanarray,the
nextvirtualdriveinthearrayhastobeRAID5only.
RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.
FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
Guide onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.
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ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:
•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers
•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations
•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected
•Supportshot-sparedrives
•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage53andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprograms
arelocatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditional
installationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.
•Dependingontheoperatingsystem,thetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TB.
YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See
“RAIDcard”onpage25.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Y oualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.
TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup DVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note: TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.
ForinstructionsonhowtocongureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,referto
theMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage53
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersalsoareavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
.
Updatingthermware
ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theTMMrmware,andtheFRU/SDR.
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note: Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe
FirmwareUpdaterprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.
3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
4.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.
UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram
TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.Theprogramprovidesaninterfacetodisplayallseversbeing
managed,whichenablestheadministratortoconvenientlysearchfor,monitor,andmanageservers.
TodownloadtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversand
followtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
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FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.
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Chapter6. Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
• “Guidelines”onpage61
• “Removingtheservercover”onpage63
• “Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage65
• “Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132
ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Guidelines
Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.
Precautions
Beforeyouusetheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.T odownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updating
thermware”onpage59
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage137todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage143
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
.
formoreinformation.
–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.
•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.
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•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,a
hot-swapharddiskdrive,orahot-plugUSBdevice.However,youmustturnofftheserverbefore
performinganystepthatinvolvesinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swap
devicesorcomponents.
•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.
•Whenyouarenishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.
•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices
Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen
removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.
Anyserverpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.
Notes:
•Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.
•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.
Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIExpresscards,memorymodules,
systemboards,andmicroprocessors)byedgesorframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.
•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.
•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.
•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithout
placingitonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecicsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.
•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.
•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.
•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.
•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.
•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic
discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.Selecta
groundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecicservice
requirement.
Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.
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–AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor
referencepoint.Y oucanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.
–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.
Systemreliabilityguidelines
Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:
•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled.
•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.
•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon
theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver
coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIExpresscards,followthecablinginstructions
thatcomewiththeoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.
•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.
•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbafes,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessor(s)tooverheat.
•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause
theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.T oavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.
Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:
•Avoidwearingloose-ttingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.
•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.
•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-ttingwristwatches.
•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.
•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.
Removingtheservercover
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.
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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutlets.
2.Disconnectthepowercords,Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
3.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
4.Pressthereleasebutton1inthedirectionasshown.
Figure27.Pressingthereleasebutton
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5.Fullyopenthecoverlatch1andslidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisdisengagedfromthechassis.
Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandsetitaside.
Note: Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremoving
theservercover.
Figure28.Removingtheservercover
Attention: Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage132.
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodulesorother
serveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.
Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationorremovalinstructionsinthistopic
alongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.
Notes:
•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIExpresscardslots
coveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIExpresscard,savetheEMIshieldordummy
trayfromthedrivebayorsavethePCIExpresscardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.
Attention: AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIExpresscardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,ller,
oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultin
overheatingorcomponentdamage.
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
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Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstalltherackhandles.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:
1.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewthatsecurestherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.
Figure29.Removingtherackhandles
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2.Toreinstalltherackhandles,insertthesmalltab1ontherackhandleintothehole2inthechassis.
Then,alignthescrewholeintherackhandlewiththecorrespondingholeinthechassisandinstallthe
screwtosecuretherackhandleoneachsideoftheserver.
Figure30.Installingtherackhandles
Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud
Thecoolingshroudmustberemovedtoallowaccesstosomeoftheservercomponents.Thistopicprovides
instructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthecoolingshroud.
Removingthecoolingshroud
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethecoolingshroud.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toremovethecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
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2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Insertangerintoeachofthetwoholesinthecoolingshroudandthenliftthecoolingshroudoutof
theserver.
Figure31.Removingthecoolingshroud
Attention: Forpropercoolingandairow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.Operating
theserverformorethan30minuteswiththecoolingshroudremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
Reinstallingthecoolingshroud
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreinstallthecoolingshroud.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:
1.Ensurethatallcomponentshavebeenreassembledcorrectlyandthatnotoolsorloosescrewsare
leftinsideyourserver.
2.Ensurethatallinternalcablesareroutedcorrectlyandsecuredbyanycableclipsortiesintheserver.
Keepcablesclearofthehingesandsidesoftheserverchassistoavoidinterferencewithreinstallingthe
coolingshroud.
