Lenovo TS430 User Manual

ThinkServerTS430
UserGuide

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

Note:

Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage187

SeventhEdition(February2014)
©CopyrightLenovo2012,2014.

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

Specifications...............12

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

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........12

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.13

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities......13

RAIDconfigurationutilities........13

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage.....13

Remotemanagementsoftware......13

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

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

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

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

Frontviewoftheserver.........15

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

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule.......18

Rearviewoftheserver.........19

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

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

Hot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs...32

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

Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane....35

Systemboardcomponents........45

Systemboardjumpers..........48

SystemboardLEDs...........52

Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff

theserver...............55

Turningontheserver............55

Turningofftheserver............55

Chapter5.Configuringtheserver..57

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........57

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....57

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............57

SetupUtilityprograminterface......58

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....66

Usingpasswords............67

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......68

Selectingastartupdevice........68

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......69

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......69

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...70

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............71

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............71

ConfiguringRAID..............73

AboutRAID..............73

RAIDforyourserver...........74

ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServer

EasyStartupprogram..........75

ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftware

RAID.................76

ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............81

ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers......82

Updatingthefirmware............82

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....82

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManage

program.................82

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........85

Guidelines................85

Precautions..............85

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....86

Systemreliabilityguidelines........86

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.87

Removingtheservercover..........87

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....89

RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket

assembly.................91

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...94

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...94

InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......98

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...101

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....103

FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter:

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....105

FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter:

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

700Battery..............108

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

100upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID....111

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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer

ManagementModulePremium......114

InstallingorremovingtheTPMmodule...117
InstallingorremovingtheIntelligent

DiagnosticsModule...........119

Installingorreplacinganopticaldrive....123

Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................127

Removingorinstallinganon-hot-swaphard

diskdrive...............131

Replacingthehot-swaphard-disk-drive

backplane...............141

Replacingthenon-hot-swappowersupply

assembly...............145

Replacingahot-swapredundantpower

supply................148

Replacingthepowerdistributionboardand

cageassembly.............151

Replacingthefrontpanelboardassembly..155

Replacingthefrontsystemfan......157

Replacingtherearsystemfan.......160

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly..162

Replacingthemicroprocessor.......165

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....169

Completingthepartsreplacement.......170

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................170

Updatingtheserverconfiguration.....172

Chapter7.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics.............175

Troubleshootingprocedure..........175

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....175

Usingadiagnosticprogram.........176

Viewingthesystemeventlog.........176

Basictroubleshootingtables.........176

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............176

Opticaldriveproblems..........177

Hard-disk-driveproblems........178

Memorymoduleproblems........179

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems..180

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............183

Informationresources............183

Usingthedocumentation.........183

ThinkServerWebsite..........183

LenovoSupportWebsite.........183

Helpandservice..............184

Beforeyoucall.............184

Callingforservice............184

Usingotherservices..........185

Purchasingadditionalservices......185

AppendixA.Notices.........187

Trademarks................188

Importantnotes..............188

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..188

Recyclinginformation............188

Batteryreturnprogram..........189

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............190

Particulatecontamination..........190

ImportantWEEEinformation.........191

RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective

(RoHS)..................192

TurkishRoHS.............192

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...192

Exportclassificationnotice..........192

Electronicemissionnotices..........192

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............192

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......194

AppendixB.İthalatçı–İmalatçı
/ÜreticiFirmaBilgileriveDiğer

Bilgiler................197

AppendixC.Servisİstasyonlarıve
YedekParçaMalzemelerininTemin

EdileceğiAdresler..........199

Index.................203

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

Førdubrugerproduktet,skaldusørgeforatlæseogforstådesikkerhedsforskrifter,derfindespåflere
sprog,pådendokumentations-dvd,derfølgermedproduktet.

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käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesfigurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

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VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

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

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Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

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DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

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dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

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innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

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Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Thecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarelabeledwithnumbers.Eachnumber
identifiesanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementthatreferstotranslatedversionsofthecaution
ordangerstatementintheSafetyInformationdocument.Forexample,ifadangerstatementislabeled
“Statement1,”translationsforthisdangerstatementareintheSafetyInformationdocumentunder
“Statement1.”

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfigurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconfigurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

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

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

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

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialfirehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.T o
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.You
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

CAUTION:
Thepower-controlbuttononthedevicemayputthedeviceinstandbymodeinsteadofturningoff
thedevice.Inaddition,thedevicemighthavemultipleconnectionstodcpower.Toremoveall
electricalcurrentfromthedevice,ensurethatallconnectionstodcpoweraredisconnectedat
thedcpowerinputterminals.

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
definedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

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

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•Torquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceinthefieldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

CAUTION:
Alithiumionbatteryisprovided.Toavoidpossibleexplosion,donotburnthebattery.Replacethe
batteryonlywiththeLenovo-approvedpart.Recycleordiscardthebatteryasinstructedbylocal
regulations.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourproduct.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisuserguideforyourLenovo
specifications,componentlocations,configurationinstructions,hardwarereplacementprocedures,and
basictroubleshootinganddiagnostics.

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconfiguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
officeorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

®

ThinkServer

®

productcontainsinformationabouttheserverfeatures,

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

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

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

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Y ouwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

Forwheretofindtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage13

.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

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

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

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentsareprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadfirst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete

warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtofindthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

•ImportantNotices
Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusing

theserver.

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DocumentationDVD

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

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmfilelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWebwhereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation
anddownloaddocumentationordevicedriversandupdates.Someinformationinthedocumentsonthe
documentationDVDmightchangewithoutnoticeafterthefirstreleaseoftheDVD.Youcanalwaysobtainall
themostup-to-datedocumentationforyourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•SafetyInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

•WarrantyandSupportInformation
ThisdocumentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,

andinformationabouthowtocontactLenovoSupport.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

configure,andmaintainyourserver.

•ThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutserverremotemanagement.ThisdocumentisinEnglishonly.

YoumightfindthisdocumentonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Ifnot,downloadit
fromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Note:T oobtainadvancedremotemanagementfunctions,installaThinkServerManagementModule
Premium(TMMPremium)ontheiKVMconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage114

.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstoconfigure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled
intheserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage103

.Forinformationaboutthe
ThinkServerRAID100(alsoknownastheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID),see“Configuringtheonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

Documentfortrainedservicepersonnelonly

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

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationabouttroubleshootinganddiagnostics,componentlocations,and
replacementproceduresformajorFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs).Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandan
acpowersource,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardware
featuresinstalled,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemto
beinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage85.

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

4.T urnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage55.

5.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

6.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage70

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforfirmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage73.

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6ThinkServerTS430UserGuide

Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttheserverpackage,features,specifications,softwareprograms,
andcomponentlocations.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specifications”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
specificmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecificmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57
refertothePersonalSystemsReferencedocumentforThinkServerproductsat:
http://www.lenovo.com/psref/

©CopyrightLenovo2012,2014

.Youalsocan

7

Microprocessor

OneIntel

®

®

Xeon

orIntelCore™microprocessor

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

Memory

Yourserversupportsuptofourdoubledatarate3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(DDR3UDIMMs)
withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Supports2GB,4GB,and8GBDDR3UDIMMs

•Supportssingle-rankanddual-rank

•Minimumsystemmemory:2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMMA2slot)

•Maximumsystemmemory:32GB(one8GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemoryslots)
Formoreinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45and“Memorymoduleinstallation

rules”onpage94.

Powersupply

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingpowersupplyconfigurations:

•Onescrew-secured,non-hot-swap400-wattpowersupplyassembly(80PlusBronzeCompliantand
universalinput)

•Oneortwohot-swap450-wattredundantpowersupplies(80PlusGoldCompliantanduniversalinput)

Fans

Youservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairflow:

•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,
theremustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.See“RAIDcard”onpage33.

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

–Theserverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATA

opticaldrive(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/CD-RWRambo8).
–Iftheserverhasonlyoneopticaldriveinstalled,makesurethattheopticaldriveisinstalledin

thelowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).

–IftheserverhasonlyoneRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)UniversalSerialBus(USB)drivebundle

(hereinafterreferredtoastheRDXUSBdrivebundle)installed,makesurethattheRDXUSBdrive
bundleisinstalledinthelowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).

–Theupperbayisforasecondaryopticaldriveonly.

Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage

.ForinformationabouttheRDXUSBdrivebundleandinstructionsonhowtoinstallit,refertothe

25
documentationthatcomeswiththeRDXUSBdrivebundle.Inyourserver,theP6powerconnectorofthe
powersupplyisfortheRDXUSBdrivebundle.YoucanpurchasethisoptionfromLenovo.Theoptionname
isLenovoRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)USBDriveBundle.TheRDXtechnologycombinestapebackup
withdiskstoragetohelpyouprotectandarchivedata.

