Lenovo TD230 User Manual

ThinkServerTD230
HardwareMaintenanceManual

MachineTypes:1027,1029,1039,and1040

ThinkServerTD230
HardwareMaintenanceManual

MachineTypes:1027,1029,1039,and1040

Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readthegeneralinformationinAppendixC“Notices”
onpage167

andtheWarrantyandSupportInformationdocumentontheThinkServerDocumentationDVD.

EighthEdition(October2011)

©CopyrightLenovo2010,2011.

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

Contents

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual......1

Safetyinformation..............1

ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHS

compliantFRUs...............8

Chapter2.Generalinformation....11

Featuresandspecications..........11

Softwareprograms.............12

EasyStartup..............12

EasyManage..............12

Reliability,availability,andserviceability.....12

Chapter3.Diagnostics........15

Troubleshootingtables...........15

DVDdriveproblems...........15

Generalproblems............16

Harddiskdriveproblems.........16

Intermittentproblems..........16

Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device

problems...............17

Memoryproblems...........17

Microprocessorproblems........18

Monitorproblems............19

Optional-deviceproblems........20

Powerproblems............21

Serialportproblems...........22

Softwareproblems...........23

UniversalSerialBus(USB)portproblems..23

Solvingpowerproblems...........23

SolvingEthernetcontrollerproblems......24

Solvingundeterminedproblems........24

Eventlogs................25

Systemeventlog..............25

Diagnosticprogramsandmessages......25

DiagnosticLEDsonthefrontpanelandthesystem

board..................26

Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,

LEDs,andconnectors........27

Frontview................27

Rearview.................30

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs.....31

LEDsfortheEthernetconnectors.......32

Locatingservercomponents.........32

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......33

LocatingdiagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard..35

Jumperblocksettings............35

Locatingconnectorsonthehot-swapharddisk

drivebackplanes..............37

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs......39

Guidelines................39

Basicguidelines............39

Systemreliabilityguidelines........40

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....40

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.41

Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians....41

Inspectingforunsafeconditions......41

Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment.42

Removingtheservercover..........43

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....45

Lockingorunlockingtheharddiskdriveside

door...................46

Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardware

devices.................49

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...49

Removingorinstallinginternaldrives....52

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......72

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...75

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

100UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....77

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....79

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRemote

ManagementModule3.........81

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

devices.................88

RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcard....88

Removingorinstallingtheheatsinkandfan

assembly...............96

Removingorinstallingafrontfan.....101

Removingorinstallingtherearfan.....105

Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..109

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....113

Removingorinstallingthesystemboard...114

Replacingthepowersupplyassembly...118

Completingthepartsreplacement.......122

Installingtheservercover........122

Connectingthecables..........123

Turningontheserver..........123

Updatingtheserverconguration.....123

Turningofftheserver..........124

Connectingexternaldevices.......124

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Chapter6.Partslisting,TD230Types

1027,1029,1039,and1040.....125

Replaceableservercomponents........125

Powercords...............138

AppendixA.RAIDbatterycard

assembly..............161

Specications...............161

Batterylifeanddataretentiontime.....161

Chapter7.Conguringtheserver.143

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........143

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....144

IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......144

Usingpasswords............149

RAIDcontrollers..............150

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...151

BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....152

Setupandconguration.........152

ConguringRAID............153

Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....153

ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..153

RAIDinformation............153

StartingtheIntelEmbeddedServerRAID

TechnologyIIprogram..........154

CreatingaRAIDvolume.........154

InitializingtheRAIDvolume........155

DeletingtheRAIDvolume........155

RebuildingtheRAIDvolume.......156

CheckingtheRAID1volumeconsistency..156

ConnectingtheSATAcables.......156

ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....157

Updatingthermware............158

UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

program...............158

InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManage

program.................158

AppendixB.Gettinghelpand

technicalassistance........163

Beforeyoucall...............163

Usingthedocumentation..........163

GettinghelpandinformationfromtheWorldWide

Web...................163

Callingforservice.............163

Usingotherservices............164

Purchasingadditionalservices........165

AppendixC.Notices.........167

Trademarks................168

Importantnotes..............168

Productrecyclinganddisposal........168

Particulatecontamination..........169

CompliancewithRepublicofT urkeyDirectiveon

theRestrictionofHazardousSubstances....170

Batteryreturnprogram...........170

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...172

Electronicemissionnotices..........172

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

statement...............172

IndustryCanadaClassAemissioncompliance

statement...............172

EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe
ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...172

Index.................175

ivThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual

ThisHardwareMaintenanceManualcontainsinformationtohelpyousolveproblemsthatmightoccurin
yourserver.Itdescribesthediagnostictoolsthatcomewiththeserver,errorcodesandsuggestedactions,
andinstructionsforreplacingfailingcomponents.

Replaceablecomponentsareofthreetypes:

•Self-servicecustomerreplaceableunit(CRU):Replacementofself-serviceCRUsisyourresponsibility.
IfLenovo®installsaself-serviceCRUatyourrequest,youwillbechargedfortheinstallation.

•Optional-servicecustomerreplaceableunit:Youmayinstallanoptional-serviceCRUyourselfor
requestLenovotoinstallit,atnoadditionalcharge,underthetypeofwarrantyservicethatisdesignated
fortheserver.

•Fieldreplaceableunit(FRU):FRUsmustbeinstalledonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

Themostrecentversionofthisdocumentisavailableathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,besuretoreadtheSafetyInformation.See“Safetyinformation”
onpage1.

Forinformationaboutthetermsofthewarrantyandgettingserviceandassistance,seetheWarrantyand
SupportInformationdocument.

Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

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

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käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

©CopyrightLenovo2010,2011

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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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znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

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DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

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peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

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dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

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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
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Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

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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:Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthistopicislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumberis
usedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsofthe
cautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.Forexample,ifadangerstatementis
labeled“Statement1,”translationsforthisdangerstatementareintheSafetyInformationdocumentunder
“Statement1.”

Besuretoreadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperformthe
procedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatcomeswiththeserveroroptional
devicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water ,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlet.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlet.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual3

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis
recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly
used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing.

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

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Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoaneasilyaccessiblepowersource.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,besuretoremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthedeviceto
avoidpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual5

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Toavoidpersonalinjury,disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevice.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatessharpedges,corners,orjointsnearby.

Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesahotsurfacenearby.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitispotentiallyarehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.T oavoid
thesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcircuitprotection
requirements.Refertotheinformationthatisprovidedwithyourdeviceforelectricalspecications.

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Statement13

CAUTION:
Makesurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextended.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimitsandmustbe
installedwithappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewiththenationalelectriccode.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicedoesnotturnofftheelectricalcurrentsuppliedtothe
device.Thedevicealsomighthavemorethanoneconnectiontodcpower.Toremoveallelectrical
currentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedatthedcpower
inputterminals.

Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
denedbytheNECandthelatesteditionofIEC60950,TheStandardforSafetyofInformation
TechnologyEquipment.

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablygroundedsafetyextralowvoltage(SEL V)source.AnSEL V
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalbuildingcodes.

•Use16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)or1.3mm

2

copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto12inch-pounds(1.4newton-meters).

•Incorporateareadilyavailableapprovedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual7

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mounteddevices.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

Statement20

CAUTION:
Thebatteryisalithiumionbattery.T oavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Exchangeit
onlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocalregulations.

ImportantinformationaboutreplacingRoHScompliantFRUs

RoHS,TheRestrictionofHazardousSubstancesinElectricalandElectronicEquipmentDirective
(2002/95/EC)isaEuropeanUnionlegalrequirementaffectingtheglobalelectronicsindustry.RoHS
requirementsmustbeimplementedonLenovoproductsplacedonthemarketandsoldinthe
EuropeanUnionafterJune2006.ProductsonthemarketbeforeJune2006arenotrequiredto
haveRoHScompliantparts.Ifthepartsarenotcompliantoriginally,replacementpartscanalso
benoncompliant,butinallcases,ifthepartsarecompliant,thereplacementpartsmustalsobe
compliant.

Note:RoHSandnon-RoHSFRUpartnumberswiththesametandfunctionareidentiedwithunique

FRUpartnumbers.

LenovoplanstotransitiontoRoHScompliancewellbeforetheimplementationdateandexpectsitssuppliers
tobereadytosupportLenovo'srequirementsandscheduleintheEU.Productssoldin2005willcontain
someRoHScompliantFRUs.ThefollowingstatementpertainstotheseproductsandanyproductLenovo
producescontainingRoHScompliantparts.

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RoHScompliantThinkServer™TD230partshaveuniqueFRUpartnumbers.BeforeorafterJune2006,failed
RoHScompliantpartsmustalwaysbereplacedusingRoHScompliantFRUs,soonlytheFRUsidentiedas
compliantinthesystemHardwareMaintenanceManualordirectsubstitutionsforthoseFRUscanbeused.

ProductsmarketedbeforeJune2006ProductsmarketedafterJune2006

Currentororiginalpart

Non-RoHSCanbeNon-RoHS
Non-RoHSCanbeRoHS
Non-RoHSCansubtoRoHS
RoHSMustbeRoHS

ReplacementFRU

Currentororiginalpart

MustbeRoHSMustbeRoHS

ReplacementFRU

Note:AdirectsubstitutionisapartwithadifferentFRUpartnumberthatisautomaticallyshippedbythe

distributioncenteratthetimeoforder.

Chapter1.Aboutthismanual9

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Chapter2.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.

Featuresandspecications

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesandspecicationsoftheserver.Depending
ontheservermodel,somefeaturesmightnotbeavailable,orsomespecicationsmightnotapply.For
informationaboutyourspecicmodel,usetheSetupUtilityprogram.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage143

Table1.Featuresandspecications

.

Microprocessor(s):SupportsuptotwoIntel®Xeon®
dual-core,quad-core,orhex-coremicroprocessors
(internalcachesizevariesbymodeltype)Forthe
specictypeandspeedinformationaboutthe
microprocessor,usetheSetupUtilityprogram.
See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage

143.Foralistofsupportedmicroprocessors,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserverandclickOptions
undertheProductstab.

Largesystem-memorycapacity:

•Supportsuptoeightmemorymodules

•Minimumsystemmemory:2GB

•Maximumsystemmemory:32GB(eachmemoryslot
withone4GBmemorymoduleinstalled)

•Memoryslots:Eightdualinlinememorymodule
(DIMM)slots

•Types:1333MHz,DDR3registeredSDRAMDIMMs

•Features:
–ErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)
–Mirroring
–DemandScrubandPatrolScrub

•Supports2GBand4GBregisteredDIMMs

•NumbersofDIMMssupported:
–One,two,orfourDIMMsifonemicroprocessor

installed

–Two,four,six,oreightDIMMsiftwomicroprocessors

installed

Integratedvideocontroller:

anonboardhigh-performancegraphicscontroller
thatsupportshighresolutionsandincludesmany
performance-enhancingfeaturesfortheoperating-system
environment.

•64MBmemory,32MBforvideomemorycache

Theservercomeswith

Opticaldrive:

•SATADVD/RW

Harddiskdriveexpansionbays(dependingonmodel
type):

Supportsuptofour3.5-inchSerialAdvancedTechnology
Attachment(SATA)orSAShot-swapharddiskdrives
Supportsuptove3.5-inchSATAnon-hot-swaphard
diskdrives

Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability

Someservermodelssupportuptofour3.5-inchhot-swap
harddiskdrives.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,
remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningoff
theserver.

