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ThinkServerRS140 UserGuideandHardwareMaintenance Manual
MachineTypes:70F2,70F3,70F8,and70F9
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Note:Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:
•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct
“Safetyinformation”onpageiii
•AppendixA“Notices”onpage121
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Contents
Safetyinformation..........iii
Productsthatarenotassessed.........x
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction.................1
Serverdocumentation.............2
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5
Chapter3.Productoverview......7
Serverpackage...............7
Features..................7
Specifications...............10
Software.................11
ThinkServerEasyStartup.........11
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.11
BIOSupdateutility...........11
RAIDconfigurationutilities........11
Diagnosticprograms..........11
Locations.................11
Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label.................11
Frontviewoftheserver.........12
Frontpanel..............13
Rearviewoftheserver.........14
Serverlock..............17
Servercomponents...........17
RAIDcard...............21
Connectingthecables..........22
Systemboardcomponents........32
Chapter4.T urningonandturningoff
theserver...............35
Turningontheserver............35
Turningofftheserver............35
Chapter5.Configuringtheserver..37
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........37
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....37
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility
program...............37
SetupUtilityprograminterface......37
Settingthesystemdateandtime.....41
Usingpasswords............41
ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......42
Selectingastartupdevice........42
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......43
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......43
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...44
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup
program...............44
StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup
program...............45
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
onaWindowsoperatingsystem......46
ConfiguringRAID..............47
AboutRAID..............47
RAIDforyourserver...........48
ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenable
onboardSATARAIDfunctionality......49
ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS
hardwareRAID.............50
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers......52
Updatingthefirmware............52
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....52
Chapter6.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware..........53
Guidelines................53
Precautions..............53
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....54
Systemreliabilityguidelines........55
Removingtheservercover..........55
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...56
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles.57
Removingandreinstallingthefanduct...57
Installingorremovingamemorymodule...59
InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....62
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....66
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
700Battery..............68
Installingorremovingtheslimopticaldrive..71
Replacingtherisercardassembly.....75
ReplacingtheEthernetcard........77
Replacingthepowersupplyassembly...80
Removingandreinstallingthe
slim-optical-drivebracket........82
Replacinga2.5-inchharddiskdrive....84
Replacinga3.5-inchharddiskdrive....87
Replacingthefrontpanelboard......90
Replacingasystemfan.........92
Replacingtheheatsink.........94
Replacingthemicroprocessor.......96
Replacingthecoin-cellbattery......99
Replacingthesystemboard.......101
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Completingthepartsreplacement.......106
Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting
cables................106
Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....108
Chapter7.T roubleshootingand
diagnostics.............111
Troubleshootingprocedure..........111
Usingadiagnosticprogram.........111
Basictroubleshootingtables.........112
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
problems...............112
Opticaldriveproblems..........112
Hard-disk-driveproblems........113
Memorymoduleproblems........114
Keyboard,mouse,andUSBdevice
problems...............115
Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,
andservice.............117
Informationresources............117
Usingthedocumentation.........117
ThinkServerWebsite..........117
LenovoSupportWebsite.........117
Helpandservice..............118
Beforeyoucall.............118
Callingforservice............118
Usingotherservices..........119
Purchasingadditionalservices......119
AppendixA.Notices.........121
Trademarks................122
Importantnotes..............122
PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..122
Recyclinginformation............123
Batteryreturnprogram..........123
Requirementforbatteriescontaining
perchlorate..............124
Particulatecontamination..........124
ImportantWEEEinformation.........125
RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective
(RoHS)..................125
TurkishRoHS.............125
EuropeanUnionRoHS..........125
GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...125
Exportclassificationnotice..........126
Electronicemissionnotices..........126
FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)
Statement...............126
Eurasiancompliancemark..........128
Index.................129
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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe
documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.
Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação queoacompanha.
Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.
PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.
PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.
Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derfindespåflere sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.
LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen käyttöä.
Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesfigurant 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,måduleseogforstådenflerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed 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:Fortranslatedversionsofthecautionordangerstatement,refertotheSafety,Warranty,and SupportInformationdocument.
Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.
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Statement1
DANGER
Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.
Toavoidashockhazard:
Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfigurationofthis
productduringanelectricalstorm.
Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.
Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.
Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.
Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.
Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.
Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou
openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconfigurationprocedures.
Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening
coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.
Toconnect:Todisconnect:
1.TurneverythingOFF .
2.First,attachallcablestodevices.
3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.
4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.
5.TurndevicesON.
1.TurneverythingOFF .
2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.
3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.
4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.
Statement2
DANGER
Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.
Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis recommendedbythemanufacturer .Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly used,handled,ordisposedof.
Donot:
•Throworimmerseintowater
•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)
•Repairordisassemble
Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.
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Statement3
CAUTION: Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are installed,notethefollowing:
•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.
•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.
DANGER
SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:
Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.
Statement4
≥18kg(39.7lb)≥32kg(70.5lb)≥55kg(121.2lb) <32kg(70.5lb)<55kg(121.2lb)<100kg(220.5lb)
CAUTION: Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.
Statement5
CAUTION: Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower cord.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
Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialfirehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.To avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings attheinstallationsite.
Statement13
CAUTION: Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.
Statement14
CAUTION: SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.Y ou mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode requirements.
Statement15
CAUTION: Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower.T oremoveall electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat thedcpowerinputterminals.
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Statement16
CAUTION: Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:
•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as definedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.
•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SELV)source.AnSELV sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).
•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode requirements.
•Use1.3mm
2
or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters
inlength.
•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.
•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceinthefieldwiring.
Statement17
CAUTION: ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.
Statement18
CAUTION: Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.
Statement19
CAUTION: Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.
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Statement20
CAUTION: Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.Toavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal regulations.
Statement21
Attention:ChooseonlyD40oraboveair-breakswitchtoavoidunexpectedpoweroutage.

Productsthatarenotassessed

Typicalproductsthatarenotassessedincludebutnotlimitedtothefollowing:
•ServerandIT-rackcomponents(forexample,uninterruptiblepowersuppliesandcurrentdistribution systems)
•DevicesinITrooms(forexample,bulkstorageunitsandnetworkproducts)
•Industriallow-voltageswitchgear
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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
“Introduction”onpage1
“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisdocumentationforyourLenovo specifications,componentlocations,configurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.
YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa convenientsolutionforconfiguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.
TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo officeorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,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.T oaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/support
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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed tohaveyourserverserviced.
Forwheretofindtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber label”onpage11
.
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.
Printeddocument
Thefollowingdocumentisprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.
ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadfirst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtofindthemostup-to-date informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.
DocumentationDVD
ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin PortableDocumentFormat(PDF)andHyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML).ThedocumentationDVDisnot bootable.ToviewthedocumentsontheDVD,youwillneedacomputerwithaWebbrowserandtheAdobe Readerprogram,whichisavailablefordownloadat: http://www.adobe.com
TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft
®
Linux
operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmfilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
®
Windows
®
environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga
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Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWeb,whereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeafterthefirstreleaseoftheDVD.Y oucanalwaysobtainall themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30
languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.This documentalsoincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information, andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.
LenovoLicenseAgreement ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.
UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyou
use,configure,andmaintainyourserver.Someinformationinthisdocument,ifspecified,isintended forservicetechniciansonly.
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto
usetheutilityprogramstoconfigure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This documentisinEnglishonly.
Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalledin theserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62
.
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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.
Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyouneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanacpower source,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwaredevices installed,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.
Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:
1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.
2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroptions.SeetherelatedtopicsinChapter6“Installing,removing, orreplacinghardware”onpage53.
3.Ifyouhavearailkit,youcaninstalltheserverintoastandardrackcabinet.Seethedocumentation thatcomeswiththerailkit.
4.ConnecttheEthernetcablesandthepowercordtotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage 14tolocatetheconnectors.
5.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage35.
6.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
7.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer EasyStartupprogram”onpage44and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47.
8.Installanyadditionaldriversrequiredforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewith thehardwareoption.
9.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
10.Checkforfirmwareupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage52.
11.Installmanagementapplicationsandanyotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes withtheapplicationsthatyouwanttoinstall.
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Chapter3.Productoverview

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ID
Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specifications,softwareprograms, andcomponentlocations.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
“Serverpackage”onpage7
“Features”onpage7
“Specifications”onpage10
“Software”onpage11
“Locations”onpage11

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,thepowercord,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,and softwaremedia.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.
Figure1.Serverpackage
1Server 2Materialbox(includingprinteddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia) 3Powercord 4Railkit

