Lenovo TS450 User Manual

ThinkServerTS450
UserGuideandHardwareMaintenance
Manual

MachineTypes:70LY,70M0,70M1,and70M2

Welcome

Beforeusingyourserverandthisdocument,besuretoreadtheReadMeFirstthatcomeswithyourserver.

Lenovomakesconstantimprovementonthedocumentationofyourserver.Togetallthelatestdocuments,
goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Note:Yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromillustrationsinthisdocument.Toshowthemainparts
clearly,someoftheillustrationsdonotshowallcomponents.

FourthEdition(August2016)

©CopyrightLenovo2015,2016.

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

Contents

Readthisfirst:safetyinformation..iii

Productsthatarenotassessed.........x

Safetyinspectionguide............x

Groundingrequirements............xi

Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1

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

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

Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5

Serversetupprocedure............5

Turningontheserver.............5

Turningofftheserver.............5

Chapter3.Productoverview......7

Inthebox.................7

Featuresandspecificationsofyourserver.....7

Operatingenvironment...........10

Softwareprograms.............10

ThinkServerEasyStartup.........10

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.10

LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner.....11

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics......11

LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI.......11

Componentlocations............11

Machinetype,model,andserialnumber

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

Frontviewoftheserver.........13

Frontpanel..............14

Rearviewoftheserver.........15

Serverlocks..............17

Servercomponents...........19

Hot-swapdriveactivityandstatusLEDs...21

Powerconversionboard.........22

Powerdistributionboard.........23

Hot-swappowersupplystatusLEDs....24

RAIDcard...............24

LenovoThinkServerSAS12GExpanderPCIe

Card.................26

Backplane..............27

Systemboardcomponents........30

Chapter4.Configuringtheserver..35

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........35

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....35

SetupUtilityprograminterface......35

Usingpasswords............38

ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......40

Selectingastartupdevice........40

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram......40

UpdatingtheBIOS...........40

ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers....41

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.41

ConfiguringRAID..............44

AboutRAID..............44

RAIDforyourserver...........45

ConfiguringonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..46
ConfiguringadvancedSATAorSAShardware

RAID.................48

Chapter5.Replacinghardware....51

PurchasingThinkServeroptions........51

Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines....51

Precautions..............51

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....52

Systemreliabilityguidelines........52

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.53

Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremovingthe

servercover................53

Removingandinstallinghardware.......54

Frontbezel..............55

Memorymodule............56

PCIecard...............58

Opticaldrive..............60

Non-hot-swapdrive...........66

Tapedrive...............69

Solid-statedrive(2.5-inch)........72

Hot-swapdrive.............75

Hot-swappowersupply.........78

Powerconversionboard.........81

Backplane..............83

Non-hot-swappowersupply.......88

Intrusionswitch............90

Frontpanelboardassembly........91

Frontsystemfan............93

Rearsystemfan............95

Heatsinkandfanassembly........97

Securedigitalmodule..........99

ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule..102

ThunderboltMemoryModule.......105

LenovoThinkServerRAID520iupgrade

key.................106

CPU.................108

Coin-cellbattery............110

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Powerdistributionboard.........112

Forservicetechnicianonly:replacingthe

systemboard.............115

Completingthepartsreplacement.......118

Chapter6.Troubleshootingand

diagnostics.............121

Troubleshootingprocedure..........121

ViewingthestatusanddiagnosticLEDs.....121

Basictroubleshootingtables.........121

ThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

problems...............122

Opticaldriveproblems..........122

Storagedriveproblems.........123

Memorymoduleproblems........124

USBdeviceproblems..........124

Chapter7.Gettinginformation,help,

andservice.............125

Informationresources............125

Usingthedocumentation.........125

ThinkServerWebsite..........125

LenovoSupportWebsite.........125

Helpandservice..............125

Beforeyoucall.............125

Callingforservice............126

Usingotherservices..........126

Purchasingadditionalservices......127

AppendixA.Regulatory

information.............129

Exportclassificationnotice..........129

Electronicemissionnotices..........129

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

Statement...............129

JapanVCCIClassAcompliancestatement..131
Japanesestatementforacpowerconsumption

forJEITAharmonicsguideline.......131

Japanesestatementofcompliancefor
productslessthanorequalto20Aperphase

forJEITAharmonicsguideline.......132

Eurasiancompliancemark..........132

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

information.............133

ImportantWEEEinformation.........133

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........134

RecyclinginformationforJapan........134

BatteryrecyclinginformationforT aiwan.....134

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................135

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................136

Requirementforbatteriescontaining

perchlorate................136

AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardous

Substances(RoHS)Directive....137

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........137

TurkishRoHS...............137

UkraineRoHS...............137

IndiaRoHS................137

ChinaRoHS................138

TaiwanBSMIRoHSdeclaration........139

AppendixD.Additional

statements.............141

Importantnotes..............141

Particulatecontamination..........141

GermanOrdinanceforWorkglossstatement...142

AppendixE.Notices.........143

Trademarks................144

AppendixF .Abbreviationsand

acronyms..............145

Index.................147

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제품을사용하기전에Lenovo웹사이트의다국어SafetyInformation(안전정보)를주의깊게읽어
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ZorgdatualleSafetyInformation(veiligheidsvoorschriften)opdewebsitevanLenovohebtgelezenen
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Important:Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallcautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentbefore
youperformtheprocedures.Readandunderstandanyadditionalsafetyinformationthatisincludedwiththe
serveroroptionaldevicebeforeyouinstall,remove,orreplacethedevice.

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Statement1

DANGER

Electricalcurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfigurationofthis

productduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Ensurethatallpowercordconnectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Whenpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnecttheattachedpowercords,telecommunicationssystems,networks,andmodemsbeforeyou

openthedevicecovers,unlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandconfigurationprocedures.

•Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingtablewheninstalling,moving,oropening

coversonthisproductorattacheddevices.

