Lenovo ThinkServer 0390, ThinkServer 0387, ThinkServer 0391, ThinkServer 0392, ThinkServer 0393 User Manual

ThinkServer
UserGuide

MachineTypes:0387,0388,0389,0390,0391,0392,0393,and0441

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage179

FirstEdition(June2011)

©CopyrightLenovo2011.

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

Contents

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

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

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

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

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

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

Specications...............12

Software.................12

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........12

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.13
BIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutility...13

RAIDcongurationutilities........13

PC-DoctorforDOS...........13

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

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

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

Frontviewoftheserver.........15

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

DITmodule..............18

Rearviewoftheserver.........19

Serverlocks..............22

Servercomponents...........25

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs...32

RAIDcard...............33

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane....34

Systemboardcomponents........42

Systemboardjumpers..........46

SystemboardLEDs...........50

Chapter4.T urningonandturningoff

theserver...............53

Turningontheserver............53

Turningofftheserver............53

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..55

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........55

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....55

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

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

SetupUtilityprograminterface......56

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....64

Usingpasswords............65

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......66

Selectingastartupdevice........66

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......67

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......67

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...69

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............70

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............70

ConguringRAID..............71

AboutRAID..............72

RAIDforyourserver...........73

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram..........74

ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftware

RAID.................75

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............80

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers......81

Updatingthermware............81

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....81

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........83

Guidelines................83

Precautions..............83

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....84

Systemreliabilityguidelines........84

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.85

Removingtheservercover..........85

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....87

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...89

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...89

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......93

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...96

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....98

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer9240-8i

RAID5UpgradeKey..........100

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATA

SoftwareRAID5Key..........102

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServeriKVM

RemoteManagementModule.......105

InstallingorremovingtheTPMmodule...109

InstallingorremovingtheDITmodule....111

Installingorreplacinganopticaldrive....115

Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................119

Removingorinstallinganon-hot-swaphard

diskdrive...............123

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Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

backplane...............133

Replacingthenon-hot-swappowersupply

assembly...............137

Replacingahot-swapredundantpower

supplymodule.............140

Replacingthepowerdistributionboardand

cageassembly.............143

Replacingthefrontpanelboardassembly..147

Replacingthefrontsystemfan......149

Replacingtherearsystemfan.......152

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly..154

Replacingthemicroprocessor.......157

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....161

Completingthepartsreplacement.......162

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................162

Updatingtheserverconguration.....164

Chapter7.T roubleshootingand

diagnostics.............167

Troubleshootingprocedure..........167

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....167

Usingthediagnosticprogram.........168

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........168

Basictroubleshootingtables.........168

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............168

Opticaldriveproblems..........169

Harddiskdriveproblems.........170

Memorymoduleproblems........172

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems..172

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............175

Informationresources............175

Usingthedocumentation.........175

ThinkServerWebsite

(http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver)....175

LenovoSupportWebsite.........175

Helpandservice..............176

Beforeyoucall.............176

Callingforservice............176

Usingotherservices..........177

Purchasingadditionalservices......177

AppendixA.Notices.........179

Trademarks................180

Importantnotes..............180

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..180

Recyclinginformation............180

Batteryreturnprogram..........181

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............182

Particulatecontamination..........182

ImportantinformationfortheEuropeanDirective

2002/96/EC................183

RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective

(RoHS)..................186

ChinaRoHS..............187

Turkishstatementofcompliance......187

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...188

Electronicemissionnotices..........188

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............188

Index.................191

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

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

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

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

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

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

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

Predenzačneteuporabljatiizdelek,jepomembno,daprebereteinrazumetevečjezičnavarnostnanavodila
naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

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

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

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

Besuretoreadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperformthe
procedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatcomeswiththeserveroroptional
devicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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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.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

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

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

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

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing.

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoaneasilyaccessiblepowersource.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,besuretoremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthedeviceto
avoidpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Toavoidpersonalinjury,disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevice.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatessharpedges,corners,orjointsnearby.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesahotsurfacenearby.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitispotentiallyarehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.Toavoid
thesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcircuitprotection
requirements.Refertotheinformationthatisprovidedwithyourdeviceforelectricalspecications.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Makesurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextended.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimitsandmustbe
installedwithappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewiththenationalelectriccode.

Statement15

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

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

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

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablygroundedsafetyextralowvoltage(SELV)source.AnSELV
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalbuildingcodes.

•Use16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)or1.3mm

2

copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•T orquethewiring-terminalscrewsto12inch-pounds(1.4newton-meters).

•Incorporateareadilyavailableapprovedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mounteddevices.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

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

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisuserguideforyourLenovo

®

ThinkServer

®

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

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWisalsoavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_01.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

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

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

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

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

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

Productname

______________________________________________

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

______________________________________________

Serialnumber(S/N)

______________________________________________

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

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

Youwillreceivethefollowingbenetsafterregisteringyourserver:

•Fasterservicewhenyoucallforhelp

•Automaticnoticationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete

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

•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing

theserver.

DocumentationDVD

ThedocumentationDVD,whichcomeswithyourserver,containsvariousdocumentsforyourserverin
PortableDocumentFormat(PDF).Toviewthedocumentation,youneedtohavetheAdobeReaderprogram
installed.YoucandownloadthedesiredlanguageversionofthelatestAdobeReaderprogramfromthe
AdobeWebsiteat:
http://www.adobe.com

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWebwhereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe

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documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeaftertherstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,

andinformationabouthowtocontactLenovoSupport.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

•RemoteManagementModuleUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationtohelpyouusetheintegratedKeyboard,Video,andMouse(iKVM)

functionforserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

Note:AThinkServeriKVMRemoteManagementModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheiKVMkey)is
requiredandthisoptionshouldbeinstalledontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthesystemboardtoenable
theiKVMfunction.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalledin
theserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage98

.Forinformationabouttheonboard

SATAsoftwareRAID,see“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage75

.

Documentfortrainedservicepersonnelonly

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovoandisonlyavailableinEnglish
ontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesdiagnosticinformation,partslisting,andreplacementproceduresforalleld
replaceableunits(FRUs,partsreplacedbytrainedservicepersonnel)aswellasallCRUs.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

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

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage83

.

3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercord(s)totheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage
19tolocatetheconnectors.

4.T urnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage53.

5.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)settingsandcustomizeasneeded.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55

.

6.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage69and“ConguringRAID”onpage71.

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage81.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

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

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specications”onpage12

•“Software”onpage12

•“Locations”onpage13

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,powercord(s),printeddocumentation,documentationDVD,and
softwaremedia.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1Server
2Materialbox,includingpowercord(s),printeddocumentation,documentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

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Microprocessor

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingmicroprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodel):

•Intel

®

Xeon

®

quad-coremicroprocessor

•IntelXeondual-coremicroprocessor

•IntelCore™i3microprocessor

ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.Clickthe

ProductstabandthenclickOptions➙ThinkServerProcessorstoviewtheinformation.

Memory

Yourserversupportsuptofourdoubledatarate3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(DDR3UDIMMs)
withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Supports2GBand4GB1333MHzDDR3UDIMMs

•Single-rankordual-rank

•Minimumsystemmemory:2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMMA2slot)

•Maximumsystemmemory:16GB(one4GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemoryslots)
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42and“Memorymoduleinstallation

rules”onpage90.

Powersupply

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingpowersupplycongurations:

•Onescrew-secured,non-hot-swap400-wattpowersupply(80PlusBronzeCompliantanduniversalinput)

•Oneortwohot-swap450-wattredundantpowersupplymodules(80PlusGoldCompliantanduniversal
input)

Fans

Youservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow:

•Oneheatsinkandfanassembly

•Oneortwofrontsystemfansdependingonthemodel

•Onerearsystemfan

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Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

•Harddiskdrive
–Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttached

SCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAharddiskdrives

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.See“RAIDcard”onpage33

.

•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwo5.25-inchSATAopticaldrives(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/CD-RWRambo8)

–Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATAopticaldrive(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/

CD-RWRambo8).TheupperopticaldrivebayisforaRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)Universal
SerialBus(USB)drivebundle.

Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage
25

.ForinformationabouttheRDXUSBdrivebundleandinstructionsonhowtoinstallit,refertothe
documentationthatcomeswiththeRDXUSBdrivebundle.Inyourserver,theP6powerconnectorofthe
powersupplyisfortheRDXUSBdrivebundle.YoucanpurchasethisoptiondirectlyfromLenovo.The
optionnameisLenovoRemovableDiskT echnology(RDX)USBDriveBundle.TheRDXtechnologycombines
thecharacteristicsoftapebackupwithdiskstoragetohelpyouprotectandarchivedata.

Expansionslots

Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage42.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel

•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)

•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel

•Twoserialconnectors(onefully-functionalserialconnectorontherearpanelandoneinternalserial

connectoronthesystemboardforoptionaluse)

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicin“Locations”onpage13

.