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforvariousmodels.Dependingonyour specificmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryorunavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecificmodel,usethe SetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.Youalsocanrefer tothePersonalSystemsReferencedocumentforThinkServerproductsat: http://www.lenovo.com/psref/
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Microprocessor
Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingmicroprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodeltype):
•Intel
®
•IntelCore
•IntelPentium
•IntelXeon
Celeron
®
microprocessor
i3microprocessor
®
microprocessor
®
microprocessor
ForalistofThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Memory
Yourserverhasfourmemoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage59.
Powersupply
Yourservercomeswitha300-wattautomaticvoltage-sensingpowersupply.
Systemfan
Yourserverhasthreesystemfans.
Internaldrive
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive –Uptotwo3.5-inchSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)hard
diskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptofour2.5-inchSATAorSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives
Note:Theterm“2.5-inchharddiskdrives”hereinafterreferstoallthesupportedtypesof2.5-inchhard diskdrives,includingsolid-statedrives.
•Opticaldrive OneslimSATAopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)
Expansionslot
OnePeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)Expresscardslotontherisercardassembly
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage14
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Input/Output(I/O)features
•FourUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandtwoontherearpanel)
•FourUSB3.0connectorsontherearpanel
•OneDisplayPort®connectorontherearpanel
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•Onevideographicsarray(VGA)connectorontherearpanel
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectors(oneontherearpanelforsystemmanagementandtwoontheEthernet card)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage11.
Videosubsystem
IntegratedgraphicsforaVGAconnectorandaDisplayPortconnector
Ethernetconnectivity
TherearethreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100 Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage14.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
Securityfeatures –Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpyouprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver
(see“Usingpasswords”onpage41)
–ThinkServerT rustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
Note:TheTPMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)configurationforimprovingdatastoragereliabilityand
faulttolerance(see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47)
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
Basicsystemmanagementfeatures –Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37
.
–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutostartyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)oroperatingsystems.
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–RAID
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled,yourserver alsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurations.Fordetailedinformation,see “ConfiguringRAID”onpage47
.
Note:TheonboardRAIDisasoftwareRAIDinsteadofahardwareRAID.
–Softwareprograms
Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage11
.
–WakeonLAN
WakeonLANisanEthernetcomputernetworkingstandardthatallowsacomputertobeturnedon orwokenupbyanetworkmessage.Themessageisusuallysentbyaprogramrunningonanother computeronthesamelocalareanetwork.
Specifications
Thistopicliststhephysicalspecificationsforyourserver.
Dimensions
Widthwithoutrackhandles:430mm(16.9inches) Depth:411mm(16.2inches) Height:43.5mm(1.71inches)
Weight
Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemconfigurations.
Rangeofproductweightwithpackage:11.63kg(25.64lb)to13.16kg(29.01lb)
Environment
•Airtemperature: Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)
Storage:-40°Cto70°C(-40°Fto158°F)inoriginalshippingpackage
•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment
•Humidity: Operating:10%to80%(non-condensing)
Storagewithoutpackage:10%to80%(non-condensing) Storagewithpackage:10%to90%(non-condensing)
Electricalinput
•Universalinput:
–Lowrange:
Minimum:100Vac Maximum:127Vac Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
–Highrange:
Minimum:200Vac Maximum:240Vac Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz
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Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use, andmaintaintheserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystems,VMwarehypervisors,anddevicedriversonyourserver. Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.The userguidefortheprogramalsoisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.For detailedinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage44
.

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage52
.

BIOSupdateutility

TheBIOSfirmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitywithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatethe BIOSfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage43and “Updatingthefirmware”onpage52
.
RAIDconfigurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled,yourserveralso supportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurations.Fordetailedinformation,see“Configuring RAID”onpage47
.

Diagnosticprograms

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:
•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool
•ThinkServerSystemProfileCollectionT ool
Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage111.

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoulocatethelabelthatcontainsthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformation foryourserver.
WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
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Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelisattachedontherightrackhandleofyourserveras
!
ID
MT-M XXXX-XXX
S / N XXXXXXX
!
ID
shown.
Note:Dependingonthemodeltype,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthisillustration.
Figure2.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Frontviewoftheserver

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.
Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver
1Frontpanel 3Rackhandle(right)4Rackhandle(left)
1Frontpanel
2Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)
Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrols,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front panel”onpage13
2Slimopticaldrive
.
SomeservermodelscomewithaslimSATAopticaldrive.
3Rackhandle(right)
4Rackhandle(left)
Ifyourserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,youcanusetherackhandlestohelpyouslidetheserveroutof therackcabinet.Youalsocanusetherackhandlesandscrewstosecuretheserverintherackcabinet sothattheservercannotslideout,especiallyinvibration-proneareas.Formoreinformation,refertothe documentationthatcomeswithyourrailkit.
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Frontpanel

!
ID
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrols,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.Tolocate thefrontpanel,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage12.
Figure4.Frontpanel
1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED2IDbuttonwithIDLED 3Hard-disk-drivestatusLED 5SystemerrorLED6FrontUSB2.0connector1 7FrontUSB2.0connector2
1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED
Pressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserverwhenyoufinishsettinguptheserver.Holdthepowerbutton forseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnitofffromtheoperatingsystem.SeeChapter 4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage35.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethe currentpowerstatus.
4NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)statusLED
PowerstatusLED
2IDbuttonwithIDLED
OnGreen Off
Color
Theserverison.
None
Theserverisoff.
Description
WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontpanel,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserverarelit tohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.
IDLED
On Off
3Hard-disk-drivestatusLED
Color
Blue
None
Theserverisidentified. TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.
Description
Thehard-disk-drivestatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminetheactivityoftheharddiskdrive.
Hard-disk-drivestatusLED
Off
Blinking
Color
NoneTheharddiskdriveisnotinuse.
Green
Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeing transferred.
Description
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4 NICstatusLED
TheNICstatusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2onthe rearpaneloftheserver.
Description
5 S
ystemerrorLED
NICstatusLEDColor
OnGreen Off
Blinking
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
None
Green
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN. TheLANisconnectedandactive.
ThesystemerrorLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.
S
ystemerrorLEDColor
OnGreenThebootingprocessstopsbecauseofaPOSTerror. Off
6 FrontUSB2.0connector1
7 FrontUSB2.0connector2
None
Theserverisoffortheserverisonandworking correctly.
Description
UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyouhave morethaneightUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional USBdevices.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserver.
Figure5.Rearviewoftheserver
1 Powercordconnector
Ethernet connector 1 (RJ-45)
3 5 USB3.0connectors(4) 6 Ethernetconnector0forsystemmanagement(RJ-45) 7 PCIExpresscardslotforthecardinstalledon
therisercardassembly
9 IDLED 11 DisplayPortconnector 13 Powercordretainer
2 Serialconnector
Ethernet connector 2 (RJ-45)
4
8 Security-lockslot
USB 2.0 connectors (2)
10 12 VGADB-15connector
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1Powercordconnector
Usedtoconnectthepowercord.
2Serialconnector
Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialconnector.
346Ethernetconnectors(RJ-45)
UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.
Notes:
•TheEthernetconnector0(callout6)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagementbydefault.
•TheEthernetconnector0doesnotsupporttheIntelVirtualizationTechnology.
Figure6.EthernetstatusLEDs
Table1.EthernetstatusLED1
ColorStatus
Amber GreenOn None
Table2.EthernetstatusLED2
ColorStatus
Amber Amber AmberBlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.
510USBconnectors
On
Off
On Off
Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps. Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps. Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.
TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN. TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
Description
Description
UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyouhave morethaneightUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional USBdevices.
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7 PCIExpresscardslot
TherearetwoPCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly.TheEthernetcardisinstalledintheslot ontherisercardassembly.Theslot 2 isusedtoinstallahalf-length,full-heightPCIExpresscard,suchasa RAIDcardoraThinkServerHostBusAdapter(HBA).
Figure7.Locatingtheslotsontherisercardassembly
8 Security-lockslot
Usedtoattachacablelocktosecureyourservertoadesk,table,orothernon-permanentfixture.
9 IDLED
WhenyoupresstheIDbuttononthefrontoftheserver,theIDLEDsonboththefrontandrearoftheserver arelittohelpyoulocatetheserveramongotherservers.
1
IDLED
On Off
11 DisplayPortconnector
Color
Blue
None
Theserverisidentified. TheIDLEDisnotinuseortheserverisnotidentified.
Description
Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orotherdevicesthatuseaDisplayPort connector.
12 VGADB-15connector
UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.
Note: To connect a VGA cable to this connector, the physical thickness of the whole connector on the end of the VGA cable must be less than 17 mm (0.67 inch).
13 Powercordretainer
Usedtosecurethepowercord.
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Serverlock