Expansionslots(dependingonmodeltype):

•OnePeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)cardslot

•OnePCIExpressx4cardslot

•ThreePCIExpressx8cardslots

•Oneremotemanagementmodule3connector

Powersupply:

625-wattpowersupply

Systemfans:

•Twofrontsystemfans(systemfan2formicroprocessor
1areaandsystemfan1formicroprocessor2area)

•Onerearsystemfan

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RAIDcontrollers:

TheserversupportsanonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.
aThinkServerRAID500Adapter,oraThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,whicharerequiredforyoutouse
thehot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrivesandtocreate
theRAIDcongurations.

•OnboardICH10RSATAcontroller

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Table1.Featuresandspecications(continued)

Integratedfunctions:

•Ethernetcontrollers(Theservercomeswithtwo
integratedGigabitEthernetcontrollers,whichsupport
connectionto10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbps
network.Formoreinformation,see“Conguringthe
GigabitEthernetcontroller”onpage157

•Oneserialport

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)monitorconnector

•SixUniversalSerialBus(USB)connectors(twofront
andfourrear)

•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel

•EightdiagnosticLEDs

IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

Thecommand-lineinterfaceprovidesdirectaccess
toservermanagementfunctionsthroughtheIPMI2.0
protocol.Usethecommand-lineinterfacetoissue
commandstocontroltheserverpower,viewsystem
information,andidentifytheserver.Y oucanalsosave
oneormorecommandsasatextleandruntheleasa
script.

ThinkServerRMM3SystemManagementCard
(Optional)

.)

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(9240-8i)

•ThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter

Size:

•Height:470mm(18.5inches)

•Width:210mm(8.27inches)

•Depth:510mm(20.1inches)

•Maximumweightwithpackage:26.2kg(57.76lb)
whenfullycongured

•Maximumweightwithoutpackage:22.3kg(49.2lb)
whenfullycongured

Electricalinput

•Inputvoltage:
–Lowrange:

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

–Highrange:

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

Softwareprograms

Lenovoprovidessoftwaretohelpgetyourserverupandrunning.

EasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
Microsoft®Windows®andLinux®operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.TheEasyStartup
programisprovidedwithyourserverontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheDVDisself-starting(bootable).
TheuserguidefortheEasyStartupprogramisontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprogram
interface.Foradditionalinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage151

.

EasyManage

TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentenablesthisservertobemanagedbythecentralizedconsoleofan
EasyManageCoreServeroverthenetwork.TheThinkServerEasyManageAgentissupportedon32-bitand
64-bitWindows,RedHat,andSUSEoperatingsystems.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

TheserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•AdvancedCongurationandPowerInterface(ACPI)

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•AdvancedDesktopManagementInterface(DMI)

•Automaticmemorydownsizingonerrordetection

•Automaticrestartonnon-maskableinterrupt(NMI)

•Availabilityofmicrocodelevel

•Built-in,menu-drivensetup,systemconguration,andRAIDconguration

•Built-inmonitoringforfan,temperature,andvoltage

•Coolingfanswithspeed-sensingcapability

•ECCDDR3SDRAMwithSerialPresenceDetect(SPD)

•Errorcodesandmessagestohelpyouidentifyproblems

•Generatingerrorlogsforthepower-onself-test(POST)failures

•Hot-swapSASharddiskdrives

•IntegratedEthernetcontrollers

•IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

•Power-onself-test(POST)

•Standbyvoltageforsystem-managementfeaturesandmonitoring

•System-errorlight-emittingdiode(LED)onthefrontpanel

•Vitalproductdata(VPD),includingtheserialnumberinformationandreplacementpartnumbers,storedin
thenonvolatilememoryforeasierremotemaintenance

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Chapter3.Diagnostics

Thischapterdescribesthediagnostictoolsthatareavailabletohelpyousolveproblemsthatmightoccurin
theserver.

Ifyoucannotdiagnoseandcorrectaproblembyusingtheinformationinthischapter,seeAppendixB
“Gettinghelpandtechnicalassistance”onpage163

Troubleshootingtables

Usethetroubleshootingtablestondsolutionstoproblemsthathaveidentiablesymptoms.

Ifyouhavejustaddednewsoftwareoranewoptionaldeviceandtheserverisnotworking,completethe
followingstepsbeforeyouusethetroubleshootingtables:

1.Checktheoperatorinformationpanel.

2.Removethesoftwareordevicethatyoujustadded.

3.Reinstallthenewsoftwareornewdevice.

DVDdriveproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

formoreinformation.

SymptomAction

TheDVDdriveisnot
recognized.

ADVDisnotworkingcorrectly.

1.Makesurethat:

•TheSATAchanneltowhichtheDVDdriveisattached(primaryorsecondary)
isenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

•Allcablesandjumpersareinstalledcorrectly.

•Thesignalcableandconnectorarenotdamagedandtheconnectorpins
arenotbent.

•ThecorrectdevicedriverisinstalledfortheDVDdrive.

2.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.DVDdrive
b.DVDdrivecables

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.DVDdrive
b.DVDdriveandcables
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.CleantheDVD.

2.ReseattheDVDdrive.

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SymptomAction

3.ReplacetheDVDdrive.

TheDVDdrivetrayisnot
working.

1.Makesurethattheserveristurnedon.

2.Inserttheendofastraightenedpaperclipintothemanualtray-releaseopening.

3.ReseattheDVDdrive.

4.ReplacetheDVDdrive.

Generalproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Acoverlockisbroken,anLED
isnotworking,orasimilar
problemhasoccurred.

IfthepartisaCRU,replaceit.IfthepartisaFRU,thepartmustbereplacedbya
trainedservicetechnician.

Harddiskdriveproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Notalldrivesarerecognizedby
theharddiskdrivediagnostic
tests.

Theserverstopsresponding
duringtheharddiskdrive
diagnostictest.

Aharddiskdrivewasnot
detectedwhiletheoperating
systemwasbeingstarted.

Removethedrivethatisindicatedbythediagnostictests;then,runtheharddisk
drivediagnostictestsagain.Iftheremainingdrivesarerecognized,replacethe
drivethatyouremovedwithanewone.

Removetheharddiskdrivethatwasbeingtestedwhentheserverstopped
responding,andrunthediagnostictestagain.Iftheharddiskdrivediagnostictest
runssuccessfully,replacethedrivethatyouremovedwithanewone.

Reseatallharddiskdrivesandcables;then,runtheharddiskdrivediagnostic
testsagain.

Intermittentproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

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SymptomAction

Aproblemoccursonly
occasionallyandisdifcultto
diagnose.

1.Makesurethat:

•Allcablesandcordsareconnectedsecurelytotherearoftheserverand
attacheddevices.

•Whentheserveristurnedon,airisowingfromthefangrille.Ifthereis
noairow,thefanisnotworking.Thiscancausetheservertooverheat
andshutdown.

2.Checkthesystem-eventlog(see“Eventlogs”onpage25).

3.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage24.

Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-deviceproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Allorsomekeysonthe
keyboarddonotwork.

Themouseorpointingdevice
doesnotwork.

1.Makesurethat:

•Thekeyboardcableissecurelyconnected.

•Theserverandthemonitorareturnedon.

2.Thekeyboardiscompatiblewiththeserver.RefertotheWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

3.IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardanditisconnectedtoaUSBhub,disconnect
thekeyboardfromthehubandconnectitdirectlytotheserver.

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Keyboard
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.Makesurethat:

•Themouseorpointingdeviceiscompatiblewiththeserver.RefertotheWeb

siteathttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

•Themouseorpointing-devicecableissecurelyconnectedtotheserver.

•Themouseorpointing-devicedevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.

•Theserverandthemonitorareturnedon.

•ThemouseisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

2.IfyouareusingaUSBmouseorpointingdeviceanditisconnectedtoaUSB
hub,disconnectthemouseorpointingdevicefromthehubandconnectit
directlytotheserver.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Mouseorpointingdevice
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

Memoryproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

Chapter3.Diagnostics17

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Theamountofsystemmemory
thatisdisplayedislessthan
theamountofinstalledphysical
memory.

MultiplerowsofDIMMsina
branchareidentiedasfailing.

1.Makesurethat:

•NoerrorLEDsarelitontheoperatorinformationpanelorontheDIMM.

•Memorymirroringdoesnotaccountforthediscrepancy.

•Thememorymodulesareseatedcorrectly.

•Youhaveinstalledthecorrecttypeofmemory.

•Ifyouchangedthememory,youupdatedthememorycongurationinthe
SetupUtilityprogram.

•Allbanksofmemoryareenabled.Theservermighthaveautomatically
disabledamemorybankwhenitdetectedaproblem,oramemorybank
mighthavebeenmanuallydisabled.

2.CheckthePOSTeventlogforDIMMerrormessages:

•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbyasystems-managementinterrupt(SMI),replace
theDIMM.

•IfaDIMMwasdisabledbytheuserorbyPOST,runtheSetupUtilityprogram
andenabletheDIMM.

3.Makesurethatthereisnomemorymismatchwhentheserverisattheminimum
memoryconguration.

4.AddonepairofDIMMsatatime,makingsurethattheDIMMsineachpair
arematching.

5.ReseattheDIMMs.

6.ReplacetheDIMMsinstep5onpage18,oneatatime,intheordershown,
restartingtheservereachtime.

1.ReseattheDIMMs;then,restarttheserver.

2.Replacethelowest-numberedDIMMswithidenticalknowngoodDIMMs;
then,restarttheserver.Repeatasnecessary.Ifthefailurescontinueafterall
identiedpairsarereplaced,gotostep4onpage18.

3.ReturntheremovedDIMMs,onepairatatime,totheiroriginalconnectors,
restartingtheserveraftereachpair,untilapairfails.ReplaceeachDIMMinthe
failedpairwithanidenticalknowngoodDIMM,restartingtheserverafteryou
reinstalleachDIMM.ReplacethefailedDIMM.Repeatstep3onpage18
youhavetestedallremovedDIMMs.

4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.

until

Microprocessorproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

18ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

SymptomAction

Theserveremitsacontinuous
beepduringthePOST,
indicatingthatthestartup
(boot)microprocessorisnot
workingcorrectly.

1.Makesurethattheserversupportsallthemicroprocessorsandthatthe
microprocessorsmatchinspeedandcachesize.

2.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Reseatmicroprocessor1.

3.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifthereisnoindicationofwhichmicroprocessor
hasfailed,isolatetheerrorbytestingwithonemicroprocessoratatime.

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Microprocessor2
b.VRM2
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

5.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Ifmultipleerrorcodesindicateamicroprocessor
error,reversethelocationsoftwomicroprocessorstodeterminewhetherthe
errorisassociatedwithamicroprocessororwithamicroprocessorsocket.

•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessor,replacethemicroprocessor.

•IftheerrorisassociatedwithaVRM,replacetheVRM.

•Iftheerrorisassociatedwithamicroprocessorsocket,replacethesystem

board.

Monitorproblems

Somemonitorshavetheirownself-tests.Ifyoususpectaproblemwithyourmonitor,seethedocumentation
thatcomeswiththemonitorforinstructionsfortestingandadjustingthemonitor.

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Testingthemonitor

Thescreenisblank.

1.Makesurethatthemonitorcablesarermlyconnected.

2.Tryusingadifferentmonitorontheserver,ortryusingthemonitorthatisbeing
testedonadifferentserver.

