Lenovo RD530 User Manual

ThinkServerRD530
UserGuide

MachineTypes:2569,2570,2573,2574,2575,and2576

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage149

FifthEdition(September2013)

©CopyrightLenovo2012,2013.

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Contents

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

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

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

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

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

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

Specications...............11

Software.................11

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........11

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.12

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage.....12

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities......12

RAIDcongurationutilities........12

Remotemanagementsoftware......12

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

ThinkServerSmartGridTechnology....12

Diagnosticprograms..........13

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

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

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

Frontviewoftheserver.........14

Frontpanel..............17

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule.......20

Rearviewoftheserver.........21

Servercomponents...........24

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs...27

RAIDcard...............27

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane....29

Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable

connections..............32

Systemboardcomponents........33

Systemboardjumpersandswitches....37

SystemboardLEDs...........41

Chapter4.T urningonandturningoff

theserver...............45

Turningontheserver............45

Turningofftheserver............45

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..47

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........47

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....47

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............47

SetupUtilityprograminterface......48

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....50

Usingpasswords............51

Selectingastartupdevice........52

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......52

SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector

0..................53

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......53

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......53

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...55

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............55

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............56

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

onaWindowsoperatingsystem......57

ConguringRAID..............58

AboutRAID..............58

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram..........60

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............60

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers......61

Updatingthermware............61

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....61

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManage

program.................61

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........63

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

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

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....64

Systemreliabilityguidelines........65

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.65

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

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...67

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles.67

Removingandreinstallingthecooling

shroud................69

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...71

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...79

ReplacingtheRAIDcard.........83

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....86

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

700Battery..............89

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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer

ManagementModulePremium......92

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerT rusted

PlatformModule............95

Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............98

Installingorreplacingaheatsink......102

Installingorreplacingthemicroprocessor..105
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................113

Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...117
Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

backplane...............120

ReplacingtheIntelligentDiagnostics

Module................125

Replacingasystemfan.........127

Replacingthefrontpanelboard......129

Replacingtherisercardassembly1....131

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....133

Completingthepartsreplacement.......135

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................135

Updatingtheserverconguration.....138

Chapter7.T roubleshootingand

diagnostics.............139

Troubleshootingprocedure..........139

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....139

Usingadiagnosticprogram.........140

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........140

Basictroubleshootingtables.........140

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............140

Opticaldriveproblems..........141

Harddiskdriveproblems.........142

Memorymoduleproblems........143

Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice

problems...............144

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............145

Informationresources............145

Usingthedocumentation.........145

ThinkServerWebsite..........145

LenovoSupportWebsite.........145

Helpandservice..............146

Beforeyoucall.............146

Callingforservice............146

Usingotherservices..........147

Purchasingadditionalservices......147

AppendixA.Notices.........149

Trademarks................150

Importantnotes..............150

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..150

Recyclinginformation............150

Batteryreturnprogram..........151

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............151

Particulatecontamination..........152

ImportantWEEEinformation.........152

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...153

Exportclassicationnotice..........153

Electronicemissionnotices..........153

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............153

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......155

Index.................157

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

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

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

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

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

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

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

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

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

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

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water ,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.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.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.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
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•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,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_01.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

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

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

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

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

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

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

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

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

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete

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

•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing

theserver.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

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

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DocumentationDVD

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

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

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

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,

andinformationabouthowtocontactLenovoSupport.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

•RackInstallationInstructions
Thisdocumentprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusing

therailkitshippedwiththeserver.

•ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

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

Note:Toobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerManagementModule
Premium(TMMPremium)ontheTMMPremiumconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingor
removingtheThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage92

.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationoftheRAIDcardinstalledintheserver.See
“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage83

.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

Documentonlyfortrainedservicepersonnel

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.

HardwareMaintenanceManual

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

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

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

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage63

3.Installyourserverintoastandardrackcabinetbyusingtherailkitshippedwiththeserver.SeeRack
InstallationInstructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

4.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
21tolocatetheconnectors.

5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage45.

6.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

7.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage55and“ConguringRAID”onpage58.

8.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

9.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

10.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage61.

11.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

ID

CPU

Mem

PSU

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

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specications”onpage11

•“Software”onpage11

•“Locations”onpage13

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,arailkit,powercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentation
DVD,andsoftwaremedia.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1Server
2Materialbox,includingpowercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia
3Railkit

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforvariousmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

©CopyrightLenovo2012,2013

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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”onpage71.

Powersupply

Oneortwo800-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUSGold)

Systemfans

Yourservercomeswitheightsystemfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow.

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”onpage24

Expansionslots

•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard

•OnePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly1

•OnePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly2

Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage21.

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”onpage21

.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage51)

–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails

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

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

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–TMM(alsoknownasBMC)andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMM
chip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonor
off,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththe
TMM-controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserver
hardwarehealthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperations
includingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartofservermanagement
isindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,theBIOS,andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsibleforerrorreporting,
systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andothermanagementfeatures.The
TMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMI

Chapter3.Productoverview9

helpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.YoucanndmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0
fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTMMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,suchastheDynamicHost
CongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControlInterface(PECI),toprovide
moresystemmanagementfunctions.

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

–Hot-swapfeature

Yourserversupportshot-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“ConguringRAID”onpage58

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–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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Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

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

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

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

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogram
alsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage55

.

Chapter3.Productoverview11

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation
aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage61

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.

Fordetailedinformation,see“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage61.

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)rmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage53

and“Updatingthermware”onpage61.

RAIDcongurationutilities

YourserverhasaRAIDcardinstalled,whichworkswithsomecongurationutilitiestosupporthardware
RAID.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage58.

.

Remotemanagementsoftware

TheintegratedTMMprovidesbasicremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.Theadd-onTMMPremium
optionprovidesadvancedremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.