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3.Notetheorientationofthecoolingshroudandthenplaceitabovetheserversothatthetabsonboth
sidesofthecoolingshroudarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesorgapsinbothsidesofthe
chassis.Then,lowerthecoolingshroudintothechassisuntilitsnapsintoposition.
Note: Ifnecessary,gentlypressthecoolingshroudonbothsidessothatthetabsonthecoolingshroud
completelyengagewithbothsidesofthechassis.
Figure32.Reinstallingthecoolingshroud
4.Reinstalltheservercoverandreconnectcablestotheserver.Formoreinformation,referto“Reinstalling
theservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage132.
Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.
Note: ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage62rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
Yourserverhas20memoryslots.
•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzdoubledatarate3low-voltageregistereddualinline
memorymodules(DDR3LVRDIMMs).
•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzDDR3RDIMMs.
•Yourserversupportsupto12normalRDIMMswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto20
RDIMMswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.
•YourserversupportsuptoeightLVRDIMMswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto16LV
RDIMMswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.
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•Theminimumsystemmemoryis4GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledandonlyone4GBmemory
moduleinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).
•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsis320GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone16GB
RDIMMinstalledineachofthe20memoryslots).
•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforLVRDIMMsis256GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone16GB
LVRDIMMinstalledineachofthe16memoryslotsthatsupportsaLVRDIMM).
Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecicservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
ForalistofthesupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofallmemoryslotsonasystemboardthathastwo
microprocessors(alsoknownasCPUs)andtwoheatsinksinstalled.
Figure33.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard
1Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMC1) 11Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMA2)
2Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMC2) 12Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMA1)
3Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMC3)* 13Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMC1)
4Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMD1) 14Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMC2)
5Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMD2) 15Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMD1)
6Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMD3)* 16Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMD2)
7Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMB3)* 17Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMB2)
8Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMB2) 18Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMB1)
9Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMB1) 19Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMA2)
10Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMA3)* 20Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMA1)
Note: Yourserversupportsupto8LVRDIMMswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto16LVRDIMMs
whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.IfyouareusingLVRDIMMs,donotinstallthemintoanyofthememory
slotwitha*markinthistable.
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Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslot(s)intowhichthememory
module(s)shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.
Note: Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledonaservermustbethesametype(LVRDIMMorRDIMM)with
thesamerank,voltage,andfrequency.
Figure34.CPU1DIMMs
Table3.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithonemicroprocessor
CPU1
DIMM
OneDIMM
TwoDIMMs X X
Three
DIMMs
FourDIMMs X X X X
SixDIMMs
Eight
DIMMs
Twelve
DIMMs
Note:ThetwelveDIMMscongurationissupportedonlywhenyouareusingnormalRDIMMs.
A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3
X
X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X
C1 C2 C3
D1 D2 D3
Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslot(s)intowhichthememorymodule(s)
shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.
Note: Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledonaservermustbethesametype(LVRDIMMorRDIMM)with
thesamerank,voltage,andfrequency.
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Figure35.CPU1DIMMsandCPU2DIMMs
Table4.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithtwomicroprocessors
CPU1DIMM CPU2DIMM
A1 A2 A3B1B2B3
TwoDIMMs X X
FourDIMMs X X X X
SixDIMMs
EightDIMMs X X X X X X X X
Twelve
DIMMs
Sixteen
DIMMs
Twenty
DIMMs
Note: ThetwentyDIMMscongurationissupportedonlywhenyouareusingnormalRDIMMs.
X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
C1C2C3
D1D2D3 A1A2 B1B2
C1C2
Installingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
D1D2
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
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Notes:
•Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallation
ruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69
.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69.
6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.
7.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.
Figure36.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslots
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.
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9.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Ensurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.
Note: Ifthereisagapbetweenthememorymoduleandtheretainingclips,thememorymodulehas
notbeeninstalledcorrectly.Opentheretainingclips,removethememorymodule,andthenreinstallit
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipsarecompletelyclosed.
Figure37.Installingamemorymodule
10.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132
.
Removingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallation
ruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69.
Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage69
.
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6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.
7.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe
memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit
fromthememoryslot.
Figure38.Removingamemorymodule
8.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.
9.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132.
InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.Ifyouareinstallingor
removinganyothertypesofsupportedPCIExpresscards,theprocedureissimilar.