Videosubsystem

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chiponthesystemboard
tosupportaVGADB-15connectorontherearpanelforconnectingvideodevices

Ethernetconnectivity

TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeability
tosupporttwoEthernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork
connectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage19

.

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Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage22)

–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage65)

–TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)connectoronthesystemboardforaTPMmodule,whichisasecurity

chip,tohelpprotectyourserverandstrengthenserversecurity

Note:TheTPMmoduleisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersupplymodulestohelpyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperation

ofthesystemwhenapowersupplymodulefails(availableinsomemodels)

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

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55

.

–BMCandIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedBMCfeatures.The
BMCisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeBMCchip,
nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeBMCcontrolled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,lockingthepowerswitchonthefrontpanel,andsoon.Thispartof
theservermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedBMC,communication
buses,sensors,BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS),andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsible
forerrormanagementandreporting,systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,
andothermanagementfeatures.TheBMCprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeatures
basedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMIhelpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.Youcan
ndmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheBMCalsosupportssomenon-IPMI
features,suchastheDynamicHostCongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironment
ControlInterface(PECI),toprovidemoresystemmanagementfunctions.

RefertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyour
serverformoreinformation.

–Hot-swapfeature

Somemodelssupporthot-swapharddiskdrivesandorhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodules.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceharddiskdrivesorafailingpowersupply
modulewithoutturningofftheserver.

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–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutobootyourcomputers,loadanoperatingsystem,ordeploy
executableimagesfromaremoteserverbyusinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedone
independentlyoflocaldatastoragedevices(suchasharddiskdrives)orinstalledoperatingsystems.

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
RAID”onpage71.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.

–ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12.

–WakeonLAN

WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork
(LAN),anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeupthecomputerfromamanagement
consoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.Besides,manyotherfunctions,suchasdata
transferandsoftwareupdates,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendanceandcanbedone
afternormalworkinghoursandonweekendstosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheBMCrmwaresupportsthefollowingadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures:

Note:TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheBMCdetectsthepresence
ofanintegratedkeyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheiKVMkeyisaremotemanagementmodule.
YoucanpurchaseaniKVMkeyfromLenovoandinstallitontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthesystemboard
ofyourservertoenabletheiKVMfunctionandactivatetheadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.

–iKVMredirection

TheBMCrmwaresupportsiKVMredirectionoverLAN.Thisfeatureisavailableremotelyfromthe
embeddedWebserver.Theremotemanagementmodulecandigitizeandcompressthecollected
keyboard,video,andmousesignalsfromthehostsystemandthensendthemtotheremoteconsole.
Meanwhile,itiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollablethroughLANorInternet.Fordetailed
information,refertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserver.

–Mediaredirection

TheembeddedWebserverprovidesaJavaJNLPtoenabletheremotemediaredirection.Thisisused
inconjunctionwiththeremoteKVMfeatureorasastandaloneapplet.

Themediaredirectionfeatureisintendedtoenablesystemadministratorsoruserstomountaremote
opticaldrive,oppydrive,orUSBashdiskasaUSBdevicetotheserver.Oncemounted,theremote
devicefunctionsasalocaldevicetotheserver,enablingsystemadministratorsoruserstobootthe
serverandinstallsoftware(includingoperatingsystems),copyles,updatetheBIOSfromthisdevice.

–WebServicesforManagement(WS-MAN)

TheBMCrmwaresupportstheWS-MANspecication.

–LocalDirectoryAuthenticationProtocol(LDAP)

TheBMCrmwaresupportstheLDAPforuserauthentication.

Note:TheIPMIusers,passwords,andsessionsarenotsupportedoverLDAP.

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–EmbeddedWebserver

TheBMCprovidesanembeddedWebserverforout-of-bandmanagement.Theuserauthenticationis
handledbyIPMIusernamesandpasswords.Formoreinformation,refertotheRemoteManagement
ModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

Width:195mm(7.68inches)
Height:430mm(16.93inches)withoutfootstands;445mm(17.52inches)withfootstands
Depth:595mm(23.43inches)includingthefrontbezel

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:19kg(41.89lb)to28kg(61.73lb)
Rangeofproductpackageweight:2.8kg(6.17lb)to3.5kg(7.72lb)

Environment

•Airtemperature:
Operating:10°Cto35°C(50°Fto95°F)

Storage:-40°Cto70°C(-40°Fto158°F)inoriginalshippingpackage

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)

•Humidity:
Operating:8%to80%(non-condensing)

Storage:8%to90%(non-condensing)

Electricalinput

Universalinput:

Minimum:90Vac
Maximum:264Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:47to63Hz

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyousetup,use,
andmaintaintheserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
Microsoft

®

Windows

®

andLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramis
providedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefor
theprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailed
information,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage69

.

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ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformationabout
downloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage81

.

BIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutility

TheBIOSandBMCrmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovomaintainspages
ontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutilitywithinstructionsfor
downloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandBMCrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage67

andor“Updatingthermware”onpage81.

RAIDcongurationutilities

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations
ifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage71.

PC-DoctorforDOS

ThePC-DoctorforDOSisadiagnostictoolthatyoucanusetotestandgatherinformationaboutyoursystem
inordertoensureyoursystemisworkingcorrectlyandresolveanyhardwareissues.Youcandownloadthe
latestversionofthisdiagnosticprogramfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandcreateaself-starting
DOS-baseddiagnosticutilitythatyoucanusetodetectfailinghardwarecomponentsindependentlyofthe
operatingsystem.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthediagnosticprogram”onpage168

.

Locations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

Thistopichelpsyoulocatethetwolabelsthatcontainthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber
informationforyourserver.Thetwolabelsarethesame.Oneisonthefrontbezelandtheotherison
thechassis.

Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberidentifyyourserver.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,the
informationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

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Thefollowingillustrationisasampleofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelsontheserver.

Note:Dependingonthemodeltype,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure2.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabels

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Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.

CPU

MEM

PSU

1

2

Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver

1Frontpanel6Frontdoor
2Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

7Frontdoorlock

3Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)

8Frontdoorhandle

4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton9DoctorInsideTechnology(DIT)panel(availableinsome

models)

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

1Frontpanel

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

2Opticaldrivebay2

The5.25-inchopticaldrivebay2isforasecondaryopticaldriveoraRDXUSBdrivebundle(serveroption).
Somemodelshaveasecondaryopticaldriveinstalled.

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3Opticaldrivebay1

Yourservercomeswithanopticaldriveinstalledinthe5.25-inchopticaldrivebay1.

4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

Pressthisbuttontoejectorclosetheopticaldrivewhentheserverpowerison.

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

TheopticaldrivestatusLEDisblinkingingreenwhentheopticaldriveisworkingorinthePOSTprocess.

6Frontdoor

7Frontdoorlock

Youcanlockthefrontdoortoprotecttheharddiskdrivecagesfromunauthorizedaccess.

8Frontdoorhandle

Thefrontdoorhandlehelpsyoutoopenthefrontdoor.

9DITpanel

TheDITpanelisonlyavailableinmodelsthatcomewithaDITmodule.Formoreinformation,see“DIT
module”onpage18.

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Frontpanel

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.
Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure4.Frontpanel

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

5SystemstatusLED

2HarddiskdrivestatusLED

6FrontUSBconnector1
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED7FrontUSBconnector2
4NIC2statusLED

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youcanalso
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage53

.ThepowerstatusLED

helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

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PowerstatusLED

Color

Description

OnGreen

Theserverison.

Off

None

Theserverisoff.

Blinking

GreenTheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichisalsoknown

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

2HarddiskdrivestatusLED

TheharddiskdrivestatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethestatusoftheharddiskdriveactivity.

HarddiskdrivestatusLED

Color

Description

Off

NoneTheharddiskdriveisnotinuse.

Blinking

Green

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeing
transferred.

3NIC1statusLED

4NIC2statusLED

ThetwoNICstatusLEDsindicatetheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
ontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLEDColor

Description

OnGreen

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

Off

None

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Blinking

Green

TheLANisconnectedandactive.

5SystemstatusLED

ThesystemstatusLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemstatusLEDColor

Description

On

AmberAsystemerrorhasoccurred.

Off

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.

6FrontUSBconnector1

7FrontUSBconnector2

UsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard,aUSBmouse,aUSB
scanner,oraUSBprinter.IfyouhavemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,which
youcanusetoconnectadditionalUSBdevices.

DITmodule

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheDITmoduleandthediagnosticLEDsonthepaneloftheDIT
module.

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Note:TheDITmoduleisonlyavailableinsomemodels.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheDITmoduleandthediagnosticLEDsontheDITpanelin
thefrontoftheserver.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowing
illustration.