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

LenovoRackPlanner

Racksandserversaredeployedonalargescale.Whendeployingtheequipment,equipmentmanagers
needalotofreferenceparameterstocalculatepowerconsumptionandelectriccurrentvaluesunder
differentcongurations.TheLenovoRackPlannerprogramprovidesdatamaintenance,powerconsumption
andelectriccurrentcalculations,andreportstohelpequipmentmanagerssignicantlyincreaseefciencyin
deployingtheequipmentandconvenientlymanagetheequipment.

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

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoRackPlannerprogram,refertothehelpsystemforthe
program.

ThinkServerSmartGridT echnology

TheThinkServerSmartGridT echnologyprogramhelpsadministratorstomonitorandmanageserver
performance,especiallythepowerconsumptionforgroupsofserversequippedwiththeIntelIntelligent
PowerNodeManagertechnology.

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

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

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerSmartGridTechnologyprogram,refertothehelp
systemfortheprogram.

Diagnosticprograms

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:

•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool

•ThinkServerSystemProleCollectionTool

Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage140.

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation
foryourserver.

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

Chapter3.Productoverview13

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelisattachedonthepull-outinformationcard,whichisa

ID

CPU

Mem

PSU

MT-M XXXX- XXX
S/N XXXXXXX

CPU

Mem

PSU

ID

MT-M XXXX- XXX
S/N XXXXXXX

smallplastictabandcanbeslidoutofthefrontofthechassis.Thefollowingillustrationsaresamplesofthe
machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsonservermodelswithdifferentharddiskdrivecongurations.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure2.Labelonservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives

Figure3.Labelonservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives

Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Theillustrationsinthistopicshowtheserverfrontviews
basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives:

•Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives

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•Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives

CPU

MemPSU

ID

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives.

Figure4.Frontviewofservermodelswith3.5-inchharddiskdrives

1Frontpanel5Rightrackhandle
2IntelligentDiagnosticsModule63.5-inchharddiskdrivearea
3Pull-outinformationcard7Leftrackhandle
4Slimopticaldrive(availableinsomemodels)

1Frontpanel

Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage17.

2IntelligentDiagnosticsModule

Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage20.

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
Instructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

Chapter3.Productoverview15

63.5-inchharddiskdrivearea

CPU

MemPSU

ID

6

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrivebaysare
occupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.

Theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedonthetopedgeofthefrontbezel.

Figure5.3.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)

Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives.

Figure6.Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchharddiskdrives

1Frontpanel4Rightrackhandle
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

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3IntelligentDiagnosticsModule

0

6
7

2
3

4
5

0

2
3

4
5

6
7

1

1

Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage20

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4Rightrackhandle

6Leftrackhandle

Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestoslidetheserveroutoftherack
cabinet;orusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinetsothattheserver
cannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertotheRackInstallation
Instructionsthatcomeswithyourserver.

52.5-inchharddiskdrivearea

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacantharddiskdrivebaysare
occupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.

Theharddiskdrivebaynumbersaremarkedonthetopedgeofthefrontbezel.

Figure7.2.5-inchharddiskdrivebaynumbers(topviewoftheserver)

Frontpanel

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.

Chapter3.Productoverview17

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.

ID

Figure8.Frontpanel

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
2IDbuttonwithIDLED
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED7FrontUSBconnector2
4NIC2statusLED8FrontVGADB-15connector(availableinsomemodels)

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

5SystemerrorLED
6FrontUSBconnector1

Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnitofffromtheoperating
system.SeeChapter4“T urningonandturningofftheserver”onpage45

.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyou

todeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

PowerstatusLED

Blinking

2IDbuttonwithIDLED

OnGreen
Off

Color

Theserverison.

None

GreenTheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown

Theserverisoff.

asPowerOnSuspend(POS)mode.Inthismode,the
microprocessorisnotworkingwhileotherhardware
devicesarestillworking.

Description

WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelittohelpyoulocate
theserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremotemanagementprogram
forserverpresencedetection.

IDLED

On
Off

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Color

Blue

NoneTheIDLEDisnotinuseorthesystemisnot

Thesystemisidentied.

identied.

Description

3NIC1statusLED

4NIC2statusLED

ThetwoNICstatusLEDsindicatetheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
ontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLEDColor

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.

5SystemerrorLED

OnGreen

Off

Blinking

None

Green

ThesystemerrorLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemerrorLEDColor

On

Off

Thetemperatureoftheserverreached
thenon-criticaltemperaturethreshold.

Thevoltageoftheserverreachedthe
non-criticalvoltagethreshold.

Afanhasbeendetectedtoberunningat
lowspeed.

Ahot-swapfanhasbeenremoved.1.Ensurethatthesystemfansare

Amber

Thepowersupplyhasacriticalerror.
Thepowercordhasbeendisconnected

fromonepowersupplyoraredundant
powersupplyhasbeenremoved.

TheTHERMTRIP#signalisasserted
becausethesystemisoverheated.

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonand
isworkingcorrectly.

DescriptionAction

Description

•ChecktheBMCforerrorsandcheck
thesystemfans.

•Ensurethattheambienttemperature
limitLEDisoff.

Replacethesystemboard.
Note:Thisproceduremustbeperformed
onlybytrainedservicepersonnelof
Lenovo.SeeChapter8“Getting
information,help,andservice”onpage
145

.

Checkthesystemfans.

connectedsecurelytothesystem
board.

2.Reinstalltheremovedfanorinstalla
newfantoreplacetheremovedfan.

ChecktheBMCfordetailedinformation.

1.Ensurethatthepowersuppliesare
installedsecurelyintheserver.

2.Ensurethatthepowercordsare
connectedsecurelytothepower
supplies.

3.Installanewpowersupplyto
replacetheremovedone.

•ChecktheBMCforerrorsandthen
checkthesystemfans.

•Ensurethattheambienttemperature
limitLEDisoff.