3.Runthediagnosticprograms.Ifthemonitorpassesthediagnosticprograms,
theproblemmightbeavideodevicedriver.

4.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Replacethesystemboard.

1.IftheserverisattachedtoaKVMswitch,bypasstheKVMswitchtoeliminateit
asapossiblecauseoftheproblem:connectthemonitorcabledirectlytothe
correctconnectorontherearoftheserver.

2.Makesurethat:

•Theserveristurnedon.Ifthereisnopowertotheserver,see“Power

problems”onpage21

•Themonitorcablesareconnectedcorrectly.

•Themonitoristurnedonandthebrightnessandcontrastcontrolsare

adjustedcorrectly.

•NoPOSTerrorsaregeneratedwhentheserveristurnedon.

3.Makesurethatthecorrectserveriscontrollingthemonitor,ifapplicable.

4.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage24.

.

Chapter3.Diagnostics19

SymptomAction

Themonitorhasscreen
jitter,orthescreenimageis
wavy,unreadable,rolling,or
distorted.

Wrongcharactersappearon
thescreen.

1.Ifthemonitorself-testsshowthatthemonitorisworkingcorrectly,consider
thelocationofthemonitor.Magneticeldsaroundotherdevices(suchas
transformers,appliances,uorescentlights,andothermonitors)cancause
screenjitterorwavy,unreadable,rolling,ordistortedscreenimages.Ifthis
happens,turnoffthemonitor.

Attention:Movingacolormonitorwhileitisturnedonmightcausescreen
discoloration.

Movethedeviceandthemonitoratleast305mm(12inches)apart,andturnon
themonitor.

Topreventdiskettedriveread/writeerrors,makesurethatthedistancebetween
themonitorandanyexternaldiskettedriveisatleast76mm(3inches).

2.Reseatthemonitor.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Monitor
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

1.Ifthewronglanguageisdisplayed,updatetheserverrmwarewiththecorrect
language(see“Updatingthermware”onpage158

2.Reseatthemonitor.

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Monitor
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

).

Optional-deviceproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

ALenovooptionaldevicethat
wasjustinstalleddoesnot
work.

1.Makesurethat:

•Thedeviceisdesignedfortheserver.Foralistofthesupportedoptionsfor
yourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServer
systemspage,clickProducts➙Options.

•Youfollowedtheinstallationinstructionsthatcamewiththedeviceandthe
deviceisinstalledcorrectly.

•Youhavenotloosenedanyotherinstalleddevicesorcables.

•YouupdatedthecongurationinformationintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Whenevermemoryoranyotherdeviceischanged,youmustupdatethe
conguration.

2.Reseatthedevicethatyoujustinstalled.

20ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

SymptomAction

3.Replacethedevicethatyoujustinstalled.

ALenovooptionaldevicethat
usedtoworkdoesnotwork
now.

1.Makesurethatallofthehardwareandcableconnectionsforthedeviceare
secure.

2.Ifthedevicecomeswithtestinstructions,usethoseinstructionstotestthe
device.

3.IfthefailingdeviceisanSCSIdevice,makesurethat:

•ThecablesforallexternalSCSIdevicesareconnectedcorrectly.

•ThelastdeviceineachSCSIchain,ortheendoftheSCSIcable,is

terminatedcorrectly.

•AnyexternalSCSIdeviceisturnedon.Y oumustturnonanexternalSCSI

devicebeforeyouturnontheserver.

4.Reseatthefailingdevice.

5.Replacethefailingdevice.

Powerproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Thepower-controlbuttondoes
notwork(theserverdoesnot
start).
Note:Thepower-control
buttonwillnotfunctionuntil
3minutesaftertheserverhas
beenconnectedtoacpower.

1.Makesurethatthepower-controlbuttonisworkingcorrectly:
a.Disconnecttheserverpowercords.
b.Reconnectthepowercords.
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Reseattheoperatorinformationpanel

cables,andthenrepeatstepa.onpage22
serverstarts,reseattheoperatorinformationpanel.Iftheproblemremains,
replacetheoperatorinformationpanel.

2.Makesurethat:

•Thepowercordsarecorrectlyconnectedtotheserverandtoaworking

electricaloutlet.

•Thetypeofmemorythatisinstallediscorrect.

•TheDIMMisfullyseated.

•TheLEDsonthepowersupplydonotindicateaproblem.

•Themicroprocessorsareinstalledinthecorrectsequence.

3.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.DIMMs
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerswitchconnector
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerbackplane

4.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.DIMMs
b.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerswitchconnector
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Powerbackplane
d.(Trainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

andstepb.onpage22.Ifthe

Chapter3.Diagnostics21

SymptomAction

Theserverdoesnotturnoff.

Theserverunexpectedlyshuts
down,andtheLEDsonthe
operatorinformationpanelare
notlit.

Serialportproblems

5.Ifyoujustinstalledanoptionaldevice,removeit,andrestarttheserver.If
theservernowstarts,youmighthaveinstalledmoredevicesthanthepower
supplysupports.

6.See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage24.

1.DeterminewhetheryouareusinganAdvancedCongurationandPower
Interface(ACPI)oranon-ACPIoperatingsystem.Ifyouareusinganon-ACPI
operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

a.PressCtrl+Alt+Delete.
b.Turnofftheserverbypressingthepower-controlbuttonfor5seconds.
c.Restarttheserver.
d.IftheserverfailsthePOSTandthepower-controlbuttondoesnotwork,

disconnectthepowercordfor20seconds;then,reconnectthepowercord
andrestarttheserver.

2.IftheproblemremainsorifyouareusinganACPI-awareoperatingsystem,
suspectthesystemboard.

See“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage24

.

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Thenumberofserialportsthat
areidentiedbytheoperating
systemislessthanthenumber
ofinstalledserialports.

Aserialdevicedoesnotwork.1.Makesurethat:

1.Makesurethat:

•EachportisassignedauniqueaddressintheSetupUtilityprogramand
noneoftheserialportsisdisabled.

•Theserialportadapter(ifoneispresent)isseatedcorrectly.

2.Reseattheserialportadapter.

3.Replacetheserialportadapter.

•Thedeviceiscompatiblewiththeserver.

•Theserialportisenabledandisassignedauniqueaddress.

•Thedeviceisconnectedtothecorrectconnector.

2.Reseatthefollowingcomponents:
a.Failingserialdevice
b.Serialcable

3.Replacethefollowingcomponentsoneatatime,intheordershown,restarting
theservereachtime:

a.Failingserialdevice
b.Serialcable
c.(T rainedservicetechnicianonly)Systemboard

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Softwareproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

Yoususpectasoftware
problem.

1.Todeterminewhethertheproblemiscausedbythesoftware,makesurethat:

•Theserverhastheminimummemorythatisneededtousethesoftware.For
memoryrequirements,seetheinformationthatcomeswiththesoftware.
Ifyouhavejustinstalledanadapterormemory,theservermighthavea
memory-addressconict.

•Thesoftwareisdesignedtooperateontheserver.

•Othersoftwareworksontheserver.

•Thesoftwareworksonanotherserver.

2.Ifyoureceiveanyerrormessageswhileyouusethesoftware,seethe
informationthatcomeswiththesoftwareforadescriptionofthemessagesand
suggestedsolutionstotheproblem.

3.Contactthesoftwarevendor.

UniversalSerialBus(USB)portproblems

•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblemis
solved.

•SeethepartslistingintheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomer
replaceableunits(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).

•Ifanactionstepisprecededby“(T rainedservicetechnicianonly),”thatstepmustbeperformedonlyby
atrainedservicetechnician.

SymptomAction

AUSBdevicedoesnotwork.

1.Makesurethat:

•ThecorrectUSBdevicedriverisinstalled.

•TheoperatingsystemsupportsUSBdevices.

•AstandardPS/2keyboardormouseisnotconnectedtotheserver.Ifitis,a
USBkeyboardormousewillnotworkduringthePOST .

2.MakesurethattheUSBcongurationoptionaldevicesaresetcorrectlyinthe
SetupUtilityprogram.

3.IfyouareusingaUSBhub,disconnecttheUSBdevicefromthehuband
connectitdirectlytotheserver.

Solvingpowerproblems

Powerproblemscanbedifculttosolve.Forexample,ashortcircuitcanexistanywhereonanyofthe
powerdistributionbuses.Usually,ashortcircuitwillcausethepowersubsystemtoshutdownbecauseof
anovercurrentcondition.T odiagnoseapowerproblem,usethefollowinggeneralprocedure:

1.T urnofftheserveranddisconnectallacpowercords.

2.Checkforloosecablesinthepowersubsystem.Alsocheckforshortcircuits,forexample,ifaloose
screwiscausingashortcircuitonacircuitboard.

Chapter3.Diagnostics23

3.Removetheadaptersanddisconnectthecablesandpowercordstoallinternalandexternaldevices
untiltheserverisattheminimumcongurationthatisrequiredfortheservertostart(see“Solving
undeterminedproblems”onpage24fortheminimumconguration).

4.Reconnectallacpowercordsandturnontheserver.Iftheserverstartssuccessfully,replacethe
adaptersanddevicesoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.

Iftheserverdoesnotstartfromtheminimumconguration,replacethecomponentsintheminimum
congurationoneatatimeuntiltheproblemisisolated.

SolvingEthernetcontrollerproblems

ThemethodthatyouusetotesttheEthernetcontrollerdependsonwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
Seetheoperating-systemdocumentationforinformationaboutEthernetcontrollers,andseetheEthernet
controllerdevice-driverreadmele.

Trythefollowingprocedures:

•Makesurethatthecorrectdevicedrivers,whichcomewiththeserver,areinstalledandthattheyareat
thelatestlevel.

•MakesurethattheEthernetcableisinstalledcorrectly.
–Thecablemustbesecurelyattachedatallconnections.Ifthecableisattachedbuttheproblem

remains,tryadifferentcable.
–IftheEthernetcontrollerissettooperateat100Mbps,youmustuseCategory5cabling.
–Ifyoudirectlyconnecttwoservers(withoutahub),orifyouarenotusingahubwithXports,usea

crossovercable.TodeterminewhetherahubhasanXport,checktheportlabel.Ifthelabelcontains

anX,thehubhasanXport.

•Determinewhetherthehubsupportsauto-negotiation.Ifitdoesnot,tryconguringtheintegrated
Ethernetcontrollermanuallytomatchthespeedandduplexmodeofthehub.

•ChecktheEthernetcontrollerLEDsontherearpaneloftheserver.TheseLEDsindicatewhetherthere
isaproblemwiththeconnector,cable,orhub.
–TheEthernetlinkstatusLEDislitwhentheEthernetcontrollerreceivesalinkpulsefromthehub.Ifthe

LEDisoff,theremightbeadefectiveconnectororcableoraproblemwiththehub.

–TheEthernettransmit/receiveactivityLEDislitwhentheEthernetcontrollersendsorreceivesdata

overtheEthernetnetwork.IftheEthernettransmit/receiveactivityLEDisoff,makesurethatthehub
andnetworkareoperatingandthatthecorrectdevicedriversareinstalled.

•ChecktheLANactivityLEDsontherearoftheserver.TheLANactivityLEDislitwhendataisactiveon
theEthernetnetwork.IftheLANactivityLEDisoff,makesurethatthehubandnetworkareoperating
andthatthecorrectdevicedriversareinstalled.

•Checkforoperating-system-speciccausesoftheproblem.

•Makesurethatthedevicedriversontheclientandserverareusingthesameprotocol.