Toconnect:Todisconnect:

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,attachallcablestodevices.

3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.

4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.

5.TurndevicesON.

1.TurneverythingOFF .

2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.

3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.

4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.

Statement2

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

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

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

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Statement3

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

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Statement4

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

CAUTION:
Usesafepracticeswhenlifting.

Statement5

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

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Statement6

CAUTION:
Ifyouinstallastrain-reliefbracketoptionovertheendofthepowercordthatisconnectedtothe
device,youmustconnecttheotherendofthepowercordtoapowersourcethatiseasilyaccessible
incaseitneedstobedisconnected.

Statement7

CAUTION:
Ifthedevicehasdoors,ensurethatyouremoveorsecurethedoorsbeforemovingorliftingthe
devicetoprotectagainstpersonalinjury.Thedoorswillnotsupporttheweightofthedevice.

Statement8

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

Statement9

CAUTION:
Disconnectthehot-swapfancablesbeforeremovingthefanfromthedevicetoprotectagainst
personalinjury.

Statement10

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesasharp-edgehazard.

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Statement11

CAUTION:
Thefollowinglabelindicatesapotentialheathazard.

Statement12

DANGER

Overloadingabranchcircuitisapotentialfirehazardandashockhazardundercertainconditions.T o
avoidthesehazards,ensurethatyoursystemelectricalrequirementsdonotexceedbranchcurrentratings
attheinstallationsite.

Statement13

CAUTION:
Ensurethattherackissecuredproperlytoavoidtippingwhentheserverunitisextendedontherails.

Statement14

CAUTION:
SomeaccessoryoroptionboardoutputsexceedClass2orlimitedpowersourcelimits.You
mustinstalltheappropriateinterconnectingcablinginaccordancewithyourlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

Statement15

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

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Statement16

CAUTION:
Toreducetheriskofelectricshockorenergyhazards:

•Thisequipmentmustbeinstalledbytrainedservicepersonnelinarestricted-accesslocation,as
definedbyyourlocalelectricalcodeandthelatesteditionofIEC60950.

•Thebranchcircuitovercurrentprotectionmustberatedinaccordancewithlocalelectricalcode
requirements.

•Use1.3mm

2

or16AmericanWireGauge(AWG)copperconductoronly,notexceeding3meters

inlength.

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

•Provideareadilyavailable,approvedandrateddisconnectdeviceinthefieldwiring.

Statement17

CAUTION:
ThisproductcontainsaClass1Mlaser.Donotviewdirectlywithopticalinstruments.

Statement18

CAUTION:
Donotplaceanyobjectontopofrack-mountedproducts.

Statement19

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

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Statement20

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

Productsthatarenotassessed

Typicalproductsthatarenotassessedincludebutnotlimitedtothefollowing:

•ServerandIT -rackcomponents(forexample,uninterruptiblepowersuppliesandcurrentdistribution
systems)

•DevicesinITrooms(forexample,bulkstorageunitsandnetworkproducts)

•Industriallow-voltageswitchgear

Safetyinspectionguide

Thepurposeofthisinspectionguideistoassistyouinidentifyingpotentiallyunsafeconditions.Aseach
machinewasdesignedandbuilt,requiredsafetyitemswereinstalledtoprotectusersandservicetechnicians
frominjury.Thisguideaddressesonlythoseitems.Youshouldusegoodjudgmenttoidentifypotentialsafety
hazardsduetoattachmentofnon-ThinkServerfeaturesoroptionsnotcoveredbythisinspectionguide.

Ifanyunsafeconditionsarepresent,youmustdeterminehowserioustheapparenthazardcouldbeand
whetheryoucancontinuewithoutfirstcorrectingtheproblem.

Considertheseconditionsandthesafetyhazardstheypresent:

•Electricalhazards,especiallyprimarypower(primaryvoltageontheframecancauseseriousorfatal
electricalshock)

•Explosivehazards,suchasadamagedCathodeRayTube(CRT)monitororabulgingcapacitor

•Mechanicalhazards,suchaslooseormissinghardware

Todeterminewhetherthereareanypotentiallyunsafeconditions,usethefollowingchecklistatthebeginning
ofeveryservicetask.Beginthecheckswiththepoweroff,andthepowercordsdisconnected.

Checklist:

1.Checkexteriorcoversfordamage(loose,broken,orsharpedges).

2.Powerofftheserver.Disconnectthepowercords.

3.Checkthepowercordfor:
a.Athird-wiregroundconnectoringoodcondition.Useametertomeasurethird-wireground

continuityfor0.1ohmorlessbetweentheexternalgroundpinandtheframeground.

b.Thepowercordshouldbetheauthorizedtypespecifiedforyourserver.Goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

c.Insulationmustnotbefrayedorworn.

4.Checkforcrackedorbulgingbatteries.

5.Removethecover.

6.Checkforanyobviousnon-ThinkServeralterations.Usegoodjudgmentastothesafetyofany
non-ThinkServeralterations.

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7.Checkinsidetheunitforanyobviousunsafeconditions,suchasmetalfilings,contamination,wateror
otherliquids,orsignsoffireorsmokedamage.

8.Checkforworn,frayed,orpinchedcables.

9.Checkthatthepower-supplycoverfasteners(screwsorrivets)havenotbeenremovedortamperedwith.

Groundingrequirements

Electricalgroundingoftheserverisrequiredforoperatorsafetyandcorrectsystemfunction.Proper
groundingoftheelectricaloutletcanbeverifiedbyacertifiedelectrician.

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Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

Thefollowingtablelistsimportantinformationaboutyourserverandwheretoobtaintheinformation.