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6FrontUSBconnector1

CPU

MemPSU

ID

CPU

Mem

PSU

7FrontUSBconnector2

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

8FrontVGADB-15connector(availableinsomemodels)

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheIDM)
andthediagnosticLEDsonthemodule.ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnostic
paneloftheserver.IfanLEDislit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyouto
thesourceoftheerror.See“SystemboardLEDs”onpage41

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheIDMandthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanelinthe
frontoftheserver.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.

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Figure9.IDMpanel

LED

1Powersupplyerror

LED

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Solidoff

Solidon(amber)

Status

DescriptionAction

Thepowersupplyisworking
correctly.

Thepowersupplyislikelytofail
orhasfailed.

ChecktheBMCforerrorsand
runthediagnosticprograms.See
“Usingadiagnosticprogram”on
page140

.
Note:Toidentifythefailingpower
supply,checkthestatusLED
nearthepowercordconnector
ontheredundantpowersupply.

LED

2Ambienttemperature

limitLED

3SystemfanerrorLED

4Memorymodule

statusLED

5Microprocessor

statusLED(alsoknown
asCPUerrorLED)

Status

Solidoff

Solidon(amber)

Solidoff

Solidon(amber)Oneormoresystemfansare

Solidoff

Solidon(amber)Oneormorememorymodules

Solidoff

Solidon(amber)Oneormoremicroprocessorsare

Theserverisrunningatanormal
temperature.

Theambienttemperatureisbelow
7°C(44.6°F)orover40°C(104°F).

Thesystemfansareoperating
correctly.

runningatlowspeedorhave
beenremoved.

Thememorymodules
areoperatingatanormal
temperature.

areoverheated.

Themicroprocessorsare
operatingatanormal
temperature.

overheated.

DescriptionAction

ChecktheBMCforerrorsand
runthediagnosticprograms.See
“Usingadiagnosticprogram”on
page140

ChecktheBMCforerrorsand
runthediagnosticprograms.See
“Usingadiagnosticprogram”on
page140
Note:T oidentifythefailing
systemfans,checkthestatus
LEDsonthesystemboard.See
“SystemboardLEDs”onpage
41

ChecktheBMCforerrorsand
runthediagnosticprograms.See
“Usingadiagnosticprogram”on
page140

ChecktheBMCforerrorsand
runthediagnosticprograms.See
“Usingadiagnosticprogram”on
page140

.

.

.

.

.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Chapter3.Productoverview21

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithtwohot-swappowersupplies.

1

0

MGMT

ID

8

9

2

Figure10.Rearviewoftheserver

1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availablein

7VGADB-15connector

somemodels)

2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1
3Low-prolePCIExpresscardslot9Ethernetconnector0(RJ-45)(forsystemmanagement)
4PCIExpresscardslot10Serialport
5Ethernetconnector2(RJ-45)
6USBconnectors(4)

1Hot-swapredundantpowersupply2(availableinsomemodels)

2Hot-swapredundantpowersupply1

8Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)

11IDLED

Thehot-swapredundantpowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails.Y oucanpurchaseahot-swapredundantpowersupplyoptiondirectly
fromLenovoandinstallthepowersupplytoprovidepowerredundancywithoutturningofftheserver.

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

3Low-prolePCIExpresscardslot

ItisrecommendedtoattachaRAIDcardtothelow-prolePCIExpresscardslot.

Note:IfaThinkServerHostBusAdapterisavailable,refertoitsuserguidefordetailedinformation.Theuser
guideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x8x8,x4,x2,x1

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Low-prolecard

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4PCIExpresscardslot

UsedtoattachanEthernetcardoranyothersupportedPCIExpresscard.

Note:IfaThinkServerHostBusAdapterisavailable,refertoitsuserguidefordetailedinformation.Theuser
guideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x16x16,x8,x4,x2,x1

589Ethernetconnectors

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Half-length,full-heightcard

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Notes:

•TheEthernetconnector0(callout9)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouse
remotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.

•TheEthernetconnector0forsystemmanagementis82574Lbydefault.Ifyouhaveselectedsharemode
forthe82574LEthernetconnectorintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanuseitasanordinaryEthernet
connectorwith100Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.However,teamingwithotherEthernetconnectorsisnot
supportedifthemanagementEthernetconnectorisusedasanordinaryEthernetconnector.Fordetailed
informationaboutsettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnectorforsystemmanagement,see“Settingthe
modeoftheEthernetconnector0”onpage53

.

EthernetstatusLED

1Left

2Right

6USBconnectors(4)

ColorStatus

Amber
GreenOn
None
GreenOn
None
Green

On

Off

Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Description

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

7VGADB-15connector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

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10Serialport

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

11IDLED

WhenyoupresstheIDbutton,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelittohelpyoulocate
theserveramongotherservers.YoualsocanturnontheIDLEDsusingaremotemanagementprogram
forserverpresencedetection.

IDLED

On
Off

Color

Blue

NoneTheIDLEDisnotinuseorthesystemisnot

Thesystemisidentied.

identied.

Description

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.

Toremovetheservercoverandthecoolingshroudandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see
“Removingtheservercover”onpage65and“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthetwochassiscongurations
basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

•Servermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

•Servermodelswith2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives.

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

Figure11.Componentsofservermodelswith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

1Systemfans
2Twentymemoryslots(installedmemorymodules

11Rightrackhandle
12Harddiskdrivebay3

varybymodel)

3PCIExpresscard13Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledinsome

models)

4Coolingshroud
5Risercardassembly1
6PCIExpresscard
7Risercardassembly217IntelligentDiagnosticsModule
8Powersupply18Harddiskdrivebay0
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”onpage131.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

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•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71.

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

•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
5Risercardassembly117Harddiskdrivebay2
6PCIExpresscard
7Risercardassembly219Harddiskdrivebay1
8Powersupply
9Heatsinks(2)
10Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
11Rightrackhandle23Frontpanel
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”onpage131.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71

•Formoreinformationabout1,3,4,6,9,10,11,20,and22,refertotherelatedtopics.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.