Expansionslots

Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage45.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel

•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)

•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel

•Twoserialconnectors(onefully-functionalserialconnectorontherearpanelandoneinternalserial
connectoronthesystemboardforoptionaluse)

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13

Videosubsystem

.

AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasthe
BaseboardManagementControllerorBMC)chiponthesystemboardtosupportaVGADB-15connector
ontherearpanelforconnectingvideodevices

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Ethernetconnectivity

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

.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage22

)

–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see

“Usingpasswords”onpage67)

–TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)connectoronthesystemboardforaTPMmodule,whichisasecurity

chip,tohelpprotectyourserverandenhanceserversecurity

Note:TheTPMmoduleisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpyouavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableinsomemodels)

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

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconfiguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

.

–TMM(alsoknownasBMC),andIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedTMMfeatures.The
TMMisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeTMMchip,
nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,as
longastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeTMM
controlledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardware
healthinformationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturning
onorofftheserver,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependent
oftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedTMM,communication
buses,sensors,BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS),andservermanagementfirmware.Itisresponsible
forerrorreporting,systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,andother
managementfeatures.TheTMMprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeaturesbasedonthe
IPMI2.0specification.IPMIhelpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.Youcanfindmore
informationaboutIPMI2.0fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheTMMalsosupportssomenon-IPMIfeatures,
suchastheDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironmentControl
Interface(PECI),toprovidemoresystemmanagementfunctions.

RefertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverformoreinformation.

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–Hot-swapfeature

Somemodelssupporthot-swapharddiskdrivesandorhot-swapredundantpowersupplies.With
thehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceharddiskdrivesorafailingpowersupply
withoutturningofftheserver.

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

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

–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“Configuring
RAID”onpage73

.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page13.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage12.

–WakeonLAN

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

•Advancedsystemmanagementfeatures
TheTMMfirmwaresupportsthefollowingadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.

Note:TheadvancedsystemmanagementfeaturesareonlyavailablewhentheTMMdetectsthepresence
ofanintegratedkeyboard,video,andmouse(iKVM)key.TheiKVMkeyisaremotemanagement
module.YoucanpurchaseaniKVMkeyfromLenovoandinstallitontheiKVMkeyconnectoronthe
systemboardofyourservertoenabletheremotemanagementfunctionandactivatetheadvanced
systemmanagementfeatures.

–ThinkServerManagementModulePremiumredirection

TheTMMfirmwaresupportsThinkServerManagementModulePremiumredirectionoverLAN.This
featureisavailableremotelyfromtheembeddedWebserver.Theremotemanagementmodulecan
digitizeandcompressthecollectedkeyboard,video,andmousesignalsfromthehostsystemandthen
sendthemtotheremoteconsole.Meanwhile,itiseasilyaccessiblebyremoteKVMandcontrollable
throughLANorInternet.Fordetailedinformation,refertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuide
onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

–Mediaredirection

TheembeddedWebserverprovidesaJavaJNLPtoenabletheremotemediaredirection.Thisisused
inconjunctionwiththeremoteKVMfeatureorasastandaloneapplet.

Themediaredirectionfeatureisintendedtoenablesystemadministratorsoruserstomountaremote
opticaldrive,floppydrive,orUSBflashdiskasaUSBdevicetotheserver.Oncemounted,theremote
devicefunctionsasalocaldevicetotheserver,enablingsystemadministratorsoruserstobootthe
serverandinstallsoftware(includingoperatingsystems),copyfiles,updatetheBIOSfromthisdevice.

–WebServicesforManagement(WS-MAN)

TheTMMfirmwaresupportstheWS-MANspecification.

–LocalDirectoryAuthenticationProtocol(LDAP)

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TheTMMfirmwaresupportstheLDAPforuserauthentication.

Note:TheIPMIusers,passwords,andsessionsarenotsupportedoverLDAP.

–EmbeddedWebserver

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

Specifications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecificationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

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

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemconfigurations.

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

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogramis
alsoontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage70

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ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformationabout
downloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82

.

BIOSandTMMupdateutilities

TheBIOSandTMM(alsoknownasBMC)firmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.
LenovomaintainspagesontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandTMMupdateutilitieswith
instructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandTMMfirmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,
see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage69

and“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82.

RAIDconfigurationutilities

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurations
ifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage73.

LenovoThinkServerEasyManage

TheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogramenablesenterpriseuserstoremotelycontrolandmonitor
multipleLenovoserverswithinaLAN.

Fordetailedinformation,see“UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram”onpage82.

Remotemanagementsoftware

TheintegratedTMMprovidesbasicremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.Theadd-onTMMPremium
optionprovidesadvancedremotemanagementfeaturesfortheserver.

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

Diagnosticprograms

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:

•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool

•ThinkServerSystemProfileCollectionTool

Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage176.

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

CPU

MEM

PSU

1

2

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.

Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver

1Frontpanel6Frontdoor
2Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

7Frontdoorlock

insomemodels)

3Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)
4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton9IntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanel(availableinsome

8Frontdoorhandle

models)

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

1Frontpanel

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

2Opticaldrivebay2

The5.25-inchopticaldrivebay2isforasecondaryopticaldrive.Somemodelshaveasecondaryoptical

.

driveinstalled.

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3Opticaldrivebay1

Yourservercomeswithanopticaldriveinstalledinthe5.25-inchopticaldrivebay1.Youalsocaninstalla
RDXUSBdrivebundle(serveroption)here.TheRDXUSBdrivebundlecanbeinstalledinthisbayonly.

4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

Pressthisbuttontoejectorclosetheopticaldrivewhentheserverpowerison.

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

TheopticaldrivestatusLEDisblinkingingreenwhentheopticaldriveisworkingorinthePOSTprocess.

6Frontdoor

7Frontdoorlock

Youcanlockthefrontdoortoprotectthehard-disk-drivecagesfromunauthorizedaccess.

8Frontdoorhandle

Thefrontdoorhandlehelpsyoutoopenthefrontdoor.

9IntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanel

TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModulepanelisonlyavailableinmodelsthatcomewithanIntelligentDiagnostics
Module.Formoreinformation,see“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18

.

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Frontpanel

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.
Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure4.Frontpanel

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED
2Hard-disk-drivestatusLED
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)1statusLED7FrontUSBconnector2
4NIC2statusLED

1PowerswitchwithpowerstatusLED

5SystemstatusLED
6FrontUSBconnector1

Youcanpressthepowerswitchtoturnontheserverwhenyoufinishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocan
holdthepowerswitchforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromthe
operatingsystem.SeeChapter4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage55

.ThepowerstatusLED

helpsyoutodeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

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PowerstatusLED

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

2Hard-disk-drivestatusLED

Color

Theserverison.

None

GreenTheserverisinACPIS1mode,whichalsoisknown

Theserverisoff.

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

Description

Thehard-disk-drivestatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethestatusofthehard-disk-driveactivity.

Hard-disk-drivestatusLED

3NIC1statusLED

4NIC2statusLED

Color

Off

Blinking

NoneTheharddiskdriveisnotinuse.

Green

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeing
transferred.

Description

ThetwoNICstatusLEDsindicatetheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnector1andEthernetconnector2
ontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLEDColor

5SystemstatusLED

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Green

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.

Description

ThesystemstatusLEDhelpsyoutodetermineifthereareanysystemerrors.

SystemstatusLEDColor

On
Off

AmberAsystemerrorhasoccurred.

None

Theserverisoffortheserverisonandisworking
correctly.

Description

6FrontUSBconnector1

7FrontUSBconnector2

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

IntelligentDiagnosticsModule

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule(IDM)andthediagnosticLEDson
thepaneloftheIDM.

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Note:TheIDMisonlyavailableinsomemodels.

ThefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationoftheIDMandthediagnosticLEDsontheIDMpanelinthefront
oftheserver.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure5.IDMpanel

1MicroprocessorerrorLED4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED
2MemorymoduleerrorLED

3FanerrorLED

1235ErrorLEDs

5PowersupplyerrorLED(onlyavailableonmodelswith

redundantpowersupplies)

WhenoneoftheseerrorLEDsislit(orange),itindicatesthattheassociatedcomponenthasfailed.

4AmbienttemperatureoverlimitLED

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

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappower
supplyassembly.

Figure6.Rearviewoftheserverwithanon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly

1Powercordconnector5Expansioncardarea
2Serialport6Ethernetconnector1(RJ-45)
3VGADB-15connector7Ethernetconnector2forsystemmanagement(RJ-45)
4USBconnectors(4)

8Frontdoorkey

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Forservermodelsthathavehot-swapredundantpowersupplies,theremightbeoneortwopowercord
connectors

1ontherearoftheserver.Foreachhot-swapredundantpowersupply,theremightbeoneor

twostatusLEDsonthepowersupplynearthepowercordconnector.WhenthegreenLEDislit,itindicates
thatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.WhentheredLEDislit,itindicatesthat
thehot-swapredundantpowersupplyhasfailed.

