Lenovo RS140 User Manual

ThinkServerRS140
UserGuideandHardwareMaintenance
Manual

MachineTypes:70F2,70F3,70F8,and70F9

Note:Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage121

FirstEdition(May2014)

©CopyrightLenovo2014.

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

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/

©CopyrightLenovo2014

7

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

19

9

13

14

16

11

12

15

17

20

8

10

18

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

®

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,pressF10orselectExit➙Save
ChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadOptimalDefaults.

.

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.SelectDevices➙AT 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

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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

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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.

54ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware55

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.

56ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware57

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.

58ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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)

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware59

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

60ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware61

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.

62ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware63

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.

64ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware65

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.

66ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware67

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

68ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware69

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:

70ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware71

•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

72ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware73

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.

74ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

•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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware75

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

.

76ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware77

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

78ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware79

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.

80ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware81

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.

82ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware83

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:

84ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

•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

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware85

7.Removethefourscrewsthatsecurethe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetothebracket.Then,liftthe2.5-inch
harddiskdriveuptoremoveitfromthebracket.

Figure58.Removingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivefromthebracket

8.Positionthenew2.5-inchharddiskdriveintothebracketandtheninstallthefourscrewstosecurethe
new2.5-inchharddiskdrive.

Figure59.Installingthe2.5-inchharddiskdrivetothebracket

86ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

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.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware87

•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

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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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