IftheEthernetcontrollerstillcannotconnecttothenetworkbutthehardwareappearstobeworking,the
networkadministratormustinvestigateotherpossiblecausesoftheerror.

Solvingundeterminedproblems

Ifthediagnostictestsdidnotdiagnosethefailureoriftheserverisinoperative,usetheinformationin
thissection.

Ifyoususpectthatasoftwareproblemiscausingfailures(continuousorintermittent),see“Software
problems”onpage23

DamageddatainCMOSmemoryordamagedrmwarecancauseundeterminedproblems.Toresetthe
CMOSdata,usethepasswordswitch2(SW4)tooverridethepower-onpasswordandcleartheCMOS
memory;see“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage33

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.

.

ChecktheLEDsonallthepowersupplies.IftheLEDsindicatethatthepowersuppliesareworking
correctly,dothefollowing:

1.T urnofftheserver.

2.Makesurethattheserveriscabledcorrectly.

3.Removeordisconnectthefollowingdevices,oneatatime,untilyoundthefailure.Turnontheserver
andrecongureiteachtime.

•Anyexternaldevices

•Surge-suppressordevice(ontheserver)

•Modem,printer,mouse,andnon-Lenovodevices

•Eachadapter

•Harddiskdrives

•Memorymodules:theminimumcongurationrequirementis1GBDIMMpermicroprocessor(2GB

inatwo-microprocessorconguration)

Thefollowingminimumcongurationisrequiredfortheservertostart:

•Onemicroprocessor

•One2GBDIMM

•Onepowersupply

•Powercord

•ServerRAIDSASadapter

•Systemboardassembly

4.T urnontheserver.Iftheproblemremains,suspectthefollowingcomponentsinthefollowingorder:
a.Powersupply
b.Power-supplycage
c.Memory
d.Microprocessor
e.Systemboard

Iftheproblemissolvedwhenyouremoveanadapterfromtheserverbuttheproblemrecurswhenyou
reinstallthesameadapter,suspecttheadapter;iftheproblemrecurswhenyoureplacetheadapterwitha
differentone,suspectthesystemboardorextendercard.

Ifyoususpectanetworkingproblemandtheserverpassesallthesystemtests,suspectanetworkcabling
problemthatisexternaltotheserver.

Eventlogs

Errorcodesandmessagesaredisplayedinthefollowingtypesofeventlogs:

•POSTeventlog:Thislogcontainsthethreemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregenerated
duringthePOST.

•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsallthePOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.

Systemeventlog

TheBMCimplementsthesystemeventlog(SEL)asspeciedintheIntelligentPlatformManagement
InterfaceSpecication,Version2.0.TheSELisaccessibleregardlessofthesystempowerstateviathe
BMC'sin-bandandout-of-bandinterfaces.

Diagnosticprogramsandmessages

Wheneverpossible,theBIOSoutputsthecurrentbootprogresscodesonthevideoscreen.Progress
codesare32-bitquantitiesplusoptionaldata.The32-bitnumbersincludeclass,subclass,andoperation
information.Theclassandsubclasseldspointtothetypeofhardwarebeinginitialized.Theoperationeld
representsthespecicinitializationactivity.Basedonthedatabitavailabilitytodisplayprogresscodes,a

Chapter3.Diagnostics25

progresscodecanbecustomizedtotthedatawidth.Thehigherthedatabit,thehigherthegranularity
ofinformationthatcanbesentontheprogressport.Theprogresscodesmaybereportedbythesystem
BIOSoroptionROMs.

Theresponsehasthreetypes:

•Minor:ThemessagedisplaysonthescreenorontheErrorManagerscreen,andanerrorisloggedtothe
SEL.Thesystemcontinuesbootinginadegradedstate.Theusermaywanttoreplacetheerroneousunit.
ThePOSTErrorPauseoptionsettingintheBIOSsetupdoesnothaveanyeffectonthiserror.

•Major:ThemessagedisplaysontheErrorManagerscreen,andanerrorisloggedtotheSEL.ThePOST
ErrorPauseoptionsettingintheBIOSsetupdetermineswhetherthesystempausestotheErrorManager
forthistypeoferrorsothattheusercantakeimmediatecorrectiveactionorthesystemcontinuesbooting.

Note:For0048(Passwordcheckfailed),thesystemwillhalt,andthenafterthenextreset/rebootdisplays
theerrorcodeontheErrorManagerscreen.

•Fatal:ThesystemhaltsduringthePOSTatablankscreenwiththetext“Unrecoverablefatalerrorfound.
Systemwillnotbootuntiltheerrorisresolved”and“Press<F2>toentersetup.”ThePOSTErrorPause
optionsettingintheBIOSsetupdoesnothaveanyeffectwiththisclassoferror.WhenyoupressF2on
thekeyboard,theerrormessageisdisplayedontheErrorManagerscreen,andanerrorisloggedtothe
SELwiththeerrorcode.Thesystemcannotbootunlesstheerrorisresolved.Theusermustreplace
thefaultypartandrestartthesystem.

DiagnosticLEDsonthefrontpanelandthesystemboard

IdentifyingthediagnosticLEDsonthefrontpanelandthesystemboardisaveryimportantmethodfor
diagnosingserverproblems.See“Frontview”onpage27
board”onpage35fordetailedinformation.

and“LocatingdiagnosticLEDsonthesystem

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Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,LEDs,andconnectors

Thischapterprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourserverparts,controls,light-emittingdiodes
(LEDs),andconnectors.

Frontview

Figure1“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage27showstheLEDsandpartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Figure1.Frontviewoftheserver

1PowerLED
2HarddiskdrivestatusLED5Frontdoorlock
3EthernetstatusLED6Logoplate

4SystemstatusLED

Youcanopenthefrontdoorwiththekeytolocatecontrols,LEDs,connectors,andotherpartsonthe
frontpanel.

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Figure2.Openingthefrontdoor

Figure3“Frontviewoftheserver(withthefrontdooropen)”onpage29
connectors,andotherpartsonthefrontpanelafteryouopenthefrontdoor.

showsthecontrols,LEDs,

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Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver(withthefrontdooropen)

15.25-inchdrivebay7Resetbutton
2PowerLED
3HarddiskdrivestatusLED93.5-inchdrivebay

8USBconnectors(2)

4EthernetstatusLED
5SystemstatusLED11Opticaldrive
6Powerbutton

10Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

ThefollowingtabledescribesthevariousmeaningsofthestatusLEDsonthefrontpanelofyourserver.

Table2.MeaningsofthestatusLEDsonthefrontpanel

LEDStateColorDescription

PowerLED

statusLED

OnGreen
Blinking
OffOff
OffOff
Blinking

Green

Green

Theserverison.
Theserverisinsleepmode.
Theserverisoff.
Theharddiskdriveisnotactive. Harddiskdrive
Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.

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Table2.MeaningsofthestatusLEDsonthefrontpanel(continued)

LEDStateColorDescription

Ethernetstatus
LED

Systemstatus
LED

OnGreenTheserverislinkedtoalocalareanetwork(LAN).
Blinking
OffOff
OnGreen

On

BlinkingAmber

Green

Amber

TheLANisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.
TheserverisnotlinkedtoaLAN.
Thesystemhasnishedinitialization.

Note:ThesystemstatusLEDwillinitiallyturnamberwhen
thesystemispluggedin.Afterthesystemstartsup,the
LEDwillturnoffandthenturnsolidgreen.Thisisanormal
partofthesysteminitializationanditindicatesthatthe
systemisfunctioningasdesigned.

Thisisafatalalarm,whichmeansthatthesystemhas
failedorhasshutdown.Thisappliestooneofthe
followingsituations:

•Themicroprocessorismissing.

•Themicroprocessortemperatureistoohigh.

•Theunrecoverabletemperaturethresholdisasserted.

•Theunrecoverablevoltagethresholdisasserted.

•Thesystemhasapowerfaultorapowercontrolfailure.
Thisisanon-fatalalarm,whichmeansthatthesystemis

likelytofail.Thisappliestooneofthefollowingsituations:

•Afatalmicroprocessorerrorisasserted.

•Thecriticaltemperaturethresholdisasserted.

•Thecriticalvoltagethresholdisasserted.

•Thecriticalfanthresholdisasserted.

•Thetemperatureofthemicroprocessorpowermodule
ishigh.

•Asystemmanagementinterruptisasserted.

Rearview

Figure4“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage31showsthelocationsoftheconnectorsandpartsonthe
rearoftheserver.

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Figure4.Rearviewoftheserver

1Powercordconnector
2Serialport
3VGAmonitorconnector
4USBconnectors(4)8Frontdoorkey(cuttheplasticcliptogetthekey)

5PCIcardzone
6Ethernetconnector2
7Ethernetconnector1

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Forservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives,eachhot-swapharddiskdrivealsohastwostatus
LEDsonthefront.

Figure5.Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

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Table3.Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDStateDescription

Thehot-swapharddiskdriveispresent. 1Hot-swapharddiskdrivepresentLED
Thehot-swapharddiskdriveisnotpresent.
Thehot-swapharddiskdriveisactive.
Thehot-swapharddiskdriveisnotactive.

2Hot-swapharddiskdriveactivityLED

On
Off
On
Off

LEDsfortheEthernetconnectors

TheEthernet1andEthernet2connectorshavetwostatusLEDsthatindicatetheLANconnectionand
activityoftheconnection.

Table4.EthernetLEDs

LEDStateColorDescription

RJ-45LinkageandActivity(left)

RJ-45LinkageandActivity(right)

OnGreen10/100/1000Mblinked
Blinking
OffOff
On
OnGreen
OffOff

Green10/100/1000Mbactivity

NoLANconnection.

Amber1000Mblinkedandactive

100Mblinkedandactive
10MbmodeornoLANconnection.

Locatingservercomponents

Figure6“Servercomponentlocations(sideviewwithouttheservercover)”onpage33showsthelocations
ofthemajorcomponentsinyourserver.Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideofthe
server,see“Removingtheservercover”onpage43

.

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Figure6.Servercomponentlocations(sideviewwithouttheservercover)

1Powersupplyassembly
2Memoryslotsformicroprocessor1(some

9OnboardICH10RSATARAIDcontroller
10PCIExpressx4slot

slotsmightwithinstalledmemorymodules)

3Opticaldrive11PCIcardslot
4Harddiskdrivezone*
5Systemfan213Heatsinkandfanassembly(microprocessor1underneath)
6Systemfan114Rearfan(systemfan3)
7Microprocessor2socket(thesecond

12PCIExpressx8slots(3)

15Systemboardbattery

microprocessorisoptional)

8Memoryslotsformicroprocessor2(some

16Systemboard

slotsmightwithinstalledmemorymodules)
Note:*denotesthatthisillustrationonlyshowstheservermodelswithfourhot-swapharddiskdrives.Thereare

alsoservermodelsthatsupportuptovenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

Locatingpartsonthesystemboard

Figure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage34showsthelocationsofthemajorparts
onthesystemboard.