InformationWheretoobtain

LenovoLimitedWarranty
(LLW)

WorldwideLenovoSupport
telephonelist

Mostup-to-dateinformation
abouttheserver

Latesttechnicalinformation

Instructionsonhowto
registeryourserverwith
Lenovo

Productinformationlabel

TheLLWcontainsthewarrantytermsthatapplytotheproductyoupurchasedfrom

®

Lenovo
http://www.lenovo.com/warranty/llw_02

IfyoucannotobtaintheLLWfromtheLenovoWebsite,contactyourlocalLenovo
officeorresellertoobtainaprintedversionoftheLLW,freeofcharge.

Telephonenumbersaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.Themostup-to-date
telephonelistforLenovoSupportisalwaysavailableat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone

Ifthetelephonenumberforyourcountryorregionisnotlisted,contactyourLenovo
resellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

http://www.lenovo.com/support
Followtheinstructionsat:

http://www.lenovo.com/register

Whenyouregisteryourserver,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenables
Lenovotocontactyouincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.Afteryouregister
yourserverwithLenovo,youwillreceivequickerservicewhenyoucallLenovo
forhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesandservicesto
registeredusers.

Recordinformationaboutyourserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedthe
informationifyoueverneedtohaveyourserverserviced.Theproductinformation
labelisattachedonthechassis.See“Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label”onpage11

.TheLLWisavailableat:

.

Productname

Machinetypeandmodel(MT-M)

Serialnumber(S/N)

Dateofpurchase

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1

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesageneraldescriptionofeachdocumentforyourserverandinstructionsonhow
toobtainallthedocuments.

Printeddocuments

Yourserverpackagecontainsthefollowingprinteddocuments:

•ReadMeFirst
Thisisamultilingualdocument.Itillustratessafetysymbolsandinstructsyoutoreadthecomplete

safety,warranty,andsupportinformationprovidedontheLenovoWebsitebeforeusingtheserver.This
documentalsotellsyouhowtofindthemostup-to-dateinformationontheLenovoSupportWebsite.In
addition,recycling,environmental,andlegalnoticesareallincluded.

•Alettertocustomers
Thisisamultilinguallettertocustomers,whichtellscustomersthatLenovoisundertakingapaperless

electronicdocumentationinitiativetoprotectenvironment.Thisletteralsoprovidesinformationabout
howtocontactLenovoifyourequireaprintedversionofanyelectronicdocuments.

Electronicdocuments

•Youcanfindthefollowingelectronicdocumentsathttps://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS:
–SafetyInformation

Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproduct.Ensurethatyou
readandunderstandthesesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.

–LenovoLimitedWarranty

ThisdocumentincludestheLenovotermsandwarrantystatements.

–LenovoLicenseAgreement

ThisdocumentincludesthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLicenseAgreement.

•YoucanfindthefollowingelectronicdocumentsfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support,clickDocumentation,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreento
findthedocumentyouneed.

–Safety,Warranty,andSupportInformation

Thisisamultilingualdocumentthatincludesallthesafetystatementsforyourproductinmorethan30
languages.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstandallthesafetystatementsbeforeusingtheproduct.
ThisdocumentalsoincludestheLenovowarrantystatement,CustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)
information,andinformationabouthowtocontacttheLenovoCustomerSupportCenter.

–UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual

Thisdocumentprovidesdetailedinformationtohelpyougetfamiliarwithyourserverandhelpyouuse,
configure,andmaintainyourserver.

–MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide(Englishonly)

ThisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)andhowto
usetheutilityprogramstoconfigure,monitor,andmaintainyourserverRAIDandrelateddevices.

Note:RefertothisdocumentforhardwareRAIDinformationiftheserverhasarequiredRAIDcard
installed.SeeRAIDcard.ForinformationaboutonboardsoftwareRAID,seeConfiguringonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID.

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–Otherdocuments

YoumightfindotherdocumentsfortheHostBusAdapter(HBA),Ethernetcard,orotheroptionalparts.

Chapter1.Generalinformation3

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Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap

Thischapterprovidesageneralroadmaptoguideyouthroughsettingupyourserver.

Theserversetupprocedurevariesdependingontheconfigurationoftheserverwhenitwasdelivered.In
somecases,theserverisfullyconfiguredandyoujustconnecttheservertothenetworkandanacpower
source,andthenyoucanturnontheserver.Inothercases,theserverneedstohavehardwarefeatures
installed,requireshardwareandfirmwareconfiguration,andrequiresanoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.

Serversetupprocedure

Thefollowinglistisageneralprocedureforsettingupyourserver:

1.Unpacktheserverpackage.See“Inthebox”onpage7.

2.Installanyrequiredhardwareorserveroption.SeetherelatedtopicinChapter5“Replacinghardware”
onpage51

3.ConnecttheEthernetcableandpowercordstotheserver.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage

tolocatetheconnectors.

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4.Turnontheservertoverifyoperation.See“Turningontheserver”onpage5.

5.ReviewtheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS)settingsand
customizeasneeded.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

6.ConfigureRAIDandinstalltheoperatingsystemandbasicdrivers.See“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”onpage41and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage44.

7.Installanyadditionaldriversneededforaddedfeatures.Refertotheinstructionsthatcomewiththe
hardwareoption.

8.ConfigureEthernetsettingsintheoperatingsystembyreferringtotheoperatingsystemhelp.Youcan
skipthisstepiftheoperatingsystemwasinstalledusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

9.Checkforfirmwareupdates.Toupdatethefirmware,dooneofthefollowing:

.

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthe

latestleveloffirmware,suchastheBIOSupdatesanddevicedrivers.

•UsetheFirmwareUpdaterprogram.

10.Installotherapplications.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationsthatyouwantto
install.

Turningontheserver

Afteryoufinishunpackingandsettinguptheserver,connectittoanacpowersource.Pressthepower
buttononthefrontpaneltoturnontheserver.See“Frontpanel”onpage14.

Turningofftheserver

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

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Theservercanbeturnedoffinoneofthefollowingways:

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

•Pressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltostartanorderlyshutdownoftheoperatingsystemandturn
offtheserver,ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsthisfeature.

•Ifyourserverstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttononthe
frontpanelforfoursecondsormore.Ifyoustillcannotturnofftheserver,disconnectallpowercords
fromtheserver.

•Theservermightturnoffasanautomaticresponsetoacriticalsystemfailure.

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Chapter3.Productoverview

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Inthebox”onpage7

•“Featuresandspecificationsofyourserver”onpage7

•“Operatingenvironment”onpage10

•“Softwareprograms”onpage10

•“Componentlocations”onpage11

Inthebox

Yourshippingboxcontainsthefollowingitems:

•Server

•Materialbox,includingitemssuchaspowercords(availableonsomemodels)andprinteddocumentation

Featuresandspecificationsofyourserver

Thistopicliststhefeaturesandspecificationsofyourserver,suchasdimensionandweight;hardware
configurations;andreliability,availability,andserviceability(RAS)features.TheRASfeaturesinclude
securityfeatures,basicsystemmanagementfeatures,andadvancedsystemmanagementfeatures.The
RASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityoftheserver
whenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.

Dimensionandweight

ElectricalinputUniversalinput:

CentralProcessingUnit(CPU)YourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingCPUs(internalcachesizevaries

Memory

•Width:173mm(6.81inches)

•Height:430mm(16.93inches)withoutfootstands;443.5mm(17.46
inches)withfootstands

•Depth:566mm(22.28inches)includingthefrontbezel

•Weight
–Rangeofproductweightwithoutpackage:18–26.5kg(39.68–57.32lb)

–Maximumproductpackageweight:4.5kg(9.92lb)

Lowrange:100to127Vac
Highrange:200to240Vac
Inputfrequencyrange:50to60Hz

bymodel):

®

•Intel

•IntelCore

•IntelPentium

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memory
moduleinstallationrules”onpage56

®

Xeon

™

®

.

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Powersupply

Systemfans

InternaldrivesInternaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.The

Theservermightcomewithoneofthefollowingpowersupplyconfigurations:

•Onescrew-secured,non-hot-swap400-wattpowersupplyassembly

•Oneortwohot-swap450-wattredundantpowersupplies
Note:Ifyouareusinguninterruptiblepowersupplies(UPS),ensurethatyou

useonlypure-sineUPSwithyourThinkServerserver.
Yourservercomeswiththefollowingfanstoprovidepropersystemcooling

andairflow:

•Oneheatsinkandfanassembly

•Twofrontsystemfans

•Onerearsystemfan

internaldrivessupportedbyyourservervarybymodel.

•Internalstoragedrive
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment

(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives(HDDs)(SCSIis

theacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASHDDs
–Uptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAHDDs
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSA TAorSASHDDs
–Uptosixteen2.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASHDDs
–Uptofour3.5-inchandeight2.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASHDDs

•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwoopticaldrives

–Theserverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Theloweropticaldrivebayis

installedwithaSATAopticaldrive.

•Tapedrive(availableonsomemodels)
YourserversupportsRDXandLTOtapedrivesthatenableyoutostore

dataontapedrivemedia.Toinstallorremoveatapedrive,see“Installing
atapedrive”onpage70

.

Notes:

–Iftheserverhasonlyonetapedriveinstalled,ensurethattheoptical

driveisinstalledinthelowerbay(theopticaldrivebay1).

–IfyourserverisinstalledwithaWindowsServeroperatingsystem,you

canusetheWindowsBackupprogramtobackupthedatastoredon
tapedrivemedia.Fordetailedinformation,refertotheuserguideofthe
tapedrive.Theuserguideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Expansionslots

Yourserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailed
information,see“Systemboardcomponents”onpage30.

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Input/Output(I/O)features

•Frontpanel

–TwoUSB3.0connectors

•Rearpanel:

–VideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connector
–SixUSB3.0connectors
–RJ-45Ethernetconnector
–DisplayPort®connector
–Serialconnector
–Audioline-inconnector
–Audioline-outconnector
–Microphoneconnector

EthernetconnectivityThereisoneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabits

persecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formore
information,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage15.

Securityfeatures•Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage17)

•Administratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordtohelpprotect

unauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see“Usingpasswords”onpage38)

•ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,to

helpenhanceserversecurity

•Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruption

totheoperationofthesystemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableon
somemodels)

•Intrusionswitchthatinformsyouthroughaneventinthesystemeventlog

(SEL)whentheservercoverisnotproperlyinstalledorclosed

Basicsystemmanagementfeatures

•Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults

•BIOSSetupUtilityprogram

TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationand
configuretheserverinthepre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

•Hot-swapfeature

Somemodelssupporthot-swapstoragedrivesandhot-swapredundant
powersupplies.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,or
replaceastoragedriveorafailingpowersupplywithoutturningoffthe
server.

•PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)

TheIntelPXEtechnologyenablesyoutostartyourcomputers,loadan
operatingsystem,ordeployexecutableimagesfromaremoteserverby
usinganetworkinterface.Theoperationcanbedoneindependentlyof
localdatastoragedevices(suchasHDDs)orinstalledoperatingsystems.

•RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks(RAID)

YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.IfarequiredRAID
cardisinstalled,yourserveralsosupportsadvancedSATA/SAShardware
RAIDconfigurations.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”
onpage44

.

•Statuslight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)anddiagnosticLEDs

FormoreinformationabouttheLEDsforyourserver,refertotherelated
topicsin“Componentlocations”onpage11

.

•Softwareprograms

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Formoreinformationaboutthesoftwareprograms,see“Software
programs”onpage10.

Operatingenvironment

Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingenvironmentforyourserver.

Table1.Operatingenvironment

Airtemperature(operating)5°Cto35°C(41°Fto95°F)
Airtemperature(storage)-40°Cto60°C(-40°Fto140°F)inoriginalshippingpackage
Humidity(operating)8%to80%(non-condensing)
Humidity(storage)10%to90%(non-condensing)

Altitude

0to3048m(0to10000ft)inanunpressurizedenvironment

Softwareprograms

Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsthatyoucanusetosetup,use,andmaintain
theserver.