Figure5.DITpanel

1MicroprocessorerrorLED4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED
2MemorymoduleerrorLED

5PowersupplyerrorLED(onlyavailableonmodelswith

redundantpowersupplymodules)

3FanerrorLED

1235ErrorLEDs

WhenoneoftheseerrorLEDsislit(orange),itindicatesthattheassociatedcomponenthasfailed.

4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED

WhenthisLEDislit(orange),itindicatesthattheambienttemperatureisover38°C(100.4°F).

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply.

Figure6.Rearviewoftheserverwithanon-hot-swappowersupply

1Powercordconnector5Expansioncardarea
2Serialport6Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)
3VGADB-15connector7Ethernetconnector2(RJ-45)(forsystemmanagement)
4FourUSBconnectors

8Frontdoorkey

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Forservermodelsthathavehot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule(s),theremightbeoneortwopower
cordconnectors1ontherearoftheserver.Foreachhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule,there
mightbeoneortwostatusLEDsonthepowersupplymodulenearthepowercordconnector.Whenthe
greenLEDislit,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplymoduleisworkingproperly.When
theredLEDislit,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplymodulehasfailed.

Figure7.Rearviewoftheserverwithhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodules

1Powercordconnector(s)

Usedtoconnectthepowercord(s).

2Serialport

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

3VGADB-15connector

Usedtoattachavideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitororotherdevicesthatuseaVGADB-15connector.

4USBconnectors

UsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard,aUSBmouse,aUSB
scanner,oraUSBprinter.IfyouhavemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,which
youcanusetoconnectadditionalUSBdevices.

5Expansioncardarea

YouserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforyoutoinstallappropriatePCIcards.For
detailedinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42

.

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67Ethernetconnectors

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Note:TheEthernetconnector2(callout7)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwantto
useremotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector2.

EthernetstatusLED

ColorStatus

Description

GreenOn

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Off

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

1Left

Green

BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.

Amber

On

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps
(megabitspersecond).

GreenOn

Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.

2Right

None

Off

Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.

8Frontdoorkey

Usedtoopenorlockthefrontdoor.

Note:Carefullysavethefrontdoorkeytoavoidloss.

Serverlocks

Lockingtheservercoverhelpspreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinsideofyourserverandlockingthefront
doorhelpspreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledharddiskdrives.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Padlock

Yourservercomeswithapadlockloopsothattheservercovercannotberemovedwhenapadlock
isinstalled.

Figure8.Padlock

Chapter3.Productoverview23

Integratedcablelock

Anintegratedcablelock,sometimesreferredtoastheKensingtonlock,canbeusedtosecureyourserverto
anon-permanentxture.Thecablelockattachestotheintegratedcablelockslotattherearofyourserver
andisoperatedwithakey.Thecablelockalsolockstheservercover.Thisisthesametypeoflockused
withmanynotebookcomputers.YoucanorderanintegratedcablelockdirectlyfromLenovobysearching
forKensingtonat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Figure9.Integratedcablelock

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Frontdoorlock

Youcanremovethekeyattachedontheserveranduseittoopenorlockthefrontdooroftheserver.
Thefrontdoorhelpsprotecttheharddiskdrivecagestopreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalled
harddiskdrives.

Figure10.Frontdoorlock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage85.

Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthefourmainchassis
congurationsbasedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsoftheserverwithvetoeight3.5-inchhot-swaphard
diskdrives.

Figure11.Componentsoftheserverwithvetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

1DITmodule(availableinsomemodels)

12Harddiskdrivebay0

2Frontpanel

13Frontsystemfan1

3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

14Frontsystemfan2

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)15Systemboardbattery
5Harddiskdrivebay716Expansioncard
6Harddiskdrivebay6

17Heatsinkandfanassembly

7Harddiskdrivebay5

18Systemboard

8Harddiskdrivebay4

19Rearsystemfan
9Harddiskdrivebay320Powersupply
10Harddiskdrivebay2

21Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

11Harddiskdrivebay1

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheDITmodule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheDITpanelalsovariesbymodel.
See“DITmodule”onpage18

.

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•Thereisa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachhard
diskdrivebay(5to12).

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyharddiskdrivetraytocovertheplace.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
orhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule(s).

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsoftheserverwithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSAS
harddiskdrives.

Figure12.Componentsoftheserverwithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives

1DITmodule(availableinsomemodels)

11Harddiskdrivebay1
2Frontpanel12Harddiskdrivebay0
3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

13Frontsystemfan1

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)14Systemboardbattery
5Harddiskdrivebay715Expansioncard
6Harddiskdrivebay6

16Heatsinkandfanassembly
7Harddiskdrivebay5

17Systemboard
8Harddiskdrivebay4

18Rearsystemfan
9Harddiskdrivebay319Powersupply
10Harddiskdrivebay2

20Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheDITmodule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheDITpanelalsovariesbymodel.
See“DITmodule”onpage18.

•Thereisa2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveoradummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineach
harddiskdrivebay(5to12).

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Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyharddiskdrivetraytocovertheplace.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
orhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule(s).

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsoftheserverwithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddisk
drives.

Figure13.Componentsoftheserverwithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

1DITmodule(availableinsomemodels)

9Frontsystemfan1

2Frontpanel

10Systemboardbattery

3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

11Expansioncard(variesbymodel)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)

12Heatsinkandfanassembly

5Harddiskdrivebay3

13Systemboard

6Harddiskdrivebay2

14Rearsystemfan
7Harddiskdrivebay115Powersupply
8Harddiskdrivebay0

16Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

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Note:TheDITmodule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheDITpanelalsovariesbymodel.
See“DITmodule”onpage18.

•Thereisa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyharddiskdrivetrayinstalledineachhard
diskdrivebay(5to8).

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyharddiskdrivetraytocovertheplace.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
orhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule(s).

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsoftheserverwithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swaphard
diskdrives.

Figure14.Componentsoftheserverwithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives

1DITmodule(availableinsomemodels)

9Frontsystemfan1

2Frontpanel

10Systemboardbattery

3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

insomemodels)

11Expansioncard(variesbymodel)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)

12Heatsinkandfanassembly

5Harddiskdrivebay3

13Systemboard

6Harddiskdrivebay2

14Rearsystemfan
7Harddiskdrivebay115Powersupply
8Harddiskdrivebay0

16Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheDITmodule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheDITpanelalsovariesbymodel.
See“DITmodule”onpage18.

•Eachoftheharddiskdrivebay(5to8)isusedforinstallinga3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

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•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
orhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule(s).

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.Unlockandopenthefrontdoortogain
accesstotheharddiskdrivesandviewthestatusLEDs.

Figure15.3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

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Figure16.2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

1HarddiskdriveactivityLED2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

On,greenOff

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Blinking,green

Off

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes

persecond),amber

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.

On,greenOn,amber

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
recover.Youneedtorecreateanew
array.

Blinking,green

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardifyouhaveoneinstalledin
thePCI-Eslot3onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42

.

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SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoucanalsopurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintomodelsthat
supporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“Installingorremoving
theRAIDcard”onpage98

.

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,there
mustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.

Optionname:ThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter(hereinafterreferredtoastheRAIDcard)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheRAIDcard.

Figure17.ThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter

1Port03RAID5keyconnector
2Port14Externalconnector

1Port0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingcables”onpage38

.

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingcables”onpage38.

3RAID5keyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServer9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey”onpage100.

4Externalconnector

Usedtoconnecta2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable.
See“Connectingcables”onpage38.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

Yourserversupportsthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdriveandbackplanecongurations:

•Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes

•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

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•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes.Y ouneedtoopen
theservercoverandremovethefrontsystemfanstoaccessthebackplanes.See“Removingtheserver
cover”onpage85and“Replacingthefrontsystemfan”onpage149.

Notes:

1.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

2.Thefollowingillustrationisbasedonvetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
withtwobackplanes

1.

Figure18.Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanelocations

Backplanefor3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
backplane.

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Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

Figure19.Frontviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

1Slot0fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

3Slot2fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

2Slot1fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

4Slot3fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

Figure20.Rearviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

18-pinpowerconnector

•For3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneonthelowerharddiskdrivecage,connecttheP5power
connectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

•For3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneontheupperharddiskdrivecage,connecttheP4power
connectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

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Backplanefor2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddisk
drivebackplane.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

Figure21.Frontviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

1Slot0fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

5Slot4fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

2Slot1fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

6Slot5fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

3Slot2fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

7Slot6fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

4Slot3fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

8Slot7fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

Figure22.Rearviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

18-pinpowerconnector

UsedtoconnecttheP5powerconnectorofthepowersupply.

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2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector2

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

3Mini-SASsignalcableconnector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

Connectingcables

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcable(s)tothehot-swapharddisk
drivebackplane(s)andthesystemboardortherequiredRAIDcardifyouhaveoneinstalled.