Figure13.Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

1HarddiskdriveactivityLED2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

On,greenOff

Blinking,green

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes

On,greenOn,amber

Blinking,green

Off

persecond),amber

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
berecovered.Youneedtorecreatea
newarray.

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

.

RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardinstalledontheriser
cardassembly2.

YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctionstotheserver.
Formoreinformation,referto“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage83.

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”onpage32.

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage32

3ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAIDconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage86.

.

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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Figure15.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

1Ports7-4
2Ports3-0

1Ports7-4

3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage32.

2Ports3-0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage32.

3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700
Battery”onpage89

.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdrivebayandbackplanecongurations:

•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedriveswithonebackplane

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.Youneedtoremove
theservercovertoaccessthebackplane.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

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-inchharddiskdrive3Slot2fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot1fora3.5-inchharddiskdrive4Slot3fora3.5-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-inchharddiskdrive5Slot5fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
2Slot4fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive6Slot3fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
3Slot6fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive7Slot1fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive
4Slot7fora2.5-inchharddiskdrive8Slot0fora2.5-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,youcancongureRAIDfortheharddiskdrivesusingtheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.

Note:TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

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Figure21.ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane

ToconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane,dooneofthefollowingdependingonthetypeof
yourRAIDcard:

•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.

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,dothefollowing:

1.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3totheports3-0on
theRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector4tothemini-SASports0-3onthebackplane.

2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1totheports7-4ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthe
mini-SASconnector

2tothemini-SASports4-7onthebackplane.

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocationsandthepowercableconnections:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage29

•“RAIDcard”onpage27

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage33

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

1Frontpanelconnector17Redundantpowersupplyconnector2
2InternalUSBconnector1
3InternalUSBconnector219Memoryslots(4)
4IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector
5FrontVGAconnector21Systemfan7connector
6SATAconnector0
7PlatformControllerHub(PCH)23Systemfan6connector
8Systemboardbattery24Memoryslots(4)
9InternalUSBTypeAconnector125Systemfan5connector
10ThinkServerManagementModulePremium

connector

11InternalUSBTypeAconnector227Systemfan4connector
12ThinkServerT rustedPlatformModuleconnector28Systemfan3connector
13ThinkServerManagementModule29Systemfan2connector
14Risercardassembly1slot30Microprocessor1
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.

6SA TAconnector0

Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldrive.

7PlatformControllerHub(PCH)

ThischiponthesystemboardservesasaPCH,whichprovidesthedatabufferingandinterfacearbitration
requiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidthnecessaryforthe
systemtoachievepeakperformance.

8Systemboardbattery

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

9InternalUSBTypeAconnector1

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.Y oucanconnectittoaninternalUSBTypeA
connector.

10ThinkServerManagementModulePremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaserveroptionnamedThinkServerManagementModulePremium(TMMPremium)to
enableadvancedremotemanagementfunctionsonyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
ManagementModulePremium”onpage92

11InternalUSBTypeAconnector2

.

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.Forexample,insomesituations,youmight
wanttoconnectaUSBkeydirectlytothesystemboard.Y oucanconnectittoaninternalUSBTypeA
connector.

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12ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTPM),whichis
asecuritychip,toenhanceserversecurity.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatform
Module”onpage95.

13ThinkServerManagementModule

WiththeintegratedThinkServerManagementModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTMM),nomatterwhat
conditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslongastheserver
isconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMMcontrolledserverscanbe
achievedthroughsystemnetwork.TheusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealthinformationandSEL,
andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andso
on.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-band
management.

14Risercardassembly1slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly1.

15Risercardassembly2slot

Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly2.

16Redundantpowersupplyconnector1

Usedtoconnectaredundantpowersupply.

17Redundantpowersupplyconnector2

Usedtoconnectaredundantpowersupply.

18Backplanepowerconnector1

Usedtoconnectthepowercablefromthebackplane.

19242631Memoryslots

Thereare20memoryslotsonthesystemboard.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation
rules”onpage71.

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.
Youcancongure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecicfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthe
jumpersormovingtheswitches.

Figure24.Systemboardjumpersandswitches

Table1.Systemjumpers

1ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)jumper3Switches
2ThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper

Attention:Tosetthejumpersormoveswitches,youneedtoremovetheservercovertoaccessthesystem
board.Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

1ClearCMOSjumper

UsedtoclearCMOSandrecoveryourservertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:AfterclearingCMOS,yourBIOSrecoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.

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ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.LocatetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothejumper.

5.MovetheclearCMOSjumperfromthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuited
position(pin2andpin3).

6.WaitmorethanvesecondsandthenmovetheClearCMOSjumperbacktothenormalposition
(pin1andpin2).

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135.

8.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandwaitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.The
BIOSrecoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.

2ThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper

WhentheThinkServerManagementModuleEnable/Disablejumper(hereinafterreferredtoastheTMM
Enable/Disablejumper)isinthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2),theserverneedsabout30seconds
fortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthepower
switchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartaftertheTMM
initializationnishes.TheTMMfunctionisavailableinthissituation.

IfyoumovetheTMMEnable/Disablejumpertopin2andpin3,theTMMfunctionisnotavailableandthe
serveristurnedondirectlywhenyoupressthepowerswitchwithoutwaitingfortheTMMtobeready.

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3Switches

Therearefourswitchesonthesystemboardofyourserver.

Figure25.Switches

Table2.Switches

1BIOSrecoveryswitch3ManagementEngine(ME)inforceupdateswitch
2Clearpasswordswitch

1BIOSrecoveryswitch

4Reservedforthemanufacturer

UsedtorecovertheBIOSifthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyour
servercannotstartcorrectly.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage54

2Clearpasswordswitch

.

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchasanadministratorpasswordandauserpassword.

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Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.LocatetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.

5.Movetheclearpasswordswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

6.Waitmorethanvesecondsandthenmovetheclearpasswordswitchbacktotheoffposition.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135

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

9.Tosetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage51.