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31

33

34

32

Figure7.Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard

1Mainpowerconnector
2Frontpanelconnector
3Memoryslot-microprocessor1DIMMchannel

18SATAconnector0
19SATAconnector1
20SATAconnector2

B1(CPU1DIMMCHB1)

4Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHB2)21SATAconnector3
5Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHA1)22SATAconnector4
6Memoryslot(CPU1DIMMCHA2)23Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector(ports0-1)
7Systemfan2connector24Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector(ports2-3)
8Microprocessor1heatsinkandfanassembly

25SATAconnector5

connector

9Microprocessorpowerconnector
10Microprocessor1
11Microprocessor2socket(thesecond

26PCIExpressx4slot
27PCIcardslot
28Remotemanagementmodule3(RMM3)connector

microprocessorisoptional)

12Microprocessor2heatsinkandfanassembly

29PCIExpressx8slot

connector

13Systemfan1connector30PCIExpressx8slot
14Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMCHD2)31PCIExpressx8slot
15Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMCHD1)32SATAkeyconnectorfortheThinkServerRAID100Upgrade

KeyforAdvancedRAID(see“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID100UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”on
page77

)

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16Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMCHE2)33Systemboardbattery
17Memoryslot(CPU2DIMMCHE1)34Systemfan3connector

LocatingdiagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard

ThereareseveraldiagnosticLEDsonthesystemboardtohelpyoudiagnosespecicproblems.Figure
8“DiagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard”onpage35showsthelocationsofthediagnosticLEDson
thesystemboard.

Figure8.DiagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard

1HarddiskdriveLED
2Systemfan3faultLED8Systemfan1faultLED
35VSBLED9DIMMfaultLEDs(4)
4DIMMfaultLEDs(4)
5Systemfan2faultLED11StatusLED
6Microprocessor1heatsinkfanfaultLED

7Microprocessor2heatsinkfanfaultLED

10Post-codediagnosticLEDs

12SystemIDLED

Jumperblocksettings

Thereareseveraljumperblocksonthesystemboardthatcanbeusedtocongure,recover,or
enable/disablespecicfeaturesoftheserversystemboard.Figure9“Jumperblocksonthesystemboard”
onpage36

showsthestatusofthejumperblocksonthesystemboard.

Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,LEDs,andconnectors35

1
2
3

1

2

3

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3

Figure9.Jumperblocksonthesystemboard

Table5.Jumperblocksettings

Jumper

blockPinpositionDescription

1J8B5:

MEForce
Update

Pins1-2
Pins2-3

Pins1-2
BMCforce
update

3J1A1:

BIOS
recovery

4J2D2:

CMOSclear

5J2D1:

Password
clear

Pins2-3

Pins1-2

Pins2-3

Pins1-2

Pins2-3

Pins1-2

Pins2-3

Thesepinsshouldhaveajumperinplacefornormalsystemoperation(default).
MEforceupdatemodel.

BMCFirmwareForceUpdateMode–Disabled(default) 2J8C1:
BMCFirmwareForceUpdateMode–Enabled

Thesepinsshouldhaveajumperinplacefornormalsystemoperation(default).
ThemainsystemBIOSwillnotbootwiththesepinsjumpered.Thesystemwillboot

fromabootablerecoverymediawitharecoveryBIOSimage.
Thesepinsshouldhaveajumperinplacefornormalsystemoperation(default).
Ifthesepinsarejumpered,theCMOSsettingswillbeclearedonthenextreset.

Thesepinsshouldnotbejumperedfornormaloperation.
Thesepinsshouldhaveajumperinplacefornormalsystemoperation(default).
Ifthesepinsarejumpered,administratoranduserpasswordswillbeclearedonthe

nextreset.Thesepinsshouldnotbejumperedfornormaloperation.

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Note:BeforeclearingtheCMOS,turnofftheserveranddisconnectthepowercord.Movethejumperfrom

pins1-2topins2-3.Waitmorethanveminutes;then,movethejumperbacktothenormalposition(pins
1-2isshortcircuited)toclearCMOS.

Locatingconnectorsonthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes

Therearetwohot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanesinstalledintheservermodelwithhot-swapharddisk
drives.Figure10“Connectorlocationsonthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes”onpage37shows
theconnectorlocationsonthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.

Figure10.Connectorlocationsonthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes

1SATA/SASsignalconnector2
2SATA/SASsignalconnector3
3Powerconnector9Firsthot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane
4Hot-swapharddiskdrive3connector
5Hot-swapharddiskdrive2connector
6Powerconnector

7Hot-swapharddiskdrive1connector
8Hot-swapharddiskdrive0connector

10SATA/SASsignalconnector1
11SATA/SASsignalconnector0
12Secondhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

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Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs

ThischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsforreplacingFRUsintheserver.

FRUreplacementsaretobedoneonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

ThischapterdoesnotcontaintheremoveorreplaceprocedureforallFRUs.OnlythemajorFRUsare
documented.

Guidelines

Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Basicguidelines

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingguidelines:

•BesuretoreadandunderstandtheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthe
ThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and“Guidelines”onpage39
informationwillhelpyouworksafely.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,
dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifan
operatingsystemisinstalled,turnontheserverandmakesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts.Ifno
operatingsystemisinstalled,makesurethata19990305errorcodeisdisplayed,indicatingthatan
operatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,
refertothechapterChapter3“Diagnostics”onpage15fordetaileddiagnosticinformation.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

.These

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

•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

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•ToviewtheerrorLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedto
power.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplacehot-swapfans,redundanthot-swapacpower
supplies,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeperforminganystepsthat
involveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swapoptionaldevicesorcomponents.

•Aftercompletinganyinstallation,removal,orreplacementprocedure,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,
labels,andgroundwires.

•Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.Y ou
mightneedtorstpivotthefootstandsinwardandthenlaythecomputeronitsside.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,makesurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•EverydrivebayhasaninternaldriveinstalledoranElectroMagneticCompatibility(EMC)shieldinstalled.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,everypowersupplybayhasapowersupplyassemblyinstalled.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertomakesurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthat
comewiththeoptions.

•Makesurethatyoureplaceafailedfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

•Donotremoveanyairductorairbafeswhiletheserverisrunning.Operatingtheserverwithoutthe
airductorairbafesmightcausethemicroprocessortooverheat.

•Thesecondmicroprocessorsocketalwayscontainseitheramicroprocessorsocketcoverora
microprocessorandheatsink.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:

Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeenremovedfromthe
serverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamage
servercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Wearanelectrostatic-dischargewriststrap,ifoneisavailable.

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIcards,memorymodules,system
boards,andmicroprocessors)byitsedgesoritsframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposed
circuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingthepartsandothercomputercomponents.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoametal
expansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceontheserverforatleasttwoseconds.This
reducesstaticelectricityfromthepackageandyourbody.

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

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

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•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:

Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcausetheserverto
halt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewrist
straporothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-ttingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-ttingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Guidelinesfortrainedservicetechnicians

Thissectioncontainsinformationfortrainedservicetechnicians.

Inspectingforunsafeconditions

UsetheinformationinthissectiontohelpyouidentifypotentialunsafeconditionsinaLenovoproductthat
youareworkingon.EachLenovoproduct,asitwasdesignedandmanufactured,hasrequiredsafetyitems
toprotectusersandservicetechniciansfrominjury.Theinformationinthissectionaddressesonlythose
items.Usegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotentialunsafeconditionsthatmightbecausedbynon-Lenovo
alterationsorattachmentofnon-Lenovofeaturesoroptionsthatarenotaddressedinthissection.Ifyou
identifyanunsafecondition,youmustdeterminehowseriousthehazardisandwhetheryoumustcorrect
theproblembeforeyouworkontheproduct.

Considerthefollowingconditionsandthesafetyhazardsthattheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower.Primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock.

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCRTfaceorabulgingcapacitor.

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware.

Toinspecttheproductforpotentialunsafeconditions,completethefollowingsteps:

1.Makesurethatthepowerisoffandthepowercordisdisconnected.

2.Makesurethattheexteriorcoverisnotdamaged,loose,orbroken,andobserveanysharpedges.

3.Checkthepowercord:

•Makesurethatthethird-wiregroundconnectorisingoodcondition.Useametertomeasure
third-wiregroundcontinuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

•Makesurethatthepowercordisthecorrecttype.

•Makesurethattheinsulationisnotfrayedorworn.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs41

4.Removethecover.

5.Checkforanyobviousnon-Lenovoalterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofanynon-Lenovo
alterations.

6.Checkinsidetheserverforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetallings,contamination,wateror
otherliquid,orsignsofreorsmokedamage.

7.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

8.Makesurethatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortampered
with.

Guidelinesforservicingelectricalequipment

Observethefollowingguidelineswhenservicingelectricalequipment:

•Checktheareaforelectricalhazardssuchasmoistoors,nongroundedpowerextensioncords,power
surges,andmissingsafetygrounds.

•Useonlyapprovedtoolsandtestequipment.Somehandtoolshavehandlesthatarecoveredwithasoft
materialthatdoesnotprovideinsulationfromliveelectricalcurrents.

•Regularlyinspectandmaintainyourelectricalhandtoolsforsafeoperationalcondition.Donotuse
wornorbrokentoolsortesters.

•Donottouchthereectivesurfaceofadentalmirrortoaliveelectricalcircuit.Thesurfaceisconductive
andcancausepersonalinjuryorequipmentdamageifittouchesaliveelectricalcircuit.

•Somerubberoormatscontainsmallconductiveberstodecreaseelectrostaticdischarge.Donotuse
thistypeofmattoprotectyourselffromelectricalshock.

•Donotworkaloneunderhazardousconditionsornearequipmentthathashazardousvoltages.

•Locatetheemergencypower-off(EPO)switch,disconnectingswitch,orelectricaloutletsothatyoucan
turnoffthepowerquicklyintheeventofanelectricalaccident.

•Disconnectallpowerbeforeyouperformamechanicalinspection,worknearpowersupplies,orremove
orinstallmainunits.

•Beforeyouworkontheequipment,disconnectthepowercord.Ifyoucannotdisconnectthepower
cord,havethecustomerpower-offthewallboxthatsuppliespowertotheequipmentandlockthe
wallboxintheoffposition.

•Neverassumethatpowerhasbeendisconnectedfromacircuit.Checkittomakesurethatithasbeen
disconnected.

•Ifyouhavetoworkonequipmentthathasexposedelectricalcircuits,observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatanotherpersonwhoisfamiliarwiththepower-offcontrolsisnearyouandisavailableto

turnoffthepowerifnecessary.

–Whenyouareworkingwithpowered-onelectricalequipment,useonlyonehand.Keeptheother

handinyourpocketorbehindyourbacktoavoidcreatingacompletecircuitthatcouldcausean
electricalshock.

–Whenyouuseatester,setthecontrolscorrectlyandusetheapprovedprobeleadsandaccessories

forthattester.

–Standonasuitablerubbermattoinsulateyoufromgroundssuchasmetaloorstripsandequipment

frames.

•Useextremecarewhenyoumeasurehighvoltages.

•Toensurepropergroundingofcomponentssuchaspowersupplies,pumps,blowers,fans,andmotor
generators,donotservicethesecomponentsoutsideoftheirnormaloperatinglocations.

•Ifanelectricalaccidentoccurs,usecaution,turnoffthepower,andsendanotherpersontogetmedical
aid.

42ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

Removingtheservercover

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercord,Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedtothe
server.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs43

4.Loosenthetwothumbscrewsattachedontherearoftheservercoverandthenslidetheservercover
totherear.

Notes:

a.Thetwothumbscrewsaresecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,forexampleascrewdriver,

toloosenthethumbscrews.

b.Thetwothumbscrewsareintegratedpartsoftheservercoverandtheycannotberemovedfrom

theservercover.