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrive(s)installedandthecable
connectionsaredifferentdependingonthefollowingcongurations:

•Servermodelswithvetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwobackplanes

•Servermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

•Servermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

Servermodelswithvetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwobackplanes

ForservermodelswithvetoeightSASorSATAII3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwobackplanes,a
requiredRAIDcardmustbeinstalledintheserver.

ThefollowingcablesthatcomewiththeRAIDcardarerequired:

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

•Two700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcables

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable

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Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectthecables:

1.Useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignal

cableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneinstalledonthelowerharddisk
drivecage.

2.Usetheother700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SAS
connector

5totheport1ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector6tothemini-SAS

signalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneinstalledontheupper
harddiskdrivecage.

3.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable.Connectthe
end4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheend3totheharddiskdriveLEDconnector
onthesystemboard.

Figure23.ConnectingcablesforservermodelswithtwobackplanesandaRAIDcard

ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage34

.

Servermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

Forservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,arequired
RAIDcardmustbeinstalledintheserver.

ThefollowingcablesthatcomewiththeRAIDcardarerequired:

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

•Oneortwo700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesdependingonthenumberof
theharddiskdrivesinstalled

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable

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Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectthecables:

1.Useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1
totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcable
connector1onthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

2.Ifyouhavemorethanfour2.5-inchharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheother700mm(27.56inches)
mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector5totheport1ontheRAIDcard.
Then,connectthemini-SASconnector

6tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector2onthe2.5-inch

hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

3.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable.Connectthe
end4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheend3totheharddiskdriveLEDconnector
onthesystemboard.

Figure24.Connectingcablesforservermodelswithone2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneandaRAIDcard

ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage34.

Servermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchSATAhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,youcaneither
connecttheSATAharddiskdrive(s)totheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboardorarequiredRAIDcardif
youhaveoneinstalledintheserver.Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk
drivesandonebackplane,connecttheSASharddiskdrive(s)totherequiredRAIDcardinstalledintheserver.

Note:SATAIIistheonlytypeofSATAsupportedbytheRAIDcard.

Usethefollowinginstructionstoconnectthecables:

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IfyouareconnectingtheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard,usethe450mm(17.72inches)
mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSerialGeneralPurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)port.
Connectthemini-SASconnector1tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard
diskdrivebackplaneandconnectthefourSATAports

3–6totheSATAconnector0toSATAconnector3

onthesystemboard.Then,connecttheSGPIOport2totheSATASGPIOconnectoronthesystemboard.

Notes:

1.ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencewhenyouare
connectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.

SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSATAconnector

P0

SATAconnector0

P1

SATAconnector1

P2

SATAconnector2

P3

SATAconnector3

2.IfyouconnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard,youcancongureRAIDusingthe
congurationutilityfortheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.See“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftware
RAID”onpage75.

Figure25.Mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSAT AportsandoneSGPIOport

TheRAIDcardprovidesadvancedSATA/SASRAIDcongurations.IfyouareusingSAShot-swapharddisk
drives,youmusthavetheRAIDcardforconnectingtheSASharddiskdrives.Toconnecttheharddisk
drivestotheinstalledRAIDcard,thefollowingcablesthatcomewiththeRAIDcardarerequired:

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

•One700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable

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Toconnectthecables,dothefollowing:

1.Usethe700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignal

cableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

2.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable.Connectthe
end4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheend3totheharddiskdriveLEDconnector
onthesystemboard.

Figure26.Connectingcablesforservermodelswithone3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebackplaneandaRAIDcard

ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage34.

Systemboardcomponents

Yourserversystemboardisasix-layermicro-ATXboardbasedontheIntelBromolowplatform.The
followingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

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Figure27.Systemboardcomponents

1PowerManagementBus(PMBus)connector20InternalUSB2.0TypeAconnector
2TPMconnector

21Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector2
3Memoryslot4(DIMMB2)22Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector1
4Memoryslot3(DIMMB1)23Systemboardbattery
5Memoryslot2(DIMMA2)

24Frontpanelconnector
6Memoryslot1(DIMMA1)25Systemboardjumperblocks
7iButtonsocket

26SATASGPIOconnector
8Mainpowerconnector27HarddiskdriveLEDconnector
95-pinsystemfan2connector

28DITmoduleconnector
10Microprocessor29Internalserialconnector
11IntelC202chip30PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)
124-pinsystemfan1connector

31PCIExpressx4cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)
13SATAconnector132BMCchip
14SATAconnector033PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)
15SATAconnector334PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)
16SATAconnector2

35Microprocessorfanconnector
17SATAconnector536Systemfan3connector
18SATAconnector4

37Microprocessorpowerconnector
19iKVMkeyconnector

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1PMBusconnector

TheBMCcanreadthepowersupplystatusregisteredthroughPMBus.Youdonotneedtoconnect
anydevicetothePMBusconnector.Thisconnectoriskeptforpowermanagementinmodelswith
redundantpowersupplymodules.ThefunctionofthePMBusconnectorisnotavailableformodelswitha
screw-securednon-hot-swappowersupply.

2TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaTPMmodule,whichisasecuritychip,toprotectyourserverandstrengthenserver
security.See“InstallingorremovingtheTPMmodule”onpage109.

3–6Memoryslots

Yourserversystemboardprovidesfourmemoryslotstosupportuptofourmemorymodules.Formore
information,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90

.

7iButtonsocket

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.However,youcanactivateonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkeyintheiButtonsocket.
Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102.

8Mainpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe24-pinP1powerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.

95-pinsystemfan2connector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftheupperfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan2)ifyourservermodelhas
twofrontsystemfans.

10Microprocessor

Amicroprocessorincorporatesmostorallofthefunctionsofacomputer'scentralprocessingunit(CPU)on
asingleintegratedcircuit.Themicroprocessorforyourserverissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocketon
thesystemboardandaheatsinkandfanassemblyisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.
Formoreinformationaboutyourmicroprocessortype,see“Features”onpage7

.

11IntelC202chip

TheIntelC202chiponthesystemboardservesasaplatformcontrollerhub(PCH),whichprovidesthedata
bufferingandinterfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovides
thebandwidthnecessarytoenablethesystemtoobtainpeakperformance.Thechipsupportsandprovides
manyfeatures,includingtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.

124-pinsystemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthelowerfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan1).

13–18SATAconnectors

UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheSATAharddiskdrivesorSATAopticaldrives.

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19iKVMkeyconnector

UsedtoconnectaniKVMkeyoption,whichisakindofremotemanagementmodule,toenabletheiKVM
functiononyourserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServeriKVMRemoteManagementModule”on
page105.

20InternalUSB2.0TypeAconnector

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSB2.0TypeAconnector.

21Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector2

UsedtoconnecttheUSBcableoftheRDXUSBdrivebundle(serveroption).

22Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector1

UsedtoconnectthefrontpanelUSBcable.

23Systemboardbattery

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

24Frontpanelconnector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.

25Systemboardjumperblocks

Usedtocongurethesystemboardandyourserver.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage46.

26SATASGPIOconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSGPIOportofthemini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSGPIOportto
enabletheRAIDstatusLEDsforhot-swapharddiskdrives.

27HarddiskdriveLEDconnector

Usedtoconnecta2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardharddiskdriveLEDcable.
See“Connectingcables”onpage38.

28DITmoduleconnector

UsedtoconnectthecableoftheDITmoduleifyourserverhasoneinstalled.

29Internalserialconnector

Usedtoprovideanoptionalserialconnectorsolutionwitharequiredcable.

30PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)

Usedtoinstallastandard32-bit33MHzPCIcardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.

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31PCIExpressx4cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

ThisisaPCIExpressx4laneinphysicalPCI2.0x8slotthatsupportsaPCIExpressx4cardwith167mm
(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernetcard.

32BMCchip

WiththeintegratedBMCchip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatterif
theserverisonoroff,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteraction
withtheBMCcontrolledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserver
hardwarehealthinformationandSEL,andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofthe
server,restartingtheserver,lockingthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelandsoon.Thispartoftheserver
managementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

33PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)

ThisisaPCIExpressx8laneinphysicalPCI2.0x8slotthatsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm
(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernetcardoraRAIDcard.

34PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)

ThisisaPCIExpressx8laneinphysicalPCI2.0x16slotthatsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith312mm
(12.28inches)inlength,suchasagraphicscard.

35Microprocessorfanconnector

Usedtoconnecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycable.

36Systemfan3connector

Usedtoconnecttherearsystemfancable.

37Microprocessorpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe8-pinP2powerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidepowertoyourmicroprocessor.

Systemboardjumpers

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthejumpersonthesystemboard.

Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustprintedcircuitboards,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperisusuallyencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andavoidinganypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare
calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsajumperinthedefaultsettingposition(pin1andpin2).Thisisthecorrect
positionfornormaloperation.

Figure28.Defaultjumpersetting

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthestatusofthejumpersonthesystemboardofyourserver.Youcan
congure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecicfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthejumpers.