3MEinforceupdateswitch

Usedtoupdate(ash)theME.

TheMEupdatingprocessusuallyiscontainedintheBIOSupdating(ashing)process.

.

Note:OnlysomeBIOSversionscontaintheparametersforupdatingtheME.IfyouwanttoupdatetheME,
ensurethatyourBIOSversioncontainstherequiredparameters.

ToupdatetheME,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.LocatetheMEinforceupdateswitchonthesystemboard.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectany
cablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheswitch.

5.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

6.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135.

7.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Then,updatetheBIOS.See“Updating(ashing)theBIOS”
onpage54.

8.Repeatstep1throughstep4.

9.MovetheMEinforceupdateswitchbacktotheoffposition.

10.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135.

11.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSandMEhavebeen
updated.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

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SystemboardLEDs

ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheLEDsonthesystemboard.

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TheserverisdesignedsothatLEDsremainlitwhentheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersourcebutisnot
turnedon,ifthepowersupplyisoperatingcorrectly.Thishelpsyouisolateproblemswhentheserverisnot
turnedon.ManyerrorsarerstindicatedbyaliterrorLEDonthediagnosticpaneloftheserver.IfanLEDis
lit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelittodirectyoutothesourceoftheerror.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheThinkServerManagementModulestatusLEDandsystemfanerrorLEDs
onthesystemboard.

Figure26.SystemboardLEDs

1ThinkServerManagementModulestatusLED6Systemfan4errorLED
2Systemfan8errorLED7Systemfan3errorLED
3Systemfan7errorLED8Systemfan2errorLED
4Systemfan6errorLED9Systemfan1errorLED
5Systemfan5errorLED

1ThinkServerManagementModulestatusLED

ThisLEDindicatestheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM)statusofyourserver.

ThinkServerManagementModule

statusLED

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

Color

TheTMMisnotready.

None

Green

TheTMMhasnopowerorhasfailed.
TheTMMisworking.

Description

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2-9SystemfanerrorLEDs

WhenasystemfanerrorLEDonthesystemboardislit,itindicatesthatthecorrespondingsystemfanis
operatingtooslowlyorhasfailed.Tosolvetheproblem,youmightneedtoreinstallorreplacethesystem
fan.See“Replacingasystemfan”onpage127.Ifitisasystemboardproblem,contacttheLenovo
CustomerSupportCenter.

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage17.Theserverneedsabout
30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill
startaftertheTMMinitializationnishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

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

Turningofftheserver

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

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

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

•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.

•Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage55

•“ConguringRAID”onpage58

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage61

•“Updatingthermware”onpage61

•“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage61

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverrmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changethecongurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“T urningontheserver”onpage45.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage51.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

–SelectMemoryCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationaboutthe

installedmemorymodules.

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–SelectSATA/SASCongurationandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoviewinformationabout

theinstalledSATAorSASdevices,suchasaharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewinformationaboutyoursystem.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesgeneralinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheBIOSversionofyourserver,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardjumpersandswitches”onpage37

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

TheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterfaceconsistsofthefollowingmenus:

•“Mainmenu”onpage48

•“Advancedmenu”onpage48

•“Securitymenu”onpage49

•“ServerManagementmenu”onpage49

•“BootOptionsmenu”onpage50

•“BootManagermenu”onpage50

•“Save&Exitmenu”onpage50

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LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.YoucandownloadtheBIOS
updateutilitytoupdatetheBIOSifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.See
“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage53.

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdatedandyourservercannotstart
correctly,usetheBIOSrecoveryswitchtorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure.See“Systemboardjumpers
andswitches”onpage37.

Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationabout
theBIOSandBMC,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage50

Advancedmenu

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

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Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•PCIConguration:ViewandsetPCIcongurationparameters.

•ACPIConguration:ViewandsetACPIcongurationparameters.

•ProcessorConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorsandsetmicroprocessor
congurationparameters.

•MemoryConguration:Viewinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodulesandsetmemory
congurationparameters.

•ChipsetConguration:Viewandsetchipsetcongurationparameters.

•IntelTXT(L T -SX)Conguration:ViewandsetTPM,TXT,VT,andVT-dcongurationparameters.

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

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

•SuperIOConguration:Viewandsetserialportcongurationparameters.

•SerialPortConsoleRedirection:Viewandsetcongurationparametersfortheserialportconsole
redirection.

•NetworkStack:ViewandsetUEFIIpv4PXEandUEFIIpv6PXEcongurationparameters.

Securitymenu

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

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage51

•UserPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage51.

•TPM/TCM:ConguretheTPMfunctionifyourserverhasaTPMinstalledintheTPMconnectoronthe
systemboard.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage52

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ServerManagementmenu

YoucanviewsysteminformationandvieworchangeeventlogandBMCsettingsontheServer
ManagementmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationor

showselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsare
displayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

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TheServerManagementmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthe
correspondingsubmenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•EraseSEL:Erasesystemeventlog(SEL).

•SystemInformation:Viewbasicinformationaboutyourserver.

•BMCNetworkConguration:SetBMCcongurationparameters.

BootOptionsmenu

TheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangethe
serverstartupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthe
startupoptionstakeeffectwhentheserverstarts.

Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage52

BootManagermenu

TheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogramlistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledinyourserver
andthelisteditemsvarydependingonyourserverconguration.Ifyouselectadesireddevicelistedonthis
menu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicefromthebootdevice
selectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage52

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Save&Exitmenu

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesired
actionfromtheSave&Exitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexitthe
program.PressEntertoselecttheitemontheSave&ExitmenuandthenselectY eswhenpromptedto
conrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage53

TheSave&Exitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•SaveChangesandReset:SavechangesandthencontinuewiththecongurationintheSetupUtility
program.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•DiscardChanges:Discardchangesandloadpreviousvalues.

•RestoreDefaults:Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

•SaveasUserDefaults:Savethecurrentsettingsasuserdefaultvalues.

•RestoreUserDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

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Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

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3.UsetheT abkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

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

•Userpassword
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

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

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

•TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

•TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofthreeto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

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2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
UserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage51.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

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

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearpasswordswitchonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”onpage37.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

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

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

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage50

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

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ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.TheTPM
functionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheThinkServerTrusted
PlatformModule”onpage95.YoucanpurchaseaTPMfromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPM,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

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

3.WhenTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SetTPMStatetoEnabled.

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4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestarttoenablethe
TPMfunction.

SettingthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0

TheEthernetconnector0ontherearoftheserverisforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouseremote
managementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector0.See“Rear
viewoftheserver”onpage21.

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

TosetthemodeoftheEthernetconnector0intheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

2.OntheServerManagementmenu,selectBMCNetworkConguration➙BMCLANShareSetting.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asanordinaryEthernetconnector,selectShared.

•IfyouwanttousetheEthernetconnector0asadedicatedsystemmanagementEthernetconnector,

selectDedicated.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

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

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

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectSave&Exit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectSave&Exit➙RestoreDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Save&Exitmenu”
onpage50

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UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheTMMrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.You
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Usingthe
SetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.TheTMMrmwareprovidesremotemanagementfeatures.

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

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YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage61.

Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdatepackage.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotsupportthelatestsystemcongurations.

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

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.Youcan
selectSaveasUserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtosaveyourcurrent
BIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS.Then,youcanselectRestoreUser
DefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuserdefaultvaluesafter
updatingtheBIOS.Inthiscase,youcankeepyourpreviousBIOSsettingsanddonotneedtorecongure
thesettingsafterupdatingtheBIOS.Y oualsocanrecordyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdatingthe
BIOSforaneasierrecongurationinthenewBIOSversion.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

3.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)
theBIOS.

4.DooneofthefollowingaftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted:

•IfyouhavesavedyourBIOSsettingsasuserdefaultvaluesbeforeupdatingtheBIOS,select

RestoreUserDefaultsontheSave&ExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramtorestoretheuser
defaultvalues.Then,doadouble-check.

•CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto

“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

Note:IftheoperatingsystemofyourserverisinstalledunderEFImode,youneedtoreinstalltheoperating
systemafterrecoveringtheBIOS.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadaBIOS
updateutilityprogrampackage.Then,puttheamiboot.romlecontainedinthepackageintothe
rootdirectoryofabootableUSBkey.

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2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

4.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

5.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryswitchonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpersandswitches”on
page37.Then,removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothe
switch.

6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchfromthedefaultoffpositiontotheonposition.

7.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135.

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

9.Repeatstep2throughstep5.

10.MovetheBIOSrecoveryswitchbacktotheoffposition.

11.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycables.Then,reinstalltheservercover.See“Completingthe
partsreplacement”onpage135

12.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsrecovertothe
factorydefaultsettings.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.See
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47

.

.

Note:IfyoucannotrecovertheBIOSafterusingtheinstructionsinthistopic,theBIOSROMmightbe
damagedandyouneedtoreplacethesystemboard.ContacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworkswithyour
WindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperating
systemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccessed
directlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

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TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•ContainstheRAIDcongurationutility

•Providesdevicedriversbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•DownloadsdevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperatingsystem
oradd-ondevice

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintoanopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page52

2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

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

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

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.

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

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

.

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•FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupportedbythe
specicversionoftheprogram;andclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.

•BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatanyexternal
storagedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges

ifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.

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

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating system

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

Notes:

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6.0

•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.

•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
Locator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothetrustedWebsitelistsothat
thepagecanopencorrectly.

YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.

•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.

•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

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

•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.

•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

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

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2003operatingsystem,youmightneedtoaddtheUniformResource

ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage58

•“ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage60

•“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage60

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

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

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

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.Y oumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

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

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

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

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ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations

•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage55andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.

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

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

•Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithina
singleRAIDarray.

•Dependingontheoperatingsystem,thetotaldrivecapacityoftheprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TB.

YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See
“RAIDcard”onpage27.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Y oualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.

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

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledonyourserver.

ForinstructionsonhowtocongureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,referto
theMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentalsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

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ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers

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

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage55

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

.

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.

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

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

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram

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

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

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FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage63

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage65

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage67

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135

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

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

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

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.T odownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updating
thermware”onpage61

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage139todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage145

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

.

formoreinformation.

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

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,
andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

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•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,a
hot-swapharddiskdrive,orahot-plugUSBdevice.However,youmustturnofftheserverbefore
performinganystepthatinvolvesinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swap
devicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

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

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

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

Notes:

•Useproduct-specicESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.

•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertied(ISO9000)asfullyeffective.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

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

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

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

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen
handlingESD-sensitivedevices.

•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeevenwhen
youarewearingawriststrap.

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

Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary.

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

referencepoint.Y oucanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.

–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled.

•Iftheserversupportshot-swapredundantpowersupplies,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundant
powersupplyinstalled,oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalledwhiletheotherbayiscovered
byashield.

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

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIExpresscards,followthecablinginstructions
thatcomewiththeoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbafes,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe
serverwithouttheairductsorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessorstooverheat.

•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket
alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,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”onpage63.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware65

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother

ID

CPU

Mem

PSU

computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

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

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

4.Pressthereleasebutton1inthedirectionasshown.

Figure27.Pressingthereleasebutton

66ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

5.Fullyopenthecoverlatch1andslidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisdisengagedfromthechassis.

ID

CPU

Mem

PSU

Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandsetitaside.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremoving
theservercover.

Figure28.Removingtheservercover

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage135.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Y oucan
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”onpage63.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware67

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstalltherackhandles.

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:

1.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewthatsecurestherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.

Figure29.Removingtherackhandles

68ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

2.Toreinstalltherackhandles,insertthesmalltab1ontherackhandleintothehole2inthechassis.