Figure11.Slidingtheservercovertotherear

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5.Pivottheservercoveroutwardtocompletelyremoveit.

Figure12.Removingtheservercover

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Installingtheservercover”onpage122.

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs45

3.Removethefrontbezelbyreleasingthethreeplastictabs1ontheleftsideandpullingthefront
bezeloutward.

Figure13.Removingthefrontbezel

4.T oreinstallthefrontbezel,aligntheotherthreeplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwith
thecorrespondingholesinthechassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintoposition
ontheleftside.

5.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Lockingorunlockingtheharddiskdrivesidedoor

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtolockorunlocktheharddiskdrivesidedoor.

46ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Theharddiskdrivesidedooroftheserverisunlockedwhenshippedfromthefactory.Youcanopentheside
doortoviewthehot-swapharddiskdriveLEDstatus,installanewharddiskdrive,andremoveorreplacea
failingharddiskdrive.However,youcanalsolocktheharddiskdrivesidedoortoensurethatallthehard
diskdrivescannotbeaccessedunlessyouremovetheservercover.Ifyoudoso,youmustturnoffthe
server,disconnectallpowercords,andremovetheservercoverwhenyouwanttoreplaceanyharddisk
drives,includingthehot-swapharddiskdrives.

Tolockorunlocktheharddiskdrivesidedoor,dothefollowing:

1.Pressthebluebutton1toopenthesidedoor.

Figure14.Openingthesidedoor

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs47

2.Rotatetheplasticlatchofthesidedoortotheclosedposition.Then,closethesidedooruntilitsnaps
intoposition.Thesidedoorislockedandcannotbeopenedwhenyoupressthebluebutton.

Figure15.Lockingthesidedoor

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3.T ounlockthesidedoor,removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.Then,
rotatetheplasticlatchofthesidedoortotheopenposition.Reinstalltheservercover.See“Installing
theservercover”onpage122.Thesidedoorisunlockedandyoucanopenthesidedoorbypressing
thebluebuttononit,asshowninFigure14“Openingthesidedoor”onpage47

Figure16.Unlockingthesidedoor

.

Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplaceoptionalhardwaredevicesforyour
server.Youcanexpandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingmemorymodules,PCIcards,ordrives,
andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailingoptionalhardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacinganoptional
hardwaredevice,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedurefortheoptional
hardwaredevicethatyouwanttoreplace.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.Foralistofthesupported
memorymodulesforyourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServersystems
page,clickProducts➙Options➙ThinkServerMemory.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

YourserverhaseightmemoryslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3SDRAMDIMMsthatprovideuptoa
maximumof64GBofsystemmemory.

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesthatyoushould
considerwheninstallingamemorymodule.The“X”markindicatesthesuggestedmemoryslot(s)into
whichthememorymodule(s)shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.Thenumber,forexample1,2,or3,
indicatestheinstallationsequence.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage33toidentifythe
variousmemoryslots.

Note:Allmemorymoduletypesandcapacitiesmustbeconsistent.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs49

Table6.Memorymoduleinstallationrules

CPU1
DIMM

CPUDIMM

CPU1

CPU1
andCPU
2

Note:*denotestheChannelMirroringMode.ThismoderequiresthatyouinstalltheDIMMsinpair.

One
DIMM

Two
DIMMs*

Four
DIMMs

Two
DIMMs

Four
DIMMs*

Six
DIMMs

Eight
DIMMs

CHA2

X,3X,1X,4X,2

X,5X,1X,3X,6X,2X,4

X,5X,1X,7X,3X,6X,2X,8X,4

CPU1
DIMM
CHA1

X

X,1X,2

X,1X,2

X,1X,3X,2X,4

CPU1
DIMM
CHB2

CPU1
DIMM
CHB1

CPU2
DIMM
CHD2

CPU2
DIMM
CHD1

CPU2
DIMM
CHE2

Installingamemorymodule

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

CPU2

DIMM

CHE1

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Locatetheappropriatememoryslotonthesystemboardintowhichyouwillinstallthememorymodule.
Tooptimizesystemperformance,followtherelatedmemorymoduleinstallationrulesandinstallthe
memorymoduleintoamemoryslotstartingwiththememorymodulefarthestfromthemicroprocessor.
See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage49

.

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4.Opentheretainingclipsofthememoryslotintowhichyouwanttoinstallthememorymodule.

Figure17.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewmemorymodulefromthepackage.

6.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Makesurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.

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

Figure18.Installingthememorymodule

7.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs51

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Locatethememoryslotwiththememorymodulethatyouwanttoremove.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage33forthelocationsofthememoryslots.

4.Carefullyopentheretainingclipsoneachendofthememoryslotandthengraspthememorymodule
straightupbyitsedges.

Figure19.Removingthememorymodule

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturnthefailingmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructions,anduseany
packagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.

6.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Removingorinstallinginternaldrives

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallinternaldrivesfortheserver.See“Features
andspecications”onpage11forinformationaboutthetypesofinternaldrivesthattheserversupportsand
see“Locatingservercomponents”onpage32forthelocationsofthedrivebaysintheserver.

Wheninstallinganinternaldrive,besuretoconsiderthefollowinginformation:

•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentspeciedinthedocumentationthatcame
withthedrive.

•Notethetypeandsizeofthedriveandselecttheappropriatedrivebaytoinstallthedrive.

•Checktheinstructionsthatcamewiththedrivetoseewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesorjumpers
onthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSASdevice,besuretosettheSASIDforthatdevice.

•TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslots
coveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMCshieldorllerpanelfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.Anunoccupied
drivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutcover,shield,ller,oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMI
integrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.

•Foralistofthesupportedharddiskdrivesforyourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.On
theThinkServersystemspage,clickProducts➙Options➙ThinkServerHardDrives.

52ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

Removingtheopticaldrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheopticaldrive.

Toremovetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage45.

4.Disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromtherearoftheopticaldrive.

5.Presstheopticaldriveretainers1onbothsidesoftheopticaldriveandslidetheopticaldriveoutof
thefrontoftheserver.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Figure20.Removingtheopticaldrive

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs53

6.Removetheopticaldriveretainersfrombothsidesoftheoldopticaldriveandsavethemtousewhen
youinstallanewopticaldrive.

Figure21.Removingtheopticaldriveretainers

7.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedopticaldrivetothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

8.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Installingtheopticaldrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheopticaldrive.

Toinstalltheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Ifyouarereplacingtheopticaldrive,makesurethat:

•Youhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatisspeciedinthedocumentationthatcomes

withthenewopticaldrive.

•Youhavecheckedtheinstructionsthatcomewiththenewopticaldrivetodeterminewhetheryou

mustsetanyswitchesorjumpersintheopticaldrive.

•Youhaveremovedtheopticaldriveretainersfrombothsidesoftheoldopticaldriveandhavethem

availableforinstallationonthenewopticaldrive.

Note:Ifyouareinstallingalaserdevice(suchasadrive),observethefollowingsafetyprecautions.
Statement3

CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposure

tohazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein

mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

54ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

DANGER

Class 1 Laser Product
Laser Klasse 1
Laser Klass 1
Luokan 1 Laserlaite
Appareil A Laser de Classe 1

`

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing.

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

4.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage45.

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewopticaldrivetoanyunpaintedmetalsurface
ontheserver.Then,removethenewopticaldrivefromthepackageandplaceitonastatic-protective
surface.

6.Installtheopticaldriveretainersonbothsidesofthenewopticaldrive.

Note:Notetheorientationoftheopticaldriveretainersandthecorrespondingholesinbothsides
oftheopticaldrivewheninstallingtheretainers.

Figure22.Installingtheopticaldriveretainers

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs55

7.Slidethenewopticaldriveintothedrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure23.Installingtheopticaldrive

8.Connectoneendofthesignalcable2totherearofthenewopticaldriveandtheotherendtoan
availableSATAconnector(SATAconnector5recommended)onthesystemboard.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage33.Then,locateanavailableve-wirepowerconnector1and
connectittotherearofthenewopticaldrive.

Figure24.Connectingtheopticaldrivecables

9.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

56ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

Removingahot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveahot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionappliesonlyto
servermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Toremoveahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Youdonothavetoturnofftheserverwhenremovingahot-swapharddiskdrive.However,ifyou
havelockedthesidedoor,youmustturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords,andremovetheserver
coverwhenyouwanttoremove,install,orreplaceanyharddiskdrives.See“Lockingorunlockingthehard
diskdrivesidedoor”onpage46

1.Pressthebluebutton1toopenthesidedoor.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

and“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

Figure25.Openingthesidedoor

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs57

2.Locatethehot-swapharddiskdriveyouwanttoremove.Then,pressthebluereleasebutton1and
rotatethehandleoftheharddiskdrivebrackettotheopenposition.

Figure26.Openingthehandleofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracket

58ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

3.Graspthehandle1andpulltheharddiskdrivebracketwiththeharddiskdriveoutofthedrivebay.

Figure27.Removingthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracketwiththeharddiskdrive

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs59

4.Removethefourscrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdriveandthenremovetheharddiskdrivefrom
thebracket.

Figure28.Removingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedhot-swapharddiskdrivetothemanufacturer,followall
packaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

6.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionappliesonlyto
servermodelsthatsupporthot-swapharddiskdrives.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Toinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

Notes:

1.Y oudonothavetoturnofftheserverfortheinstallationofahot-swapharddiskdrive.However,if
youhavelockedthesidedoor,youmustturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords,andremove
theservercoverwhenyouwanttoremove,install,orreplaceanyharddiskdrives.See“Lockingor
unlockingtheharddiskdrivesidedoor”onpage46and“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

2.Thecablescomewiththeharddiskdriveoptionkitwillnotbeusedifyouareinstallingahot-swap
harddiskdrive.

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1.Pressthebluebutton1toopenthesidedoor.

Figure29.Openingthesidedoor

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs61

2.Locateahot-swapharddiskdrivebaythatyouwanttoinstallthedrive.Then,pressthebluerelease
button1androtatethehandleoftheharddiskdrivebrackettotheopenposition.

Figure30.Openingthehandleofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracket

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3.Graspthehandle1andpulltheharddiskdrivebracketoutofthedrivebay.

Figure31.Removingthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracket

4.Removetheplasticdrivebayllerandsaveitforfutureuse.

Note:TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcard
slotscoveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveorPCIcard,savetheEMCshieldordrivebayller
fromthedrivebayorsavethePCIcardslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.An
unoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutcover,shield,ller,oranyotherprotectionmightimpact
theEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewharddiskdrivetoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheserver.Then,removetheharddiskdrivefromthepackage.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs63

6.Alignthescrewholesinbothsidesoftheharddiskdrivewiththecorrespondingholesintheharddisk
drivebracket.Then,installthefourscrewstosecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracket.

Note:Carefullyinstalltheharddiskdrivewithouttouchingthecircuitboardonthebottomofthe
harddiskdrive.

Figure32.Installingtheharddiskdriveintothebracket

7.Keepthehandleofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracketfullyopenandthenslidethebracketwiththe
harddiskdriveintothedrivebayuntilitcannotbepushedinanymore.

Figure33.Slidingthehot-swapharddiskdrivebracketwiththeharddiskdriveintothebay

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8.Pressthehandle1torotateittotheclosedpositionuntilthebluereleasebuttonsnapsintoplaceand
thebracketwiththeharddiskdriveissecurelylockedinthedrivebay.