Figure29.Systemboardjumpers

1ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxide

Semiconductor)/Recoveryjumper

4Clearpasswordjumper

2BMCsettingjumper5Manufacturingjumper(reservedforthemanufacturer)
3BIOSrecoveryjumper

Attention:Tosetthejumpers,youneedtoopentheservercover.Donotopenyourserverorattemptany
repairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.

1ClearCMOS/Recoveryjumper

UsedtoclearCMOSandrecoveryourservertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:AfterclearingCMOS,allyourBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOSrecoverstothefactory
defaultsettings.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

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3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperonthesystemboardandthenmovethejumperfromthe
defaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuitedposition(pin2andpin3).

5.Waitmorethan10secondsandthenmovetheClearCMOS/Recoveryjumperbacktothenormal
position(pin1andpin2).

6.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercord(s).See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page162.

7.Waitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOS
recoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.

2BMCsettingjumper

WhentheBMCsettingjumperisinthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2),theserverneedsabout30
secondsfortheBMCtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyoupressthe
powerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwillstartafter
theBMCinitializationnishes.

IfyoumovetheBMCsettingjumpertopin2andpin3,theserverwillbedirectlyturnedonwhenyoupressthe
powerswitchwithoutwaitingfortheBMCready.TheBMCfunctionmightnotbeavailableinthissituation.

3BIOSrecoveryjumper

SetthejumperandboottheserverfromaBIOSrecoveryimageinordertorecoveryourBIOSsettings.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage68

.

4Clearpasswordjumper

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchasanadministratorpasswordandauserpassword.

Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheClearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardandthenmovethejumperfromthedefault
normalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuitedposition(pin2andpin3).

5.Waitmorethan10secondsandthenmovetheClearpasswordjumperbacktothenormalposition
(pin1andpin2).

6.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercord(s).See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page162.

7.Waitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerased,includingthe
administratorpasswordanduserpassword.

8.T osetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage65.

5Manufacturingjumper

Reservedforthemanufacturer.

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SystemboardLEDs

ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheLEDsonthesystemboard.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheBMCstatusLED,systemboardhardwarefaultLED,andthePOSTcode
diagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard.

Figure30.SystemboardLEDs

1SystemboardhardwarefaultLED6POSTcodediagnosticLED#1
2BMCstatusLED7POSTcodediagnosticLED#6
3POSTcodediagnosticLED#48POSTcodediagnosticLED#2
4POSTcodediagnosticLED#0-LeastSignicant

Bit(LSB)

9POSTcodediagnosticLED#7-MostSignicantBit(MSB)

5POSTcodediagnosticLED#510POSTcodediagnosticLED#3

1SystemboardhardwarefaultLED

WhenthisLEDislit,itindicatesthatthesystemboardhardwarehasfailed.

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2BMCstatusLED

ThisLEDindicatestheBMCstatusofyourserver.

BMCstatusLEDColor

Description

OnGreenTheBMCisnotready.
Off

None

TheBMChasnopowerorfails.

Blinking

GreenTheBMCisworking.

3-10POSTcodediagnosticLEDs

Duringthesystembootprocess,theBIOSexecutesseveralplatformcongurationprocesses,eachof
whichisassignedaspecichexPOSTcodenumber.Wheneachcongurationroutineisstarted,theBIOS
displaysthePOSTcodenumberthroughthePOSTcodediagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard.Toassistin
troubleshootingasystemhangduringthePOSTprocess,thediagnosticLEDscanbeusedtoidentifythe
lastPOSTprocessexecuted.

ThePOSTcodediagnosticLED#0(callout4)istheLSBandthePOSTcodediagnosticLED#7(callout9)
istheMSB.IfaPOSTcodediagnosticLEDislit,itindicates1inthebinarynumeralsystem;otherwise,it
indicates0.Forexample,ifPOSTcodediagnosticLEDs

5,6,9,and10arelit,youcanreadthenumber

asthefollowing:

POSTcodediagnosticLED

975310864

Binarysymbol10101010

The“10101010”indicatesacorrespondingPOSTcode.FordetailedinformationaboutthePOSTcode,refer
totheHardwareMaintenanceManual.See“Serverdocumentation”onpage2forinformationaboutthe
HardwareMaintenanceManual.

Note:ThePOSTcodediagnosticLEDsandPOSTerrorcodeinformationareintendedfortrainedservice
personnelofLenovo.

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Chapter4.T urningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

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

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoucanalsousetherelatedBMCfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

Turningofftheserver

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

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

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

•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoucanalsousetherelatedBMCfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

1.Whenyouturnofftheserverandleaveitconnectedtoanacpowersource,theservercanalsorespond
toaremoterequesttoturnontheserver.Toremoveallpowerfromtheserver,youmustdisconnect
theserverfromtheacpowersource.

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2.Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
fortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage69

•“ConguringRAID”onpage71

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage81

•“Updatingthermware”onpage81

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

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

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage53

.

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage65.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

WhenworkingwiththeSetupUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.Thekeysusedtoperformvarious
tasksaredisplayedontherightbottompaneofeachscreen.YoucanalsopresstheF1keyforgeneralhelp
aboutthekeys.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayedontherighttoppaneofthe
screenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythesubmenusbypressingEnter.

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,
memorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorCongurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorand

itssupportedtechnologies.
–SelectMemoryCongurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodules.
–SelectSA TAConguration.Then,selectthedesiredSATAportfromSA TAPort0toSAT APort5toview

theinformationabouttheinstalledSATAdevices,suchasaSATAharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

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•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewtheinformationaboutyour
system,includingtheBMCinformation.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfromthe
informationinthistopic.Theinformationinthistopicisbasedonthe0.9bversionoftheBIOS.

Notes:

1.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemsoritemsthatarenotmentionedinthistopictoavoid
unexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsiderchangingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.
Settingthecongurationincorrectlymightcauseunexpectedresults.Ifyoucannotturnontheserver
becauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,usetheClearCMOS/RecoveryjumpertorecovertheBIOStothe
factorydefaultsettingsorusetheBIOSrecoveryjumpertoboottheserverfromaBIOSrecoveryimage
andrecovertheBIOStotheversionintheimage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage46

.

2.LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Y oucandownloadtheBIOS
imageandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetoupdatetheBIOS.See“Updatingorrecoveringthe
BIOS”onpage67.AfterupdatingtheBIOS,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsofthe
updatedBIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.

3.Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,
andtheFRU/SDR.

ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:

•Main:See“Mainmenu”onpage56

.

•Advanced:See“Advancedmenu”onpage57.

•Security:See“Securitymenu”onpage60.

•ServerManagement:See“ServerManagementmenu”onpage61.

•BootOptions:See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage62

.

•BootManager:See“BootManagermenu”onpage64.

•Exit:“Exitmenu”onpage64.

Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistssomebasicinformation
aboutthesystemBIOSversionandbuilddate,themicroprocessor,memory,andthesystemdateandtime.

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ThefollowingillustrationshowsanexampleoftheMainmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Figure31.AnexampleoftheMainmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage64

.

Advancedmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthevariouscongurationmenusanditemsontheAdvancedmenu
intheSetupUtilityprogram.

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenu.Thefollowingtable
showsthecontentsoftheAdvancedmenu.Oneachsubmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectable
optionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthe
keyboarddirectly.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorresponding
features.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

Advancedmenuitems

Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

IntelHyper- Threading
Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
IntelHyper- Threading
Technology.

ActiveProcessorCores

•All

•1

•2

•3

Settheactive
microprocessorcores.

IntelVirtualization
Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheIntel
VirtualizationTechnology.

ProcessorConguration

(setthemicroprocessor
congurationparameters)

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Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

IntelEISTTechnology

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheIntel
EISTTechnology.

P-StateCoordination

•HW_ALL

•SW_ALL

•SW_ANY

ChangetheP-State
Coordinationtype.

IntelT urboBoost
Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheIntel
TurboBoostTechnology.

C1ESupport

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheC1E
Support.

CPUC3Report

•Disabled

•ACPIC2

•ACPIC3

EnableordisabletheCPU
C3report.

CPUC6Report

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheCPU
C6report.

PackageCStateLimit•C0

•C1

•C6

•C7

•NoLimit

SetthePackageCstate
limit.

HardwarePrefetcher

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
hardwareprefetcher
function.

AdjacentCacheLine
Prefetch

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
adjacentcacheline
prefetcherfunction.

MemoryConguration

(setmemoryconguration
parametersandview
informationaboutthe
installedmemorymodules)

MemoryReset•No

•Yes

Setthememorymodule
resetoptions.Ifamemory
moduleencountersany
errors,setthisoptionto
Yestotrytore-initializethe
memorymodule.

IntelVT-dTechnology•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheIntel
VT-dtechnology.

IntelTXTTechnology•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
IntelTrustedExecution
Technology(TXT).

SerialPort1

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisabletheserial
port1(COM1).