YoucanuseaKensington-stylecablelocktosecureyourservertoadesk,table,orothernon-permanent fixture.Thecablelockattachestothesecurity-lockslotattherearofyourserverandisoperatedwithakey orcombinationdependingonthetypeselected.Thecablelockalsolockstheservercover.Thisisthesame typeoflockusedwithmanynotebookcomputers.YoucanordersuchacablelockdirectlyfromLenovoby searchingforKensingtonat: http://www.lenovo.com/support
Figure8.Kensington-stylecablelock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage11
Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover” onpage55
Thechassisconfigurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthetwochassisconfigurations basedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.
“Componentsofservermodelswithtwo3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage18
“Componentsofservermodelswithfour2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage19
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
.
.
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Componentsofservermodelswithtwo3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
1
6
8
4
3
2
5
7
17
9
13
10
11
12
14
15
18
16
Figure9.Componentsofservermodelswithtwo3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
1Servercover 3Ethernetcard4Fanduct 5Systemfan1 7Systemfan3 9Rackhandle(right) 11Slim-optical-drivebracket12Slimopticaldrive
2Risercardassembly
6Powersupplyassembly 8Heatsink 10Microprocessor
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13Harddiskdrive114Memorymodules
1
6
4
3
2
5
7
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9
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15Harddiskdrive016Frontpanelboard 17Systemfan218Systemboard
Componentsofservermodelswithfour2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
Figure10.Componentsofservermodelswithfour2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
1Servercover 3Ethernetcard4Fanduct
2Risercardassembly
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5Systemfan1 7Systemfan3 9Rackhandle(right) 11Slim-optical-drivebracket12Slimopticaldrive
132.5-inchharddiskdrive3142.5-inchharddiskdrive2 15Memorymodules162.5-inchharddiskdrive1
172.5-inchharddiskdrive018Frontpanelboard 19Systemfan220Systemboard
6Powersupplyassembly 8Heatsink 10Microprocessor
CRUidentification
CRUsarepartsthatcanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.IfaCRUisdeterminedtobedefective duringthewarrantyperiod,areplacementCRUwillbeprovidedtothecustomer.Customersareresponsible forinstallingtheself-serviceCRUsforthisproduct.Customersalsocaninstalloptional-serviceCRUs,which mightrequiresometechnicalskillsortools,orrequestthatatechnicianinstalltheoptional-serviceCRU underthetermsoftheapplicablewarrantyservicetypeforyourcountryorregion.
Non-CRUsmustbereplacedonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.
ThefollowingtableliststhemajorFRUsinyourserverandtheCRUidentificationinformation.Foracomplete listingofFRUinformation,suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto: http:/www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup
Notes:
•BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Safetyinformation”onpageiii
•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.
FRUdescription
Coin-cellbattery EthernetcardYesNo FanductYesNo FrontpanelboardNoNo HarddiskdriveNoNo HeatsinkYesNo MemorymoduleYesNo MicroprocessorNoYes PCIcard(availableonsomemodels) PowersupplyassemblyNoYes RackhandlesYesNo RisercardassemblyNoYes Slimopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels) Systemboard Systemfan
Self-service
CRU
YesNo
YesNo
YesNo
NoNo NoNo
Optional-service
CRU
.
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FRUdescription
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID(availableonsome models)
ThinkServerRAID700Battery(availableonsomemodels)
Self-service
CRU
YesNo
YesNo
Optional-service

RAIDcard

SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardinstalledinthelongerslotoftherisercardassemblytoprovide advancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.YoualsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovo andinstallitintotheserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62
Note:TheoptionkitforaRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
.
CRU
Figure11.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port02Port1 3TR500keyconnector
1Port0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.
3TR500keyconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage66
.
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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
Figure12.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter
1Ports7-42Ports3-0 3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector
1Ports7-4
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.
2Ports3-0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.
3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700 Battery”onpage68.