Figure34.Lockingthehot-swapharddiskdriveinthedrivebay

9.ChecktheharddiskdrivestatusLEDstomakesurethattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.You
mighthavetorestarttheserverforthenewlyinstalleddrivetoberecognized.Iftheamberharddiskdrive
statusLEDislitcontinuously,thisindicatesthattheharddiskdriveisfaultyandmustbereplaced;ifthe
greenharddiskdrivestatusLEDisblinking,thisindicatesthattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.

Note:IftheserverisconguredforRAIDoperationusingaRAIDcontroller,youmighthaveto
recongurethediskarraysafteryoureplaceharddiskdrives.

10.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Removinganon-hot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs65

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionapplies
onlytoservermodelsthathavenon-hot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Toremoveanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Pressthebluebutton1toopenthesidedoor.

Note:Ifyouhavelockedthesidedoor,youmustturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords,and
removetheservercoverwhenyouwanttoremove,install,orreplaceanyharddiskdrives.See“Locking
orunlockingtheharddiskdrivesidedoor”onpage46

and“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

Figure35.Openingthesidedoor

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3.Locatethenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveyouwanttoremoveanddisconnectthepowercableandthe
signalcablefromtheharddiskdrive.Then,pullthehandleoftheharddiskdrivebrackettoslidethe
bracketwiththeharddiskdriveoutofthedrivebay.

Figure36.Disconnectingcablesandslidingthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveout

4.Dependingonthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveissecuredinthebracketbyscrewsorplasticretainers,
dooneofthefollowing:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs67

•Ifthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveissecuredinthebracketbyscrews,removethefourscrewsand
thenremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.

Figure37.Removingthescrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdrive

•Ifthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveissecuredinthebracketbyretainers,removetheretainerson
bothsidesandthenremovetheharddiskdrivefromthebracket.

Figure38.Removingtheretainersthatsecuretheharddiskdrive

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovednon-hot-swapharddiskdrivetothemanufacturer,followall
packaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

6.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Installinganon-hot-swapharddiskdrive

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.Thissectionapplies
onlytoservermodelsthatsupportnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minuteswithout
eitheradriveorallerpanelinstalledineachdrivebay.

Toinstallanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:

68ThinkServerTD230HardwareMaintenanceManual

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Pressthebluebutton1toopenthesidedoor.

Note:Ifyouhavelockedthesidedoor,youmustturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords,and
removetheservercoverwhenyouwanttoremove,install,orreplaceanyharddiskdrives.See“Locking
orunlockingtheharddiskdrivesidedoor”onpage46and“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

Figure39.Openingthesidedoor

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs69

3.Locateanon-hot-swapharddiskdrivebaythatyouwanttoinstallthedrive.Then,pullthehandleofthe
harddiskdrivebrackettoslidethebracketoutofthedrivebay.

Figure40.Slidingthenon-hot-swapharddiskdrivebracketout

4.Removetheplasticdrivebayllerandsaveitforfutureuse.

Note:TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcard
slotscoveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveorPCIcard,savetheEMCshieldordrivebayller
fromthedrivebayorsavethePCIcardslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.An
unoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutcover,shield,ller,oranyotherprotectionmightimpact
theEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewharddiskdrivetoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheserver.Then,removetheharddiskdrivefromthepackage.

6.Dependingonyouwillsecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracketbyscrewsorplasticretainers,do
oneofthefollowing:

Note:Carefullyinstalltheharddiskdrivewithouttouchingthecircuitboardonthebottomofthe
harddiskdrive.

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•Ifyouwanttosecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracketbyscrews,alignthescrewholesinbothsides
oftheharddiskdrivewiththecorrespondingholesinthebracket.Then,installthefourscrewsto
securetheharddiskdriveinthebracket.

Figure41.Securingtheharddiskdriveinthebracketbyscrews

•Ifyouwanttosecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracketbyretainers,aligntheholesinbothsidesof
theharddiskdrivewiththecorrespondingholesinthebracket.Then,carefullyinstalltheretainers1
onbothsidestosecuretheharddiskdriveinthebracket.

Figure42.Securingtheharddiskdriveinthebracketbyretainers

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs71

7.Pushtheharddiskdrivetoslidethebracketwiththeharddiskdriveintothedrivebayuntilitsnaps
intoposition.

Figure43.Slidingthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveintothebay

8.Locateanavailableve-wirepowerconnectorandanavailablesignalcableconnector.Then,connect
thepowercableandthesignalcabletotheharddiskdrive.

9.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.Then,youmight
needtochecktheharddiskdrivestatusLEDstomakesurethattheharddiskdriveisoperating
correctly.Restarttheserverforthenewlyinstalleddrivetoberecognized.Iftheamberharddiskdrive
statusLEDislitcontinuously,thisindicatesthattheharddiskdriveisfaultyandmustbereplaced;ifthe
greenharddiskdrivestatusLEDisblinking,thisindicatesthattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.

Note:IftheserverisconguredforRAIDoperationusingaRAIDcontroller,youmighthaveto
recongurethediskarraysafteryoureplaceharddiskdrives.

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveaPCIcard.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveorPCIcard,savetheEMCshieldordrivebayllerfromthedrivebay
orsavethePCIcardslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.Anunoccupieddrivebayor
PCIcardslotwithoutcover,shield,ller,oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.

Note:ThePCIcardsareextremelysensitivetoelectrostaticdischarge.Makesurethatyoureadand
understand“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage40

rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

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InstallingaPCIcard

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallaPCIcard.

ToinstallaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcamewiththePCIcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocateanappropriatePCIcardslotonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”
onpage33toidentifythetypesofPCIcardslotsforyourserver.

5.RemovethePCIcardslotbracketbyremovingthescrewthatsecuresthebracketandthenliftthe
bracketoutofthechassis.SavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethePCI
cardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.

6.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewPCIcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewPCIcardfromthepackage.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Note:CarefullyhandlethePCIcardbyitsedges.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs73

7.PositionthenewPCIcardonthePCIcardslotwhichyouhaveremovedtheslotbracketinstep5on
page73.Then,pressthePCIcardstraightdownuntilitissecurelyseatedintotheslot.Installthe
screwtosecurethePCIcardinplace.

Figure44.InstallingaPCIcard

8.DependingonthetypeofthePCIcard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcablestothePCIcard.

9.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

RemovingaPCIcard

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveaPCIcard.

ToremoveaPCIcard,dothefollowing:

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcamewiththePCIcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

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2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatethePCIcardyouwanttoremove.Then,dependingonthetypeofthePCIcard,youmightneed
todisconnectanycablesfromthePCIcardorthesystemboard.

5.RemovethescrewthatsecuresthePCIcard.Then,graspthePCIcardbytheedgesandcarefullypullit
outofthePCIcardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeachsideofthePCIcardasmallandequal
amountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.

Figure45.RemovingaPCIcard

6.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedPCIcardtothemanufacturer,followallpackaginginstructions
anduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.

InstallingtheEthernetcard

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs75

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcardandhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard
driveronWindowsoperatingsystems.UseanydocumentationthatcamewiththeEthernetcardandfollow
thoseinstructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthissection.

ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheEthernetcardfromthepackage.

5.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage73andfollowthose
instructionstoinstalltheEthernetcard.

6.T ocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

OnLinuxoperatingsystems,youdonotneedtoinstallanydevicedriverfortheEthernetcard;onWindows
operatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverfortheEthernetcard.Toinstallthedevicedriver
onWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.

3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.

4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutton.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.

5.ExpandtheNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTorthe
yellowquestionmark).

6.SelectUpdateDriver....TheHardwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.

7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.

8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RemovingtheEthernetcard

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.Useanydocumentationthatcame
withtheEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthissection.

ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage74andfollowthose
instructionstoremovetheEthernetcard.

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.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedEthernetcardtothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

6.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID100UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereaftercalledtheRAID5key).TheRAID5keyisanactivationkey,whichyoucaninstall
onthesystemboardtoenabletheRAID5congurationfunctionoftheonboardSATARAIDforyourserver.

InstallingtheRAID5key

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAID5key.

ToinstalltheRAID5key,dothefollowing:

Attention:Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)candamagetheRAID5key.Alwaysgroundyourselfandusea
groundstrapbeforetouchingtheoption.PerformthefollowingprocedureatanESD-safeworkstation.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAID5keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAID5keyfromthepackage.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs77

5.LocatetheSATAkeyconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”on
page33.Then,installtheRAID5keyintotheSATAkeyconnector.

Figure46.InstallingtheRAID5key

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122

.Then,referto

Chapter7“Conguringtheserver”onpage143forinformationaboutRAIDconguration.

RemovingtheRAID5key

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRAID5Keyfromthesystemboard.Ifyouremove
theRAID5KeyforAdvancedRAID,theRAID5congurationfunctionoftheonboardSATARAIDbecomes
unavailable.However,theRAID5congurationfunctionoftheThinkServerRAID500Adapterisstill
availableifyouhaveinstalledtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAIDontheadapter.
See“InstallingtheTR500key”onpage79

ToremovetheRAID5key,dothefollowing:

Attention:Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)candamagetheRAID5key.Alwaysgroundyourselfandusea
groundstrapbeforetouchingtheoption.PerformthefollowingprocedureatanESD-safeworkstation.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

.

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4.RemovetheRAID5keyfromtheSATAkeyconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage33.

Figure47.RemovingtheRAID5key

5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedRAID5keytothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereaftercalledtheTR500key).IfyourserverhasaThinkServerRAID500Adapter
installedandyouwanttoenabletheRAID5congurationfunctionforthisadapter,youneedtoinstall
theTR500keyontheadapter.

InstallingtheTR500key

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500key.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

ToinstalltheTR500key,dothefollowing:

Attention:Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)candamagetheTR500key.Alwaysgroundyourselfandusea
groundstrapbeforetouchingtheoption.PerformthefollowingprocedureatanESD-safeworkstation.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs79

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheTR500keyfromthepackage.

5.InstalltheTR500keytotheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,asshown:

Figure48.InstallingtheTR500key

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.Then,referto
Chapter7“Conguringtheserver”onpage143forinformationaboutRAIDconguration.

RemovingtheTR500key

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR500keyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
IfyouremovetheTR500key,theRAID5congurationfunctionoftheThinkServerRAID500Adapter
becomesunavailable.However,theRAID5congurationfunctionoftheonboardSATARAIDisstillavailable
ifyouhaveinstalledtheRAID5Keyonthesystemboard.See“InstallingtheRAID5key”onpage77.

ToremovetheTR500key,dothefollowing:

Attention:Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)candamagetheTR500key.Alwaysgroundyourselfandusea
groundstrapbeforetouchingtheoption.PerformthefollowingprocedureatanESD-safeworkstation.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

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3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“RemovingtheRAIDcard”onpage88andfollow
thoseinstructionstoremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

5.RemovetheTR500keyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure49.RemovingtheTR500key

6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedTR500keytothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRemoteManagementModule3

ThissectionprovidesproductinformationabouttheThinkServerRemoteManagementModule3(hereafter
calledtheRMM3)andinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRMM3option.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs81

AbouttheRMM3

TheRMM3isa1.23-inchx2.30-inchprintedcircuitboard.