Figure7.Rearviewoftheserverwithhot-swapredundantpowersupplies

1Powercordconnector(s)

Usedtoconnectthepowercord(s).

2Serialport

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialport.

3VGADB-15connector

Usedtoattachavideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitororotherdevicesthatuseaVGADB-15connector.

4USBconnectors

UsedtoattachadevicethatrequiresaUSBconnector,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.
IfyouhavemorethansixUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnect
additionalUSBdevices.

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5Expansioncardarea

YouserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforyoutoinstallappropriatePeripheralComponent
Interconnect(PCI)cards.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

Note:IfaThinkServerHostBusAdapter(HBA)isavailable,refertoitsuserguidefordetailedinformation.
Theuserguideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth

x8x4,x2,x1

67Ethernetconnectors

Supportedcardlengthandheight

Low-profilecard

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.EachEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyou
identifytheEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

Notes:

•TheEthernetconnector2(callout7)markedwith“MGMT”isforsystemmanagement.Ifyouwanttouse
remotemanagementfunctions,youneedtoconnectanEthernetcabletotheEthernetconnector2.

•TheEthernetconnector2(callout

7)markedwith“MGMT”doesnotsupporttheLinkAggregation

ControlProtocol(LACP)teamingincludingNICfailovercapabilities.Iftheteamingfunctionisenabled,
theTMMmanagementcapabilitywillbedisabled.

Note:

EthernetstatusLED

1Left

2Right

8Frontdoorkey

ColorStatus

GreenOn
None
Green
Amber

GreenOn
None

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.
On

Off

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps

(megabitspersecond).

Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.

Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.

Description

Usedtoopenorlockthefrontdoor.

Note:Carefullysavethefrontdoorkeytoavoidloss.

Serverlocks

Lockingtheservercoverhelpspreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinsideofyourserverandlockingthefront
doorhelpspreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledharddiskdrives.

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Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Padlock

Yourservercomeswithapadlockloopsothattheservercovercannotberemovedwhenapadlock
isinstalled.

Figure8.Padlock

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Integratedcablelock

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

Figure9.Integratedcablelock

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Frontdoorlock

Youcanremovethekeyattachedontheserveranduseittoopenorlockthefrontdooroftheserver.
Thefrontdoorhelpsprotectthehard-disk-drivecagestopreventunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalled
harddiskdrives.

Figure10.Frontdoorlock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage87

Thechassisconfigurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthefourmainchassis
configurationsbasedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithfivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swap
harddiskdrives.

Figure11.Componentsofservermodelswithfivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

1IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

13Frontsystemfan1

models)

2Frontpanel
3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

14Frontsystemfan2
15Systemboardbattery

insomemodels)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)16Low-profilePCIcardbracket
5Hard-disk-drivebay7
6Hard-disk-drivebay618Expansioncard
7Hard-disk-drivebay5
8Hard-disk-drivebay4
9Hard-disk-drivebay3
10Hard-disk-drivebay222Powersupply
11Hard-disk-drivebay1

17MainPCIcardbracket

19Heatsinkandfanassembly
20Systemboard
21Rearsystemfan

23Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

12Hard-disk-drivebay0

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

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Note:TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheIDMpanelalso

variesbymodel.See“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18

.

•Thereisa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyhard-disk-drivetrayinstalledineach
hard-disk-drivebay(5to12).

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyhard-disk-drivetraytocovertheplace.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
assemblyoroneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage94.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swap
SASharddiskdrives.

Figure12.Componentsofservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives

1IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

12Hard-disk-drivebay0

models)

2Frontpanel
3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

13Frontsystemfan1
14Systemboardbattery

insomemodels)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)15Low-profilePCIcardbracket
5Hard-disk-drivebay7
6Hard-disk-drivebay617Expansioncard
7Hard-disk-drivebay5
8Hard-disk-drivebay4
9Hard-disk-drivebay3
10Hard-disk-drivebay221Powersupply
11Hard-disk-drivebay1

16MainPCIcardbracket

18Heatsinkandfanassembly
19Systemboard
20Rearsystemfan

22Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule

1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheIDMpanelalso

variesbymodel.See“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18.

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•Thereisa2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveoradummyhard-disk-drivetrayinstalledineach
hard-disk-drivebay(

5to12).

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyhard-disk-drivetraytocovertheplace.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
assemblyoroneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage94.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swaphard
diskdrives.

Figure13.Componentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

1IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

9Frontsystemfan1

models)

2Frontpanel
3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

10Systemboardbattery
11Expansioncard(variesbymodel)

insomemodels)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)
5Hard-disk-drivebay3
6Hard-disk-drivebay2
7Hard-disk-drivebay115Powersupply
8Hard-disk-drivebay0

12Heatsinkandfanassembly
13Systemboard
14Rearsystemfan

16Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheIDMpanelalso
variesbymodel.See“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18.

•Thereisa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveoradummyhard-disk-drivetrayinstalledineach
hard-disk-drivebay(5to8).

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.Forthevacantdrivebay,thereisa
dummyhard-disk-drivetraytocovertheplace.

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•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
assemblyoroneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage94.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swap
harddiskdrives.

Figure14.Componentsofservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives

1IntelligentDiagnosticsModule(availableinsome

9Frontsystemfan1

models)

2Frontpanel
3Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

10Systemboardbattery
11Expansioncard(variesbymodel)

insomemodels)

4Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)
5Hard-disk-drivebay3
6Hard-disk-drivebay2
7Hard-disk-drivebay115Powersupply
8Hard-disk-drivebay0

12Heatsinkandfanassembly
13Systemboard
14Rearsystemfan

16Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

•Formoreinformationabout1to4,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Note:TheIntelligentDiagnosticsModule1isonlyavailableinsomemodelsandtheIDMpanelalso
variesbymodel.See“IntelligentDiagnosticsModule”onpage18.

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•Eachofthehard-disk-drivebay(5to8)isusedforinstallinga3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives.

Note:Thenumberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesvariesbymodel.

•Forinformationaboutthesupportedexpansioncard,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappowersupply
assemblyoroneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.

•Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodules,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage94.

Hot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.Unlockandopenthefrontdoortogain
accesstotheharddiskdrivesandviewthestatusLEDs.

Figure15.3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs

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Figure16.2.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs

1Hard-disk-driveactivityLED2Hard-disk-driveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

On,greenOff

Blinking,green

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourflashes

On,greenOn,amber

Blinking,green

Off

persecond),amber

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneflashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthe
harddiskdrive.

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
recover.Youneedtorecreateanew
array.

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardifyouhaveoneinstalledin
thePCI-Eslot3onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.

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SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintomodelsthat
supporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“Installingorremoving
theRAIDcard”onpage103

.

Notes:

•TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

•ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure17.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

1Port03RAID5keyconnector
2Port14Externalconnector

1Port0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

3RAID5keyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“FortheThinkServerRAID
500Adapter:InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105

4Externalconnector

Usedtoconnecta2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtothesystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.
See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

.

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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Figure18.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

1Ports7-43Externalconnector
2Ports3-04Board-to-boardconnector

1Ports7-4

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

2Ports3-0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

3Externalconnector

Usedtoconnecta2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtothesystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.
See“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

4Board-to-boardconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter:Installingor
removingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery”onpage108.

Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdriveandbackplaneconfigurations:

•Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes

•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplanes.Youneedtoopen
theservercoverandremovethefrontsystemfanstoaccessthebackplanes.See“Removingtheserver
cover”onpage87

and“Replacingthefrontsystemfan”onpage157.

Notes:

1.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

2.Thefollowingillustrationisbasedonservermodelsthathavefivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAor
SASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes

1.

Figure19.Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplanelocations

Backplanefor3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drive
backplane.

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Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsona3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.

Figure20.Frontviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane

1Slot0fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

2Slot1fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

diskdrive

Figure21.Rearviewofthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane

3Slot2fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

4Slot3fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

18-pinpowerconnector

•Forthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneonthelowerhard-disk-drivecage,connecttheP5
powerconnectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

•Forthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneontheupperhard-disk-drivecage,connecttheP4
powerconnectorofthepowersupplytothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthebackplane.

2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

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Backplanefor2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drive
backplane.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthe2.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.

Figure22.Frontviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane

1Slot0fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

2Slot1fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

3Slot2fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

4Slot3fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddisk

drive

5Slot4fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

6Slot5fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

7Slot6fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

8Slot7fora2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

Figure23.Rearviewofthe2.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane

18-pinpowerconnector

UsedtoconnecttheP5powerconnectorofthepowersupply.