Note: TheEthernetcardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage62
InstallingtheEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Note: UsuallyanEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercardassembly1andalsocanbeinstalledin
anyPCIExpresscardslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage20toidentifythe
PCIExpresscardslotsofyourserver.
5.LocatethePCIExpresscardslotforinstallingtheEthernetcardandthenremovethePCIExpresscard
slotbracketfromtherisercardassembly1.StorethePCIExpresscardslotbracketintheeventthat
youlaterremovetheEthernetcardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.
Figure39.RemovingaPCIExpresscardslotbracket
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheEthernetcardoutofthepackage.
Note: CarefullyhandletheEthernetcardbyitsedges.
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7.PositiontheEthernetcardnearthePCIExpresscardslotandalignthetaboftheEthernetcardwith
theholeintherisercardassembly1.Then,presstheEthernetcardstraightintotheslotuntilitis
securelyseatedintheslot.
Figure40.InstallingtheEthernetcard
8.DependingonthetypeoftheEthernetcard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcables.Referto
thedocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardforspecicinformation.
9.Reinstalltherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132
.Then,continuewith
thefollowingproceduretoinstalltheEthernetcarddriverifrequired.
ToinstalltherequireddevicedriverfortheEthernetcard,dooneofthefollowing:
Note: YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatmightcomewiththeEthernetcard.
•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadandinstalltherequiredEthernet
carddrivertotheserver.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramona
Windowsoperatingsystem”onpage55.
•IfyouareusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyour
serveronacomputerwithaWindowsoperatingsystemanddownloadtherequiredEthernetcarddriver
toaremovablestoragedevice.Then,transfertheEthernetcarddriverfromtheremovablestoragedevice
toyourserverandrunthedriverletoinstallthedriver.
Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadonthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
RemovingtheEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.
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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Note: UsuallyanEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercardassembly1andalsocanbeinstalledin
anyPCIExpresscardslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage20
toidentifythe
PCIExpresscardslotsofyourserver.
5.LocatetheEthernetcardontherisercardassembly1.Then,grasptheEthernetcardbyitsedgesand
carefullypullitoutoftherisercardassembly1.
Note: TheEthernetcardmightttightlyintotheEthernetcardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheEthernetcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.
Figure41.RemovingtheEthernetcard
6.InstallanewEthernetcardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocoverthe
place.See“InstallingtheEthernetcard”onpage76.
7.Reinstalltherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
8.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
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•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132.
ReplacingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheRAIDcard.
YourservercomeswitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctionsto
theserver.Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage25and“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•TheRAIDcardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage62rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecictype,theRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforereplacingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtorecongure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterreplacingtheRAIDcard.
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
ToreplacetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.Removetherisercardassembly2andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly
1”onpage128.
6.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly2.
7.Notedownthecableconnections.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyother
relatedparts.
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8.GrasptheRAIDcardbyitsedgesandgentlyslidetheRAIDcardoutoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket
andtherisercardassembly2.
Note: TheRAIDcardmightttightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.
Figure42.RemovingtheRAIDcard
9.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutside
oftheserver.Then,taketheRAIDcardandthelow-prolebracketoutofthepackage.
Note: CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
10.RemovethetwoscrewsfromtheRAIDcardandthenremovethefull-heightbracketfromtheRAIDcard.
Figure43.Removingthefull-heightbracketfromtheRAIDcard
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11.Alignthetwoscrewholesinthelow-prolebracketwiththecorrespondingscrewholesintheRAIDcard
andtheninstallthescrewstosecurethebracket.
Figure44.Installingthelow-prolebrackettotheRAIDcard
12.PositiontheRAIDcardnearthePCIExpresscardslot.EnsurethattheleftedgeoftheRAIDcardis
insertedintothenotchoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket1.Then,carefullypresstheRAIDcard
straightintotheslotuntilitissecurelyseatedandthelow-prolebracketalsoissecuredbytheriser
cardassembly2.
Figure45.InstallingtheRAIDcard
13.ConnectsignalcablestotheconnectorsonthenewRAIDcardandtheconnectorsonthehot-swaphard
diskdrivebackplane.Seeyournoteand“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30.
14.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
15.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132
.Then,congure
RAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500Key).
TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheinstalledThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5
andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500KeyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapterandit
appliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID500Adapterinstalled.