SerialPort2

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisabletheserial
port2(COM2).

PoweronbyRTCAlarm

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablepowering
onbyRTCalarm.

ChipsetConguration

(setchipsetconguration
parameters)

RestoreonACPowerLoss•Stayoff

•LastState

Selectthesystemresume
statusafteracpowerloss.

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Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

•Poweron

Ifthepowerisinterrupted
whentheserverison,after
thepowerresumes:

•IfyouhaveselectedStay
off,theserverwillstayin
theoffstate.

•IfyouhaveselectedLast
State,theserverwill
resumetothelaststate.

•Ifyouhaveselected
Poweron,theserverwill
restartautomatically.

SATAMode

•IDEMode

•AHCIMode

•RAIDMode

SelectSATAcontroller
operationmode.Ifyou
wanttocongureRAID,
chooseRAIDModeforthe
SATAcontroller.

SATAPort0

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector0on
thesystemboard.

SATAPort1

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector1on
thesystemboard.

SATAPort2

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector2on
thesystemboard.

SATAPort3

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector3on
thesystemboard.

SATAPort4

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector4on
thesystemboard.

SATAConguration

(setSATAconguration
parameters)

SATAPort5

Viewtheinformationabout
theSATAdeviceconnected
totheSATAconnector5on
thesystemboard.

OnboardGraphics
Controller

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisable
theonboardgraphics
controller.

PrimaryGraphics•Onboard

•Add-On

Chooseamodeforprimary
graphics.TheAdd-On
optionrequiresagraphics
cardinstalled.

OnboardLAN1I/OROM

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
onboardLAN1I/OROM.

PCIConguration(setPCI
congurationparameters)

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Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

OnboardLAN2I/OROM

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
onboardLAN2I/OROM.

PCIROMPriority•LegacyROM

•EFICompatibleROM

Chooseamodeforthe
PCIROMpriority.Incase
ofmultipleOptionROMs
(LegacyROMandEFI
CompatibleROM),the
selectionspecieswhich
PCIOptionROMtolaunch.

USBController

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheUSB
controller.

LegacyUSBSupport

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Auto

Enableordisablethe
supportonlegacyUSB
devices.

Port60/64Emulation

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethe
port60h/64hemulation.
Thisfunctionisforthe
operatingsystemthatdoes
notsupportlegacyUSB
devices.

USBConguration

(setUSBconguration
parameters)

TANDBERGRDX3040

•Auto

•Floppy

•ForcedFDD

•HardDisk

•CD-ROM

Massstoragedevice
emulationtype.Auto
meanstoenumerate
devicesaccordingtotheir
mediaformat.Optical
devicesareemulatedas
“CD-ROM”;driveswith
nomediaareemulated
accordingtothedrivetype.

ConsoleRedirection
Conguration(setconsole

redirectionconguration
parameters)

ConsoleRedirection

•Disabled

•SerialPort1

•SerialPort2

Thesettingspecieshow
thehostcomputerandthe
remotecomputer(whichthe
userisusing)willexchange
data.Bothcomputers
shouldhavethesameor
compatiblesettings.

Securitymenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesecurityrelatedsettingsontheSecuritymenuintheSetup
Utilityprogram.

Youcansetpasswords,theTPMfeature,andothersecurityfeaturesontheSecuritymenu.Thefollowing
tableshowsthecontentsoftheSecuritymenu.Foreachmenuitem,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectable
optionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthe
keyboarddirectly.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorresponding
features.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

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Securitymenuitems

Menuitem

SelectionsComments

SetAdministratorPasswordSetanadministratorpassword

toprotectagainstunauthorized
accesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage65

.

SetUserPasswordSetauserpasswordtoprotect

againstunauthorizedaccesstoyour
server.See“Usingpasswords”on
page65

.Thisitemisonlyavailable
afteryouhavesetanadministrator
password.

Power/ResetButtonLockout

•Disabled

•Enabled

IfthisitemissettoEnabled,the
powerswitchonthefrontpanelwill
belockedandtheservercanonlybe
turnedonremotely.

BIOSWriteProtect

•Disabled

•Enabled

Ifyouwanttoupdateorashthe
BIOS,makesurethatthisitemis
settoDisabled.Ifthisitemissetto
Enabled,theBIOSwillbeprotected
fromupdatingorashing.

TPMSupport

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheTPMsupport.
TousetheTPMfeature,youneedto
haveaTPMmoduleinstalledinthe
TPMconnectoronthesystemboard.

TPMState

•Disabled

•Enabled

ThisitemisdisplayedwhentheTPM

SupportissettoEnabled.Setthe
TPMStatetoenableordisablethe

TPMfunction.Theserverwillrestart
inordertochangethestateofTPM.

ServerManagementmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesavailableontheServerManagementmenuinthe
SetupUtilityprogram.

YoucanviewsysteminformationandvieworchangeeventlogsettingsontheServerManagementmenu.
ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheServerManagementmenu.Oneachsubmenu,pressthe
Enterkeytoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingupand
downarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorresponding
features.

Note:DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

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ServerManagementmenuitems

Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

SystemInformation

Viewtheinformationabout
yoursystem,includingthe
BMCversioninformation.

ClearallEventLogs

•Enabled

•Disabled

IfthisitemissettoEnabled,
theSELwillbecleared.

BMCLANConguration

CongurationSource•Static

•Dynamic

•DoNothing

SelecttocongureLAN
channel1parameters
staticallyordynamically
(DHCP).TheDoNothing
optionmeansthatBMC
networkparameterswill
notbemodiedduringthe
BIOSphase.

BootOptionsmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsontheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtility
program.

TheBootOptionsmenuprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserverstartupoptions,
includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthestartupoptionstake
effectwhenyoustarttheserver.

Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.The
serverstartsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethat
checksforadiscintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.
Forinformationaboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartup
device”onpage66

.

Thefollowinglist,showingtheorderinwhichdeviceswillbestartedup,isalwaysdisplayed.Evendevices
thatarenotattachedtoorinstalledinyourserverarelisted.Foreachdevicethatisattachedtoorinstalledin
theserver,informationaboutitispresentedonthescreenafterthecolon.

1.UEFIDevice:

2.HardDiskDrive:

3.OpticalDiskDrive:

4.RemovableDevice:

5.NetworkDevice:

ThefollowingtableshowsthecontentsoftheBootOptionsmenu.Oneachsubmenu,presstheEnterkey
toshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsare
displayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

BootOptionsmenuitems

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Menuitem

SelectionsComments

BootOption#1

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

Settherststartupdevice.

BootOption#2

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

Setthesecondstartupdevice.

BootOption#3

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

Setthethirdstartupdevice.

BootOption#4

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

Setthefourthstartupdevice.

BootOption#5

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

Setthefthstartupdevice.

UEFIBootDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

UEFIdevices.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableUEFIdevices.

HardDiskDrivePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

harddiskdrives.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableharddiskdrives.

OpticalDiskDrivePriority

Variesdependingontheavailable
opticaldrives.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableopticaldrives.

RemovableDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

removabledevices.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableremovabledevices.

NetworkDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

networkdevices.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availablenetworkdevices.

QuietBoot

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethequietboot
featuretodeterminewhetherthelogo
screenwillbedisplayedornotwhen
startingtheserver.

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Menuitem

SelectionsComments

BootupNum-Lock

•On

•Off

TurntheNum-Lockkeyonoroff.

POSTErrorPause

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisablethePOSTerror
pausefeature.Whenthisfeature
issettoEnabled,thesystemwill
stoponthePOSTscreenifanyerror
occursduringthePOST.

BootManagermenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheBootManagermenulistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledonyourserversystemboardandtheitems
listedvarydependingonyourservercongurationandinstalledoptiondevices.Ifyouselectadesired
devicelistedonthismenu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicedirectlyfromtheboot
deviceselectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage66.

Exitmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseonedesiredaction
fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,loaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.The
followingtablelistseachitemontheExitmenuwithdescriptions.PressEntertoselecttheitemandthen
selectYeswhenpromptedtoconrmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,
see“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage67

.

Exitmenuitems

Item

Comments

SaveChangesandExitSaveyoursettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
DiscardChangesandExitDiscardyoursettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
SaveChangesSaveyoursettings.

DiscardChanges

Discardyoursettingsandloadpreviousvalues.

LoadDefaultValues

Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

SaveasUserDefaultValuesSavethechangessofarasuserdefaultvalues.

LoadUserDefaultValues

Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtype

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

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

•Userpassword(onlyavailablewhenyouhavesetanadministratorpassword)
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.
However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect

SetUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

Note:TheSetUserPasswordoptionisonlyavailablewhenyouhavealreadysetanadministrator

password.