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2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector2

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

3Mini-SASsignalcableconnector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

Connectingthecables

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcablestothehot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplanesandthesystemboard,andhowtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcablestothe
hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplanesandtherequiredRAIDcardifoneisinstalled.

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.Thecableconnections
aredifferentdependingontheconfigurationoftheserver.Forinformationaboutthecableconnections,
refertotheappropriatesectionforyourserverconfigurationasfollows:

•Forservermodelswithfivetoeight3.5-inchSASorSATAIIhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwo
backplanes,see“ConnectingcablesformodelswithfivetoeightSASorSATAII3.5-inchhot-swap
harddiskdrivesandtwobackplanes”onpage39

•Forservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,see
“Connectingcablesformodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandone
backplane”onpage41

.

•Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,see“Connecting
cablesformodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane”onpage42.

.

ConnectingcablesformodelswithfivetoeightSASorSA TAII3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
andtwobackplanes

ForservermodelswithfivetoeightSASorSATAII3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwobackplanes,a
requiredRAIDcardmustbeinstalledintheserver.

Thefollowingcables,whichcomewiththeRAIDcard,arerequired:

•Two700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcables

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.

Chapter3.Productoverview39

Toconnectthecables,dothefollowing:

1.Dooneofthefollowing:

•FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS
signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplaneinstalledonthelowerhard-disk-drivecage.

•FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

5totheports3-0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector6tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplaneinstalledonthelowerhard-disk-drivecage.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,usetheother700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS
signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

5totheport1ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector6tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplaneinstalledontheupperhard-disk-drivecage.

•FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,usetheother700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS
signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1totheports7-4ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplaneinstalledontheupperhard-disk-drivecage.

3.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.Connect
oneend4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheotherend3tothehard-disk-drive
LEDconnectoronthesystemboard.

Note:ThelocationoftheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcarddiffersdependingonthetypeofRAID
card.ForinformationabouttheRAIDcardconnectors,see“RAIDcard”onpage33

Figure24.ConnectingcablesformodelswithfivetoeightSASorSA TAII3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandtwo
backplanes

.

ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13

.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane”onpage35

.

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Connectingcablesformodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandone
backplane

Formodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,aRAIDcard
mustbeinstalledintheserver.

Thefollowingcables,whichcomewiththeRAIDcard,arerequired:

•Oneortwo700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcablesdependingonthenumber
ofharddiskdrivesinstalled

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.

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Toconnectthecables,dothefollowing:

1.Dooneofthefollowing:

•FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS
signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector1onthe2.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplane.

•FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,useone700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

5totheports3-0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

themini-SASconnector6tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector1onthe2.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplane.

2.Ifyouhavemorethanfour2.5-inchharddiskdrivesinstalled,dooneofthefollowing.Otherwise,go
tothenextstep.

•FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,usetheother700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS

signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector
themini-SASconnector

6tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector2onthe2.5-inchhot-swap

5totheport1ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect

hard-disk-drivebackplane.

•FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,usetheother700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS

signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1totheports7-4ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector2onthe2.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplane.

3.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.Connect
oneend

4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheotherend3tothehard-disk-drive

LEDconnectoronthesystemboard.

Note:ThelocationoftheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcarddiffersdependingonthetypeofRAID
card.ForinformationabouttheRAIDcardconnectors,see“RAIDcard”onpage33.

Figure25.Connectingcablesformodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane”onpage35

.

Connectingcablesformodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane

Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchSATAhot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,youcan
connectthecablesinoneofthefollowingways:

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•ConnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.IfyouconnecttheSATA
harddiskdrivestothesystemboard,youcanconfigureRAIDusingtheconfigurationutilityforthe
onboardSATAsoftwareRAID.

•ConnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestoarequiredRAIDcardifaRAIDcardisinstalled.Forservermodels
withuptofour3.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,youneedtoconnecttheSAS
harddiskdrivestotherequiredRAIDcardthatisinstalledintheserver.

Note:TheRAIDcardsupportsonlytheSATAIItypeofSATA.

ConnectingtheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard

ToconnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard,dothefollowing:

1.Usingthe450mm(17.72inches)mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSerialGeneral
PurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)port,connectthemini-SASconnector

1tothemini-SASsignalcable

connectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.ConnectthefourSATAports3–6to
theSATAconnector0toSATAconnector3onthesystemboard.

2.ConnecttheSGPIOport2totheSATASGPIOconnectoronthesystemboard.

Notes:

1.ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencetofollowwhen
youareconnectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.

SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSATAconnector

P0
P1
P2
P3

SATAconnector0
SATAconnector1
SATAconnector2
SATAconnector3

2.ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDusingtheconfigurationutilityfortheonboardSATAsoftware
RAID,see“ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76.

Figure26.Mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSAT AportsandoneSGPIOport

ConnectingtheSA TAharddiskdrivestoarequiredRAIDcard

TheRAIDcardprovidesadvancedSATA/SASRAIDconfigurations.IfyouareusingSAShot-swapharddisk
drives,youmusthavetheRAIDcardforconnectingtheSASharddiskdrives.Thefollowingcables,which
comewiththeRAIDcard,arerequired:

•One700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable

•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable

Chapter3.Productoverview43

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.

Toconnectthecables,dothefollowing:

1.Usethe2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.Connect
oneend4totheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcardandtheotherend3tothehard-disk-drive
LEDconnectoronthesystemboard.

Note:ThelocationoftheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcarddiffersdependingonthetypeofRAID
card.ForinformationabouttheRAIDcardconnectors,see“RAIDcard”onpage33

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,usethe700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SAS

signalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1totheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplane.

.

Figure27.Connectingcablesformodelswithone3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneanda
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

•FortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,usethe700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignal

cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1totheports3-0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connect
themini-SASconnector2tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swap
hard-disk-drivebackplane.

Figure28.Connectingcablesformodelswithone3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneanda
ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

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ForconnectorlocationinformationabouttheRAIDcard,hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane,andthe
systemboard,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage13

.

Forinformationaboutconnectingtheappropriatepowerconnectorofthepowersupplytothebackplane,
see“Hot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane”onpage35.

Systemboardcomponents

Yourserversystemboardisasix-layermicro-ATXboardbasedontheIntelBromolowplatform.The
followingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

Figure29.Systemboardcomponents

1PowerManagementBus(PMBus)connector20InternalUSB2.0TypeAconnector
2TPMconnector
3Memoryslot4(DIMMB2)22Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector1
4Memoryslot3(DIMMB1)23Systemboardbattery
5Memoryslot2(DIMMA2)
6Memoryslot1(DIMMA1)25Systemboardjumperblocks
7iButtonsocket
8Mainpowerconnector27Hard-disk-driveLEDconnector
95-pinsystemfan2connector
10Microprocessor29Internalserialconnector
11IntelC202chip30PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)

21Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector2

24Frontpanelconnector

26SATASGPIOconnector

28IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector

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124-pinsystemfan1connector
13SATAconnector132ThinkServerManagementModulechip(alsoknownasthe

14SATAconnector033PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)
15SATAconnector334PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)
16SATAconnector2
17SATAconnector536Systemfan3connector
18SATAconnector4
19iKVMkeyconnector

1PMBusconnector

31PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

BMCchip)

35Microprocessorfanconnector

37Microprocessorpowerconnector

TheThinkServerManagementModulecanreadthepowersupplystatusregisteredthroughPMBus.Youdo
notneedtoconnectanydevicetothePMBusconnector.Thisconnectoriskeptforpowermanagementin
modelswithredundantpowersupplies.ThefunctionofthePMBusconnectorisnotavailableformodels
withascrew-securednon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly.

2TPMconnector

UsedtoconnectaTPMmodule,whichisasecuritychip,toenhanceserversecurity.See“Installingor
removingtheTPMmodule”onpage117.

3-6Memoryslots

Yourserversystemboardprovidesfourmemoryslotstosupportuptofourmemorymodules.Formore
information,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage94.

7iButtonsocket

Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.However,youcan
activateonboardSATAsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkeyin
theiButtonsocket.Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100upgrade
keyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111.

8Mainpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe24-pinP1powerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.

95-pinsystemfan2connector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftheupperfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan2)ifyourservermodelhas
twofrontsystemfans.

10Microprocessor

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

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11IntelC202chip

TheIntelC202chiponthesystemboardservesasaplatformcontrollerhub(PCH),whichprovidesthedata
bufferingandinterfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefficientlyandprovides
thebandwidthnecessaryforthesystemtoachievepeakperformance.Thechipsupportsandprovides
manyfeatures,includingtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.

124-pinsystemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthelowerfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan1).

13-18SATAconnectors

UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheSATAharddiskdrivesorSATAopticaldrives.

19ThinkServerManagementModulePremiumconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerManagementModulePremiumoption,whichisakindofremotemanagement
module,toenabletheThinkServerManagementModulePremiumfunctiononyourserver.See“Installingor
removingtheThinkServerManagementModulePremium”onpage114.