Attention: BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouwanttorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterinstallingtheTR500Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
ToinstalltheTR500Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectanycablesfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500Keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR500Keyoutofthepackage.
Note: CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.
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8.LocatetheTR500KeyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500AdapterandtheninserttheTR500Key
intotheconnector.YoumightneedtoremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,installtheTR500
KeyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See
“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage80
.
Note: EnsurethattheTR500KeyissecurelyseatedontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure46.InstallingtheTR500Key
9.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage30.
10.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132.Then,thehardware
RAID5andRAID50levelsareavailableforyourserverifyourserverhastherequirednumberofharddisk
drivesinstalled.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserverforinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID.
RemovingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter
anditappliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID500AdapterwiththeTR500Key
optioninstalled.
Attention: BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouneedtorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterremovingtheTR500Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
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•IfyouremovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,thehardwareRAID5andRAID50
levelswillbedisabled.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheTR500Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
7.LocatetheTR500KeyontheThinkServerRAID500AdapterandthenremoveitfromtheThinkServer
RAID500Adapter.YoumightneedtoremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,removetheTR
500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
See“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage80
.
Note: CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.
Figure47.RemovingtheTR500Key
8.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage30.
9.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR500Key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
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•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132.Asthe
hardwareRAID5and50levelsarenotavailablewithouttheTR500Key,youmightneedtorecongure
RAIDforyourserver.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserverforinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID700Battery(alsoknownas
theThinkServer9260-8iBatteryandhereinafterreferredtoastheTR700Battery).
TheTR700BatteryprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheThinkServerRAID700Adapterby
providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage.
Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytoautomaticallychargethebatterypackandtocommunicatebatterystatus
information(suchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrent)toyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive
alternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffaulttolerancewhenusedin
conjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.
ThetemperatureoftheTR700Batteryisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthantheambienttemperature
duringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompletearechargecycle,theambienttemperatureshouldbelower
than55°C(131°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds55°C(131°F),therechargecyclewillterminate
prematurely,thuspreventingtheTR700Batteryfromreachingafullychargedstate.Arechargecyclelasts
atleastsixhoursundernormaloperatingconditions.
Attention: ItisrecommendedthatyoureplacetheTR700Batteryannuallyorafter500rechargingcycles,
whichevercomesrst.
InstallingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR700BatteryontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter
anditappliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID700Adapterinstalled.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note: UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectcablesfromtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
7.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapterfromtherisercardassembly2.See“ReplacingtheRAID
card”onpage80.
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8.Withthefrontsideup,placetheThinkServerRAID700Adapteronaat,clean,andstatic-freesurface.
9.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR700Batterytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR700Batteryoutofthepackage.
10.HoldtheTR700BatterywiththebatterysideupandtheJ1board-to-boardconnector1liningupwith
theJ6B1BBUconnector2ontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.CarefullyinstalltheTR700Battery
ontotheThinkServerRAID700Adaptersothatthetwoconnectorsarermlyjoined.Then,installthe
threescrewsthatcomewiththeTR700BatteryoptionkittosecuretheTR700Batteryinplace.
Figure48.InstallingtheTR700Battery
Note: WhenattachingtheTR700BatterytotheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,centerthescrewdriver
toavoiddamagingthescrewheadanddonotover-tightenthescrewsasyoumightdamagethe
TR700Battery.
11.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID700Adaptertotherisercardassembly2.See“ReplacingtheRAID
card”onpage80
.
12.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage30.
13.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage132.Then,congure
RAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
RemovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR700BatteryfromtheThinkServerRAID700
AdapteranditappliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID700AdapterwiththeTR700
Batteryinstalled.
and“Guidelines”onpage61.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
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Notes:
•IfyouremovetheTR700Battery,youwilllosethebackuppowerfortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage63.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage67.
5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
7.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapterfromtherisercardassembly2.See“ReplacingtheRAID
card”onpage80.
8.Removethethreescrewsrst.Then,holdtheTR700BatteryandliftitupfromtheThinkServerRAID
700Adapter.
Note: Centerthescrewdriverwhenyouremovethescrewstoavoidpossibledamagetoanyparts.
Figure49.RemovingtheTR700Battery
9.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID700Adaptertotherisercardassembly2.See“ReplacingtheRAID
card”onpage80.
10.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage30.
11.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage128.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
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