Todownloadthesoftwareprograms,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support
andfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

Fordetailedinformationaboutusingtheprogram,refertothehelpsystemoruserguideoftheprogram.

ThinkServerEasyStartup

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
MicrosoftWindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Thisprogramisprovided
withyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.Theuserguidefortheprogramis
alsoontheDVDandcanbeaccesseddirectlyfromtheprograminterface.Fordetailedinformation,see
“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage41

.

ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater

TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverfirmwareuptodateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.
FirmwareUpdaterisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.

ToupdateyoursystemfirmwareusingFirmwareUpdater,dothefollowing:

Note:Beforedistributingfirmwareupdatestoaserver,ensurethatyourservercanrestartsuccessfully
withoutencounteringhardwareproblems.

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocateFirmware
Updater.

2.DownloadtheISOimageforFirmwareUpdaterandtheTXTfilethatcontainstheinstallationinstructions.

3.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

4.PrinttheTXTfileandfollowtheinstructionstouseFirmwareUpdatertoupdateyoursystemfirmware.

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LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner

TheLenovoThinkserverPowerPlannerprogramprovidesinformationaboutthepowerconsumptionand
electriccurrentcalculationbasedonthedifferentconfigurationsofserversandotherdevices.Theprogram
alsohelpstoplanserversanddevicesdeploymentinanefficientway.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheLenovoThinkServerPowerPlannerprogram,refertothehelp
systemoftheprogram.

LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics

TheLenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsprogramenablesyoutodiagnoseserverproblemsoffline,perform
somediagnostictests,andcollectsysteminformation.Examplesofthesysteminformationincludebasic
operating-systeminformation,hardwareinformation,SEL,RAIDlog,andsoon.Dependingonthemodel,
yourservermightcomewithoneofthefollowingdiagnosticprogrameditions:

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsEmbeddedEdition

•LenovoThinkServerDiagnosticsStandaloneEdition

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoThinkServerDiagnostics,goto
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovodiagnosticsolutions/downloads.LocatetheLenovoThinkServer

DiagnosticssectionatthebottomoftheWebpage.Then,clickthedesiredlinkformoreinformation.

LenovoT oolsCenterSuiteCLI

LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIconsistsofindividualapplicationmodulesthatutilizeacommand-lineinterface
(CLI)tohelpyoumanageservers.Withtheinventoryapplicationmodule,LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI
enablesyoutogetinventoryandsysteminformationforThinkServerservers.

FormoreinformationaboutLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/solutions/HT116433?LinkTrack=Solr

Componentlocations

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.

Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachinetype,model,andserialnumberinformationhelpssupport
technicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.

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Thefollowingillustrationisasampleofthemachinetype,model,andserialnumberlabelontheserver.

M

T-M X

X

XX

-

X

XX

S

/

N

X

XX

X

X

X

X

MT-M XXXX -XXX

S /N XXXXXXX

Figure1.Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel

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Frontviewoftheserver

1

2

3

4

5

6

0

1

2

3

Thefrontviewoftheservervariesbymodel.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightly
differentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure2.Servermodelswith3.5-inchdrivebays

ItemDescription

1Frontpanel
2Opticaldrivebay2
3Opticaldrivebay1
4Frontdoorlock

5Frontdoor

63.5-inch-drivebays

See“Frontpanel”onpage14.
Theopticaldrivebay2isforasecondaryopticaldrive.
Theopticaldrivebay1isforanopticaldriveoratapedrive.
YoucanlockthefrontdoortoprotecttheHDDcagesfromunauthorizedaccess.

Thefrontdoorisavailableonsomemodels.
Thenumberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesbymodel.Thevacant

drivebaysareoccupiedbydummytraysorcoveredbyanEMI-protectivepanel.
Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.

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Frontpanel

1 2 3 4

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecontrol,connectors,andLEDsonthefrontpaneloftheserver.Tolocate
thefrontpanel,see“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13.

Figure3.Frontpanel

1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED2HDDstatusLED
3NetworkInterfaceController(NIC)statusLED4FrontUSB3.0connectors(2)

1PowerbuttonwithpowerstatusLED

Youcanpressthepowerbuttontoturnonorturnofftheserver.ThepowerstatusLEDhelpsyouto
determinethecurrentpowerstatus.

PowerstatusLEDDescription

Green

Off

Theserverison.

Theserverisoff.

2HDDstatusLED

TheHDDstatusLEDhelpsyoutodeterminethestatusoftheHDDactivity.

Note:TheHDDstatusLEDisavailableonservermodelswithoutadiscreteRAIDcardinstalled.

HDDstatusLEDDescription

Off

Blinkinggreen

3NICstatusLED

TheHDDisnotinuse.

TheHDDisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.

TheNICstatusLEDindicatestheLANstatusfortheEthernetconnectorontherearpaneloftheserver.

NICstatusLED

Green

Off

Blinkinggreen

4FrontUSB3.0connectors(2)

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

TheLANisconnectedandactive.

Description

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

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Rearviewoftheserver

5 6 7 8

3 4

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsandcomponentsontherearofyour
server.Thefollowingillustrationshowstherearviewoftheserverwithascrew-secured,non-hot-swap
powersupplyassembly.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Figure4.Rearviewoftheserver

1Powercordconnector
3VGAconnector(DB-15)
5USB3.0connectors(4)6USB3.0connectors(2)
7Ethernetconnector(RJ-45)
9Audioline-outconnector10Audioline-inconnector
11Expansioncardarea

2Serialconnector
4DisplayPortconnector

8Microphoneconnector

Yourservermodelmighthaveoneortwohot-swapredundantpowersupplies.Eachhot-swapredundant
powersupplyhasonepowercordconnectorontherearoftheserver.Foreachhot-swapredundantpower
supply,theremightbeoneortwostatusLEDsonthepowersupplynearthepowercordconnector.For
informationaboutthestatusLEDs,see“Hot-swappowersupplystatusLEDs”onpage24.