20InternalUSB2.0TypeAconnector

UsedtoconnectadevicethatusesaUSBTypeAconnector.

21Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector2

UsedtoconnecttheUSBcableoftheRDXUSBdrivebundle(serveroption).

22Internaldual-portUSB2.0connector1

UsedtoconnectthefrontpanelUSBcable.

23Systemboardbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andconfigurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thesystemboardbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

24Frontpanelconnector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.

25Systemboardjumperblocks

Usedtoconfigurethesystemboardandyourserver.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage48.

26SATASGPIOconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSGPIOportofthemini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSGPIOportto
enabletheRAIDstatusLEDsforhot-swapharddiskdrives.

27Hard-disk-driveLEDconnector

Usedtoconnecta2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable.See
“Connectingthecables”onpage39.

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28IntelligentDiagnosticsModuleconnector

UsedtoconnectthecableoftheIntelligentDiagnosticsModuleifyourserverhasoneinstalled.

29Internalserialconnector

Usedtoprovideanoptionalserialconnectorsolutionwitharequiredcable.

30PCIcardslot(PCIslot1)

Usedtoinstallastandard32-bit33MHzPCIcardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.

31PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

32ThinkServerManagementModulechip

WiththeintegratedTMMchip,nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatterif
theserverisonoroff,aslongastheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteraction
withtheTMMcontrolledserverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserver
hardwarehealthinformationandSEL,andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonorofthe
server,restartingtheserver,andsoon.Thispartoftheservermanagementisindependentoftheoperating
systemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.

33PCIExpressx8cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx8cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card,aHBAoraRAIDcard.

34PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot4)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx16cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

35Microprocessorfanconnector

Usedtoconnecttheheatsinkandfanassemblycable.

36Systemfan3connector

Usedtoconnecttherearsystemfancable.

37Microprocessorpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe8-pinP2powerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidepowertoyourmicroprocessor.

Systemboardjumpers

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthejumpersonthesystemboard.

Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustprintedcircuitboards,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperusuallyisencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andavoidinganypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare

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calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsajumperinthedefaultsettingposition(pin1andpin2).Thisisthecorrect
positionfornormaloperation.

Figure30.Defaultjumpersetting

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthestatusofthejumpersonthesystemboardofyourserver.Youcan
configure,recover,enable,ordisablesomespecificfeaturesofthesystemboardbysettingthejumpers.

Figure31.Systemboardjumpers

1ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxide

Semiconductor)/Recoveryjumper

2TMMsettingjumper
3BIOSrecoveryjumper

4Clearpasswordjumper

5Manufacturingjumper(reservedforthemanufacturer)

Attention:Tosetthejumpers,youneedtoopentheservercover.Donotopenyourserverorattemptany
repairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage85.

1ClearCMOS/Recoveryjumper

UsedtoclearCMOSandrecoveryourservertothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:AfterclearingCMOS,allyourBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOSrecoverstothefactory
defaultsettings.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.

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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
page170

.

7.Waitabout30seconds.Then,turnontheserver.TheBIOSpasswordsareerasedandtheBIOS
recoverstothefactorydefaultsettings.

2TMMEnable/Disablejumper(alsoknownasBMCEnable/Disablejumper)

WhentheTMMEnable/Disablejumperisinthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2),theserverneeds
about30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill
startaftertheTMMinitializationfinishes.

IfyoumovetheTMMEnable/Disablejumpertopin2andpin3,theTMMfunctionisnotavailableandthe
serverwillbedirectlyturnedonwhenyoupressthepowerswitchwithoutwaitingfortheTMMtobeready.

3BIOSrecoveryjumper

SetthejumperandboottheserverfromaBIOSrecoveryimageinordertorecoveryourBIOSsettings.

TorecovertheBIOS,see“RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure”onpage70

4Clearpasswordjumper

.

Usedtoeraseforgottenpasswords,suchasanadministratorpasswordandauserpassword.

Toclearpasswords,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

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

5.Waitmorethan10secondsandthenmovetheClearpasswordjumperbacktothenormalposition
(pin1andpin2).

6.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercord(s).See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page170.

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

8.T osetnewpasswords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage67.

5Manufacturingjumper

Reservedforthemanufacturer.

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SystemboardLEDs

ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheLEDsonthesystemboard.

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheTMMstatusLED,systemboardhardwarefaultLED,andthePOSTcode
diagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard.

Figure32.SystemboardLEDs

1SystemboardhardwarefaultLED6POSTcodediagnosticLED#1
2TMMstatusLED(alsoknownasBMCstatus

LED)

3POSTcodediagnosticLED#48POSTcodediagnosticLED#2
4POSTcodediagnosticLED#0-LeastSignificant

Bit(LSB)

5POSTcodediagnosticLED#510POSTcodediagnosticLED#3

1SystemboardhardwarefaultLED

7POSTcodediagnosticLED#6

9POSTcodediagnosticLED#7-MostSignificantBit(MSB)

WhenthisLEDislit,itindicatesthatthesystemboardhardwarehasfailed.

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2TMMstatusLED(alsoknownasBMCstatusLED)

ThisLEDindicatesthestatusoftheonboardThinkServerManagementModule(TMM,alsoknownasBMC).

TMMstatusLED

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

3-10POSTcodediagnosticLEDs

Color

TheTMMisnotready.

None

Green

TheTMMhasnopowerorhasfailed.
TheTMMisworking.

Description

Duringthesystembootprocess,theBIOSexecutesseveralplatformconfigurationprocesses,eachof
whichisassignedaspecifichexPOSTcodenumber.Wheneachconfigurationroutineisstarted,theBIOS
displaysthePOSTcodenumberthroughthePOSTcodediagnosticLEDsonthesystemboard.Toassistin
troubleshootingasystemhangduringthePOSTprocess,thediagnosticLEDscanbeusedtoidentifythe
lastPOSTprocessexecuted.

ThePOSTcodediagnosticLED#0(callout

4)istheLSBandthePOSTcodediagnosticLED#7(callout9)

istheMSB.IfaPOSTcodediagnosticLEDislit,itindicates1inthebinarynumeralsystem;otherwise,it
indicates0.Forexample,ifPOSTcodediagnosticLEDs5,6,9,and10arelit,youcanreadthenumber
asthefollowing:

POSTcodediagnosticLED
Binarysymbol10101010

975310864

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

Note:ThePOSTcodediagnosticLEDsandPOSTerrorcodeinformationareintendedfortrainedservice
personnelofLenovo.

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Theservercanbeturnedoninoneofthefollowingways:

•Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
switchonthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage17
30secondsfortheTMMtoinitializewheneveryouconnecttheservertoanacpowersource.Ifyou
pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpanelduringthisperiod,theserverwillnotstartimmediately;itwill
startaftertheTMMinitializationfinishes.

•WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledontheserverthatisconnectedtoanacpowersourceanda
LAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnonorwakeuptheserverfromamanagementconsole
usingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnontheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

Turningofftheserver

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

.Theserverneedsabout

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

•Turnofftheserverfromtheoperatingsystemifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.Afteran
orderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystem,theserverwillturnoffautomatically.Forinstructionsonhow
toshutdownyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystemfor
theoperatingsystem.

•Pressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerswitchonthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•IftheserverisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministratorcanremotelyturnofftheserverfroma
managementconsoleusingremotenetworkmanagementsoftware.

•YoualsocanusetherelatedTMMfeaturetoremotelyturnofftheserverthroughthemanagementLAN.

•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Notes:

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

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2.Forinformationaboutyourspecificoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelpsystem
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Chapter5.Configuringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage70

•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage73

•“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage82

•“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheSetupUtilityprogramispartoftheserverfirmware.Y oucanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtoviewand
changetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver,regardlessofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.
However,theoperatingsystemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilarsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerswitchonthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage55

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage67

.

.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconfiguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

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

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecificservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,
memorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

•OntheAdvancedmenu:
–SelectProcessorConfigurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessorand

itssupportedtechnologies.
–SelectMemoryConfigurationtoviewtheinformationabouttheinstalledmemorymodules.
–SelectSA TAConfiguration.Then,selectthedesiredSATAportfromSA TAPort0toSAT APort5toview

theinformationabouttheinstalledSATAdevices,suchasaSATAharddiskdriveoranopticaldrive.

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•OntheServerManagementmenu,selectSystemInformationtoviewtheinformationaboutyour
system,includingtheTMMinformation.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfromthe
informationinthistopic.Theinformationinthistopicisbasedonthe0.9bversionoftheBIOS.