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

Then,alignthescrewholeintherackhandlewiththecorrespondingholeinthechassisandinstallthe
screwtosecuretherackhandleoneachsideoftheserver.

Figure30.Installingtherackhandles

Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud

Thecoolingshroudmustberemovedtoallowaccesstosomeoftheservercomponents.Thistopicprovides
instructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthecoolingshroud.

Removingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovethecoolingshroud.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovethecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware69

2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Insertangerintoeachofthetwoholesinthecoolingshroudandthenliftthecoolingshroudoutof
theserver.

Figure31.Removingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,reinstallthecoolingshroudbeforeturningontheserver.Operating
theserverformorethan30minuteswiththecoolingshroudremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Reinstallingthecoolingshroud

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreinstallthecoolingshroud.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toreinstallthecoolingshroud,dothefollowing:

1.Ensurethatallcomponentshavebeenreassembledcorrectlyandthatnotoolsorloosescrewsare
leftinsideyourserver.

2.Ensurethatallinternalcablesareroutedcorrectlyandsecuredbyanycableclipsortiesintheserver.
Keepcablesclearofthehingesandsidesoftheserverchassistoavoidinterferencewithreinstallingthe
coolingshroud.

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3.Notetheorientationofthecoolingshroudandthenplaceitabovetheserversothatthetabsonboth

ID

Mem

CPU

PSU

sidesofthecoolingshroudarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesorgapsinbothsidesofthe
chassis.Then,lowerthecoolingshroudintothechassisuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifnecessary,gentlypressthecoolingshroudonbothsidessothatthetabsonthecoolingshroud
completelyengagewithbothsidesofthechassis.

Figure32.Reinstallingthecoolingshroud

4.Reinstalltheservercoverandreconnectcablestotheserver.Formoreinformation,referto“Reinstalling
theservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage135.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

Note:ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Yourserverhas20memoryslots.

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzdoubledatarate3low-voltageregistereddualinline
memorymodules(DDR3LVRDIMMs).

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzDDR3RDIMMs.

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1600MHzDDR3RDIMMs.

•Yourserversupportsupto12normalRDIMMswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto20
RDIMMswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.

•YourserversupportsuptoeightLVRDIMMswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto16LV
RDIMMswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware71

•Theminimumsystemmemoryis4GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledandonlyone4GBmemory
moduleinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).

•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsis320GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone16GB
RDIMMinstalledineachofthe20memoryslots).

•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforLVRDIMMsis256GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone16GB
LVRDIMMinstalledineachofthe16memoryslotsthatsupportsanLVRDIMM).

Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecicservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.

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

72ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

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.

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathaveonlyone
microprocessor(CPU1)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslotsintowhichthememorymodules
shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware73

Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledonaservermustbethesametype(LVRDIMM,RDIMM,orUDIMM).

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentranksinonechannel,startfromthefarthestmemoryslot
inthechannelandinstallthememorymodulethathasthemostranksrst.

•When1.35Vmemorymodulesand1.50Vmemorymodulesareinstalledintothememoryslotsforthe
samemicroprocessor,allthememorymodulesrunat1.50V.

•Whenmemorymoduleswithdifferentfrequenciesareinstalledintothememoryslotsforthesame
microprocessor,allthememorymodulesrunatthelowestfrequency.

•Itisrecommendedthatyouinstallthelow-voltagememorymodulesintothememoryslotsforthesame
microprocessortoensurelowpowerconsumption.

•Itisrecommendedthatyouinstallthehigh-frequencymemorymodulesintothememoryslotsforthe
samemicroprocessortoensurehighperformance.

Figure34.CPU1DIMMs

Table3.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithonemicroprocessor

CPU1

DIMM

OneDIMM
TwoDIMMsXX
Three

DIMMs
FourDIMMsXXXX
SixDIMMs
Eight

DIMMs
Twelve

DIMMs

Note:The12DIMMscongurationissupportedonlywhenyouareusingnormalRDIMMs.

A1A2A3B1B2B3

X

XXX

XXXXXX

XXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX

C1C2C3

D1D2D3

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforserversthathavetwomicroprocessors
(CPU1andCPU2)installed.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslotsintowhichthememorymodules
shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

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Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledonaservermustbethesametype(LVRDIMM,RDIMM,orUDIMM).

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentranksinonechannel,startfromthefarthestmemoryslot
inthechannelandinstallthememorymodulethathasthemostranksrst.

•When1.35Vmemorymodulesand1.50Vmemorymodulesareinstalledintothememoryslotsforthe
samemicroprocessor,allthememorymodulesrunat1.50V.

•Whenmemorymoduleswithdifferentfrequenciesareinstalledintothememoryslotsforthesame
microprocessor,allthememorymodulesrunatthelowestfrequency.

•Itisrecommendedthatyouinstallthelow-voltagememorymodulesintothememoryslotsforthesame
microprocessortoensurelowpowerconsumption.

•Itisrecommendedthatyouinstallthehigh-frequencymemorymodulesintothememoryslotsforthe
samemicroprocessortoensurehighperformance.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware75

Figure35.CPU1DIMMsandCPU2DIMMs

Table4.Memorymoduleinstallationrulesforserverswithtwomicroprocessors

CPU1DIMMCPU2DIMM

A1A2A3B1B2B3
TwoDIMMsXX
FourDIMMsXXXX
SixDIMMs
EightDIMMsXXXXXXXX
Twelve

DIMMs
Sixteen

DIMMs
Twenty

DIMMs
Note:The20DIMMscongurationissupportedonlywhenyouareusingnormalRDIMMs.

XXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

C1C2C3

D1D2D3A1A2B1B2

C1C2

Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

D1D2

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

76ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

Notes:

•Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallation
ruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71

.

•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71.

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.

7.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.

Figure36.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslots

8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.

Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware77

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”onpage135

.

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallation
ruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage71

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

.

78ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.