1Powercordconnectors

Usedtoconnectthepowercord.

2Serialconnector

Usedtoattachadevicethatusesa9-pinserialconnector.

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3VGAconnector(DB-15)

UsedtoattachaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.

4DisplayPortconnector

Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orotherdevicesthatuseaDisplayPort
connector.

5USB3.0connectors(4)

6USB3.0connectors(2)

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

7Ethernetconnector(RJ-45)

UsedtoattachanEthernetcableforaLAN.TheEthernetconnectorhastwostatusLEDstohelpyouidentify
theEthernetconnectivity,activity,andconnectionspeed.

EthernetstatusLED

1Connectionspeed

2Linkandactivity

8Microphoneconnector

Status

Blinkingorange

Blinkingyellow

Theconnectionspeedis1000Mbps.

Green

Off

Yellow

Off

Theconnectionspeedis100Mbps.

Theconnectionspeedis10Mbps.

TheserverisconnectedtoaLAN.

TheserverisdisconnectedfromaLAN.

TheLANisconnectedandactive.

Description

Usedtoattachamicrophonetoyourserverwhenyouwanttorecordsoundorifyouusespeech-recognition
software.

9Audioline-outconnector

Usedtosendaudiosignalsfromthecomputertoexternaldevices,suchaspoweredstereospeakers
(speakerswithbuilt-inamplifiers),headphones,multimediakeyboards,ortheaudioline-inconnectorona
stereosystemorotherexternalrecordingdevice.

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10Audioline-inconnector

Usedtoreceiveaudiosignalsfromanexternalaudiodevice,suchasastereosystem.Whenyouattachan
externalaudiodevice,acableisconnectedbetweentheaudioline-outconnectorofthedeviceandthe
audioline-inconnectorofthecomputer.

11Expansioncardarea

YourserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboardforyoutoinstallappropriatePeripheral
ComponentInterconnect(PCI)cardsorPCIExpress(PCIe)cards.Fordetailedinformation,see“System
boardcomponents”onpage30.

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

Serverlocks

Lockingtheservercoverpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinsideofyourserver.Lockingthefrontdoor
(availableonsomemodels)preventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledHDDs.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Padlock

Yourservercomeswithapadlockloop.Whenapadlockisinstalled,theservercovercannotberemoved.

Figure5.Padlock

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Kensington-stylecablelock

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

Figure6.Kensington-stylecablelock

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Frontdoorlock

Youcanremovethekeyattachedontherearoftheserveranduseittoopenorlockthefrontdoorofthe
server.ThefrontdoorprotectstheHDDcagesandpreventsunauthorizedaccesstotheinstalledHDDs.

Figure7.Frontdoorlock

Servercomponents

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethecomponentsofyourserver.Formoreinformation
aboutmajorcomponents,seetherelatedtopicsin“Componentlocations”onpage11.

Yourservercomeswithoneofthefollowingdrivebayandbackplaneconfigurations:

DrivebaysizeDrivebay

3.5-inch4

3.5-inch8

2.5-inch8

2.5-inch16

3.5-inch4

2.5-inch/3.5-inch
mixed

quantity

Hot-swap,SATA/SAS

3.5-inchHDDor2.5-inchSSD
Hot-swap,SATA/SAS

3.5-inchHDDor2.5-inchSSD
Hot-swap,SATA/SASHDDorSSDOnebackplane

Hot-swap,SATA/SASHDDorSSD

Non-hot-swapSATAHDDs

4(3.5-inch)
8(2.5-inch)

Hot-swap,SATA/SASHDDorSSD

DrivetypeBackplaneconfiguration

Onebackplane

Twobackplanes:each
supportinguptofourdrives

Twobackplanes:each
supportinguptoeightdrives

Notapplied

Twobackplanes

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Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

1

2

4

8

9

15

16

17

18

3

12

5

6

7

10

11

13

14

19

21

26

25

22

23

24

20

Figure8.Servercomponents

1Tapedrive*
3Frontpanelboardassembly

53.5-inchhot-swap-drivecage*

73.5-inchnon-hot-swapdrive*

92.5-inchhot-swap-drivecage*
11Securedigitalmodule(SDmodule)*

1

1

2

1

2

1

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2Opticaldrive

1

43.5-inchhot-swapdrive*

63.5-inch-drivebackplane*

82.5-inchhot-swapdrive*

102.5-inch-drivebackplane*
12Frontsystemfans(2)

1

2

1

2

1

13ThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule*

12

15Intrusionswitch*
17Non-hot-swappowersupply*
19Powerdistributionboard*
21Powerdistributionboardcage*
23CPU
25Heatsinkandfanassembly

3

1

1

14PCIecard
16Rearsystemfan

2

3

3

2

18Hot-swappowersupplies(2)*
20Hot-swappowersupplycage*
22Systemboard
24Memorymodule(varybymodel)
26Powerconversionboard*

1

1

1

1

3

1

2

Notes:

•*Availableonsomemodels

1

•

Self-serviceCRUs:Partstobeinstalledorreplacedbycustomerthemselves.

2

•

OptionalCRUs:Partscanbeinstalledorreplacedbycustomersortechniciansundercertainterms

oftheapplicablewarrantyservicetypeforyourcountryorregion.

3

•

Non-CRUs:Partsmustbeinstalledorreplacedonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

BeforeservicingaLenovoproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Readthisfirst:safetyinformation”
onpageiii

.UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovoforreplacement.ForacompletelistingofFRUinformation,
suchasFRUpartnumbersandsupportedservermodels,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/serviceparts-lookup

Hot-swapdriveactivityandstatusLEDs

Eachhot-swapdrivehastwoLEDsonthefront.

