Lenovo TS440 User Manual

ThinkServerTS440
UserGuide

MachineTypes:70AL,70AM,70AN,and70AQ

Note:Beforeusingtheinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:

•TheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourproduct

•“Safetyinformation”onpageiii

•AppendixA“Notices”onpage155

FirstEdition(September2013)

©CopyrightLenovo2013.

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

Contents

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

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

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

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

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

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

Specications...............10

Software.................10

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........10

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.11

BIOSupdateutilities..........11

RAIDcongurationutilities........11

Diagnosticprograms..........11

Locations.................11

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

label.................11

Frontviewoftheserver.........13

Frontpanel..............15

Rearviewoftheserver.........16

Serverlocks..............19

Servercomponents...........22

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs...26

RAIDcard...............28

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane....30

Connectingthecables..........34

Systemboardcomponents........37

Chapter4.T urningonandturningoff

theserver...............43

Turningontheserver............43

Turningofftheserver............43

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver..45

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........45

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....45

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility

program...............45

SetupUtilityprograminterface......45

Settingthesystemdateandtime.....49

Usingpasswords............49

ConguringtheTPMfunction.......50

Selectingastartupdevice........50

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......51

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......51

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...52

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............52

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup

program...............53

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

onaWindowsoperatingsystem......54

ConguringRAID..............55

AboutRAID..............55

RAIDforyourserver...........56

ConguringthesystemBIOStoenable

onboardSATARAIDfunctionality......57

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

hardwareRAID.............58

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers......60

Updatingthermware............60

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....60

Chapter6.Installing,removing,or

replacinghardware..........63

Guidelines................63

Precautions..............63

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....64

Systemreliabilityguidelines........64

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.65

Removingtheservercover..........65

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....67

RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket

assembly.................69

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...72

Installingorremovingamemorymodule...72

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...76

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard....80

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID....82

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID

700Battery..............86

Installingorreplacinganopticaldrive....89

Installingorremovinganon-hot-swaphard

diskdrive...............93

Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddisk

drive.................101

Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant

powersupply.............106

Replacingthepowerdistributionboardand

cageassembly.............110

Replacingthepowerconversionboard...114

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Replacingthehot-swapharddiskdrive

backplane...............116

Replacingthenon-hot-swappowersupply

assembly...............120

Replacingthecoverpresenceswitch....123

Replacingthefrontpanelboardassembly..126

Replacingthefrontsystemfan1......128

Replacingtherearsystemfan.......130

Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly..132

Replacingthemicroprocessor.......135

Replacingthesystemboardbattery....140

Completingthepartsreplacement.......141

Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnecting

cables................141

Updatingtheserverconguration.....144

Chapter7.T roubleshootingand

diagnostics.............145

Troubleshootingprocedure..........145

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....145

Usingadiagnosticprogram.........145

Basictroubleshootingtables.........146

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............146

Opticaldriveproblems..........147

Harddiskdriveproblems.........148

Memorymoduleproblems........149

Keyboard,mouse,orUSBdeviceproblems..150

Chapter8.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............151

Informationresources............151

Usingthedocumentation.........151

ThinkServerWebsite..........151

LenovoSupportWebsite.........151

Helpandservice..............152

Beforeyoucall.............152

Callingforservice............152

Usingotherservices..........153

Purchasingadditionalservices......153

AppendixA.Notices.........155

Trademarks................156

Importantnotes..............156

PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice..156

Recyclinginformation............156

Batteryreturnprogram..........157

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate..............157

Particulatecontamination..........158

ImportantWEEEinformation.........158

RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective

(RoHS)..................160

EuropeanUnionRoHS..........160

TurkishRoHS.............160

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...160

Exportclassicationnotice..........160

Electronicemissionnotices..........160

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............160

JapanVCCIClassAcompliancestatement..162

Eurasiancompliancemark..........162

ENERGYSTARmodelinformation.......163

Index.................165

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Safetyinformation

Note:Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsonthe

documentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.

Antesdeusaroproduto,leiaeentendaasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilínguesnoDVDdedocumentação
queoacompanha.

Предидаизползватетозипродукт,задължителнопрочететеивникнетевмногоезичнитеинструкции
забезопасноствDVDдискасдокументация,койтосепредоставяспродукта.

PrijeupotrebeovogproizvodaobaveznopročitajtevišejezičnesigurnosneuputekojesenalazenaDVD-us
dokumentacijomkojidobivateuzproizvod.

PředpoužitímproduktujetřebasipřečístaporozumětbezpečnostnímpokynůmuvedenýmnadiskuDVDs
dokumentací,kterýjedodávánsproduktem.

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

LuetuotteenmukanatoimitetullaDVD-tietolevylläolevatmonikielisetturvaohjeetennentämäntuotteen
käyttöä.

Avantd'utiliserleproduit,veillezàbienlireetcomprendrelesinstructionsdesécuritémultilinguesgurant
surleDVDdedocumentationfourniavecleproduit.

Πρινχρησιμοποιήσετετοπροϊόν,βεβαιωθείτεότιέχετεδιαβάσεικαικατανοήσειτιςοδηγίεςασφάλειας,οι
οποίεςείναιδιαθέσιμεςσεδιάφορεςγλώσσεςστοDVDτεκμηρίωσηςπουσυνοδεύειτοπροϊόν.

VorVerwendungdesProduktssolltenSieunbedingtdiemehrsprachigenSicherheitsanweisungenaufder
Dokumentations-DVDlesen,dieimLieferumfangdesProduktsenthaltenist.

AtermékhasználataelőttmindenképpenolvassaelésértelmezzeatermékhezkapottdokumentációsDVD
lemezentalálható,többnyelvenelolvashatóbiztonságielőírásokat.

Primadiutilizzareilprodotto,accertarsidileggereecomprendereleinformazionisullasicurezzamultilingue
disponibilisulDVDdidocumentazionefornitoconilprodotto.

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

제품을사용하기전에제품과함께제공되는문서DVD의다국어안전지침을주의깊게읽어보십시오.

Voordatuhetproductgebruikt,moetuervoorzorgendatudemeertaligeveiligheidsinstructiesopde
documentatie-dvdvanhetproducthebtgelezenenbegrijpt.

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Przedskorzystaniemzproduktunależyzapoznaćsięzwielojęzycznymiinstrukcjamibezpieczeństwa
znajdującymisięnapłycieDVDzdokumentacjądostarczonąwrazzproduktem.

Antesdeutilizaroproduto,leiaatentamenteasinstruçõesdesegurançamultilinguesqueconstamno
DVDdedocumentaçãofornecidocomoproduto.

Înaintedeautilizaprodusul,asiguraţi-văcăaţicititşiînţelesinstrucţiuniledesiguranţăînmaimultelimbide
peDVD-ulcudocumentaţiecareînsoţeşteprodusul.

Førdubrukerproduktet,måduleseogforstådenerspråkligesikkerhetsinformasjonenpåDVDenmed
dokumentasjonsomfølgermedproduktet.

Преждечемиспользоватьэтотпродукт,внимательноознакомьтесьсинструкциямипотехнике
безопасностинаразныхязыках,которыеможнонайтинаDVD-дискесдокументациейвкомплектес
продуктом.

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

Prenegotoupotrebiteproizvodobaveznopaljivoproitajteiprouiteviejezikouputstvozabezbednostna
dokumentacionomDVD-ukojistedobiliuzproizvod.

PredpouvanmproduktusipretajteviacjazynbezpenostnpokynynadiskuDVDsdokumentcioudodanoms
produktom.

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naDVD-juzdokumentacijo,kistegaprejeliskupajzizdelkom.

Antesdeutilizarelproducto,asegúresedeleerycomprenderlasinstruccionesdeseguridadmultilingüesdel
DVDdedocumentaciónqueseproporcionaconelproducto.

Varnogamedattläsasäkerhetsinstruktionernapådokumentations-DVD-skivansomföljermedprodukten
innandubörjaranvändaprodukten.

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

Buürünükullanmadanönce,ürünlebirliktegönderilenbelgeDVD'siüzerindekiçokdiliçerengüvenlik
yönergeleriniokuyupanladýðýnýzdaneminolun.

Передвикористаннямцьогопродуктууважноознайомтесязінструкціямизтехнікибезпекинарізних
мовах,щоможназнайтинаDVD-дискуздокументацієювкомплектізпродуктом.