7.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe
memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit
fromthememoryslot.

Figure38.Removingamemorymodule

8.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.

9.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135.

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.Ifyouareinstallingor
removinganyothertypesofsupportedPCIExpresscards,theprocedureissimilar.

Note:TheEthernetcardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64

InstallingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware79

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

Note:UsuallyanEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercardassembly1andalsocanbeinstalledin
anyPCIExpresscardslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage21toidentifythe
PCIExpresscardslotsofyourserver.

5.LocatethePCIExpresscardslotforinstallingtheEthernetcardandthenremovethePCIExpresscard
slotbracketfromtherisercardassembly1.StorethePCIExpresscardslotbracketintheeventthat
youlaterremovetheEthernetcardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.

Figure39.RemovingaPCIExpresscardslotbracket

6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheEthernetcardoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheEthernetcardbyitsedges.

80ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

7.PositiontheEthernetcardnearthePCIExpresscardslotandalignthetaboftheEthernetcardwith
theholeintherisercardassembly1.Then,presstheEthernetcardstraightintotheslotuntilitis
securelyseatedintheslot.

Figure40.InstallingtheEthernetcard

8.DependingonthetypeoftheEthernetcard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcables.Referto
thedocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardforspecicinformation.

9.Reinstalltherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135

.Then,continuewith

thefollowingproceduretoinstalltheEthernetcarddriverifrequired.

ToinstalltherequireddevicedriverfortheEthernetcard,dooneofthefollowing:

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatmightcomewiththeEthernetcard.

•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadandinstalltherequiredEthernet
carddrivertotheserver.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramona
Windowsoperatingsystem”onpage57.

•IfyouareusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyour
serveronacomputerwithaWindowsoperatingsystemanddownloadtherequiredEthernetcarddriver
toaremovablestoragedevice.Then,transfertheEthernetcarddriverfromtheremovablestoragedevice
toyourserverandrunthedriverletoinstallthedriver.

Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadonthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

RemovingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware81

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

Note:UsuallyanEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercardassembly1andalsocanbeinstalledin
anyPCIExpresscardslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage21

toidentifythe

PCIExpresscardslotsofyourserver.

5.LocatetheEthernetcardontherisercardassembly1.Then,grasptheEthernetcardbyitsedgesand
carefullypullitoutoftherisercardassembly1.

Note:TheEthernetcardmightttightlyintotheEthernetcardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheEthernetcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.

Figure41.RemovingtheEthernetcard

6.InstallanewEthernetcardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocoverthe
place.See“InstallingtheEthernetcard”onpage79.

7.Reinstalltherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

8.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

82ThinkServerRD530UserGuide

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135.

ReplacingtheRAIDcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacetheRAIDcard.

YourservercomeswitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctionsto
theserver.Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage27and“ConguringRAID”onpage58.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•TheRAIDcardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

•Dependingonthespecictype,theRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforereplacingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtorecongure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterreplacingtheRAIDcard.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

ToreplacetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

5.Removetherisercardassembly2andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly
1”onpage131.

6.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly2.

7.Recordthecableconnections.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyotherrelated
parts.

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8.GrasptheRAIDcardbyitsedgesandgentlyslidetheRAIDcardoutoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket
andtherisercardassembly2.

Note:TheRAIDcardmightttightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.

Figure42.RemovingtheRAIDcard

9.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutside
oftheserver.Then,taketheRAIDcardandthelow-prolebracketoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.

10.RemovethetwoscrewsfromtheRAIDcardandthenremovethefull-heightbracketfromtheRAIDcard.

Figure43.Removingthefull-heightbracketfromtheRAIDcard

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11.Alignthetwoscrewholesinthelow-prolebracketwiththecorrespondingscrewholesintheRAIDcard
andtheninstallthescrewstosecurethebracket.

Figure44.Installingthelow-prolebrackettotheRAIDcard

12.PositiontheRAIDcardnearthePCIExpresscardslot.EnsurethattheleftedgeoftheRAIDcardis
insertedintothenotchoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket1.Then,carefullypresstheRAIDcard
straightintotheslotuntilitissecurelyseatedandthelow-prolebracketalsoissecuredbytheriser
cardassembly2.

Figure45.InstallingtheRAIDcard

13.ConnectsignalcablestotheconnectorsonthenewRAIDcardandtheconnectorsonthehot-swaphard
diskdrivebackplane.Seeyournoteand“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage32.

14.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

15.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135

.Then,congure

RAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage58.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware85

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500Key).

TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheinstalledThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5
andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.

InstallingtheTR500Key

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500KeyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapterandit
appliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID500Adapterinstalled.

Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouwanttorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterinstallingtheTR500Key.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

ToinstalltheTR500Key,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectanycablesfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500Keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR500Keyoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.

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8.LocatetheTR500KeyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500AdapterandtheninserttheTR500Key
intotheconnector.YoumightneedtoremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,installtheTR500
KeyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See
“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage83

.

Note:EnsurethattheTR500KeyissecurelyseatedontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure46.InstallingtheTR500Key

9.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage32.

10.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage135.Then,thehardware
RAID5andRAID50levelsareavailableforyourserverifyourserverhastherequirednumberofharddisk
drivesinstalled.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserverforinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID.

RemovingtheTR500Key

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter
anditappliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAID500AdapterwiththeTR500Key
optioninstalled.

Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouneedtorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterremovingtheTR500Key.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware87

•IfyouremovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,thehardwareRAID5andRAID50
levelswillbedisabled.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToremovetheTR500Key,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

7.LocatetheTR500KeyontheThinkServerRAID500AdapterandthenremoveitfromtheThinkServer
RAID500Adapter.YoumightneedtoremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,removetheTR
500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
See“ReplacingtheRAIDcard”onpage83

.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.

Figure47.RemovingtheTR500Key

8.ReconnectcablestotheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
connections”onpage32.

9.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage131.

10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR500Key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

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