Notes:

1.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemsoritemsthatarenotmentionedinthistopictoavoid
unexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsiderchangingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.
Settingtheconfigurationincorrectlymightcauseunexpectedresults.Ifyoucannotturnontheserver
becauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,usetheClearCMOS/RecoveryjumpertorecovertheBIOStothe
factorydefaultsettingsorusetheBIOSrecoveryjumpertoboottheserverfromaBIOSrecoveryimage
andrecovertheBIOStotheversionintheimage.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage48.

2.LenovoprovidestheBIOSupdateutilityontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Y oucandownloadtheBIOS
imageandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetoupdatetheBIOS.See“Updatingorrecoveringthe
BIOS”onpage69.AfterupdatingtheBIOS,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsofthe
updatedBIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.

3.Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS,theTMMfirmware,
andtheFRU/SDR.

ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:

•Main:See“Mainmenu”onpage58.

•Advanced:See“Advancedmenu”onpage59

•Security:See“Securitymenu”onpage62.

•ServerManagement:See“ServerManagementmenu”onpage63.

•BootOptions:See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage64.

•BootManager:See“BootManagermenu”onpage66.

•Exit:“Exitmenu”onpage66.

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Mainmenu

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

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ThefollowingillustrationshowsanexampleoftheMainmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Figure33.AnexampleoftheMainmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage66

Advancedmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthevariousconfigurationmenusanditemsontheAdvancedmenu
intheSetupUtilityprogram.

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

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

Advancedmenuitems

Menuitem

ProcessorConfiguration

(setthemicroprocessor
configurationparameters)

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

IntelHyper-Threading
Technology

ActiveProcessorCores

IntelVirtualization
Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

•All

•1

•2

•3

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheIntel
Hyper-ThreadingTechnology.

Settheactivemicroprocessor
cores.

EnableordisabletheIntel
VirtualizationTechnology.

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Menuitem

MemoryConfiguration

(setmemoryconfiguration
parametersandview
informationaboutthe
installedmemorymodules)

ChipsetConfiguration

(setchipsetconfiguration
parameters)

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

IntelEISTTechnology

P-StateCoordination

IntelT urboBoost
Technology

C1ESupport

CPUC3Report

CPUC6Report

PackageCStateLimit•C0

HardwarePrefetcher

AdjacentCacheLine
Prefetch

MemoryReset•No

IntelVT-dTechnology•Disabled

IntelTXTTechnology•Disabled

SerialPort1

SerialPort2

PoweronbyRTCAlarm

RestoreonACPowerLoss•Stayoff

•Disabled

•Enabled

•HW_ALL

•SW_ALL

•SW_ANY

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•ACPIC2

•ACPIC3

•Disabled

•Enabled

•C1

•C6

•C7

•NoLimit

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Yes

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•LastState

EnableordisabletheIntelEIST
Technology.

ChangetheP-StateCoordination
type.

EnableordisabletheIntelTurbo
BoostTechnology.

EnableordisabletheC1E
Support.

EnableordisabletheCPUC3
report.

EnableordisabletheCPUC6
report.

SetthePackageCstatelimit.

Enableordisablethehardware
prefetcherfunction.

Enableordisabletheadjacent
cachelineprefetcherfunction.

Setthememorymodulereset
options.Ifamemorymodule
encountersanyerrors,setthis
optiontoYestotrytore-initialize
thememorymodule.

EnableordisabletheIntelVT -d
technology.

EnableordisabletheIntelTrusted
ExecutionTechnology(TXT).

Enableordisabletheserialport1
(COM1).

Enableordisabletheserialport2
(COM2).

Enableordisablepoweringonby
RTCalarm.

Selectthesystemresumestatus
afteracpowerloss.Ifthepower
isinterruptedwhentheserveris
on,afterthepowerresumes:

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Menuitem

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

SATAConfiguration

(setSATAconfiguration
parameters)

PCIConfiguration(setPCI
configurationparameters)

•Poweron

SATAMode

•IDEMode

•AHCIMode

•RAIDMode

SATAPort0

SATAPort1

SATAPort2

SATAPort3

SATAPort4

SATAPort5

OnboardGraphics
Controller

•Disabled

•Enabled

PrimaryGraphics•Onboard

•Add-On

OnboardLAN1I/OROM

•Disabled

•Enabled

OnboardLAN2I/OROM

•Disabled

•Enabled

•IfyouhaveselectedStayoff,
theserverwillstayintheoff
state.

•IfyouhaveselectedLast
State,theserverwillresume
tothelaststate.

•IfyouhaveselectedPower
on,theserverwillrestart
automatically.

SelectSAT Acontrolleroperation
mode.Ifyouwanttoconfigure
RAID,chooseRAIDModeforthe
SATAcontroller.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector0onthesystem
board.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector1onthesystem
board.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector2onthesystem
board.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector3onthesystem
board.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector4onthesystem
board.

Viewtheinformationaboutthe
SATAdeviceconnectedtothe
SATAconnector5onthesystem
board.

Enableordisabletheonboard
graphicscontroller.

Chooseamodeforprimary
graphics.TheAdd-Onoption
requiresagraphicscardinstalled.

Enableordisabletheonboard
LAN1I/OROM.

Enableordisabletheonboard
LAN2I/OROM.

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Menuitem

USBConfiguration

(setUSBconfiguration
parameters)

ConsoleRedirection
Configuration(setconsole

redirectionconfiguration
parameters)

SetSystemTime

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

PCIROMPriority•LegacyROM

•EFICompatible
ROM

USBController

LegacyUSBSupport

Port60/64Emulation

ConsoleRedirection

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Auto

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•SerialPort1

•SerialPort2

•Enabled

•Disabled

ChooseamodeforthePCIROM
priority.IncaseofmultipleOption
ROMs(LegacyROMandEFI
CompatibleROM),theselection
specifieswhichPCIOptionROM
tolaunch.

EnableordisabletheUSB
controller.

Enableordisablethesupporton
legacyUSBdevices.

Enableordisabletheport
60h/64hemulation.Thisfunction
isfortheoperatingsystemthat
doesnotsupportlegacyUSB
devices.

Thesettingspecifieshowthe
hostcomputerandtheremote
computer(whichtheuseris
using)willexchangedata.Both
computersshouldhavethesame
orcompatiblesettings.

EnableordisablethesetSystem
Timefunction.

Securitymenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesecurityrelatedsettingsontheSecuritymenuintheSetup
Utilityprogram.

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

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

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Securitymenuitems

Menuitem

SetAdministratorPasswordSetanadministratorpassword

SetUserPasswordSetauserpasswordtoprotect

TPMSupport

TPMState

PendingOperation

•Disabled

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Enabled

•None

•EnableTakeOwnership

•DisableTakeOwnership

SelectionsComments

toprotectagainstunauthorized
accesstoyourserver.See“Using
passwords”onpage67

againstunauthorizedaccesstoyour
server.See“Usingpasswords”on
page67
afteryouhavesetanadministrator
password.

EnableordisabletheTPMsupport.
TousetheTPMfeature,youneedto
haveaTPMmoduleinstalledinthe
TPMconnectoronthesystemboard.

ThisitemisdisplayedwhentheTPM

SupportissettoEnabled.SetTPM
StatetoenableordisabletheTPM

function.Theserverwillrestartto
changetheTPMstate.

ConfiguretheTPMoperation.Touse
theTPMfeature,youneedtohave
aTPMmoduleinstalledintheTPM
connectoronthesystemboard.

.Thisitemisonlyavailable

.

ServerManagementmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesavailableontheServerManagementmenuinthe
SetupUtilityprogram.

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

Note:DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

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ServerManagementmenuitems

Menuitem

SystemInformation

BMCLANConfiguration

SubmenuitemSelectionsComments

ClearallEventLogs

ConfigurationSource•Static

•Enabled

•Disabled

•Dynamic

•DoNothing

Viewtheinformationabout
yoursystem,includingthe
BMCversioninformation.

IfthisitemissettoEnabled,
theSELwillbecleared.

SelecttoconfigureLAN
channel1parameters
staticallyordynamically
(DHCP).TheDoNothing
optionmeansthatBMC
networkparameterswill
notbemodifiedduringthe
BIOSphase.

BootOptionsmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsontheBootOptionsmenuintheSetupUtility
program.

TheBootOptionsmenuprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserverstartupoptions,
includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Changesinthestartupoptionstake
effectwhenyoustarttheserver.

Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.The
serverstartsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.Forexample,youcandefineastartupsequencethat
checksforadiscintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.
Forinformationaboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartup
device”onpage68

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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:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctionisconfigured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotconfigured.

•DefaultvaluesareinboldfaceintheSelectionscolumn.

BootOptionsmenuitems

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BootOption#1

Menuitem

•UEFIDevice

SelectionsComments

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

BootOption#2

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

BootOption#3

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

BootOption#4

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

BootOption#5

•UEFIDevice

•HardDiskDrive

•OpticalDiskDrive

•RemovableDevice

•NetworkDevice

UEFIBootDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

UEFIdevices.

HardDiskDrivePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

harddiskdrives.

OpticalDiskDrivePriority

Variesdependingontheavailable
opticaldrives.

RemovableDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

removabledevices.

NetworkDevicePriorityVariesdependingontheavailable

networkdevices.

QuietBoot

•Disabled

•Enabled

Setthefirststartupdevice.

Setthesecondstartupdevice.

Setthethirdstartupdevice.

Setthefourthstartupdevice.

Setthefifthstartupdevice.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableUEFIdevices.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableharddiskdrives.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableopticaldrives.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availableremovabledevices.

Specifythestartuppriorityforallthe
availablenetworkdevices.

Enableordisablethequietboot
featuretodeterminewhetherthelogo
screenwillbedisplayedornotwhen
startingtheserver.

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BootupNum-Lock

POSTErrorPause

Menuitem

•On

•Off

•Disabled

•Enabled

SelectionsComments

TurntheNum-Lockkeyonoroff.

EnableordisablethePOSTerror
pausefeature.Whenthisfeature
issettoEnabled,thesystemwill
stoponthePOSTscreenifanyerror
occursduringthePOST.

BootManagermenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheBootManagermenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TheBootManagermenulistsallthebootabledevicesinstalledonyourserversystemboardandtheitems
listedvarydependingonyourserverconfigurationandinstalledoptiondevices.Ifyouselectadesired
devicelistedonthismenu,theserverwillstartfromthedeviceyouselect.

YoucanpressF12whenturningontheserverandselectatemporarystartupdevicedirectlyfromtheboot
deviceselectionwindow.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage68.

Exitmenu

ThistopicprovidesinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.

AfteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseonedesiredaction
fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,loaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.The
followingtablelistseachitemontheExitmenuwithdescriptions.PressEntertoselecttheitemandthen
selectYeswhenpromptedtoconfirmtheaction.ForinformationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,
see“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage69

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Exitmenuitems

Item

SaveChangesandExitSaveyoursettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
DiscardChangesandExitDiscardyoursettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
SaveChangesSaveyoursettings.

DiscardChanges

LoadDefaultValues
SaveasUserDefaultValuesSavethechangessofarasuserdefaultvalues.

LoadUserDefaultValues

Discardyoursettingsandloadpreviousvalues.
Returntotheoptimizeddefaultsettings.

Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

Comments

Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemDateorSystemTime.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtype

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingtheconfigurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword(onlyavailablewhenyouhavesetanadministratorpassword)
Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.
However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect

SetUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

Note:TheSetUserPasswordoptionisonlyavailablewhenyouhavealreadysetanadministrator

password.

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3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage67.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconfirmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.

Note:Ifyoudeleteanadministratorpassword,theuserpasswordwillalsobedeleted.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardtoerase
thepassword.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage48.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMfunctionprovidesahardwaresecuritysolutiontoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.TheTPM
functionisonlyavailablewhenthereisaTPMmoduleinstalledinyourserver.See“InstallingtheTPM
module”onpage117.Y oucanpurchaseaTPMmodulefromLenovo.

AfterinstallingaTPMmodule,youneedtocheckiftheTPMfunctionisenabledintheSetupUtilityprogram.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTPMSupport.MakesurethattheTPMSupportissettoEnabled.

3.WhentheTPMSupportissettoEnabled,theTPMStateitemisdisplayed.SettheTPMState
toEnabled.

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.

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

2.OntheBootOptionsmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdeviceforBoot
Option#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvarious
devices.See“BootOptionsmenu”onpage64

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3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcan
dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10.Otherwise,your
changeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadDefaultValues.

FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage66.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,theSetupUtilityprogram,andtheTMMfirmware.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandprocedures
thatareperformedeachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslates
instructionsfromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Y ou
canusetheSetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver.See“Usingthe
SetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

.TheTMMfirmwareprovidesremotemanagementfeatures.

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOSandTMMfirmware.Whenupdatesarereleased,
theyareavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdate
theserverfirmwarebydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverfirmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82.

Updating(flashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.

Notes:

1.UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

2.DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemconfigurations.

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

4.IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSfirmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsofthe
updatedBIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.
YoucanrecordyourspecificBIOSsettingsbeforeupdatingtheBIOSforaneasierreconfigurationin
thenewBIOSversion.

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Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTfile.Then,printthe
installationinstructions.

3.T urnontheserverandpresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreentostarttheSetupUtility
program.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

4.OntheSecuritymenu,checktheBIOSWriteProtectsetting.Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,theBIOS
WriteProtectitemmustbesettoDisabled.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Then,followtheinstallationinstructions
toupdate(flash)theBIOS.

6.CheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

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RecoveringfromaBIOSupdatefailure

IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhiletheBIOSisbeingupdated,yourservermightnotrestart
correctly.Ifthishappens,performthefollowingproceduretorecoverfromtheBIOSupdatefailure.

TorecoverfromaBIOSupdatefailure,dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloada
BIOSupdatepackage.Then,makeabootablediscorabootableUSBkeyandprinttheTXTfilethat
containstheinstallationinstructions.

2.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.

4.LocatetheBIOSrecoveryjumperonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage48.

5.RemoveanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheBIOSrecoveryjumper.

6.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperfromthenormalposition(pin1andpin2)totherecoveryposition
(pin2andpin3).

7.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesandreinstalltheservercover.See“Completingtheparts
replacement”onpage170.

8.ConnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandthenfollowtheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOS
updateutilityprogramtostarttheserverfromtherecoveryimage.Therecoverywindowopens.

9.PressEntertostarttherecoveryprocess.Aftertherecoveryprocessiscompleted,yourserverwill
automaticallyturnoff.

10.Repeatstep2throughstep5.

11.MovetheBIOSrecoveryjumperbacktothenormalposition(pin1andpin2).

12.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesandreinstalltheservercover.See“Completingtheparts
replacement”onpage170.

13.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefault
settingsoftheupdatedBIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyour
specificneeds.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57

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UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandconfigureyourserver.

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TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworksinconjunction
withyourWindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingthe
operatingsystemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting
(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbe
accesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDavailable,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmefile.Thereadmefile
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmefileandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•RAIDconfigurationutility

•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•AbilitytodownloaddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperating
systemoradd-ondevice

•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconfiguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveasthefirststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page68.

2.WaitfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing
selections:

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•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

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

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormorereminders
ormessagesaboutconfiguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovo
LicenseAgreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustagree
thosetermsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsefile.

•ConfigureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsefile.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe

screen.IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

1.FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoview
theinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurationssupported
bythespecificversionoftheprogramandclickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearn
howtousetheprogram.

2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatany
externalstoragedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•ConfigureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutoconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfigurationandmakechanges

ifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem

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Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem
installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforserverconfigurationwhenyouneed
them.

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

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

ConfiguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage73

•“RAIDforyourserver”onpage74

•“ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage75

•“ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76

•“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage81

AboutRAID

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

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

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedtosingle-drivestorage
systems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdatafromthe
remainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

throughput,especiallyforlargefilesinanenvironmentthatdoesnotrequirefaulttolerance.RAID0hasno
redundancyanditprovidesimprovedperformanceandadditionalstoragewithoutfaulttolerance.Any
drivefailuredestroysthearrayandthelikelihoodoffailureincreaseswithmoredrivesinthearray.RAID
0doesnotimplementerrorchecking,soanyerrorisuncorrectable.Moredrivesinthearraymeans
higherbandwidth,butgreaterriskofdataloss.

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

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•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID5:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID5usesdiskstripingandparitydataacrossalldrives(distributedparity)toprovidehighdata

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

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeharddiskdrives.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

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

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.

YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDconfigurations:

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•OnboardSATAsoftwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility

program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.
IfyourserverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSI
SoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogramtoconfigureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboard
SATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoualsocanactivateRAIDlevel5byinstallingaThinkServer
SATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID100upgrade
keyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76.

•AdvancedSAT A/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheWebBIOSConfigurationUtility

program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
ConfigurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)

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

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramand
theMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin
anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyon
theRAIDcard.See“FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter:InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID
500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage81.

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage103formoreinformation.

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Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.

BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.

ConfiguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconfiguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDconfigurations

•Configuresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

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•CreatesaRAIDresponsefilethatcanbeusedtoconfigureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlyconfigured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage70andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.

SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis
designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation
packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand
usingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram”onpage81
hardwareRAID”onpage81.

and“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

ConfiguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedintheIntelC202chiponthesystemboard.Ifyour
serverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheLSISoftware
RAIDConfigurationUtilityprogramtoconfigureRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Bydefault,
yourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.YoualsocanactivateRAID5by
installingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkey.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer
RAID100upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironment.

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StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.

TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage57.

2.OntheAdvancedmenu,selectSATAConfiguration➙SATAMode.