Important:Fortranslatedversionsofthecautionordangerstatement,refertotheSafety,Warranty,and
SupportInformationdocument.

Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbeforeyouperform
theprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththeserveror
optionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orrecongurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF.

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.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,beropticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespeciedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,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

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialrehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.To
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
denedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Connecttheequipmenttoareliablyearthedsafetyextralowvoltage(SEL V)source.AnSELV
sourceisasecondarycircuitthatisdesignedsothatnormalandsinglefaultconditionsdonot
causethevoltagestoexceedasafelevel(60Vdirectcurrent).

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

•T orquethewiring-terminalscrewsto1.4newton-metersor12inch-pounds.

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceintheeldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

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

YourservercomeswithadocumentationDVDthatcontainsvariousserverdocumentstohelpyouuseand
maintaintheserver.Meanwhile,yourservercomeswithaThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatprovidesa
convenientsolutionforconguringtheserverandinstallinganoperatingsystem.

TheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)containsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom
Lenovo.ReadtheLLWonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.Aprintablegenericversion
ofthelatestLLWalsoisavailableinmorethan30languagesathttp://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02.If
youcannotobtaintheLLWthroughthedocumentationDVDorLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
ofceorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,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.T oaccesstheLenovoSupportWebsite,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

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Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedtheinformationifyoueverneed
tohaveyourserverserviced.

Forwheretondtheproductinformationlabelonthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage11.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

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

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

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesgeneraldescriptionsofthevariousdocumentationforyourserverandinstructionson
howtoobtainallthedocumentation.

Printeddocuments

Thefollowingdocumentisprintedoutandcontainedinyourserverpackage.

ReadMeFirst

Thisisamultilingualdocumentyoushouldreadrst.Thisdocumentguidesyoutoreadthecomplete
warranty,support,andsafetyinformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserverbefore
usingtheproduct.Thisdocumentalsoprovidesinformationabouthowtondthemostup-to-date
informationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Thisdocumentincludessafetyandlegalnoticesthatyou
shouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingtheserver.

DocumentationDVD

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

TostartthedocumentationDVD,inserttheDVDintotheopticaldrive.TheDVDisAutoPlayenabledand
startsautomaticallyinmostMicrosoft

®

Linux

operatingsystem,openthelaunch.htmlelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

®

Windows

®

environments.IftheDVDfailstostartorifyouareusinga

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Note:LenovomaintainspagesontheWorldWideWebwhereyoucangetthelatesttechnicalinformation

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

ThefollowingdocumentsareonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

•Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation
Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30

languages.Besuretoreadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.This
documentincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)information,and
informationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

•LenovoLicenseAgreement
ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•UserGuide
Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,

congure,andmaintainyourserver.

•MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide
ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto

usetheutilityprogramstocongure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.This
documentisinEnglishonly.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalledin
theserver.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80

.ForinformationabouttheThinkServer
RAID100(alsoknownastheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID),see“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenable
onboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage57.

Documentfortrainedservicepersonnelonly

ThefollowingdocumentisintendedonlyfortrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.

HardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutcomponentlocations,replacementproceduresformajorField
ReplaceableUnits(FRUs),andtroubleshootinganddiagnostics.Thisdocumentisupdatedfrequently,and
themostup-to-dateversionisalwaysavailableinEnglishontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingonthecongurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconguredandyouneedtoconnecttheservertothenetworkandanacpower
source,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwarefeatures
installed,requireshardwareandrmwareconguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.

Thegeneralprocedureforsettingupyourserveris:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Serverpackage”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter6“Installing,removing,
orreplacinghardware”onpage63.

3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage

tolocatetheconnectors.

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4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage43.

5.ReviewtheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

6.CongureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage52

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.CongureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Thisstep
isnotrequirediftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforrmwareanddriverupdates.See“Updatingthermware”onpage60.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

and“ConguringRAID”onpage55.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

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

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Serverpackage”onpage7

•“Features”onpage7

•“Specications”onpage10

•“Software”onpage10

•“Locations”onpage11

Serverpackage

Theserverpackageincludestheserver,powercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,and
softwaremedia.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure1.Serverpackage

1Server
2Materialbox(includingpowercords,printeddocumentation,adocumentationDVD,andsoftwaremedia)

Features

Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforvariousmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryornotbeavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,use
theSetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45

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Microprocessor

OneIntel

®

®

Xeon

dual-coreorquad-coremicroprocessor(internalcachesizevariesbymodel)

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

Memory

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage72.

Powersupply

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingpowersupplycongurations:

•Onescrew-secured,non-hot-swap450-wattpowersupplyassembly

•Oneortwohot-swap450-wattredundantpowersupplies

Fans

Yourservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcoolingandairow:

•Oneheatsinkandfanassembly

•Twofrontsystemfans

•Onerearsystemfan

Internaldrives

Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.

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

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

Notes:

–Theterm“2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives”or“2.5-inchharddiskdrives”hereinafterreferstoallthe

supportedtypesof2.5-inchharddiskdrives,includingthesolid-statedrives.
–ForservermodelswithmorethanfourSATAharddiskdrivesorservermodelsthatuseSASharddisk

drives,theremustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.See“RAIDcard”onpage28.

•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwo5.25-inchSATAopticaldrives

–Theserverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATA

opticaldrive.

Note:Iftheserverhasonlyoneopticaldriveinstalled,ensurethattheopticaldriveisinstalledinthe
lowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).Theupperbayisforasecondaryopticaldriveonly.

Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage22

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Expansionslots

Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage37.

Input/Output(I/O)features

•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel

•EightUSBconnectors(twoUSB3.0connectorsonthefrontpanel;fourUSB3.0andtwoUSB2.0
connectorsontherearpanel)

•OneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanel

•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel

Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage11

.

Ethernetconnectivity

TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeabilityto
supporttheEthernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000
Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage16.

Reliability,availability,andserviceability

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

YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:

•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage19

)

–Administratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver

(see“Usingpasswords”onpage49)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe

systemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableinsomemodels)

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

–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45

.

–Hot-swapfeature

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

–PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

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

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–RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled,yourserver
alsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations.Fordetailedinformation,see
“ConguringRAID”onpage55.

–Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”on
page11.

–Softwareprograms

Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software”onpage10.

Specications

Thistopicliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourserver.

Dimensions

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

Weight

Theproductweightvariesdependingondifferentsystemcongurations.

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

Environment

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

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

•Altitude:0to3048m(0to10000ft)

•Humidity:
Operating:10%to80%(non-condensing)

Storage:10%to90%(non-condensing)

Electricalinput

Universalinput:

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

Software

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided

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withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogramis
alsoontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage52.

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoastheFirmwareUpdater
program)enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserver
outages.TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformation
aboutdownloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage60

.

BIOSupdateutilities

TheBIOSrmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.LenovomaintainspagesontheSupport
WebsiteandprovidestheBIOSupdateutilitieswithinstructionsfordownloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSif
needed.Formoreinformation,see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage51
rmware”onpage60.

and“Updatingthe

RAIDcongurationutilities

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAIDcardisinstalled,yourserveralso
supportsadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations.Fordetailedinformation,see“Conguring
RAID”onpage55

.

Diagnosticprograms

Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:

•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool

•ThinkServerSystemProleCollectionTool

Formoreinformation,see“Usingadiagnosticprogram”onpage145.

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.

1

MT-M XXXX -XXX
S/N XXXXXXX

MT-M XXXX -XXX

S/N XXXXXXX

MT-M XXXX -XXX

S/N XXXXXXX

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

Figure2.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabels

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Frontviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethepartsonthefrontoftheserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthefrontviewoftheserver.

Figure3.Frontviewoftheserver

1Frontpanel
2Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

5OpticaldrivestatusLED
6Frontdoor

insomemodels)

3Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)
4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

1Frontpanel

7Frontdoorlock
8Frontdoorhandle

Fordetailedinformationaboutthecontrol,connectors,andstatusLEDsonthefrontpanel,see“Front
panel”onpage15.

2Opticaldrivebay2

The5.25-inchopticaldrivebay2isforasecondaryopticaldrive.Somemodelshaveasecondaryoptical
driveinstalled.

3Opticaldrivebay1

Yourservercomeswithanopticaldriveinstalledinthe5.25-inchopticaldrivebay1.

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4Opticaldriveeject/closebutton

Pressthisbuttontoejectorclosetheopticaldrivewhentheserverpowerison.