Connectingthecables

Note:YourserversupportsbothSATAandSASharddiskdrives.ForservermodelswithSASharddisk
drives,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled.ForservermodelswithSATAharddiskdrives,youcanconnectthe SATAharddiskdrivestoaRAIDcardortheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonthefollowingcableconnections:
“Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard”onpage22
“Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard”onpage25
“Connectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard”onpage27
“Connectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard”onpage29
Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard
Note:Ifyouareconnectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdriveswithaThinkServer9207-8i6GHBA,theprocedure
issimilar.
Toconnectthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard:
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1.Connectthemini-SASconnectorofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocabletotheRAIDcard.
Note:FortheRAID500Adapter,connectthemini-SASconnectortoPort0.FortheRAID700Adapter, connectthemini-SASconnectortoPorts3-0.See“RAIDcard”onpage21.
Figure13.Connectingthemini-SASconnectortotheRAIDcard
2.ConnectoneendoftheSAS-hard-disk-drive-LEDcabletothehard-disk-drive-activity-LEDconnector ontheRAIDcard,ifsupported.
3.InstalltheRAIDcardtotherisercardassembly.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”onpage62.
4.ConnecttheotherendoftheSAS-hard-disk-drive-LEDcabletothehard-disk-drive-LEDconnectoron thesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32
.
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5.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheharddiskdrives: a.12:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectors0and1ofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocableto
theharddiskdrives0and1respectively.
b.3:Connectthepowerconnector1ofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocabletothe4-pinpower
connectorwhichisnearthememorymodulesonthesystemboard.
c.45:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectors2and3ofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocableto
theharddiskdrives2and3respectively.
d.6:Connectthepowerconnector2ofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocabletotheother
available4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Figure14.Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrives
6.Ifyouhaveaslimopticaldrive,installtheslim-optical-drivebracket,andtheninstalltheslimoptical drive.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket”onpage82and“Installingthe slimopticaldrive”onpage71
.
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7.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheslimopticaldrive: a.1:ConnectoneendoftheavailableSATAcabletotheSATA4connectoronthesystemboard.
See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32. b.2:ConnecttheotherendoftheSATAcabletotherearoftheslimopticaldrive. c.3:Connecttheslim-optical-drivepowerconnectorofthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombocableto
thepowerconnectorattherearoftheslimopticaldrive.
Note:EnsurethattheSATAcableandthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveareroutedunderthe powersupplycableandthemini-SASto2.5-inchSAScombopowercable.
Figure15.Connectingtheslimopticaldrive
8.Routethecablesusingthecabletiesinthechassis.See“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting cables”onpage106.
Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard
Toconnectthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard:
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1.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheharddiskdrives:
SATA1 S ATA0 S ATA3 SATA2 S ATA4
a.12:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectors0and1ofthecomboSAScabletotheharddisk
drives0and1respectively.
b.3:Connectthepowerconnector1ofthecomboSAScabletothe4-pinpowerconnectorwhichis
nearthememorymodulesonthesystemboard.
c.45:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectors2and3ofthecomboSAScabletotheharddisk
drives2and3respectively.
d.6:Connectthepowerconnector2ofthecomboSAScabletotheotheravailable4-pinpower
connectoronthesystemboard.
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Figure16.Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrives
2.ConnecttheSATAconnectors0to3ofthecomboSAScabletothecorrespondingSATAconnectors0 to3respectivelyonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Figure17.Connectingthe2.5-inchharddiskdriveSAT Acables
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3.Ifyouhaveaslimopticaldrive,installtheslimslim-optical-drivebracketandtheninstalltheslimoptical drive.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket”onpage82and“Installingthe slimopticaldrive”onpage71.
4.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheslimopticaldrive: a.1:ConnectoneendoftheavailableSATAcabletotheSATA4connectoronthesystemboard.
See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32. b.2:ConnecttheotherendoftheSATAcabletotherearoftheslimopticaldrive. c.3:Connecttheslim-optical-drivepowerconnectorofacomboSAScabletothepowerconnector
attherearoftheslimopticaldrive.
Note:EnsurethattheSATAcableandthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveareroutedunderthe powersupplycableandthecomboSASpowercable.
Figure18.Connectingtheslimopticaldrive
5.Routethecablesusingthecabletiesinthechassis.See“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting cables”onpage106.
Connectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard
Note:Ifyouareconnectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdriveswithaThinkServer9207-8i6GHBA,theprocedure
issimilar.
Toconnectthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandtheslimopticaldrivewithaRAIDcard:
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1.Connectthemini-SASconnectorofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletotheRAIDcard.
Note:FortheRAID500Adapter,connectthemini-SASconnectortoPort0.FortheRAID700Adapter, connectthemini-SASconnectortoPorts3-0.See“RAIDcard”onpage21.
Figure19.Connectingthemini-SASconnectortotheRAIDcard
2.ConnecttheSAS-hard-disk-drive-LEDcabletothehard-disk-drive-activity-LEDconnectoronthe RAIDcard,ifsupported.
3.InstalltheRAIDcardtotherisercardassembly.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”onpage62.
4.ConnecttheotherendoftheSAS-hard-disk-drive-LEDcabletothehard-disk-drive-LEDconnectoron thesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
5.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheharddiskdrives: a.1:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnector0ofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletothe
harddiskdrive0.
b.2:Connectthepowerconnectorofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletothe4-pinpower
connectorwhichisnearthememorymodulesonthesystemboard.
c.3:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnector1ofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletothe
harddiskdrive1.
d.4:Connecttheotherpowerconnectorofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletotheother
available4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Figure20.Connectingthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocabletotheharddiskdrives
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6.Ifyouhaveaslimopticaldrive,installtheslim-optical-drivebracket,andtheninstalltheslimoptical drive.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket”onpage82and“Installingthe slimopticaldrive”onpage71.
7.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheslimopticaldrive: a.1:ConnectoneendoftheavailableSATAcabletotheSATA4connectoronthesystemboard.
See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32. b.2:ConnecttheotherendoftheSATAcabletotherearoftheslimopticaldrive. c.3:Connecttheslim-optical-drivepowerconnectorofthemini-SASto3.5-inchSAScombocableto
thepowerconnectorattherearoftheslimopticaldrive.
Figure21.Connectingtheslimopticaldrive
Note:EnsurethattheSATAcableandthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveareroutedunderthe powersupplycableandthemini-SAStoSAScombopowercable.
8.Routethecablesusingthecabletiesinthechassis.See“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting cables”onpage106.
Connectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard
Toconnectthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivesandslimopticaldrivewithoutaRAIDcard:
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1.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheharddiskdrives: a.1:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectorofthecomboSAScabletotheharddiskdrive0. b.2:ConnecttheSATAconnectorofthecomboSAScabletotheSATA0connectoronthesystem
board.
c.3:ConnectthepowerconnectorofthecomboSAScabletothe4-pinpowerconnectorwhichis
nearthememorymodulesonthesystemboard. d.4:ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectoroftheothercomboSAScabletotheharddiskdrive1. e.5:ConnecttheSATAconnectorofthiscomboSAScabletotheSATA1connectoronthesystem
board. f.6:ConnectthepowerconnectorofthiscomboSAScabletotheotheravailable4-pinpower
connectoronthesystemboard. Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Figure22.Connectingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivestothesystemboard
2.Ifyouhaveaslimopticaldrive,installtheslim-optical-drivebracket,andtheninstalltheslimoptical drive.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket”onpage82and“Installingthe slimopticaldrive”onpage71.
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3.Dothefollowingtoconnecttheslimopticaldrive: a.1:ConnectoneendoftheavailableSATAcabletotheSATA4connectoronthesystemboard. b.2:ConnecttheotherendoftheSATAcabletotherearoftheslimopticaldrive. c.3:Connecttheslim-optical-drivepowerconnectorofacomboSAScabletothepowerconnector
attherearoftheslimopticaldrive.
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Note:EnsurethattheSATAcableandthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveareroutedunderthe powersupplycableandthecomboSASpowercable.
Figure23.Connectingtheslimopticaldrive
4.Routethecablesusingthecabletiesinthechassis.See“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting cables”onpage106.
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Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.
Figure24.Systemboardcomponents
14-pinpowerconnector2DIMM1 3DIMM24DIMM3 5DIMM46Thermalsensorconnector 7IDLEDpowerconnector 9Systemfan3connector104-pinpowerconnectors(2) 1114-pinpowerconnector 13SATAconnector014SATAconnector4 15SATAconnector116SATAconnector2 17Systemfan2connector 19Hard-disk-drive-LEDconnector 21ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxide
8System-error-LED-cableconnector
12SATAconnector3
18Frontpanelconnector 20InternalUSB2.0connector 22ManageabilityEngine(ME)disablejumper
Semiconductor)/Recoveryjumper
23TrustedCryptographyModule(TCM)connector 25Systemfan1connector26Coin-cellbattery
14-pinpowerconnector
24Risercardassemblyslot
Usedtoconnecttheauxiliarypowerconnectorofthepowersupply.
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2345Memoryslots
Therearefourmemoryslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallation rules”onpage59.
6Thermalsensorconnector
Usedtoconnectthethermalsensorcable.
7IDLEDpowerconnector
UsedtoprovidepowertotheIDLEDonthefrontpanel.
8System-error-LED-cableconnector
UsedtoconnecttheSystem-error-LEDcable.
91725Systemfanconnectors
Therearethreesystemfansinstalledinyourserver.Eachsystemfanconnectorisusedtoconnecta correspondingsystemfan.
104-pinpowerconnectors(2)
Usedtoprovidepowertoyourharddiskdrives.
1114-pinpowerconnector
Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.
12131516SAT Aconnectors0-3
UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheharddiskdrives.
14SA T Aconnector4
Usedtoconnectthesignalcableoftheslimopticaldriveifyourserverhasaslimopticaldriveinstalled.
18Frontpanelconnector
Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.
19Hard-disk-drive-LEDconnector
Usedtoconnectthehard-disk-drive-LEDcable.
20InternalUSB2.0connector
UsedtoconnectthetwoUSBconnectorsonthefrontpanel.
21ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)/Recoveryjumper
UsedtoclearCMOSandturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactorydefaultsettings.
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22MEdisablejumper
UsedtoenableordisabletheME.
23T rustedCryptographyModule(TCM)connector
UsedtoinstalltheTCM.
24Risercardassemblyslot
Usedtoinstalltherisercardassembly.
26Coin-cellbattery
Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andconfigurationinformationfor built-infeatures.Thecoin-cellbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.
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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Aftertheserverisconnectedtoanacpowersource,youcanturnontheserverbypressingthepowerbutton.

Turningofftheserver

CAUTION: Thepowercontrolbuttononthedeviceandthepowerswitchonthepowersupplydonotturnoff theelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothedevice.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanonepower cord.Toremoveallelectricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallpowercordsaredisconnected fromthepowersource.
Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:
•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor theoperatingsystem.
•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontofthechassistostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem andturnofftheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.
•Iftheoperatingsystemstopsfunctioning,youcanpressandholdthepowerbuttonformorethanfour secondstoturnofftheserver.
•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.
Note:Forinformationaboutyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelp systemfortheoperatingsystem.
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Chapter5.Configuringtheserver
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:
“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage44
“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47
“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage52
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage52