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3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage65.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

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

Note:Ifyoudeleteanadministratorpassword,theuserpasswordwillalsobedeleted.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardtoerase
thepassword.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage46.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMfunctionprovidesahardwaresecuritysolutiontoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.TheTPM
functionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMmoduleinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheTPM
module”onpage109

.YoucanpurchaseaTPMmodulefromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPMmodule,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTPMSupport.MakesurethattheTPMSupportissettoEnabled.

3.WhentheTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SettheTPMStateto
Enabled.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestartinordertoenable
theTPMfunction.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant:

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.T urnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Thebootdeviceselection
windowopens.Ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwanttostartuptheserverfromthe
network,pressF10.

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

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youcanalsosetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage62.

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3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcan
dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10.Otherwise,your
changeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadDefaultValues.

FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage64.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheBMCrmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Y ou
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55

.TheBMCrmwareworkstogetherwithaniKVMkeytoprovide

advancedservermanagementfeatures.

Yourserversystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).YoucaneasilyupdatethePOST,theBIOSandBMC
rmware,andtheSetupUtilityprogrambystartingyourserverwithasystem-program-updatediscora
bootableUSBkey.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandBMCrmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
InstructionsforusingtheupdatesareavailableinaTXTlethatisincludedwiththeupdateles.You
candownloadaself-startingdiscimage(knownasanISOimage)fortheupdateprogramandcreatea
system-program-updatediscorcopyalllesintheBIOSupdatepackagetoabootableUSBkeyandstart
theserverfromtheUSBkey.

YoucanalsousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage81

.

DownloadingtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram

BeforeupdatingorrecoveringyourBIOS,youneedtodownloadaBIOSupdateutilityprogramfromthe
LenovoSupportWebsite.

TodownloadtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.

1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

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2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer.

3.Findtheproductnameandclickthemachinetypeofyourserver.Tondthemachinetypeinformation
onthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13.

4.LocatetheBIOSupdateutilityontheWebpageandthenclicktheversionnumberoftheBIOSupdate
utilityprogram.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadtheISOimageorupdatepackage
andtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

5.IfyouwilluseanISOimagetoupdatetheBIOS,useanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreatea
bootablediscwiththeISOimage.IfyouwilluseanupdatepackagetoupdatetheBIOS,extractthe
packagetoalocaldriveandcopyallthelestoabootableUSBkey.

6.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructions.Youwillneedtheinstructionswhen
performingtheBIOSupdateorrecoveryprocedure.

Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

1.UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyou
have.WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedit.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.
See“DownloadingtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram”onpage67

.

2.DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemcongurations.

3.IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSisbeingupdated,yourserver
mightnotrestartcorrectly.MakesurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironment
withasteadypowersupply.Besides,makesurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithout
encounteringhardwareproblems.

4.IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.You
cannotedownyourspecicBIOSsettingsbeforeupdatingtheBIOSforaneasierrecongurationin
thenewBIOSversion.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

1.DownloadaBIOSupdateutilityprogramanditsinstallationinstructionsfromtheLenovoSupport
Website.Then,makeabootablediscorabootableUSBkeyandprinttheTXTlethatcontainsthe
installationinstructions.See“DownloadingtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram”onpage67.

2.T urnontheserverandpresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreentostarttheSetupUtility
program.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

3.OntheSecuritymenu,checktheBIOSWriteProtectsetting.Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,theBIOS
WriteProtectitemmustbesettoDisabled.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Then,followtheinstallationinstructionsto
update(ash)theBIOSusingadiscorUSBkey.

5.Thesystemwillrestartautomaticallyaftertheupdateprocessiscompleted.Checkandrecongure
theBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“UsingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage55.

RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:

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1.DownloadaBIOSupdateutilityprogramanditsinstallationinstructionsfromtheLenovoSupport
Website.Then,makeabootablediscorabootableUSBkeyandprinttheTXTlethatcontainsthe
installationinstructions.See“DownloadingtheBIOSupdateutilityprogram”onpage67.

2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage46.

5.RemoveanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheBIOSrecoveryjumper.

6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperfromthenormalposition(pin1andpin2)totherecoveryposition
(pin2andpin3).

7.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesandreinstalltheservercover.See“Completingtheparts
replacement”onpage162.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandthenfollowtheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOS
updateutilityprogramtostarttheserverfromtherecoveryimage.Therecoverywindowopens.

9.PressEntertostarttherecoveryprocess.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,yourserverwill
automaticallyturnoff.

10.Repeatstep2throughstep5.

11.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperbacktothenormalposition(pin1andpin2).

12.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesandreinstalltheservercover.See“Completingtheparts
replacement”onpage162.

13.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefault
settingsoftheupdatedBIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandconguretheBIOSsettingsforyour
specicneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55

.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDavailable,youcanalsodownloadanISOimagefromthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.

1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer.

3.Findtheproductnameandclickthemachinetypeofyourserver.Tondthemachinetypeinformation
onthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13.

4.ClickEasySuitetoquicklylocatetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramontheWebpage.

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5.ClicktheversionnumberoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthenfollowtheinstructionson
theWebpagetodownloadtheISOimageandinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.

Note:TheWebpagefordownloadingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramalsocontainsdetailed
informationabouttheprogram,includinglimitationsandlistsofhintsandtips.

6.UseanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

7.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstostartthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•RAIDcongurationutility

•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page66

.

2.Waitfortheprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowingselections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

Note:ThesupportedlanguagesandkeyboardlayoutsfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramare
German,English,Spanish,French,Italian,Dutch,Turkish,andJapanese.YourThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDmightbeEnglishonly.Inthiscase,thekeyboardlayoutshouldbeEnglish.

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormorereminders
ormessagesaboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovo
LicenseAgreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustagree
withtermsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

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•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.

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

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

1.FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoview
theinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurationssupported
bythespecicversionoftheprogramandclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearn
howtousetheprogram.

2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,makesureany
externalstoragedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges

ifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage72

•“RAIDforyourserver”onpage73

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•“ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage74

•“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage75

•“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage80

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.Thisisachievedbycombiningmultipleharddiskdrives
intoalogicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalharddiskdrivesaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareina
RAIDarray.Thisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleharddiskdrives,butthearrayappearstothehost
serverasonesinglestorageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchasthe
expeditedI/Operformance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedtosingle-drivestorage
systems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdatafromthe
remainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

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

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

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

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

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•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

groupthatcreatesastripedsetfromaseriesofmirroreddrives.RAID10allowsamaximumofeight
spans.YoumustuseanevennumberofdrivesineachRAIDvirtualdriveinthespan.TheRAID1
virtualdrivesmusthavethesamestripesize.RAID10provideshighdatathroughputandcompletedata
redundancybutusesalargernumberofspans.

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourharddiskdrivesandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,
forexample,sixharddiskdrivesoreightharddiskdrives.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

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

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

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixharddiskdrives.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

RAIDforyourserver

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDsupportedbyyourserver.

YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDcongurations:

•OnboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcongurationusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility

program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedintheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.Ifyour
serverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogramtocongureRAID.YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID
levels0,1,and10.YoucanalsoactivateRAIDlevel5byinstallingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5
activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102

.

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage75

.

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•AdvancedSAT A/SAShardwareRAIDcongurationusingtheWebBIOSCongurationUtility

program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
CongurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.Y oucanalsopurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page33

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage98formoreinformation.

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoucanalsoinstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin
anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10.ToactivateRAID
5and50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServer9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey”onpage100

.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage80.

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations

•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage69

andviewtheuserguidefromthemain

interfaceoftheprogram.

SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwareisalsoprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis
designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation
packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand
usingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram”onpage80

and“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID”onpage80

.

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ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedintheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.Ifyour
serverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogramtocongureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Yourserver
supportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoucanalsoactivateRAID5byinstalling
aThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATA
SoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102

.

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheAdvancedmenu,selectSATAConguration➙SATAMode.

3.SelectRAIDMode.Then,pressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

4.Whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetupUtility,”immediately
pressCtrl+MorEntertostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.

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AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:

•Congure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconguration,addanew

array,deleteanexistingarray,orselectabootvirtualdrive.

•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrive(s).

Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensuretheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.

•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyoucongureparametersfortheRAIDadapterorcontroller,thevirtualdrive(s),andthe

physicaldrive(s).

•Rebuild
Thismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinanarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.Youcan

choosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnotoperational,
itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestorethesystem
tofaulttolerance.Ifhot-sparedrivesareavailable,thefailingdrivemightberebuiltautomaticallywithout
anyuserintervention.

•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrive(s).Theconsistencycheckveriesthe

correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrive(s)thatuseRAID1,5,and10.

ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

Menuitem

SubmenuitemComments

EasyCongurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill

automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.

NewCongurationCleartheexistingcongurationand

startanewconguration.

View/AddConguration

Viewtheexistingcongurationoradda
newconguration.

ClearCongurationCleartheexistingconguration.

Congure

SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.

Initialize

Variesbyconguration.