5OpticaldrivestatusLED

TheopticaldrivestatusLEDisblinkingingreenwhentheopticaldriveisworkingorinthePOSTprocess.

6Frontdoor

7Frontdoorlock

Youcanlockthefrontdoortoprotecttheharddiskdrivecagesfromunauthorizedaccess.

8Frontdoorhandle

Usethefrontdoorhandletoopenthefrontdoor.

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Frontpanel

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpanelof
theserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

Figure4.Frontpanel

1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED
2HarddiskdrivestatusLED
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)statusLED

1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED

4FrontUSB3.0connector1
5FrontUSB3.0connector2

Pressthepowerbuttontoturnontheserverwhenyounishsettinguptheserver.Youalsocanholdthe
powerbuttonforseveralsecondstoturnofftheserverifyoucannotturnofftheserverfromtheoperating
system.SeeChapter4“Turningonandturningofftheserver”onpage43.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyou
todeterminethecurrentpowerstatus.

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PowerstatusLED

OnGreen
Off

2HarddiskdrivestatusLED

Color

Theserverison.

None

Theserverisoff.

Description

TheharddiskdrivestatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethestatusoftheharddiskdriveactivity.

HarddiskdrivestatusLED

3NICstatusLED

Color

Off

Blinking

NoneTheharddiskdriveisnotinuse.

Green

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddataisbeing
transferred.

Description

TheNICstatusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnectorontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLEDColor

OnGreen
Off

Blinking

4FrontUSB3.0connector1

5FrontUSB3.0connector2

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

None

Green

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.
TheLANisconnectedandactive.

Description

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyouhave
morethaneightUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

Rearviewoftheserver

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyourserver.

Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithascrew-secured,non-hot-swappower
supplyassembly.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Figure5.Rearviewoftheserverwithanon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly

1Powercordconnector
2Serialconnector
3VGADB-15connector7Ethernetconnector(RJ-45)
4USB3.0connectors(4)

5USB2.0connectors(2)
6Expansioncardarea

8Frontdoorkey

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Yourservermodelmighthaveoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Eachhot-swapredundant
powersupplyhasonepowercordconnector1ontherearoftheserver.Foreachhot-swapredundantpower
supply,theremightbeoneortwostatusLEDsonthepowersupplynearthepowercordconnector.When
theLEDislitingreen,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyisworkingcorrectly.Whenthe
LEDislitinamber,itindicatesthatthehot-swapredundantpowersupplyislikelytofailorhasfailed.

Figure6.Rearviewoftheserverwithhot-swapredundantpowersupplies

1Powercordconnectors

Usedtoconnectthepowercords.

2Serialconnector

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialconnector.

3VGADB-15connector

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

4USB3.0connectors(4)

5USB2.0connectors(2)

UsedtoattachaUSB-compatibledevice,suchasaUSBkeyboard,mouse,scanner,orprinter.Ifyouhave
morethaneightUSBdevices,youcanpurchaseaUSBhub,whichyoucanusetoconnectadditional
USBdevices.

6Expansioncardarea

YourserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforyoutoinstallappropriatePeripheralComponent
Interconnect(PCI)cardsorPCIExpresscards.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage37.

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7Ethernetconnector(RJ-45)

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.TheEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyouidentify
theEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

EthernetstatusLED

2Right

1Left

8Frontdoorkey

ColorStatus

Amber

Amber
GreenOn
None

On
Off
BlinkingTheLANisconnectedandactive.
On

Off

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.
TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.
Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.

Description

Usedtoopenorlockthefrontdoor.

Note:Carefullysavethefrontdoorkeytoavoidloss.

Serverlocks

Lockingtheservercoverpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinsideofyourserver.Lockingthefrontdoor
preventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledharddiskdrives.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Padlock

Yourservercomeswithapadlockloop.Whenapadlockisinstalled,theservercovercannotberemoved.

Figure7.Padlock

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Kensington-stylecablelock

YoucanuseaKensington-stylecablelocktosecureyourservertoadesk,table,orothernon-permanent
xture.Thecablelockattachestothesecurity-lockslotattherearofyourserverandisoperatedwithakey
orcombinationdependingonthetypeselected.Thecablelockalsolockstheservercover.Thisisthesame
typeoflockusedwithmanynotebookcomputers.YoucanordersuchacablelockdirectlyfromLenovoby
searchingforKensingtonat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

Figure8.Kensington-stylecablelock

Chapter3.Productoverview21

Frontdoorlock

Youcanremovethekeyattachedontherearoftheserveranduseittoopenorlockthefrontdoorofthe
server.Thefrontdoorprotectstheharddiskdrivecagesandpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalled
harddiskdrives.

Figure9.Frontdoorlock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage11.

Toremovetheservercoverandgainaccesstotheinsideoftheserver,see“Removingtheservercover”
onpage65.

Thechassiscongurationvariesbymodel.Thefollowingillustrationsshowthefourmainchassis
congurationsbasedonthesupportedharddiskdrives.

•“Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays”onpage23

•“Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays”onpage24.

•“Componentsofservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays”onpage25.

•“Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrivebays”onpage26.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Figure10.Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

1Coverpresenceswitch
2Powerconversionboard
3Frontpanel
4Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

11Frontsystemfan2
12Systemboard
13Low-prolePCIcardbracket
14MainPCIcardbracket

insomemodels)

5Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)15Systemboardbattery
6Harddiskdrivebay316Expansioncard
7Harddiskdrivebay2
8Harddiskdrivebay1
9Harddiskdrivebay019Powersupply
10Frontsystemfan1

17Heatsinkandfanassembly
18Rearsystemfan

20Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

Note:Thepowerconversionboard2,low-prolePCIcardbracket13,andmainPCIcardbracket14are
availableinservermodelsthatcomewithaRAIDcard.

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Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Figure11.Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

1Coverpresenceswitch
2Powerconversionboard
3Frontpanel
4Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

13Harddiskdrivebay0
14Frontsystemfan1
15Frontsystemfan2
16Systemboard

insomemodels)

5Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)17Systemboardbattery
6Harddiskdrivebay7
7Harddiskdrivebay6
8Harddiskdrivebay520Expansioncard
9Harddiskdrivebay4
10Harddiskdrivebay3
11Harddiskdrivebay223Powersupply
12Harddiskdrivebay1

18MainPCIcardbracket
19Low-prolePCIcardbracket

21Heatsinkandfanassembly
22Rearsystemfan

24Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

Note:Thepowerconversionboard2,low-prolePCIcardbracket19,andmainPCIcardbracket18are
availableinservermodelsthatcomewithaRAIDcard.

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Componentsofservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Figure12.Componentsofservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

1Coverpresenceswitch
2Powerconversionboard
3Frontpanel
4Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

13Harddiskdrivebay0
14Frontsystemfan1
15Frontsystemfan2
16Systemboard

insomemodels)

5Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)17Systemboardbattery
6Harddiskdrivebay7
7Harddiskdrivebay6
8Harddiskdrivebay520Expansioncard
9Harddiskdrivebay4
10Harddiskdrivebay3
11Harddiskdrivebay223Powersupply
12Harddiskdrivebay1

18Low-prolePCIcardbracket
19MainPCIcardbracket

21Heatsinkandfanassembly
22Rearsystemfan

24Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

Note:Thepowerconversionboard2,low-prolePCIcardbracket18,andmainPCIcardbracket19are
availableinservermodelsthatcomewithaRAIDcard.

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Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Figure13.Componentsofservermodelswithfour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrivebays

1Coverpresenceswitch
2Powerconversionboard
3Frontpanel
4Opticaldrivebay2(withanopticaldriveinstalled

11Frontsystemfan2
12Systemboard
13Systemboardbattery
14Low-prolePCIcardbracket

insomemodels)

5Opticaldrivebay1(withanopticaldriveinstalled)15MainPCIcardbracket
6Harddiskdrivebay316Expansioncard
7Harddiskdrivebay2
8Harddiskdrivebay1
9Harddiskdrivebay019Powersupply
10Frontsystemfan1

17Heatsinkandfanassembly
18Rearsystemfan

20Fourmemoryslots(installedmemorymodulesvaryby

model)

Note:Thepowerconversionboard2,low-prolePCIcardbracket14,andmainPCIcardbracket15are
availableinservermodelsthatcomewithaRAIDcard.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.

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Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Eachhot-swapharddiskdrivehastwostatusLEDsonthefront.Unlockandopenthefrontdoortoaccess
theharddiskdrivesandviewthestatusLEDs.