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.
TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.YoucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing. However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage35
2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage41
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ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem toviewinformationorchangesettings.
WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoualsocanpresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.
YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecificservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:
•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency, memorysize,installedSATAdevices,andsystemdateandtime.
•TheAdvancedmenulistsinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom theinformationinthistopic.
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Notes:
•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationincorrectly mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings, usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System boardcomponents”onpage32
•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS.
ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:
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Main:See“Mainmenu”onpage38
Devices:See“Devicesmenu”onpage38.
Advanced:See“Advancedmenu”onpage38.
Power:See“Powermenu”onpage39.
Security:See“Securitymenu”onpage39
Startup:See“Startupmenu”onpage40.
Exit:“Exitmenu”onpage40.
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Mainmenu
AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage41.
Devicesmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicessettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe correspondingfeatures.
Notes:
Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.
Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.
TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialconnectorconfigurationparameters.
USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters.
ATADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAhard-disk-driveconfigurationparameters.
VideoSetup:Viewandsettheprimaryvideoadaptertype.
NetworkSetup:EnableordisabletheonboardEthernetcontrollerandothernetworkfunctions.
Advancedmenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu, pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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Notes:
Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.
Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.
TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.
CPUSetup:ViewandsetCPUconfigurationparameters.
Intel
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Manageability:ViewandsetIntelvPROfeatures.
Powermenu
YoucanvieworchangevariousserverpowermanagementsettingsonthePowermenuintheSetupUtility program.ThePowermenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.Foreachsubmenuand item,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingitems:
AfterPowerLoss:Viewandconfigurethesystemperformanceafteracpowersourceisremoved andrestored.
EnhancedPowerSavingMode:EnableordisableEnhancedPowerSavingMode.
ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:
IntelligentCoolingEngine(ICE):Enablethesystemtoentertheloweracousticlevelorbetterthermal level.
AutomaticPowerOn:EnableordisabletheAutomaticPowerOnfunction.
Securitymenu
YoucansetpasswordsandconfiguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram. Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
Notes:
Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.
Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.
TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingmainitems:
AdministratorPassword:Viewthestatusofanadministratorpassword.
Power-OnPassword:Viewthestatusofauserpassword.
SetAdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage41
SetPower-OnPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver. See“Usingpasswords”onpage41
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TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:
TCGFeatureSetup:ConfiguretheTPMfunction.See“ConfiguringtheTPMfunction”onpage42
SystemEventLog:Viewandclearthesystemeventlog.
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SecureBoot:Viewandsetsecurebootconfigurationparameters.
Startupmenu
TheStartupmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserver startupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Aftertheserver restarts,changesinthestartupoptionstakeeffect.
Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.Theserver startsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.Forexample,youcandefineastartupsequencethatchecksa discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage42
TheStartupmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.Foreachsubmenuanditem,press Entertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeysortype desiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe correspondingfeatures.
TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:
PrimaryBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenthesystemispoweredupnormally.
AutomaticBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenacommunicationdevicewakesupthesystem.
ErrorBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenanerroroccurs.
TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingitems:
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CSM:IfyouselectEnabled,youcaninstallanon-UEFIoperatingsystem.IfyouselectDisabled,you caninstallaUEFIoperatingsystem.
BootMode:Choosethebootpolicy.
BootPriority:Setthebootpriorityofoperatingsystems.
OptionsKeysDisplay:IfyouselectEnabled,theoptionkeyswillbedisplayedonthelogoscreen.Ifyou selectDisabled,theoptionkeyswillnotbedisplayedonthelogoscreen.
OptionsKeysDisplayStyle:ThisitemcontrolstheoptionkeysdisplaystylewhenyouselectEnabled fortheOptionKeysDisplayitem.
IfyouselectLegacy,themessage“PressF1toenterSetup,F12todisplayBootMenu”willbe
displayedonthelogoscreen.
–IfyouselectNormal,themessage“Tointerruptnormalstartup,pressEnter”willbedisplayedon
thelogoscreen.
Exitmenu
AfteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesiredaction fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.Press EntertoselecttheitemontheExitmenu,andthenselectYeswhenpromptedtoconfirmtheaction.For informationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage43.
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TheExitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:
SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility program.
LoadOptimalDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.
OSOptimizedDefaults:SelectEnabledtomeettheMicrosoftWindows8certificationrequirement.The settingsfortheCSMsupport,bootmode,bootpriority,secureboot,andsecurityRollBackprevention willbeaffected.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemTime&Date.
3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe systemdateandtime.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.
SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes
ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:
Administratorpassword Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingtheconfigurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
Power-Onpassword Whenapower-onpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordto usetheserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.
Passwordconsiderations
Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyouuseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.
Notes:
1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.
2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.
Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:
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•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.
Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect SetPower-OnPasswordtosetauserpassword.
3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage41.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor changeapassword.
4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconfirmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword willbecleared.
Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.
5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboardtoerasethe password.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.
ConfiguringtheTPMfunction
TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.
ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTCGFeatureSetup,andthenpressEnter.
3.SelectTCGSecurityFeatures.Then,settheTPMSupporttoActive.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestartinordertoenable theTPMfunction.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant:
Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.
•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:
Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup sequence.
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1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.
2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Thebootdeviceselection windowopens.
3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart upfromtheselecteddevice.
•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.OntheStartupmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdevicedependingon yourneeds.Y oualsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“Startupmenu”onpage40
3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface. Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcan dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectExitSave ChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExitDiscardChangesandExit.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExitLoadOptimalDefaults.
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FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage40
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UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS updatefailure.
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST, theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Y oucanusethe SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup Utilityprogram”onpage37
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,theyareavailable fordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdatetheserverfirmware bydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverfirmwareup-to-date.See “Updatingthefirmware”onpage52.
Updating(flashing)theBIOS
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.
Notes:
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•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave. WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.
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•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemconfigurations.
•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering hardwareproblems.
•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSfirmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated BIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.
Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatetheBIOS updatepackage.
2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTfilethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.
3.PrinttheTXTfileandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(flash)theBIOS.
4.CheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandconfigureyourserver.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystems,VMwarehypervisors,anddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogram workswithyouroperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystem andassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable) ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbeaccessed directlyfromtheprograminterface.
IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.
TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmefile.Thereadmefile containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
3.Printthereadmefileandreaditcarefully.
4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDconfigurationutility
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•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•AbilitytodownloaddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperating systemoradd-ondevice
•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis programtohelpyouconfiguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.
TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:
1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveasthefirststartup device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on page42.
2.WaitfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing selections:
•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram
•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram
Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare German,English,Spanish,French,Italian,Dutch,Turkish,Japanese,andRussian.
3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages aboutconfiguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovoLicense Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustagreethose termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.
4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.
5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:
•Continuetothemaininterface.
•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsefile.
•ConfigureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsefile. Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe
screen.IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.
Notes:
1.FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoview theinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurationssupported bythespecificversionoftheprogramandclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearn howtousetheprogram.
2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatany externalstoragedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredcorrectly.
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TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof thescreen:
Home Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe
Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.
Compatibilitynotes ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurations
supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.
UserGuide Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.
Hardwarelist Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.
ConfigureRAID ThismenuguidesyoutoconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfigurationandmakechanges
ifneeded.
Installoperatingsystem Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.
Downloaddrivers ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa
removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed them.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon theLenovoSupportWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
About Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating system

YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD failstostart,openthelaunch.exefilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.
YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem. Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.
•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecificserverconfiguration information.
•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe driversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyoufinishinstallinganoperating
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systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstoconfigure yourserver.
•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer EasyStartupDVD.
•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.
Note:Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadon theLenovoSupportWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
ConfiguringRAID
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure RAID.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:
“AboutRAID”onpage47
“RAIDforyourserver”onpage48
“ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage49
“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage50

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.
WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.
RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedtosingle-drivestorage systems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdatafromthe remainingdrives.
ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:
RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata
throughput,especiallyforlargefilesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID 0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.
RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.
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RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis
goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy. RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.
RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.
RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata
throughput,especiallyforsmallrandomaccess.RAID5distributesparityalongwiththedataandrequires alldrivesbutonetobepresenttooperate;drivefailurerequiresreplacement,butthearrayisnot destroyedbyasingledrivefailure.Upondrivefailure,anysubsequentreadoperationscanbecalculated fromthedistributedparitysothatthedrivefailureismaskedfromtheenduser.Thearraywillhavedata lossintheeventofaseconddrivefailureandisvulnerableuntilthedatathatwasonthefailingdriveis rebuiltontoareplacementdrive.Asingledrivefailureinthesetwillresultinreducedperformanceof theentiresetuntilthefailingdrivehasbeenreplacedandrebuilt.
RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.
RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1 RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive
groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1 virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.
RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrives.
FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