3.SelectRAIDMode.Then,pressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

4.Whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetupUtility,”immediately
pressCtrl+MorEntertostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.

LSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.

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AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:

•Configure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconfiguration,addanew

array,deleteanexistingarray,orselectabootvirtualdrive.

•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrive(s).

Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensuretheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.

•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyouconfigureparametersfortheRAIDadapterorcontroller,thevirtualdrive(s),andthe

physicaldrive(s).

•Rebuild
Thismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinanarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.Youcan

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

•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrive(s).Theconsistencycheckverifiesthe

correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrive(s)thatuseRAID1,5,and10.

ThefollowingtableshowsthevariousmenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtility
program.Oneachmenu,presstheEnterkeytoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingupanddownarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

Configure

Initialize

Objects

Rebuild

CheckConsistency

Menuitem

EasyConfigurationCreatephysicalarrays.Anarraywill

NewConfigurationCleartheexistingconfigurationand

View/AddConfiguration

ClearConfigurationCleartheexistingconfiguration.
SelectBootDriveSelectabootvirtualdrive.

Variesbyconfiguration.

Adapter

VirtualDrive

PhysicalDrive

Variesbyconfiguration.
Variesbyconfiguration.

SubmenuitemComments

automaticallybecomeavirtualdrive.

startanewconfiguration.
Viewtheexistingconfigurationoradda

newconfiguration.

Initializevirtualdrives.
Setadapterrelatedparameters,such

asrebuildrate,consistencycheckrate,
auto-rebuild,andsoon.

Setvirtualdriveparameters.
Setphysicaldriveparameters,suchas

creatingahot-sparedriveforthevirtual
drive,makingafailingdriveasonline,
changingadrivestate,andviewingthe
specificationsofaphysicaldrive.

Rebuildphysicaldrive(s).
Checkconsistencyofvirtualdrive(s).

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Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram.

Note:BeforeyoucreateaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,makesure
thattheservermeetstherequiredhardwareconfiguration.Forexample,theserverneedstohavethe
requirednumberofSATAharddiskdrivesinstalledandconnectedtothesystemboard.See“AboutRAID”
onpage73
createaRAID5arrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,theserveralsoneedsto
haveaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Keyinstalledonthesystemboard.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID100upgradekeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage111

Tocreate,add,ordeleteaRAIDarrayusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothe
following:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,dooneofthefollowingdependingonyourneeds:

•IfyouwanttocreateaRAIDarray,selectEasyConfigurationandthenfollowtheinstructionson

•IfyouwanttoaddasecondaryRAIDconfiguration,selectView/AddConfigurationandthenfollow

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDconfiguration,exittheprogramandbackupallyourdataon

forinformationabouttherequirednumberofharddiskdrivesforeachRAIDlevel.Ifyouwantto

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thescreen.

theinstructionsonthescreentoviewthecurrentconfigurationandaddanewconfiguration.

theharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogrammaininterfaceandselectClear

Configuration.SelectYeswhenpromptedandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletingtheexistingRAIDconfigurationerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Makesurethat

youbackupalldatabeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.Iftheoperatingsystemisinstalledonthevirtual
driveyouwanttodelete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

•IfyouwanttodeletetheexistingRAIDconfigurationandmakeanewconfiguration,exittheprogram

andbackupallyourdataontheharddiskdrives.Afterbackingupallyourdata,entertheprogram
maininterfaceandselectNewConfiguration.SelectYeswhenpromptedtoproceedandthen
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:DeletingtheexistingRAIDconfigurationerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Makesurethat
youbackupalldatabeforedeletingtheRAIDarray.Iftheoperatingsystemisinstalledonthevirtual
driveyouwanttodelete,youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

Initializingavirtualdrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfiguration
Utilityprogramaftercompletingtheconfigurationprocess.

Virtualdriveinitializationistheprocessofwritingzerostothedatafieldsofavirtualdriveand,infault-tolerant
RAIDlevels,generatingthecorrespondingparitytoputthevirtualdriveinareadystate.Initializationerases
alldataonthevirtualdrive.Drivegroupswillworkwithoutbeinginitialized,buttheycanfailaconsistency
checkbecausetheparityfieldshavenotbeengenerated.

Notes:

1.Makesurethatyoubackupanydatayouwanttokeepbeforeinitializingavirtualdrive.

2.Makesurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdriveyouareinitializing.Otherwise,
youneedtoreinstalltheoperatingsystemaftercompletingtheoperation.

ToinitializeavirtualdriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

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1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectInitializeandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

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Settingahot-sparedrive

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetaphysicaldriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.

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

Tosetaphysicaldriveasahot-sparedriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,
dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttocreateoraddanewRAIDarray,youcansetahot-sparedriveduringtheconfiguration

processbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

•Ifyouwanttosetahot-sparedriverightaftertheconfiguration,selectObjects➙PhysicalDrive

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

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Rebuildingaphysicaldrive

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfiguration
Utilityprogramwhenaphysicaldriveinanarrayfails.

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

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

TorebuildaphysicaldriveusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogramwhenaphysical
driveinanarrayfails,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectRebuildandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Runningaconsistencycheckimmediatelyaftertherebuildcompletestoensuredataintegrityforthe
virtualdrives.See“Runningaconsistencycheck”onpage80.

Therebuildrateisthepercentageofthecomputingcyclesdedicatedtorebuildingfailingdrives.Arebuild
rateof100percentmeansthatthesystemgivesprioritytorebuildingthefailingdrives.Therebuildratecan

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beconfiguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,therebuildisdoneonlyifthesystemisnot
doinganythingelse.At100percent,therebuildhasahigherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconfiguretherebuildrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Usingarebuildrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76.

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙RebuildRate.

Note:UseupanddownarrowkeystonavigatebetweenitemsandpressEntertoselectanoption.

3.Settherebuildratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

Runningaconsistencycheck

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunaconsistencycheckforvirtualdrivesusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.

AconsistencycheckisanoperationthatverifiesthatallstripesonavirtualdrivewitharedundantRAID
levelareconsistent.Theconsistencycheckoperationverifiescorrectnessofthedataonvirtualdrivesthat
useRAID1,5,and10(RAID0doesnotprovidedataredundancy).Forexample,inasystemwithparity,
checkingconsistencymeanscomputingthedataononedriveandcomparingtheresultstothecontentsof
theparitydrive.

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

TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.

Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconfiguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.

ToconfiguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:

Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.

1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDConfigurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
ConfigurationUtilityprogram”onpage76

2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.

Note:UseupanddownarrowkeystonavigatebetweenitemsandpressEntertoselectanoption.

3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.

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InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconfiguringRAID.

TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwareconfigurations.

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”

•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”

•“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”

TheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuidealsoisavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.Y oualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage103formoreinformation.

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Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
andtheMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerin
anoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.Forthe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5and50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyonthe
RAIDcard.See“FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter:InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500
UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105

TheinstallationpackagesfortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLIConfiguration
UtilityprogramareontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,insertthe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsarelocatedin
theUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,referto
theMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.This
documentisalsoavailableontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

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ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers

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

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfiguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage70.

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

Updatingthefirmware

ThefirmwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
leveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thefirmwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreflashtheBIOS,theTMMfirmware,andtheFRU/SDR.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemfirmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemfirmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingthefirmwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheinstallationinstructionsinaTXTfile.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTfilethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemfirmware.

UsingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram

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

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

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FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerEasyManageprogram,refertothehelpsystem
fortheprogram.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage85

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage87

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage89

•“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage91

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage94

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage170

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

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

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

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,
dothefollowing:

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

2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver.

See“Updatingthefirmware”onpage82formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifthe
serverisnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage175todo
basictroubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage183.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

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–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,
monitor,andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

•Youdonothavetoturnofftheservertoinstallorreplaceahot-swapredundantpowersupply,hot-swap
harddiskdrives,orhot-plugUSBdevices.However,youmustturnofftheserverbeforeperforming
anystepsthatinvolveinstalling,removing,orreplacingadaptercablesornon-hot-swapdevicesor
components.

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightfindsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

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.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecificsituation,placethe
static-protectivepackageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewparton
thestatic-protectivepackage.

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,makesurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalled,
oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplywhiletheotherbayiscoveredbyashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertomakesurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnon

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theserver.Operatingtheserverforextendedperiodsoftime(morethan30minutes)withtheserver
coverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Makesurethatyoureplaceafailingfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.T oavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

•Avoidwearingloose-fittingclothingonyourforearms.Buttonlong-sleevedshirtsbeforeworkinginside
theserver;donotwearcufflinkswhileyouareworkinginsidetheserver.

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

•Removejewelry,suchasbracelets,necklaces,rings,andloose-fittingwristwatches.

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage85.

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.Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetofiveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe

servercover.

Figure34.Slidingtheservercovertotherear

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