Figure14.3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

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Figure15.2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivestatusLEDs

1HarddiskdriveactivityLED2HarddiskdriveRAIDstatusLEDDescription

OffOff

On,greenOff

Blinking,green

On,greenBlinkingrapidly(aboutfourashes

On,greenOn,amber

Blinking,green

Off

persecond),amber

Blinkingslowly(aboutoneashper
second),amber

Theharddiskdrivehasfailedoris
notpresent.

Theharddiskdriveispresentbutnot
inuse.

Theharddiskdriveisactiveanddata
isbeingtransferred.

TheRAIDcontrollerislocatingthe
harddiskdrive.

TheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannot
recover.

Theharddiskdriveisbeingrebuilt.

RAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardifaRAIDcardisinstalledin
thePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

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SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.IfyourserverdoesnotcomewithaRAIDcard,youcanpurchaseonefromLenovo.
See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80.

Notes:

•TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.

•ForservermodelswithmorethanfourSATAharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.

YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:

•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure16.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter

1Port03TR500keyconnector
2Port1

1Port0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

2Port1

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

3TR500keyconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage82

.

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ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)

ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Figure17.ThinkServerRAID700Adapter

1Ports7-4
2Ports3-0

1Ports7-4

3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

2Ports3-0

Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

3ThinkServerRAID700Batteryconnector

UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID700Battery.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700
Battery”onpage86

.

Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane

Yourservermightcomewithoneofthefollowinghot-swapharddiskdriveandbackplanecongurations:

•Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes

•Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

•Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdriveswithonebackplane

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanes1.Youneedto
opentheservercoverandremovethefrontsystemfanstoaccessthebackplanes.See“Removingthe
servercover”onpage65and“Replacingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage128.

Notes:

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

•Thefollowingillustrationisbasedonservermodelsthathavevetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSAS
harddiskdriveswithtwobackplanes.

Figure18.Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplanelocations

Backplaneforservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodels
withfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays.

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Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswithfour3.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrivebays.

Figure19.Frontviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

1Slot0fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

3Slot2fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

diskdrive

2Slot1fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swaphard

4Slot3fora3.5-inchSATAorSAShot-swapharddiskdrive

diskdrive

Figure20.Rearviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswithfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

18-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectapowercable.

2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

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Backplaneforservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodels
witheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays.

Thefollowingillustrationsshowtheconnectorsonthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrivebays.

Figure21.Frontviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

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

Figure22.Rearviewofthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebays

18-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectapowercable.

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2Mini-SASsignalcableconnector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

3Mini-SASsignalcableconnector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofthemini-SASsignalcable.

Connectingthecables

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonthefollowingcableconnections:

•“Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablefromthesystemboardtothebackplaneforservermodelswith
hot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage34

•“Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanesforservermodelswith
hot-swapharddiskdrives”onpage35.

•“ConnectingtheSATAsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives”
onpage37.

Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablefromthesystemboardtothebackplanefor
servermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives

Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchSATAhot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled,youcanusethe
mini-SASsignalcablethathasfourSATAconnectorsandoneSerialGeneralPurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)
connectorforcableconnection.

.

Toconnectthemini-SASsignalcablefromthesystemboardtothebackplane,dothefollowing:

1.Connectthemini-SASconnector1tothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplane.The
backplaneisinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

2.ConnectthefourSATAconnectors3-6totheSATAconnectors0-3onthesystemboard.

3.ConnecttheSGPIOconnector2totheSATASGPIOconnectoronthesystemboard.

Figure23.Mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSAT AconnectorsandoneSATASGPIOconnector

Toconnectthepowercablefromthesystemboardtothebackplane,connectthe4-pinpowerconnectoron
oneendofthepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,connecttheother
powerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepowerconnectoronthebackplane.

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Note:ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencetofollow

whenyouareconnectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.

SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSA TAconnector

P0
P1
P2
P3

SATAconnector0
SATAconnector1
SATAconnector2
SATAconnector3

ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDusingthecongurationutilityfortheThinkServerRAID100,see
“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage57.

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocations:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage30

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37

Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanesfor
servermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives

IfyourserverhasasupportedRAIDcardinstalled,youcanconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthe
RAIDcardtothebackplanestosupportuptoeightharddiskdrives.Inthiscase,youcancongureRAIDfor
theharddiskdrivesusingtheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.

Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.

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Figure24.ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanes

Toconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanes,dothefollowing:

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID700Adapter,dothefollowing:

1.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3ononeendofthe
cabletotheports3-0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector

4ontheother

endofthecabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddisk
drivesortothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.The
backplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrivesisinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector

1ononeendofthecabletotheports7-4ontheRAID

card.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASsignal
cableconnector1onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesortothemini-SASsignalcable
connectoronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
isinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.

•IfyouareusingaThinkServerRAID500Adapter,dothefollowing:

1.Useonemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable.Connectthemini-SASconnector1ononeendofthe
cabletotheport0ontheRAIDcard.Then,connectthemini-SASconnector2ontheotherendof
thecabletothemini-SASsignalcableconnector0onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesor
tothemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplane
for3.5-inchharddiskdrivesisinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

2.Ifyourserverhasmorethanfourharddiskdrivesinstalled,usetheothermini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cable.Connectthemini-SASconnector3ononeendofthecabletotheport1ontheRAIDcard.
Then,connectthemini-SASconnector4ontheotherendofthecabletothemini-SASsignal
cableconnector1onthebackplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrivesortothemini-SASsignalcable
connectoronthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Thebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives
isinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.

Note:ThelocationoftheexternalconnectorontheRAIDcarddiffersdependingonthetypeofRAIDcard.

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Toconnectthepowercables,dothefollowing:

•Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe4-pinpowerconnector
ononeendofthepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,connectthe
otherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepowerconnectoronthebackplane.

•Forservermodelswithmorethanfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,usetwopowercables.
Connectthe4-pinpowerconnectorononeendofonepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoron
thesystemboard.Then,connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothe
powerconnectoronthebackplaneinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.Connectthe8-pinpower
connectorononeendoftheotherpowercabletothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthepowerconversion
board.Then,connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepower
connectoronthebackplaneinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.

•Forservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe8-pinpowerconnector
ononeendofthepowercabletothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthepowerconversionboard.Then,
connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepowerconnectoronthe
backplane.

Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocations:

•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage30

•“RAIDcard”onpage28

•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37

ConnectingtheSAT Asignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swap
harddiskdrives

Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives,connectoneendofaSATAsignal
cabletotherearofanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.Then,connecttheotherendoftheSATAsignalcable
totheappropriateSATAconnectoronthesystemboard.Youalsoneedtoconnecttheappropriatepower
connectortotherearofthenon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.

ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttherecommendedSATAconnectoronthesystemboardfor
thenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveinstalledineachdrivebay.

Non-hot-swapharddiskdrive

Installedinbay0
Installedinbay1
Installedinbay2
Installedinbay3

SATAconnector0
SATAconnector1
SATAconnector2
SATAconnector3

SATAconnectoronthesystemboard

Toconnectthepowercablefromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe4-pin
powerconnectorononeendofthepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,
connectthepowerconnectorsontheotherendofthepowercabletothecorrespondingpowerconnectors
ontheharddiskdrives.

Formoreinformationaboutthelocationoftheharddiskdrivebays,powerconnectors,andSATAconnectors
onthesystemboard,see“Servercomponents”onpage22and“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37

Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

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Figure25.Systemboardcomponents

14-pinpowerconnector
2Systemboardbattery19Systemfan1connector
3Microprocessorsocket20Frontpanelconnector
4Microprocessorfanconnector
5Memoryslot1(DIMM1)22PlatformControllerHub(PCH)
6Memoryslot2(DIMM2)23SATASGPIOconnector
7Memoryslot3(DIMM3)24USB2.0connector
8Memoryslot4(DIMM4)25ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)

18SATAconnector2

21FrontUSB3.0connector

jumper

9Thermalsensorconnector
10Systemfan2connector27Serialconnector
114-pinpowerconnector
124-pinpowerconnector
13Mainpowerconnector
14SATAconnector331PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot1)
15SATAconnector0
16SATAconnector433Coverpresenceswitchconnector(intrusionswitchconnector)
17SATAconnector1

26ManagementEngine(ME)disablejumper

28PCIcardslot(PCIslot4)
29PCIExpressx4cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)
30PCIExpressx1cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

32Rearsystemfanconnector

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14-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowercablefromthepowersupply.