Initializevirtualdrives.

Adapter

Setadapterrelatedparameters,such
asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
auto-rebuild,andsoon.

VirtualDrive

Setvirtualdriveparameters.

Objects

PhysicalDrive

Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas
creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specicationsofaphysicaldrive.

Rebuild

Variesbyconguration.

Rebuildphysicaldrive(s).

CheckConsistency

Variesbyconguration.

Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrive(s).

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Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram.

Note:BeforeyoucreateaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,makesure
thattheservermeetstherequiredhardwareconguration.Forexample,theserverneedstohavethe
requirednumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledandconnectedtothesystemboard.See“AboutRAID”
onpage72

forinformationabouttherequirednumberofharddiskdrivesforeachRAIDlevel.Ifyouwantto
createaRAID5arrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,theserveralsoneedsto
haveaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Keyinstalledonthesystemboard.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102

.

Tocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothe
following:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,dooneofthefollowingdependingonyourneeds:

•IfyouwanttocreateaRAIDarray,selectEasyCongurationandthenfollowtheinstructionson

thescreen.

•IfyouwanttoaddasecondaryRAIDconguration,selectView/AddCongurationandthenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreentoviewthecurrentcongurationandaddanewconguration.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDconguration,exittheprogramandbackupallyourdataon

theharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammaininterfaceandselectClear

Conguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletingtheexistingRAIDcongurationerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Makesurethat

youbackupalldatabeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.Iftheoperatingsystemisinstalledonthevirtual
driveyouwanttodelete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDcongurationandmakeanewconguration,exittheprogram

andbackupallyourdataontheharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogram
maininterfaceandselectNewConguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedtoproceedandthen
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletingtheexistingRAIDcongurationerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Makesurethat
youbackupalldatabeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.Iftheoperatingsystemisinstalledonthevirtual
driveyouwanttodelete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

Initializingavirtualdrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
Utilityprogramaftercompletingthecongurationprocess.

Virtualdriveinitializationistheprocessofwritingzerostothedataeldsofavirtualdriveand,infault-tolerant
RAIDlevels,generatingthecorrespondingparitytoputthevirtualdriveinareadystate.Initializationerases
alldataonthevirtualdrive.Drivegroupswillworkwithoutbeinginitialized,buttheycanfailaconsistency
checkbecausetheparityeldshavenotbeengenerated.

Notes:

1.Makesurethatyoubackupanydatayouwanttokeepbeforeinitializingavirtualdrive.

2.Makesurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdriveyouareinitializing.Otherwise,
youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

ToinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver77

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectInitializeandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Settingahot-sparedrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetaphysicaldriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

Ahot-sparedriveisanextra,unuseddrivethatispartofthedisksubsystem.Itisusuallyinstandby
modeandreadyforserviceifadrivefails.Settinghot-sparedrivesenablesyoutoreplacefailingdrives
withoutperformingasystemshutdownoperation.Foradetailedintroductiontohot-sparedrives,referto
“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserver.

Tosetaphysicaldriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,
dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttocreateoraddanewRAIDarray,youcansetahot-sparedriveduringtheconguration

processbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•Ifyouwanttosetahot-sparedriverightaftertheconguration,selectObjects➙PhysicalDrive

fromtheprogrammaininterface.Then,selectthephysicaldrivethatyouwanttosetasahot-spare
driveandpressEnter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.SelectMakeHotSparefromthesubmenuandthen
selectYeswhenpromptedtosetthephysicaldriveasahot-sparedrive.

Rebuildingaphysicaldrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConguration
Utilityprogramwhenaphysicaldriveinanarrayfails.

WhenadriveinaRAIDdrivegroupfails,youcanrebuildthedrivebyrecreatingthedatathatwasstoredon
thedrivebeforeitfails.Ifthedriveisnotoperational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrive
mustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestorethesystemtofaulttolerance.Ifhot-sparedrivesareavailable,the
failingdrivemightberebuiltautomaticallywithoutanyuserintervention.

TheRAIDcontrollerrecreatesthedatausingthedatastoredonotherdrivesinthedrivegroup.Rebuilding
canbedoneonlyindrivegroupswithdataredundancy,suchasRAID1,5,and10drivegroups.Fora
detailedintroductiontodiskrebuild,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
GuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

TorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogramwhenaphysical
driveinanarrayfails,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectRebuildandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Runningaconsistencycheckimmediatelyaftertherebuildcompletestoensuredataintegrityforthe
virtualdrives.See“Runningaconsistencycheck”onpage79.

Therebuildrateisthepercentageofthecomputingcyclesdedicatedtorebuildingfailingdrives.Arebuild
rateof100percentmeansthatthesystemgivesprioritytorebuildingthefailingdrives.Therebuildratecan

78ThinkServerUserGuide

beconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,therebuildisdoneonlyifthesystemisnot
doinganythingelse.At100percent,therebuildhasahigherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconguretherebuildrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Usingarebuildrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75

.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙RebuildRate.

Note:UseupanddownarrowkeystonavigatebetweenitemsandpressEntertoselectanoption.

3.Settherebuildratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

Runningaconsistencycheck

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunaconsistencycheckforvirtualdrivesusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.

AconsistencycheckisanoperationthatveriesthatallstripesonavirtualdrivewitharedundantRAID
levelareconsistent.Theconsistencycheckoperationveriescorrectnessofthedataonvirtualdrivesthat
useRAID1,5,and10(RAID0doesnotprovidedataredundancy).Forexample,inasystemwithparity,
checkingconsistencymeanscomputingthedataononedriveandcomparingtheresultstothecontentsof
theparitydrive.

Youshouldrunaconsistencycheckonfault-tolerantvirtualdrivesperiodically.Itisrecommendedthatyou
runaconsistencycheckatleastonceamonth.Youmustrunaconsistencycheckifyoususpectthatthe
virtualdrivedatamightbecorrupted.Besuretobackupthedatabeforerunningaconsistencycheckifyou
suspectthedatamightbecorrupted.

TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75

.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:

Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage75.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.

Note:UseupanddownarrowkeystonavigatebetweenitemsandpressEntertoselectanoption.

3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver79

InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconguringRAID.

TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwarecongurations.

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”

•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”

•“MaintainingandManagingStorageCongurations”

TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideisalsoavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoucanalsopurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
33

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage98formoreinformation.

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,there
mustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoucanalsoinstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinan
operatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10.ToactivateRAID5and
50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey”onpage100.

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

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

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

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ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers

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

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage69

.

ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersarealsoavailablefordownloadat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Todownloadthedrivers,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer
andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupport
Website.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatestlevelofrmware,suchastheBIOSandBMCupdates
anddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversion
ofthermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,andthe
FRU/SDRfromadiscimage.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.

1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer.

3.Findtheproductnameandclickthemachinetypeofyourserver.Tondthemachinetypeinformation
onthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13

.

4.ClickEasySuitetoquicklylocatetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramontheWebpage.

5.ClicktheversionnumberoftheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthe
WebpagetodownloadtheISOimageandinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.TheWebpagefor
downloadingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogramalsocontainsinformationabouttheprogramlimitations.

6.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

7.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver81

Notes:

1.Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

2.IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage83

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage85

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage87

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage89

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage162

ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.ClicktheProductstaband
thenclickOptionstoviewthesupportedserveroptioninformation.

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

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

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

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

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.

See“Updatingthermware”onpage81formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifthe
serverisnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage167todo
basictroubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage175.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

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

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•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupplymodule,
hot-swapharddiskdrives,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbefore
performinganystepsthatinvolveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swap
devicesorcomponents.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

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

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Theuseofagroundingsystemisrecommended.Forexample,wearanelectrostaticdischarge(ESD)
wriststrap,ifoneisavailable.MakesurethatyouworkinanESD-safearea.

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

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleanddamageit.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

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

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,makesurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,eachofthepowersupplymodulebayhasaredundantpowersupply
moduleinstalled,oronebayhasamodulewhiletheotherbayiscoveredbyashield.

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

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•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Makesurethatyoureplaceafailingfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.T oavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

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

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

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

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectthepowercord(s),Input/Output(I/O)cables,andallothercablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecurestheservercover,suchasapadlockoranintegratedcable
lock.See“Serverlocks”onpage22.

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5.Loosenthethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercoverandthenslidetheservercovertotherearuntilit
isstopped.

Notes:

a.Theservercoverissecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,suchasascrewdriver,toloosen

thethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheserver
coveranddonottrytoremovethethumbscrewfromtheservercover.

b.Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe

servercover.

Figure32.Slidingtheservercovertotherear

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6.Pivottheservercoveroutwardtocompletelyremoveit.

Figure33.Removingtheservercover

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage162.

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

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3.Removethefrontbezelbyreleasingthethreeplastictabsontheleftsideandpivotingthefrontbezel
outward.

Figure34.Removingthefrontbezel

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