RAIDforyourserver

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDsupportedbyyourserver.
Note:BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,ensurethatyouuseharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype (SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDconfigurations:
OnboardSA TAsoftwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterprise
program
TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC226chiponthesystemboard.If yourserverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheIntelRapid StorageTechnologyenterpriseprogramtoconfigureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboardSATA softwareRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10.TheonboardRAIDisasoftwareRAIDinsteadofahardwareRAID.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality” onpage49.
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AdvancedSA T A/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheWebBIOSConfigurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI ConfigurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on page21
Note:ForservermodelswithSASharddiskdrives,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled. TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Y oualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand theMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5level,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard. See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage66
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage50.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDand installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62formoreinformation.
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ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSAT ARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtoconfigurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
2.SelectDevicesAT ADriveSetup.
3.SelectConfigureSA T AasandpressEnter.
4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
CreatingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconfiguration utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.
TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNamefieldandpressTab.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLevelfieldandpressTab.
5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizefieldandpressT ab.
6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityfieldandpressTab.
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7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.
8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.
9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.
10.Whenfinished,selectExitandpressEnter.
DeletingRAIDvolumes
ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconfiguration utilitytodeleteRAIDvolumes.
TodeleteRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.
5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:
•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage49forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Resettingdiskstonon-RAID
Thissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.
Toresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.
3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen pressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheresetaction.
5.Afterresettingtheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,youcan:
•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage50forRAIDvolumedeletion.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage49forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage 21
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithSASharddiskdrives,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram andtheMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe
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ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5level,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard. See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage66
TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConfiguration UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.
ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,referto theMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This documentisalsoavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
.
ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:
•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers
•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations
•Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected
•Supportshot-sparedrives
•CreatesaRAIDresponsefilethatcanbeusedtoconfigureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlyconfigured Lenovoservers
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage44 interfaceoftheprogram.
SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem, inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand usingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram”onpage51 hardwareRAID”onpage50.
andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
and“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS
InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconfiguringRAID.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive. TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:
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Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID configurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwareconfigurations.
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
•“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”
TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat: http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfiguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram” onpage44
.
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersarealsoavailablefordownloadat: http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Updatingthefirmware
ThefirmwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOSandtheFRU/SDR.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemfirmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:Beforedistributingthefirmwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocatethe FirmwareUpdaterprogram.
2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheTXTfilethatcontainsthe installationinstructions.
3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
4.PrinttheTXTfileandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtoupdateyour systemfirmware.
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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
“Guidelines”onpage53
“Removingtheservercover”onpage55
“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage56
“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,go tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe firmware”onpage52
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“T roubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage111 troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice” onpage117.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject, observethefollowingprecautions:
formoreinformation.
todobasic
–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping. –Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet. –Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject. –Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Ensurethatyouhaveenoughproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,andother devices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.
•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.
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•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.
•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen
removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou, canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.
Anyserverpartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects. ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.
Notes:
•Useproduct-specificESDprocedureswhentheyexceedtherequirementsnotedhere.
•EnsurethattheESDprotectivedevicesyouusehavebeencertified(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.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecificsituation,placethe static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton thestatic-protectivepackage.
•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.
•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity andincreasesstaticelectricity.
•Useagroundedworkmattoprovideastatic-freeworksurface.Thematisespeciallyusefulwhen handlingESD-sensitivedevices.
•Preventthepartfromtouchingyourclothing.Mostclothingisinsulativeandretainsachargeeven whenyouarewearingawriststrap.
•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,itisrecommendedtowearanelectrostatic discharge(ESD)wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.EnsurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.Selecta groundingsystem,suchasthoselistedbelow,toprovideprotectionthatmeetsthespecificservice requirement.
Note:TheuseofagroundingsystemtoguardagainstESDdamageisdesirablebutnotnecessary. –AttachtheESDgroundcliptoanyframeground,groundbraid,orgreen-wireground.
–Whenworkingonadouble-insulatedorbattery-operatedsystem,useanESDcommongroundor
referencepoint.Youcanusecoaxorconnector-outsideshellsonthesesystems.
–Usethegroundprongoftheacplugonac-operatedservers.
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Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,strictlyfollowtheseguidelines:
•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI) protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.
•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.
•Ifyourserverhasairductsorairbaffles,donotremovethemwhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingthe serverwithouttheairductsorairbafflesmightcausethemicroprocessorstooverheat.
•Forserversthatsupportuptotwomicroprocessors,ensurethatthesecondmicroprocessorsocket alwayscontainsamicroprocessororisprotectedbyamicroprocessorsocketcover.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
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3.Loosenthethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover.Slidetheservercovertotherearuntilitis
O/MG
MT
O/MGMT
disengagedfromthechassis.Then,lifttheservercoveroffthechassisandsetitaside.
Note:Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheservercover.Donottrytoremovethethumbscrew fromtheservercover.
Figure25.Removingtheservercover
Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage106.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCI Expresscards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.
Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.
Notes:
•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketincaseyoulaterremovethedevice.
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Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating orcomponentdamage.

Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethetwoscrews1thatsecuretherackhandleandthenremovethe rackhandlefromthechassis.
Figure26.Removingtherackhandles
4.Toreinstalleachrackhandle,ensurethatthescrewholesintherackhandlearealignedwiththe correspondingholesinthechassis.Then,installthetwoscrewstosecuretherackhandle.
5.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.

Removingandreinstallingthefanduct

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Toaccesssomeservercomponentsonthesystemboard,youmustremovethefanduct.Toensureproper coolingandairflow,youmustreinstallthefanductbeforeturningontheserver.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Toremoveandreinstallthefanduct,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
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2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
1
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatethefanductintheserver.Disconnectthe4-pinpowercable1fromthesystemboardandthen releasethepowercablefromthetabsthatattachthepowercabletothefanduct.Liftthefanduct outoftheserver.
Figure27.Removingthefanduct
5.Toreinstallthefanduct,notetheorientationofthefanductandthenplaceitabovetheheatsink.Then, lowerthefanductintothechassisuntilitissecuredintoplace.
Figure28.Installingthefanduct
6.Routethe4-pinpowercableunderthetabsonthefanductandthenconnectthe4-pinpowercableto thesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
7.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
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Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.
Note:ThememorymodulesaresensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling static-sensitivedevices”onpage54firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
Yourserverhasfourmemoryslotstoprovidethefollowingfeatures:
•Eachslotsupports2GB,4GB,and8GBdoubledatarate3(DDR3)unbuffereddualinlinememory modules(UDIMMs)withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.
•Theminimumsystemmemoryis2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMM2slot).
•Themaximumsystemmemoryis32GB(one8GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemory slots).
Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecificservermodel,usetheSetupUtility program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37
ForalistofsupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofallmemoryslotsonthesystemboard.
.
Figure29.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard
1Memoryslot(DIMM1)2Memoryslot(DIMM2) 3Memoryslot(DIMM3)4Memoryslot(DIMM4)
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Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforyourserver.The“X”markindicatesthe memoryslotsintowhichthememorymodulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.
Table3.Memorymoduleinstallationrules
DIMMDIMM1DIMM2DIMM3DIMM4
OneDIMM TwoDIMMsXX ThreeDIMMsXXX FourDIMMsXXXX
X
Installingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyoufollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memory moduleinstallationrules”onpage59.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See “Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage59.
5.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.
Figure30.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot
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6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.
7.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Ensurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory moduleisalignedwiththekey
2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.
Note:Ifthereisagapbetweenthememorymoduleandtheretainingclips,thememorymodulehasnot beencorrectlyinstalled.Opentheretainingclips,removethememorymodule,andthenreinstallitinto thememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipsareclosed.
Figure31.Installingamemorymodule
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
Removingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See “Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage59.
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5.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit fromthememoryslot.
Figure32.Removingamemorymodule
6.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
.

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.Ifyouareinstallingorremoving anyothertypesofsupportedPCIExpresscards,suchasHBAcards,theprocedureissimilar.
YoucaninstallasupportedRAIDcardintoyourservertoprovideadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.For moreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage21and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47.
InstallingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Attention:EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedto reconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•TheRAIDcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive devices”onpage54firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,yourRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
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ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetherisercardassemblyintheserver.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.RemovethescrewthatsecuresthePCI-Express-card-slotbracketandthenremovethebracketfromthe chassis.StoreitincaseyoulaterremovethePCIExpresscardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.
Figure33.RemovingaPCI-Express-card-slotbracket
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe outsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewRAIDcardoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
7.Connectthemini-SAStoSAScombocabletotheRAIDcard.See“Connectingthecables”onpage22.
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8.CorrectlypositionthenewRAIDcardnearthePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly.Then, carefullypressthenewRAIDcardintotheslotuntilitissecurelyseatedanditsbracketalsoissecured attherearoftheserver.
Figure34.InstallingtheRAIDcard
9.InstallthescrewtosecuretheRAIDcardtothechassis.
Figure35.InstallingthescrewtosecuretheRAIDcard
10.Connectcablesdependingonyourspecificserverconfiguration.See“Connectingthecables”on page22.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
.Then,configure
RAIDforyourserver.See“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47.
•AfteryouinstallaLenovoRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.CheckthefirmwareversionofthenewRAIDcardfirmwarebypressingCtrl+Hwhenstartingthe SetupUtilityprogram.
2.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetoverifyifthereis anupdatedfirmwareversionfortheRAIDcard.Ifavailable,downloadandinstallthelatestfirmware versiontoyourserver.
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Note:IfyouwanttousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,ensurethatitisthelatestversion.Togetthe
latestversionoftheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers,locatethedifferent versionsoftheprogram,andthenidentifythelatestversionbycomparingreadmefiles.Ifthelatest versionoftheFirmwareUpdaterprogramdoesnotcontainthelatestversionofthedriveryouneed, downloadthatdriverseparatelyfromtheWebpageandinstallittoyourserverindividually.
RemovingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Attention:EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeremovingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedto reconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterremovingtheRAIDcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheRAIDcard,youwilllosetheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.
•TheRAIDcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive devices”onpage54firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,yourRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
ToremovetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.RemovethescrewthatsecurestheRAIDcardtotherisercardassembly.Then,grasptheRAIDcard byitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthePCIExpresscardslot.
Note:TheRAIDcardmightfittightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitisremovedfromtheslot.
Figure36.RemovingtheRAIDcard
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5.DisconnectanycablesfromtheRAIDcard.
6.IfyouwanttoinstallanewRAIDcard,see“InstallingtheRAIDcard”onpage62.
7.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106 configureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConfiguringRAID”onpage47.
.Then,