2Systemboardbattery

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

3Microprocessorsocket

Themicroprocessorissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocketonthesystemboard.Aheatsinkandfan
assemblyisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.

4Microprocessorfanconnector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftheheatsinkandfanassembly.

5-8Memoryslots

Yourserversystemboardprovidesfourmemoryslotstosupportuptofourmemorymodules.Formore
information,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage72.

9Thermalsensorconnector

Usedtoconnectthethermalsensorcable.

10Systemfan2connector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftheupperfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan2).

114-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowercableforopticaldrives.

124-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowercableforharddiskdrives.

13Mainpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe14-pinpowerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.

1415161718SATAconnectors

UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheSATAharddiskdrivesorSATAopticaldrives.

Notes:

•IfyourserverhasoneSATAopticaldriveinstalled,useaSATAsignalcabletoconnecttheopticaldrive
totheSATAconnector4onthesystemboard.

•IfyourserverhastwoSATAopticaldrivesinstalled,usetwoSATAsignalcablestoconnecttheoptical
drivestotheSATAconnector4andSATAconnector3onthesystemboardrespectively.

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19Systemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthelowerfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan1).

20Frontpanelconnector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelcable.

21FrontUSB3.0connector

UsedtoconnectthefrontUSBcable.

22PlatformControllerHub(PCH)

Thischipprovidesthedatabufferingandinterfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfaces
operateefcientlyandprovidesthebandwidthnecessaryforthesystemtoachievepeakperformance.

23SA TASGPIOconnector

UsedtoconnecttheSGPIOconnectorofthemini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAconnectorsandone
SGPIOconnectortoenabletheRAIDstatusLEDsforhot-swapharddiskdrives.

24InternalUSB2.0connector

Reservedforthemanufacturer.

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25ClearCMOS(ComplementaryMetalOxideSemiconductor)jumper

UsedtoclearCMOSandturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:ClearingCMOSdoesnoteraseyourBIOSpasswords.

Ajumperisashortlengthofconductorusedtosetuporadjustaprintedcircuitboard,suchasthesystem
boardofacomputer.Ajumperusuallyisencasedinanon-conductiveblockofplasticforconvenientuse
andtoavoidanypossibledamagetoalivecircuit.Jumperpinsarrangedingroupsonthesystemboardare
calledjumperblocks.Whentwoormorejumperpinsarecappedwithajumper,anelectricalconnectionis
madebetweenthemandtheequipmentisthusinstructedtoactivatecertainsettingsaccordingly.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboard.

5.MovetheClearCMOSjumperfromthedefaultnormalposition(pin1andpin2)totheshort-circuited
position(pin2andpin3).

6.Reconnecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.Then,waitmorethan10seconds.

7.Whenyouhearbeeps,turnofftheserver.Then,movetheClearCMOSjumperbacktothenormal
position(pin1andpin2).

8.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page141

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9.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheclearingCMOSprocessis
completed.

26ManagementEngine(ME)disablejumper

UsethisjumpertodisabletheME.

TodisabletheME,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheMEdisablejumperonthesystemboard,andthenensurethatthejumperisencasedina
non-conductiveblockofplastic.

5.Reinstalltheservercoverandconnectthepowercords.See“Completingthepartsreplacement”on
page141.

6.Connecttheservertoanacpowersource.Then,turnontheserver.TheMEhasbeendisabled.

27Serialconnector

Usedtoprovideanoptionalserialconnectorsolutionwitharequiredcable.

28PCIcardslot(PCIslot4)

Usedtoinstallastandard32-bit33-MHzPCIcardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.

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29PCIExpressx4cardslot(PCI-Eslot3)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx4cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasagraphics
card.

30PCIExpressx1cardslot(PCI-Eslot2)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx1cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasanEthernet
card.

31PCIExpressx16cardslot(PCI-Eslot1)

ThisPCIcardslotsupportsaPCIExpressx16cardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength,suchasaRAIDcard.

32Rearsystemfanconnector

Usedtoconnectthecableoftherearsystemfan.

33Coverpresenceswitchconnector(intrusionswitchconnector)

Usedtoconnectthecableofthecoverpresenceswitch.

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Chapter4.Turningonandturningofftheserver

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutturningonandturningofftheserver.

Turningontheserver

Afteryounishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage15.

Turningofftheserver

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

Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

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

•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttononthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•Theservermightbeturnedoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

Note:Forinformationaboutyourspecicoperatingsystem,refertotherelateddocumentationorhelp
systemfortheoperatingsystem.

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Chapter5.Conguringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage52

•“ConguringRAID”onpage55

•“ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage60

•“Updatingthermware”onpage60

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

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

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage43

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage49.

.

ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram

TheSetupUtilityprogrammenulistsvariousitemsaboutthesystemconguration.Selectadesireditem
toviewinformationorchangesettings.

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

YoucanviewthefollowinginformationaboutyourspecicservermodelfromtheSetupUtilityprogram:

•TheMainmenulistsinformationabouttheBIOSversion,microprocessortypeandcorefrequency,
memorysize,installedSATAdevices,andsystemdateandtime.

•TheAdvancedmenulistsinformationabouttheinstalledmicroprocessoranditssupportedtechnologies.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfromthe
informationinthistopic.Theinformationinthistopicisbasedonthe0.9bversionoftheBIOS.

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Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardcomponents”onpage37

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreashtheBIOSandtheFRU/Sensor
DataRecords(SDR).

ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:

•Main:See“Mainmenu”onpage46.

•Devices:See“Devicesmenu”onpage46.

•Advanced:See“Advancedmenu”onpage46.

•Power:See“Powermenu”onpage47

•Security:See“Securitymenu”onpage47.

•Startup:See“Startupmenu”onpage48.

•Exit:“Exitmenu”onpage48.

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Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe
BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeontheMainmenu,see“Settingthesystemdateandtime”onpage49.

Devicesmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicessettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Oneach
submenu,pressEntertoviewtheinformationorshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionby
usingtheupanddownarrowkeys.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•SerialPortSetup:Viewandsetserialconnectorcongurationparameters.

•USBSetup:ViewandsetUSBcongurationparameters.

•A TADriveSetup:ViewandsetSATAharddiskdrivecongurationparameters.

•VideoSetup:Viewandsettheprimaryvideoadaptertype.

•AudioSetup:Enableordisabletheonboardaudiocontroller.

•NetworkSetup:EnableordisabletheonboardEthernetcontrollerandothernetworkfunctions.

Advancedmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Oneachsubmenu,
pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow

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keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus.Formoreinformation,enterthecorresponding
submenuandrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

•CPUSetup:ViewandsetCPUcongurationparameters.

•Intel

®

Manageability:ViewandsetIntelvPROfeatures.

Powermenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousserverpowermanagementsettingsonthePowermenuintheSetupUtility
program.ThePowermenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Foreachsubmenuand
item,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrow
keysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserver
supportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•AfterPowerLoss:Viewandcongurethesystemperformanceafteracpowersourceisremoved
andrestored.

•EnhancedPowerSavingMode:EnableordisableEnhancedPowerSavingMode.

ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

•IntelligentCoolingEngine(ICE):Enablethesystemtoentertheloweracousticlevelorbetterthermal
level.

•AutomaticPowerOn:EnableordisabletheAutomaticPowerOnfunction.

Securitymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Foreachmenuitem,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupand
downarrowkeysortypedesiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyif
theserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

Notes:

•Enabledmeansthatthefunctioniscongured.

•Disabledmeansthatthefunctionisnotcongured.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingmainitems:

•AdministratorPassword:Viewthestatusofanadministratorpassword.

•Power-OnPassword:Viewthestatusofauserpassword.

•SetAdministratorPassword:Setanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage49

•SetPower-OnPassword:Setauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.
See“Usingpasswords”onpage49.

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TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

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•HardDiskPassword:Viewandsetharddiskdrivepasswordparameters.

•FingerprintSetup:Viewandsetngerprintcongurationparameters.

•TCGFeatureSetup:ConguretheTPMfunction.See“ConguringtheTPMfunction”onpage50

•SystemEventLog:Viewandclearthesystemeventlog.

•SecureBoot:Viewandsetsecurebootcongurationparameters.

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Startupmenu

TheStartupmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserver
startupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Aftertheserver
restarts,changesinthestartupoptionstakeeffect.

Thestartupsequencespeciestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestondabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromtherstbootrecordthatitnds.Forexample,youcandeneastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheharddiskdrive,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformation
aboutsettingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage50

TheStartupmenucontainsvariouscongurationsubmenusanditems.Foreachsubmenuanditem,press
Entertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeysortype
desiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.

TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

.

•PrimaryBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenthesystemispoweredupnormally.

•AutomaticBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenacommunicationdevicewakesupthesystem.

•ErrorBootSequence:Thissequenceisusedwhenanerroroccurs.

TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•CSM:IfyouselectEnabled,youcaninstallanon-UEFIoperatingsystem.IfyouselectDisabled,you
caninstallaUEFIoperatingsystem.

•BootMode:Choosethebootpolicy.

•BootPriority:Setthebootpriorityofoperatingsystems.

Exitmenu

AfteryounishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesiredaction
fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.Press
EntertoselecttheitemontheExitmenu,andthenselectYeswhenpromptedtoconrmtheaction.For
informationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage51

TheExitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

•SaveChangesandExit:SavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•DiscardChangesandExit:Discardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility
program.

•LoadOptimalDefaults:Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

•OSOptimizedDefaults:SelectEnabledtomeettheMicrosoftWindows8certicationrequirement.The
settingsfortheCSMsupport,bootmode,bootpriority,secureboot,andsecurityRollBackprevention
willbeaffected.

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Settingthesystemdateandtime

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.

TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemTime&Date.

3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

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

•Power-Onpassword
Whenapower-onpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordto
usetheserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyouuseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

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Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
SetPower-OnPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage49.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

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

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

ConguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyoutoencryptdataandprotecttheserver.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTCGFeatureSetup,andthenpressEnter.

3.SelectTCGSecurityFeatures.Then,settheTPMSupporttoActive.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestartinordertoenable
theTPMfunction.

Selectingastartupdevice

Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant:

Note:Notalldiscs,harddiskdrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Thebootdeviceselection
windowopens.

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

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

2.OntheStartupmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdevicedependingon
yourneeds.Y oualsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“Startupmenu”onpage48.

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3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

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

•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectExit➙Save
ChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadOptimalDefaults.

FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage48.

UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed
eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom
otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Y oucanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangethecongurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage45

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LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,theyareavailable
fordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdatetheserverrmware
bydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverrmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthermware”onpage60.

Updating(ashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecicallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Y oucanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemcongurations.

•IfthepowertoyourserverisinterruptedwhilethePOSTandBIOSarebeingupdated,yourservermight
notrestartcorrectly.EnsurethatyouperformtheBIOSupdateprocedureinanenvironmentwitha
steadypowersupply.Besides,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfullywithoutencountering
hardwareproblems.

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSrmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.YouneedtocheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneeds.

Toupdate(ash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTlethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.

3.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(ash)theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecicneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45

aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicguidesyoutousetheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtosetupandcongureyourserver.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworkswithyour
WindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperating
systemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbeaccessed
directlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmele.Thereadmele
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmeleandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicliststhefeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•RAIDcongurationutility

•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•AbilitytodownloaddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDaccordingtotheoperating
systemoradd-ondevice

•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareusableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserversto
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StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationabouthowtousethis
programtohelpyouconguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveastherststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page50

2.WaitfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoload.Then,youwillbepromptedforthefollowing
selections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

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

3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages
aboutconguringstoragedevices.ClickNextuntilyouarepresentedwiththeLenovoLicense
Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustagreethose
termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

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•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsele.

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

screen.IfthisisthersttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

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

2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatany
externalstoragedevicesandberchannelsareconguredcorrectly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andservercongurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide

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Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe
program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•CongureRAID
ThismenuguidesyoutocongureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDcongurationandmakechanges

ifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•Downloaddrivers
ThismenuhelpsyoudownloadtherequireddevicedriversfromtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtoa

removablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthedriversforservercongurationwhenyouneed
them.

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

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperating system

YoucanruntheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDonaWindowsoperatingsystemwiththeInternetExplorer
Webbrowseroralaterversioninstalled.EntertheoperatingsystemandinserttheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDintoaninternalorexternalopticaldrive.TheDVDstartsautomaticallyinmostenvironments.IftheDVD
failstostart,openthelaunch.exelelocatedintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Notes:

•YoushouldreadandaccepttheLenovoLicenseAgreementwhenprompted.

•OntheMicrosoftWindowsServer
toaddtheUniformResourceLocator(URL)fortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramWebpagetothe
trustedWebsitelistsothatthepagecanopencorrectly.

YoucandothefollowingwhenusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramonaWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetailedinformation,refertothehelpsystem.

•ViewageneralintroductiontoyourThinkServerservermodelandthespecicserverconguration
information.

•ViewgeneralguidanceonhowtousetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

•Downloadtherequireddevicedriverstoaremovablestoragedevicesothatyoucaneasilygetthe
driversforservercongurationwhenyouneedthem,especiallywhenyounishinstallinganoperating
systemwithoutusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDandneedappropriatedevicedriverstocongure
yourserver.

•InstalltherequireddevicedriversdirectlyontheserveronwhichyouarerunningtheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVD.

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•ViewinformationaboutallservermodelssupportedbytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramand
informationaboutthedevicedriversforeachservermodel,includingthedriverversionsanddriver
locationsintherootdirectoryoftheThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.

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

ConguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutocongure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage55

•“RAIDforyourserver”onpage56

•“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage57

•“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage58

AboutRAID

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

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

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedtosingle-drivestorage
systems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdatafromthe
remainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

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

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoharddiskdrives.

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•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.

Note:BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,ensurethatyouuseharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype
(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDcongurations:

•OnboardSAT AsoftwareRAIDcongurationusingtheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterprise

program

TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC220chiponthesystemboard.
IfyourserverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheIntel
RapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseprogramtocongureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupports
onboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”
onpage57

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•AdvancedSA TA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurationusingtheWebBIOSCongurationUtility

program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
CongurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page28

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.Y oualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
andtheMegaCLICongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontroller
inanoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.For
theThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5
keyontheRAIDcard.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID”onpage82

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage58.

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.

BeforeconguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80formoreinformation.

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ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality

ThissectiondescribeshowtocongurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.

Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.

ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.

3.SelectCongureSATAasandpressEnter.

4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.

5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.

TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNameeldandpressTab.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLeveleldandpressTab.

5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizeeldandpressTab.

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6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityeldandpressTab.

7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.

8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.

9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.

10.Whennished,selectExitandpressEnter.

DeletingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconguration
utilitytodeleteRAIDvolumes.

TodeleteRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume
willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.

5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:

•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage57forRAIDvolumecreation.

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

Resettingdiskstonon-RAID

Thissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.

Toresetyourharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
congurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.

3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen
pressEntertocompletetheselection.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconrmtheresetaction.

5.Afterresettingtheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID,youcan:

•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage58

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage57

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

forRAIDvolumedeletion.

forRAIDvolumecreation.

ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID

SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.Y oualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”onpage
28

and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80formoreinformation.

Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSCongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoucongureRAIDindependently
oftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI

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CongurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontrollerinanoperatingsystem
environment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.FortheThinkServerRAID500
Adapter,toactivateRAID5and50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.See“Installing
orremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage82

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

Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthers
foldermightcontainadditionalinstallationpackagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.

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

.

ConguringRAIDusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theuserguideforthe
programcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeaturesforRAIDconguration:

•ForusewithallsupportedRAIDcontrollers

•AutomaticallydetectshardwareandlistsallsupportedRAIDcongurations

•Conguresoneormorediskarrayspercontrollerdependingonthenumberofdrivesattachedtothe
controllerandtheRAIDlevelselected

•Supportshot-sparedrives

•CreatesaRAIDresponselethatcanbeusedtocongureRAIDcontrollersonsimilarlycongured
Lenovoservers

See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage52andviewtheuserguidefromthemain
interfaceoftheprogram.

SomeRAIDmanagementsoftwarealsoisprovidedontheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoumanage
RAIDarraysandRAIDcontrollersinanoperatingsystemenvironment.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,
inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.Theinstallationpackagesfortheprogramsare
locatedintheUtilitiesandOthersfolderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDis
designedfordifferenttypesofserversandtheUtilitiesandOthersfoldermightcontainadditionalinstallation
packagesthatarenotrequiredtobeinstalledintoyourserver.Formoreinformation,see“Installingand
usingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram”onpage59
hardwareRAID”onpage58.

and“ConguringtheadvancedSATAorSAS

InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram

YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconguringRAID.

TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.

Chapter5.Conguringtheserver59

ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersintheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
congurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwarecongurations.

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”

•“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”

•“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”

•“MaintainingandManagingStorageCongurations”

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

ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers

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

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage52

.

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

Updatingthermware

ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoWebsite.

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatest
levelofrmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversionof
thermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOSandtheFRU/SDR.

UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram

TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.

ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingthermwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandtheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallation
instructions.

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3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTleandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtoupdateyour
systemrmware.

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage63

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage65

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage67

•“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage72

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

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

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

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

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go
tohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updating
thermware”onpage60

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage145todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage151.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

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

•Ensurethatyouhaveenoughproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,andother
devices.

formoreinformation.

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•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

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

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

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

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightndsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

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

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

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleanddamageit.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

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

•Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,ensurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•Eachofthedrivebayshasadriveoradummytrayinstalled;orthereisanelectromagneticinterface(EMI)
protectivepanelorEMIshieldinstalledtoprotectthedrivecage.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalled,
oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplywhiletheotherbayiscoveredbyashield.

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

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIcards,followthecablinginstructionsthatcome
withtheoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

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•Ensurethatyoureplaceafailingfanwithin48hours.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdrivewithintwominutesofremoval.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

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

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

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

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Removingtheservercover

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheservercover.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

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

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecurestheservercover,suchasapadlockoranintegratedcable
lock.See“Serverlocks”onpage19

.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware65

5.Loosenthethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover,andthenslidetheservercovertotherear
untilitisstopped.

Notes:

a.Theservercoverissecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,suchasascrewdriver,toloosen

thethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheserver
cover.Donottrytoremovethethumbscrewfromtheservercover.

b.Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetoveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingthe

servercover.

Figure26.Slidingtheservercovertotherear

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6.Pivottheservercoveroutwardtoremoveit.

Figure27.Removingtheservercover

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverformorethan30minuteswiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.

Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Reinstallingtheservercoverandreconnectingcables”onpage141.

Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Toremoveandreinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware67

3.Removethefrontbezelbyreleasingthethreeplastictabsontheleftsideandpivotingthefrontbezel
outward.

Figure28.Removingthefrontbezel

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4.Toreinstallthefrontbezel,aligntheotherthreeplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwith
thecorrespondingholesinthechassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelinwarduntilitsnapsintoposition
ontheleftside.

Figure29.Installingthefrontbezel

5.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141.

RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.Thistopic
appliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaRAIDcardinstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

ToremoveandreinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassemblybydoingthefollowing:

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware69

a.Pressthereleasetab1inthedirectionasshown,andthencarefullyliftthePCIcardbracket

assemblyslightlyupwarduntileachofthetworetentionposts2onthechassisisinthecentral
positionofthecorrespondingholeinthePCIcardbracketassembly.

Figure30.ReleasingthePCIcardbracketassembly

b.CarefullymovethePCIcardbracketassemblytothetopsideofthechassisuntilthePCIcard

bracketassemblyisreleasedfromtheretentionpostsonthechassis.Then,liftthePCIcardbracket
assemblyoutofthechassis.

Figure31.RemovingthePCIcardbracketassembly

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5.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassemblybydoingthefollowing:
a.Installthesmalllow-prolePCIcardbracketintothemainPCIcardbracketasshown.

Figure32.Installingthesmalllow-prolePCIcardbracketintothemainPCIcardbracket

b.PlacethePCIcardbracketassemblyintothechassissothatthetworetentionposts2onthe

bottomofthechassisareinsertedintothecorrespondingholesinthePCIcardbracketassembly.
EnsurethattheedgeoftheRAIDcardcanbesmoothlyinsertedintotheslot1inthesmall
low-prolePCIcardbracket.Then,carefullypressthePCIcardbracketassemblydownuntilitis
securelyinstalledandlockedintopositionbythetworetentionposts.

Figure33.ReinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware71

6.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCI
cards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

Notes:

1.UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

2.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIExpresscardslots
coveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIExpresscard,savetheEMIshieldordummy
trayfromthedrivebayorsavethePCIExpresscardslotbracketincaseyoulaterremovethedevice.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIExpresscardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,ller,
oranyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultin
overheatingorcomponentdamage.

Installingorremovingamemorymodule

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.

Note:ThememorymodulesaresensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage64rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslotstoprovidethefollowingfeatures:

•Eachslotsupports2GBand4GB1333-MHzDDR3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(UDIMMs)
withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Theminimumsystemmemoryis2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMM2slot).

•Themaximumsystemmemoryis16GB(one4GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemory
slots).

Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecicservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.

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

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Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofallmemoryslotsonthesystemboard.

Figure34.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard

1Memoryslot(DIMM1)3Memoryslot(DIMM3)
2Memoryslot(DIMM2)4Memoryslot(DIMM4)

Thefollowingtableexplainsthememorymoduleinstallationrulesforyourserver.The“X”markindicatesthe
memoryslotsintowhichthememorymodulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.

Table1.Memorymoduleinstallationrules

DIMMDIMM1DIMM2DIMM3DIMM4

OneDIMM
TwoDIMMsXX
ThreeDIMMsXXX
FourDIMMsXXXX

X

Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware73

Notes:

•Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallation
ruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage72

.

•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

5.Disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothememoryslots.

6.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.

Figure35.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.

Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.

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8.Positionthenewmemorymoduleoverthememoryslot.Ensurethatthenotch1onthenewmemory
moduleisalignedwiththekey2inthememoryslot.Then,pressthenewmemorymodulestraightdown
intothememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipscloseandthenewmemorymodulesnapsintoposition.

Note:Ifthereisagapbetweenthememorymoduleandtheretainingclips,thememorymodulehasnot
beeninstalledcorrectly.Opentheretainingclips,removethememorymodule,andthenreinstallitinto
thememoryslotuntiltheretainingclipsareclosed.

Figure36.Installingamemorymodule

9.Reconnectanycablesyouhavedisconnected.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.

Removingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:Ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingthe
operation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage72.

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

5.Disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothememoryslots.

and“Guidelines”onpage63.

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware75

6.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe
memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit
fromthememoryslot.

Figure37.Removingamemorymodule

7.Reconnectanycablesyouhavedisconnected.

8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.

InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.Ifyouareinstallingor
removinganyothertypesofsupportedPCIExpresscards,theprocedureissimilar.

Note:TheEthernetcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive
devices”onpage64rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

InstallingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

76ThinkServerTS440UserGuide

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.IfaPCIcardbracketassemblyisinstalledinyourserver,removethePCIcardbracketassembly.See
“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69

.

5.LocateaPCIExpresscardslotonthesystemboardforinstallingtheEthernetcard.Y oucaninstallthe
EthernetcardtothePCI-Eslot2thatsupportsacardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.See“System
boardcomponents”onpage37toidentifythedifferenttypesofPCIcardslotsinyourserver.

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

7.RemovethePCIExpresscardslotbracketbyremovingthescrewthatsecuresthemetalbracketand
thenliftingthebracketoutofthechassis.StorethePCIExpresscardslotbracketincaseyoulater
removetheEthernetcardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.

Note:Carefullyplacetheremovedscrewaside.YouwillneedthescrewlatertosecuretheEthernet
cardinplace.

Figure38.RemovingaPCIExpresscardslotbracket

8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheEthernetcardoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheEthernetcardbyitsedges.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware77

9.PositionthenewEthernetcardoverthePCIExpresscardslotforwhichyouhaveremovedtheslot
bracket,andthencarefullypresstheEthernetcardstraightdownuntilitissecurelyseatedintheslot.
InstallthescrewtosecuretheEthernetcardinplace.

Figure39.InstallingtheEthernetcard

10.DependingonthetypeoftheEthernetcard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcables.Referto
thedocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardforspecicinformation.

11.InstallthePCIcardbracketassemblyifaRAIDcardisinstalledinyourserver.See“Removingand
reinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.Then,continuewith

thefollowingproceduretoinstalltheEthernetcarddriverifrequired.

ToinstalltherequireddevicedriverfortheEthernetcard,dooneofthefollowing:

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatmightcomewiththeEthernetcard.

•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadandinstalltherequiredEthernet
carddrivertotheserver.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramona
Windowsoperatingsystem”onpage54

.

•IfyouareusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyour
serveronacomputerwithaWindowsoperatingsystemanddownloadtherequiredEthernetcarddriver
toaremovablestoragedevice.Then,transfertheEthernetcarddriverfromtheremovablestoragedevice
toyourserverandrunthedriverletoinstallthedriver.

Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadonthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers

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RemovingtheEthernetcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•Dependingonthespecictype,theEthernetcardmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationin
thistopic.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.IfaPCIcardbracketassemblyisinstalledinyourserver,removethePCIcardbracketassembly.See
“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69.

5.LocatetheEthernetcard.TheEthernetcardisinthePCI-Eslot2thatsupportsacardwith167mm
(6.57inches)inlength.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

6.DependingonthetypeoftheEthernetcard,youmightalsoneedtodisconnectallcablesfromthe
Ethernetcard,thesystemboard,andorthehot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane.

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7.RemovethescrewthatsecurestheEthernetcard.Then,grasptheEthernetcardbyitsedgesand
carefullypullitoutofthePCIExpresscardslot.

Note:TheEthernetcardtstightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheEthernetcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.

Figure40.RemovingtheEthernetcard

8.InstallanewEthernetcardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocoverthe
place.See“InstallingtheEthernetcard”onpage76.

9.InstallthePCIcardbracketassemblyifaRAIDcardisinstalledinyourserver.See“Removingand
reinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69

10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141.

.

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.

AspecicRAIDcardisrequiredforservermodelswithmorethanfourSATAharddiskdrivesormodels
thatuseSASharddiskdrives.Y oualsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallit
intotheserverforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”
onpage28and“ConguringRAID”onpage55.

Note:TheRAIDcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive
devices”onpage64

rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

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InstallingtheRAIDcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtorecongure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatethePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheRAIDcardoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.

7.InstalltheRAIDcard.TheprocedureissimilartothatoftheEthernetcard.See“InstallingtheEthernet
card”onpage76

.

8.ConnectsignalcablestotheconnectorsonthenewRAIDcardandtheconnectorsonthehot-swap
harddiskdrivebackplanes.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

9.InstallthePCIcardbracketassemblythatcomeswiththeRAIDcard.See“Removingandreinstalling
thePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.Then,congure

RAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage55.

RemovingtheRAIDcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRAIDcard.Thistopicappliesonlytomodelsthathave
aRAIDcardinstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware81

Notes:

•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeremovingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtorecongure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterremovingtheRAIDcard.

•IfyouremovetheRAIDcard,youwilllosetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToremovetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage69.

5.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboard
components”onpage37.

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

7.DisconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyotherrelatedparts.

Note:IfyouwanttoinstallanewRAIDcardafterremovingtheoldone,recordthecableconnections
beforedisconnectingthecables.

8.RemovetheRAIDcard.TheprocedureissimilartothatoftheEthernetcard.See“Removingthe
Ethernetcard”onpage79.

Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.

9.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:

•InstallanewRAIDcardtoreplacetheoldoneandreconnectcables.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”

onpage81.

•InstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocovertheplaceandconnectrelatedcablestothesystem

boardandthebackplane.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.

10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141.Then,you
needtorecongureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage55.

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor AdvancedRAID

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500key).

TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5andRAID
50foradvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.

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InstallingtheTR500key

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500keyonaThinkServerRAID500Adapterif
yourserverhasoneinstalled.

Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouwanttorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterinstallingtheTR500Key.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheTR500key,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage69

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.
See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR500keyoutofthepackage.

.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500keybyitsedges.

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8.LocatetheTR500keyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500Adapterandthencarefullyinsertthe
TR500keyintotheconnector.Ifnecessary,youcanremovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,
installtheTR500Keyonit,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.See“Installingor
removingtheRAIDcard”onpage80

.

Note:EnsurethattheTR500keyissecurelyseatedontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.

Figure41.InstallingtheTR500key

9.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.

10.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket
assembly”onpage69

.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.Then,thehardware
RAID5andRAID50levelsareavailableforyourserverifyourserverhastherequirednumberofharddisk
drivesinstalled.ForinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID,refertotheMegaRAIDSAS
SoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

RemovingtheTR500Key

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR500KeyifyourserverhasaThinkServerRAID
500AdapterwithaTR500Keyoptioninstalled.

Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouneedtorecongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterremovingtheTR500Key.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Notes:

•IfyouremovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,thehardwareRAID5andRAID50
levelswillbedisabled.

84ThinkServerTS440UserGuide

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToremovetheTR500Key,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage69

.

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.
See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37

.

6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

7.RemovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.Ifnecessary,youcanremovethe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapterrst,removetheTR500Keyfromit,andthenreinstalltheThinkServer
RAID500Adapter.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80

.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.

Figure42.RemovingtheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter

8.Reinstallanypartsorreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.

9.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket
assembly”onpage69

.

10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR500Key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.Becausethe
hardwareRAID5and50levelsarenotavailablewithouttheTR500key,youmightneedtorecongure
RAIDforyourserver.ForinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID,refertotheMegaRAID
SASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware85

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID700Battery(hereinafter
referredtoastheTR700Battery)ifyourserverhasaThinkServerRAID700Adapterinstalled.

TheTR700BatteryprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheThinkServerRAID700Adapterby
providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage.
Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytoautomaticallychargethebatterypackandtocommunicatebatterystatus
information(suchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrent)toyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive
alternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffaulttolerancewhenusedwithan
uninterruptiblepowersupply.

ThetemperatureoftheTR700Batteryisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthantheambienttemperature
duringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompletearechargecycle,theambienttemperatureshouldbelower
than55°C(131°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds55°C(131°F),therechargecyclewillterminate
prematurely,thuspreventingtheTR700Batteryfromreachingafullychargedstate.Arechargecyclelasts
atleastsixhoursundernormaloperatingconditions.

Attention:ItisrecommendedthatyoureplacetheTR700Batteryannuallyorafter500rechargingcycles,
whichevercomesrst.

InstallingtheTR700Battery

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR700BatteryonaThinkServerRAID700Adapterif
yourserverhasoneinstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage69

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichislocatedinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.

6.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichisakindofRAIDcard.See“Installingorremoving
theRAIDcard”onpage80.

Note:CarefullyhandletheThinkServerRAID700Adapterbyitsedgesandplaceitonaat,clean,
andstatic-protectivesurfaceafteryouremoveit.

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR700Batterytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR700Batteryoutofthepackage.

.

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8.PositiontheTR700BatteryabovetheThinkServerRAID700Adaptersothattheboard-to-board
connector1onthebottomoftheTR700Batteryisalignedwiththeconnector2ontheThinkServer
RAID700Adapter;andthethreemountingstudsonthebottomoftheTR700Batteryarealignedwith
thecorrespondingholesintheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.CarefullypresstheTR700Batteryonto
theThinkServerRAID700Adapteruntilthetwoconnectors(

1and2)arermlyjoined.Then,installthe

threescrewsthatcomewiththeTR700BatteryoptionkittosecuretheTR700Batteryinplace.

Notes:

•Centerthescrewdriverwhenyouinstallthescrewsanddonotover-tightenthescrewstoavoid

possibledamagetoanyparts.

•DonottouchtheboardonthebottomoftheTR700Battery.

Figure43.InstallingtheTR700Battery

9.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID700AdapterwiththeTR700Battery.See“Installingorremovingthe
RAIDcard”onpage80

.

10.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket
assembly”onpage69

.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141

.

RemovingtheTR700Battery

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTR700BatteryifyourserverhasaThinkServerRAID
700AdapterwithaTR700Batteryoptioninstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware87

Notes:

•IfyouremovetheTR700Battery,youwilllosethebackuppowerfortheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToremovetheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage69

.

5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichislocatedinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.

6.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichisakindofRAIDcard.See“Installingorremoving
theRAIDcard”onpage80

.

7.CarefullyremovethethreescrewsthatsecuretheTR700BatteryandthenremovetheTR700Battery
fromtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.

Note:Centerthescrewdriverwhenyouremovethescrewstoavoidpossibledamagetoanyparts.

Figure44.RemovingtheTR700Battery

8.IfyouwanttoinstallanewTR700Battery,see“InstallingtheTR700Battery”onpage86.

9.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID700AdapterwithanewTR700BatteryorwithoutaTR700Battery.See
“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80.

10.ReinstallthePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket
assembly”onpage69

.

11.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR700Battery,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141.

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