Figure50.RMM3

TheRMM3isakindofadd-oncardwhichoffersconvenient,remoteKVM(keyboard,video,andmouse)
accessandcontrolthroughtheLANorInternet.Itcaptures,digitizes,andcompressesvideosandtransmits
thevideoswithkeyboardandmousesignalstoandfromaremotecomputer.Y oucanusetheRMM3to
gainlocation-independentremoteaccesstorespondtocriticalincidentsandtoundertakenecessary
maintenance.Inaddition,theRMM3offersintegratedremotepowermanagementusingintelligentplatform
managementinterface(IPMI).Therefore,workingasanintegratedsolutioninyourserver,theRMM3provides
anincreasedlevelofmanageabilityoverthebasicservermanagementavailabletothesystemboard.

TheRMM3optionpackagecontainsthefollowingitems:

•AThinkServerRemoteManagementModule3option

•Aplasticbagcontainingaslotbracket,aribboncable,threescrews,andthreeplasticstandoffs

InstallingtheRMM3

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRMM3inyourserver.Y oucangetanincreasedlevel
ofmanageabilityoverthebasicservermanagementavailabletothesystemboardbyinstallingtheRMM3
option.See“AbouttheRMM3”onpage82

ToinstalltheRMM3,dothefollowing:

Attention:Electrostaticdischarge(ESD)candamagetheRMM3.Alwaysgroundyourselfanduseaground
strapbeforetouchingtheoption.PerformthefollowingprocedureatanESD-safeworkstation.

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.Wait
threetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

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4.LocatetheRMM3connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”on
page33.

5.RemovethecorrespondingPCIcardslotbracketbyremovingthescrewthatsecuresthebracket.
SavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovetheRMM3andneedthebracketto
covertheplace.

Note:Carefullyplacetheremovedscrewaside.YouwillneedthescrewwheninstallingtheRMM3.

Figure51.RemovingthePCIcardslotbracketfortheRMM3connector

6.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRMM3toanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof
theserver.Then,removetheRMM3fromthepackage.

7.MakeanoteoftheMediaAccessController(MAC)addressoftheRMM3.Thisinformationisonalabel
attachedtotheRMM3andmightbeusedlaterforseveralsoftwarecongurations.Keepingarecordat
thismomentmighteliminatetheneedstoreopentheservercoverlater.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs83

8.AttachtheRMM3totheslotbracketthatcamewiththeoptionpackagesothatthetwoscrewholesin
theslotbracketarealignedwiththecorrespondingholesintheRMM3.Then,installthetwoscrewsthat
camewiththeoptionpackagetosecuretheRMM3totheslotbracket.

Notes:

a.Therearethreescrewsintheoptionpackageandyouonlyneedtousetwoofthemtosecurethe

RMM3totheslotbracket.Theextraoneisabackupscrew.

b.Foreasieroperation,youmightneedtoattachaplasticstandoffthatcamewiththeoptionpackage

toeachscrewbeforeinstallingthescrew.

Figure52.InstallingtheRMM3ontheslotbracket

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9.InserttheslotbracketwithRMM3intothepositionforthePCIcardslotbracketyouhaveremoved.
Then,securetheslotbracketwithRMM3inplacebyinstallingthescrewthatyouhaveremoved
instep5onpage83.

Figure53.InstallingtheslotbracketwithRMM3

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs85

10.Removetheribboncablefromtheoptionpackage.ConnectoneendoftheribboncabletotheRMM3
connectoronthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage33.Then,connect
theotherendoftheribboncabletotheconnectorontheRMM3.

Figure54.Connectingtheribboncable

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122

.Afterinstallingthe
RMM3andrestartingtheserver,connectanetworkcabletotheRMM3networkinterfacecontroller,then
conguretheRMM3byreferringtotheThinkServerRemoteManagementUserGuideontheThinkServer
DocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct.

RemovingtheRMM3

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRMM3.IfyouhaveinstalledaRMM3optioninyour
server,youcanperformthefollowingprocedurewhenyouwanttoremovethisoption.

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.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

ToremovetheRMM3,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.Wait
threetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheRMM3inyourserver.Then,disconnecttheribboncablefromtheRMM3connectoronthe
systemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage33.Removethescrewthatsecures
theslotbracketwithRMM3.Then,carefullylifttheslotbracketwithRMM3outoftheserver.

Figure55.DisconnectingtheribboncableandremovingtheslotbracketwithRMM3

5.PuttheremovedRMM3kit(slotbracketwithRMM3andribboncable)intoitsoriginalpackage.If
necessary,disconnecttheribboncablefromtheRMM3.

6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedRMM3kittothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs87

7.T ocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwaredevicesforyourserver.
Youcanmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacingahardware
device,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedureforthehardwaredevice
thatyouwanttoreplace.

RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcard

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallthefollowingRAIDcards:

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(9240–8i)

•ThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter

Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

RemovingtheRAIDcard

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39.T oobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRAIDcard.IfyouremovetheRAIDcard,you
cannotcongureRAIDusingtheRAIDcardandyouwilllooseallthecurrentRAIDcongurationbased
ontheRAIDcard.

Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

ToremovetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheRAIDcard.TheRAIDcardisinstalledintooneofthePCIExpressx8slotsonthesystem
board(callout31inFigure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage34).See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage33.

5.RemoveanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstotheRAIDcard.

6.DisconnecttheminiSASsignalcablefromtheRAIDcard.

7.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage74andfollowthose
instructionstoremovetheRAIDcard.

8.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedRAIDcardtothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122

.

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InstallingtheRAIDcard

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonthefollowing:

•“InstallingtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter”onpage89

•“InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter”onpage90

Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

InstallingtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.

Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.TheRAIDcardshouldbeinstalledintotheappropriatePCIExpressx8slotonthesystemboard(callout

31inFigure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage34).

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcardfromthepackage.

6.DependingonyourRAIDcard,youmightneedtoinstalltheTR500keyontheRAIDcard.See“Installing
theTR500key”onpage79andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheTR500key.

7.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcableconnector0ontheRAIDcard.See
Figure56“ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables”onpage90.

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

Note:TheminiSASsignalcablelengthis880mm(34.65inches).

8.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage73andfollowthoseinstructions
toinstalltheRAIDcard.T akecautionwhenhandlingtheminiSASsignalcabletoavoiddamaging
theminiSASsignalcableconnector.

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9.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcables(port0toport3)tothecorrespondingSATA/SASsignalconnectors
(connector0toconnector3)onthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.See“Locatingconnectorson
thehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes”onpage37.

Note:EachminiSASsignalcablemighthavealabelattached.Thenumberonthelabelindicates
theportnumber.

Figure56.ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables

1MiniSASsignalcableconnector04MiniSASsignalcable-port1
2MiniSASsignalcableconnector15MiniSASsignalcable-port2
3MiniSASsignalcable-port06MiniSASsignalcable-port3

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.Then,referto
Chapter7“Conguringtheserver”onpage143forinformationaboutRAIDconguration.

InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter

Attention:

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and

“Guidelines”onpage39
http://www.lenovo.com/support

.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.

Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

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1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.TheRAIDcardshouldbeinstalledintotheappropriatePCIExpressx8slotonthesystemboard(callout

31inFigure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage34).

5.T ouchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcardfromthepackage.

6.DependingonyourRAIDcard,youmightneedtoinstalltheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery.See
“InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery”onpage92andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstall
thebatterycardassembly.

7.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcableconnector0ontheRAIDcard.See
Figure57“ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables”onpage91

.

Note:TheminiSASsignalcablelengthis880mm(34.65inches).

8.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage73andfollowthoseinstructions
toinstalltheRAIDcard.T akecautionwhenhandlingtheminiSASsignalcabletoavoiddamaging
theminiSASsignalcableconnector.

9.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcables(port0toport3)tothecorrespondingSATA/SASsignalconnectors
(connector0toconnector3)onthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.See“Locatingconnectorson
thehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes”onpage37.

Note:EachminiSASsignalcablemighthavealabelattached.Thenumberonthelabelindicates
theportnumber.

Figure57.ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables

1MiniSASsignalcableconnector4–74MiniSASsignalcable-port1
2MiniSASsignalcableconnector0–35MiniSASsignalcable-port2
3MiniSASsignalcable-port06MiniSASsignalcable-port3

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Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage122.Then,referto
Chapter7“Conguringtheserver”onpage143forinformationaboutRAIDconguration.

InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutinstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery(hereafterreferredto
asthebatterycardassembly)ontheRAIDcard.ThebatterycardassemblymountsdirectlytotheRAIDcard
throughasmallboard-to-boardconnector(daughtercard).

Notes:

1.ThebatterycardassemblyprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheRAIDcontrollerbyproviding
backuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage.It
hasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicatebatterystatus
informationsuchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrenttoyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive
alternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffaulttolerancewhenused
inconjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.Formoreinformationaboutthebatterycard
assembly,seeAppendixA“RAIDbatterycardassembly”onpage161

.

2.Thebatterycardassemblyoptionkitcontainsauserguide,thebatterycardassembly,andthree
Phillips-headscrews.Donotremovethebatterycardassemblyfromtheantistaticshippingcontainer
untilyouarereadytoinstallit.Whenyouremovethebatterycardassemblyfromyourserver,placeitin
itsoriginalcontainer.

3.ChecktheappropriatesupportWebsitesforthelatestupdatesforyourbasicinput/outputsystem
(BIOS)code,utilityprograms,devicedrivers,andothersoftwareapplications.Followtheinstructions
providedbyyourServiceProvidertodownloadandinstallupdates.

4.Itisrecommendedthatyoureplacethebatterypackonthebatterycardassemblyannuallyorafter
500rechargingcycles,whichevercomesrst.

5.Thetemperatureofthebatterycardassemblyisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthantheambient
temperatureduringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompleteafastchargecycle,theambienttemperature
shouldbelowerthan45°C(113°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds45°C(113°F),thefastcharge
cyclewillterminateprematurely,thuspreventingthebatterycardassemblyfromreachingafully
chargedstate.

Attention:

•WhenattachingthebatterycardassemblytoaPCIExpressslot,centerthePhillips-headscrewdriverto
avoiddamagingthescrewheadanddonotover-tightenthescrewsasyoumightdamagethebattery
cardassembly.

•Thebatteryinthebatterycardassemblymustrechargeforatleastsixhoursduringfastchargeunder
normaloperatingconditions.

ToinstallthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

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1.Notethetopviewandbottomviewofthebatterycardassembly.Then,insertthebatterypackharness
connectorintotheJ4batterypackharnessconnectoronthebacksideofthebatterycardassembly.For
moreinformation,refertothefollowingillustrations.

Figure58.T opviewofthebatterycardassembly

1Batterypackharness

Figure59.Bottomviewofthebatterycardassembly

1J4batterypackharnessconnector
2J5board-to-boardconnector
3J2connector

2.Withthefrontsideup,placetheRAIDcardonaat,clean,static-freesurface.

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3.HoldthebatterycardassemblywiththebatterysideupandtheJ5board-to-boardconnectorlining
upwiththeJ10BBUconnector1ontheRAIDcard.Carefullypressthebatterycardassemblyonto
theRAIDcardsothatthetwoconnectorsarermlyjoined.Then,securethebatterycardassembly
totheRAIDcardwiththethreescrewsandthestandoffsthatcomewiththebatterycardassembly
accessorykit.

Figure60.InstallingthebatterycardassemblyontotheRAIDcard

1J10BBUconnector

ConnectingtheminiSAScable

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheRAIDcardandthe
hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.

Yourservercomeswithan880mm(34.65inches)miniSAScablewithfourminiSASconnectors.Thefour
SASconnectorsofthecableconnecttothefourSASconnectorsonthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.

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