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500Key).
TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5for advancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.Y oucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouwanttoreconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating systemafterinstallingtheTR500Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR500Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledontherisercardassembly.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500Keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR500Keyoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.
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6.LocatetheTR500keyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500Adapterandthencarefullyinsertthe TR500Keyintotheconnector.Ifnecessary,youcanremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterfirst, installtheTR500Keyonit,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Installingor removingtheRAIDcard”onpage62
.
Note:EnsurethattheTR500KeyissecurelyseatedontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure37.InstallingtheTR500Key
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
.Then,thehardware RAID5isavailableforyourserverifyourserverhastherequirednumberofharddiskdrivesinstalled. RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver forinformationabouthowtoconfigurethehardwareRAID.
RemovingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouneedtoreconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating systemafterremovingtheTR500Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheTR500Key,thehardwareRAID5willbedisabled.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheTR500Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
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2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledontherisercardassembly.
5.RemovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.Ifnecessary,youcanremovethe ThinkServerRAID500Adapterfirst,removetheTR500Keyfromit,andthenreinstalltheThinkServer RAID500Adapter.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62
Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.
.
Figure38.RemovingtheTR500Key
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR500Key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.Asthe hardwareRAID5isnotavailablewithouttheTR500Key,youmightneedtoreconfigureRAIDforyour server.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswith yourserverforinformationabouthowtoconfigurethehardwareRAID.

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID700Battery(hereinafter referredtoastheTR700Battery).
TheTR700BatteryprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheThinkServerRAID700Adapterby providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage. Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicatebatterystatus information(suchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrent)toyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive alternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffaulttolerancewhenusedwithan uninterruptiblepowersupply.
ThetemperatureoftheTR700Batteryisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthantheambienttemperature duringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompletearechargecycle,theambienttemperatureshouldbelower
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than55°C(131°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds55°C(131°F),therechargecyclewillterminate prematurely,thuspreventingtheTR700Batteryfromreachingafullychargedstate.Arechargecyclelasts atleastsixhoursundernormaloperatingconditions.
Attention:ItisrecommendedthatyoureplacetheTR700Batteryannuallyorafter500rechargingcycles, whichevercomesfirst.
InstallingtheTR700Battery
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition totheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapterfromtherisercardassembly.See“Installingorremoving
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
theRAIDcard”onpage62.
Note:CarefullyhandletheThinkServerRAID700Adapterbyitsedgesandplaceitonaflat,clean, andstatic-protectivesurfaceafteryouremoveit.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR700Batterytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR700Batteryoutofthepackage.
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6.PositiontheTR700BatteryabovetheThinkServerRAID700Adaptersothattheboard-to-board connector
1onthebottomoftheTR700Batteryisalignedwiththeconnector2ontheThinkServer
RAID700Adapter;andthethreemountingstudsonthebottomoftheTR700Batteryarealignedwith thecorrespondingholesintheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.CarefullypresstheTR700Batteryonto theThinkServerRAID700Adapteruntilthetwoconnectors(
1and2)arefirmlyjoined.Then,installthe
threescrewsthatcomewiththeTR700BatteryoptionkittosecuretheTR700Batteryinplace.
Notes:
•Centerthescrewdriverwhenyouinstallthescrewsanddonotover-tightenthescrewstoavoid
possibledamagetoanyparts.
•DonottouchtheboardonthebottomoftheTR700Battery.
Figure39.InstallingtheTR700Battery
7.InstalltheThinkServerRAID700AdapterwiththeTR700Batteryontherisercardassembly.See “InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage62.
8.Reinstalltherisercardassembly.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage75.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
RemovingtheTR700Battery
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheTR700Battery,youwilllosethebackuppowerfortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
ToremovetheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:
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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapterfromtherisercardassembly.See“Installingorremoving theRAIDcard”onpage62
5.CarefullyremovethethreescrewsthatsecuretheTR700BatteryandthenremovetheTR700Battery fromtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
Note:Centerthescrewdriverwhenyouremovethescrewstoavoidpossibledamagetoanyparts.
.
Figure40.RemovingtheTR700Battery
6.IfyouwanttoinstallanewTR700Battery,see“InstallingtheTR700Battery”onpage69.
7.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID700Adapterontotherisercardassembly.See“Installingorremoving theRAIDcard”onpage62.
8.Reinstalltherisercardassembly.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage75.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.

Installingorremovingtheslimopticaldrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheslimopticaldrive.
Installingtheslimopticaldrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
CAUTION: Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are installed,notethefollowing:
•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.
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•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.
DANGER
SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:
Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththenewopticaldriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstalltheslimopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Theslim-optical-drivebayisprotectedwithametalbezel.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethemetal bezeltothechassis.Then,removethemetalbezelfromthefrontoftheserver.Storethemetalbezelin caseyoulaterremovetheslimopticaldriveandneedthemetalbezeltocovertheplace.
Figure41.Removingtheoptical-drive-baymetalbezel
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5.Loosenthethumbscrew1thatsecurestheslim-optical-driveretainerandthenremovetheretainer fromthechassis.
Note:Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheslim-optical-driveretainer.Donottrytoremovethe thumbscrewfromtheretainer.
Figure42.Removingtheslim-optical-driveretainer
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheslimopticaldrivetoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheslimopticaldriveoutofthepackage.
7.Slidetheslimopticaldriveintothechassisfromthefrontoftheserver.
Figure43.Installingtheslimopticaldrive
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8.Attachtheslim-optical-driveretainertothesideoftheslimopticaldrive.Then,tightenthethumbscrew
1tosecuretheslim-optical-driveretainer.
Figure44.Installingtheslim-optical-driveretainer
9.Connectthecablestotherearoftheslimopticaldrive.See“Connectingthecables”onpage22.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
Removingtheslimopticaldrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
CAUTION: Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are installed,notethefollowing:
•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.
•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.
SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:
Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
DANGER
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
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•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththenewopticaldriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toremovetheslimopticaldrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetheslimopticaldrive.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.Disconnectthecablesfromtherearoftheslimopticaldrive.
6.Loosenthethumbscrew1thatsecurestheslim-optical-driveretainerandthenremovetheretainerfrom thechassis.Slidetheslimopticaldriveoutofthefrontoftheserver.
Note:Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheslim-optical-driveretainer.Donottrytoremovethe thumbscrewfromtheretainer.
Figure45.Removingtheslimopticaldrive
7.Ifyouwanttoinstallanewslimopticaldrive,see“Installingtheslimopticaldrive”onpage71.
8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.

Replacingtherisercardassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Toreplacetherisercardassembly,dothefollowing:
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetherisercardassembly.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.IfthereisaRAIDcardinstalledontherisercardassembly,removethecard.See“Removingthe RAIDcard”onpage65
.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecuretherisercardassemblytothechassis.
Figure46.Removingthescrewsthatsecuretherisercardassembly
7.Opentheretainingclipthatsecurestherisercardassemblyintherisercardassemblyslotonthesystem board.Grasptherisercardassemblybyitsedgesandcarefullyliftitstraightupandoffthechassis.
Figure47.Removingtherisercardassembly
8.DisconnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcablefromtheEthernetcard.Then,removetheEthernetcard fromtheoldrisercardassembly.See“ReplacingtheEthernetcard”onpage77
.
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9.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewrisercardassemblytoanyunpaintedsurface ontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewrisercardassemblyfromthepackage.
10.InstalltheEthernetcardonthenewrisercardassembly.See“ReplacingtheEthernetcard”onpage77.
11.ReconnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcabletotheEthernetcard.RoutetheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcable fromthebottomoftherisercardassemblytoavoidinterferencewithreinstallingtheservercover.
12.Positionthenewrisercardassemblyonthechassisandalignitwiththerisercardassemblysloton thesystemboard.Alignthetwoscrewholesinthenewrisercardassemblywiththecorresponding holesinthechassis.Then,carefullypressthenewrisercardassemblystraightdownintotheslot untilthenewrisercardassemblyisfullyseated.
Figure48.Installingthenewrisercardassembly
13.ReinstallthePCIExpresscardonthenewrisercardassembly.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”on page62.
14.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldrisercardassembly,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
.

ReplacingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•TheEthernetcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive devices”onpage54
•Dependingonthespecifictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
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ToreplacetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheEthernetcardinyourserver.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.Removetherisercardassemblyandlayitonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.See“Replacing therisercardassembly”onpage75.
6.DisconnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcablefromtheEthernetcard.
7.RemovethetwoscrewsthatsecuretheEthernetcardtotherisercardassembly.Then,graspthe EthernetcardbyitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthePCIExpresscardslot.
Figure49.RemovingtheEthernetcard
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceon theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewEthernetcardoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheEthernetcardbyitsedges.
9.CarefullypressthenewEthernetcardstraightintotheEthernetcardslotontherisercardassembly untilthenewEthernetcardisseatedsecurely.
Figure50.InstallingthenewEthernetcard
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10.AlignthetwoscrewholesinthenewEthernetcardwiththecorrespondingholesintherisercard assembly.Then,installthetwoscrewstosecurethenewEthernetcard.
Figure51.InstallingthescrewstosecurethenewEthernetcard
11.ConnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcabletothenewEthernetcard.RoutetheEthernet-card/ID-LED cablefromthebottomoftherisercardassemblytoavoidinterferencewithreinstallingtheservercover.
12.Reinstalltherisercardassembly.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage75.
13.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
ReplacingtheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcable
ToreplacetheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcable,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheEthernetcardinyourserver.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.DisconnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcablefromtheEthernetcard.Youmightneedtoremovethe risercardassemblyforeasieraccesstotheEthernet-card-cableconnector.See“Replacingtheriser cardassembly”onpage75.
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6.LocatetheIDLEDattherearoftheserver.Flexthetwosidesoftheplasticretainingclipthatsecures theIDLEDandthenremovetheIDLEDfromtheplasticretainingclip.
Figure52.RemovingtheIDLEDfromtheplasticretainingclip
7.Notethecableroutinginthechassis.Then,removetheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcablefromthecable tiesinthechassis.
8.Removethefrontpanelboardfromtheserver.See“Replacingthefrontpanelboard”onpage90.
9.DisconnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcablefromthefrontpanelboard.
10.ConnectthenewEthernet-card/ID-LEDcabletothefrontpanelboardandthenreinstallthefrontpanel board.See“Replacingthefrontpanelboard”onpage90.
11.CorrectlyroutethenewEthernet-card/ID-LEDcableandsecurethecablewiththecabletiesinthe chassis.
12.FlexthetwosidesoftheplasticretainingclipandtheninserttheIDLEDintotheplasticretainingclip tosecuretheIDLED.
13.ConnecttheEthernet-card/ID-LEDcabletotheEthernetcard.Ifyouhaveremovedtherisercard assembly,reinstallitintothechassis.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage75.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourcomputerafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,the followingwarningsarerequiredforyoursafetyandproperUnderwritersLaboratories(UL)certification.
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
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CAUTION: Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.
CAUTION: Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.
Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Note:Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththenewpowersupplyassemblyandfollowthoseinstructions inadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toreplacethepowersupplyassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Disconnectthepowercablesfromthesystemboard.
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5.Locatethefailingpowersupplyinyourserver.Removethefivescrews1to5thatsecurethepower supplyassembly.
Figure53.Removingthescrewsthatsecurethepowersupplyassembly
6.Liftthefailingpowersupplyassemblyupandoutofyourserver.
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpowersupplyassemblytoanyunpainted surfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewpowersupplyassemblyfromthepackage.
8.Notetheorientationofthenewpowersupplyassemblyandthenpositionitintothechassis.Ensurethat thefivescrewholesinthenewpowersupplyassemblyarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesinthe chassis.Then,installthefivescrewstosecurethenewpowersupplyassembly.
Figure54.Installingthescrewstosecurethepowersupplyassembly
9.Connectthepowercablestothesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
10.Reinstalltheservercover.See“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage106.
11.Connectthepowercordtothepowercordconnectoronthenewpowersupplyassembly.
12.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldpowersupplyassembly,followallpackaginginstructionsanduse anypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
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Toremoveandreinstalltheslim-optical-drivebracket,dothefollowing:
1
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetheslim-optical-drivebracketintheserver.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.Ifthereisaslimopticaldriveinstalled,removeitfromtheserver.See“Removingtheslimoptical drive”onpage74.
6.Liftthereleasepin1oftheslim-optical-drivebracket.Then,slidethebrackettotherearoftheserver asshowntoreleasethebracketfromtheserver.Lifttheslim-optical-drivebracketoutofthechassis.
Figure55.Removingtheslim-optical-drivebracket
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7.Toreinstalltheslim-optical-drivebracket,alignthefourslotsinthebracketwiththemountingstuds
1
onthechassis.Positionthebracketinthechassisandthenslidethebrackettothefrontoftheserver untilthereleasepin
Figure56.Reinstallingtheslim-optical-drivebracket
1issnappedintoposition.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.

Replacinga2.5-inchharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacea2.5-inchharddiskdrive.Ifyouarereplacinga2.5-inch solid-statedrive,theprocedureisthesame.
Note:ThisproceduremustbeperformedonlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
ForalistofThinkServerharddiskdriveoptions,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowinghard-disk-driveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Servercomponents” onpage17
•ForRAIDconfiguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivebyfollowingtheorderofthe hard-disk-drivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
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•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchharddiskdrives,2.5-inchharddisk
1
drives,or2.5-inchsolid-statedrives.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toreplacea2.5-inchharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetheappropriate2.5-inchharddiskdrivethatyouwanttoreplace.See“Servercomponents” onpage17.
Note:Ifyouwanttoremovethe2.5-inchharddiskdrivesthatareinstalledundertheslim-optical-drive bracket,removetheslim-optical-drivebracketfirst.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drive bracket”onpage82
.
5.DisconnecttheSATAcomboconnectorfromthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivethatyouwanttoreplace.
6.Liftthereleasepin1ofthehard-disk-drivebracket.Then,slidethe2.5-inchharddiskdrivewiththe brackettotherearoftheservertoreleasethebracketfromtheserver.Liftthe2.5-inchharddisk drivetogetherwiththebracketoutofthechassis.
Figure57.Removingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetogetherwiththebracket
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7.Removethefourscrewsthatsecurethe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetothebracket.Then,liftthe2.5-inch harddiskdriveuptoremoveitfromthebracket.
Figure58.Removingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivefromthebracket
8.Positionthenew2.5-inchharddiskdriveintothebracketandtheninstallthefourscrewstosecurethe new2.5-inchharddiskdrive.
Figure59.Installingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetothebracket
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9.Positionthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivewiththebracketintotheserver.Then,slidethedrivetothefrontof
1
theserveruntilthereleasepin
Figure60.Installingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetogetherwiththebracket
1snapsintoplace.
10.ConnecttheSATAcomboconnectortothe2.5-inchharddiskdrive.See“Connectingthecables” onpage22.
11.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheold2.5-inchharddiskdrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduse anypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106
.

Replacinga3.5-inchharddiskdrive

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Note:ThisproceduremustbeperformedonlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchharddiskdrives,2.5-inchharddisk drives,or2.5-inchsolid-statedrives.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto theinstructionsinthistopic.
ForalistofThinkServerharddiskdriveoptions,goto: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Servercomponents” onpage17
tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconfiguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37.
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•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivebyfollowingtheorderofthe
1
hard-disk-drivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
Toreplacea3.5-inchharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat, clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatetheappropriate3.5-inchharddiskdrivethatyouwanttoreplace.See“Servercomponents” onpage17.
Note:Ifyouwanttoremovethe3.5-inchharddiskdrivethatisinstalledundertheslim-optical-drive bracket,removetheslim-optical-drivebracketfirst.See“Removingandreinstallingtheslim-optical-drive bracket”onpage82
.
5.DisconnecttheSATAcomboconnectorfromthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivethatyouwanttoreplace.
6.Liftthereleasepin1ofthe3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebracket.Then,slidethe3.5-inchharddiskdrive withthebracketasshowntoreleasethebracketfromtheserver.Liftthe3.5-inchdrivetogetherwiththe bracketoutofthechassis.
Figure61.Removingthe3.5-inchharddiskdrivetogetherwiththebracket
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