Figure9.Hot-swapdriveactivityandstatusLEDs

1DriveactivityLED2DrivestatusLEDDescription

OffOff

GreenOff

BlinkinggreenOff

Blinkingamber

Green

(blinkingrapidly,

aboutfourflashes

persecond)

Thedrivehasfailedorisnotpresent.

Thedriveispresentbutnotinuse.

Thedriveisactiveanddataisbeingtransferred.

TheRAIDcontrollerisidentifyingthedrive.

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1DriveactivityLED2DrivestatusLEDDescription

1

2

Oneofthefollowingsituations:

•Thedrivehasfailed.Replacethedrive.

•ThestatusofthedriveisUnconfiguredBad.Replacethedrive.

Note:IfadriveinaRAIDarrayisremovedandthenreinstalled
whiletheserverison,thestatusofthedrivewillbeidentifiedas
UnconfiguredBad.Inthiscase,donotreplacethedrive.You
canchangethedrivestatusintoUnconfiguredGoodusingthe

GreenAmber

ThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware.

•ThestatusofthedriveisOffline.Youcanchangethedrive
statusintoOnlineusingtheThinkServerMegaRAIDSAS
Software.

FordetailedinformationaboutusingtheThinkServerMegaRAID
SASSoftware,refertotheThinkServerMegaRAIDSASSoftware
UserGuide.Youcanobtainthemostup-to-datedocumentation
foryourserverfromtheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals

Blinkinggreen

Blinkingamber

(blinkingslowly,about

oneflashpersecond)

Thedriveisbeingrebuilt.

Powerconversionboard

Thepowerconversionboardisavailableonservermodelswithanon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly.

Figure10.Powerconversionboard

16-pinpowerconnector28-pinpowerconnector
32-pinpowercontrolconnector

16-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttheconnectoronthenon-hot-swappowersupplyassembly.

28-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectoronthebackplane.

32-pinpowercontrolconnector

Usedtoconnecttheconnectoronthefrontpanel.Y oucanusethisconnectortocontrolthebackplane
power.

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Powerdistributionboard

1

2

3

4

5

6

Thepowerdistributionboardisavailableonservermodelswithhot-swappowersupplies.

Figure11.Rearview

Figure12.Frontview

18-pinpowerconnector28-pinpowerconnector
34-pinpowerconnector410-pinpowerconnector
5Slot16Slot2

128-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecttheconnectorsonthebackplane.

34-pinpowerconnector

UsedtoconnecttheCPUpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.

410-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectoronthesystemboard.

564-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnecthot-swappowersupplies.

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Hot-swappowersupplystatusLEDs

1

2

3

Eachhot-swappowersupplyhasthreestatusLEDs.

Figure13.Hot-swappowersupplystatusLEDs

1InputstatusLED

Status

Off

Green

2OutputstatusLED

Status

Off

Blinkinggreen

(aboutoneflashevery

twoseconds)

Blinkinggreen

(abouttwoflashes

eachsecond)

Green

3FaultLED

DescriptionAction

Thepowersupplyisdisconnectedfrom
theacpowersource.

Thepowersupplyisconnectedtotheac
powersource.

DescriptionAction

Theserverisofforthepowersupplyisnot
workingproperly.

Thepowersupplyisincoldredundancy
activemode.

Thepowersupplyisincoldredundancy
sleepmode.

Theserverisonandthepowersupplyis
workingproperly.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Ifthepowersupplyisnotworkingproperly,
replacethepowersupply.See“Hot-swap
powersupply”onpage78

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

Noactionisneeded.

.

Status

Off

Amber

Thepowersupplyisworkingproperly.Noactionisneeded.

Thepowersupplyhasfailed.

DescriptionAction

Replacethepowersupply.See“Hot-swap
powersupply”onpage78

.

RAIDcard

ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheconnectorsonRAIDcards.Y ourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards
(supportedtypevariesbyservermodel):

•LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter(hereinafterreferredtoasRAID520iAdapter)

•LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter(hereinafterreferredtoasRAID720iAdapter)

Note:Dependingontheconfiguration,theRAIDcardinstalledinyourservermightlookslightlydifferent
fromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter

1 2 3

TheRAID520iAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Thefollowingillustration
showstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure14.LenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter

Connector

1Connector0Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD0-3.
2Connector1Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD4-7.
3J3connector

Description

UsedtoconnecttoaThinkServerRAID520iupgradekey.

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LenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter

1 2 3

TheRAID720iAdapterprovidesadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Thefollowingillustration
showstheconnectorsontheadapter.

Figure15.ThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter

Connector

1Connector0Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD0-3.
2Connector1Usedtoconnectthemini-SASsignalcableconnectoronthebackplanetosupportHDD4-7.
3Thunderbolt

FlashModule
connector

Description

UsedtoconnectaThunderboltMemorymodule(hereinafterreferredtoasTMM).

LenovoThinkServerSAS12GExpanderPCIeCard

ThistopichelpsyoulocatetheconnectorsontheLenovoThinkServerSAS12GExpanderPCIeCard
(hereinafterreferredtoasexpandercard).Theexpandercardisavailableonsomemodels.

Note:TheexpandercardneedstobeinstalledintothePCIeslot3onthesystemboard.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Figure16.LenovoThinkServerSAS12GExpanderPCIeCard

1ConnectorA2ConnectorB
3ConnectorC4ConnectorD
5ConnectorE6ConnectorF
7ConnectorG

ToconnecttheexpandercardwithRAIDcardsorbackplanes,refertothefollowingtable.

ExpandercardRAID520iAdapterRAID720iAdapter

ConnectorAConnector0Connector0
ConnectorBConnector1Connector1

ConnectorsC-GareusedtoconnecttheMini-SASconnectorsonthebackplanes.

Backplane

Yourserversupportsbackplanesforuptofour3.5-inchdrivesanduptoeight2.5-inchdrives.

Tolocatethebackplanes,see“Servercomponents”onpage19.

Backplaneforuptofour3.5-inchdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptofour3.5-inch
drives.

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Figure17.Frontview

Figure18.Rearview

1-4Slot0–slot3

Usedtoconnect3.5-inchdrives.

5Mini-SASsignalcableconnector

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorontheRAIDcard.YoualsocanuseaSATAtomini-SASsignal
cabletoconnectthebackplanetotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

68-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectoronthepowerdistributionboard,powerconversionboard,orsystem
board.

Backplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives

Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonthebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inch
drives.

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Figure19.Frontview

Figure20.Rearview

1-8Slot0–slot7

Usedtoconnect2.5-inchdrives.

9Mini-SASsignalcableconnector1

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorontheRAIDcard.YoualsocanuseaSATAtomini-SASsignal
cabletoconnectthebackplanetotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

108-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthepowerconnectoronthepowerdistributionboard,powerconversionboard,orsystem
board.

11Mini-SASsignalcableconnector0

Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorontheRAIDcard.YoualsocanuseaSATAtomini-SASsignal
cabletoconnectthebackplanetotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.

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Systemboardcomponents

Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.

Figure21.Systemboardcomponents

14-pinpowerconnector
3CPUfanconnector
5Thermalsensorconnector610-pinpowerconnector
7Frontsystemfan2connector
9HDDpowerconnector1
11SATAconnector512SerialGeneralPurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)

2CPUsocket
4Memoryslots

8HDDpowerconnector2
10SATAconnector4

connector

13SATAconnector214SATAconnector3
15Frontsystemfan1connector
17SATAconnector0
19FrontUSB3.0connector20USB2.0connector
21USB2.0connector22ClearCMOSjumper
23HDDLEDconnector
25PCIeslot326PCIeslot2
27PCIeslot1
29Intrusionswitchconnector

16SATAconnector1
18Frontpanelconnector

24PCIeslot4

28Rearsystemfanconnector
30Coin-cellbattery

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14-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe4-pinpowercableofthepowersupply.

2CPUsocket

UsedtoinstalltheCPU.

3CPUfanconnector

UsedtoconnecttheCPUfanontheCPUheatsink.

4Memoryslots

Usedtoinstallmemorymodules.Fordetailedinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”on
page56.

5Thermalsensorconnector

Usedtoconnectthethermalsensor.

610-pinpowerconnector

Usedtoconnectthe10-pinpowercableofthepowersupply.

7Frontsystemfan2connector

Usedtoconnectthecableofthefrontsystemfan2.

8HDDpowerconnector2

UsedtoconnectthepowercablesforHDDs,opticaldrive,ortapedrive.

9HDDpowerconnector1

UsedtoconnectthepowercablesforHDDs,opticaldrive,ortapedrive.

101113141617SA T Aconnectors

UsedtoconnecttheHDD,opticaldrive,ortapedrive.

Note:IfyourserverhasoneSATAopticaldriveinstalled,connecttheopticaldrivetoSATAconnector5.If
yourserverhastwoSATAopticaldrivesinstalled,connectthesecondaryopticaldrivetoSATAconnector4.

12SerialGeneralPurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)connector

UsedtoconnecttheSGPIOconnectorofthemini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAconnectorsandone
SGPIOconnector.

15Frontsystemfan1connector

Usedtoconnectthefrontsystemfan1.

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18Frontpanelconnector

Usedtoconnectthefrontpanelboard.

19FrontUSB3.0connector

UsedtoconnectthefrontUSBcable.

2021USB2.0connectors

UsedtoconnectthesignalcablefortheRDXtapedriveortheSDmodule.

22ClearCMOSjumper

UsedtoclearCMOSandturntheBIOSsettingsintothefactorydefaultsettings.

Note:ClearingCMOSdoesnoteraseyourBIOSpasswords.

ToclearCMOS,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremovingtheservercover”
onpage53

.

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
page118.

9.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandturnontheserver.TheclearingCMOSprocessis
completed.

23HDDLEDconnector

UsedtoconnectcablefromtheHDDstatusLEDonthefrontpanel.

24252627PCIeslots

Slot

24PCIeslot4
25PCIeslot3
26PCIeslot2
27PCIeslot1

PhysicalslotsizeNegotiablelinkbandwidth

x1x1
x16x4,x1
x1x1
x16x8,x4,x1

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Supportedcardlength
andheight

Full-length,fullheight
Full-length,fullheight
Full-length,fullheight
Full-length,fullheight

28Rearsystemfanconnector

Usedtoconnecttherearsystemfan.

28Intrusionswitchconnector

Usedtoconnecttheintrusionswitch.

30Coin-cellbattery

Yourserverhasaspecialtypeofmemorythatmaintainsthedate,time,andconfigurationinformationfor
built-infeatures.Thecoin-cellbatterykeepstheinformationactivewhenyouturnofftheserver.

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Chapter4.Configuringtheserver

Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfiguretheserver:

•“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35

•“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage41

•“ConfiguringRAID”onpage44

•“ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers”onpage41

UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutusingtheSetupUtilityprogram.

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

StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

TostarttheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheservertoanacpowersourceandpressthepowerbuttononthefrontpaneltoturnonthe
server.See“Turningontheserver”onpage5

2.PresstheF1keyassoonasyouseethelogoscreen.Then,waitforseveralseconds,andtheSetup
Utilityprogramopens.Ifyouhavesetapassword,youneedtotypethecorrectpasswordtoenterthe
SetupUtilityprogram.Forpasswordinformation,see“Usingpasswords”onpage38.

.

SetupUtilityprograminterface

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheSetupUtilityprogram.

DependingontheversionofyoursystemBIOS,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.

Notes:

•Thedefaultsettingsalreadyareoptimizedforyou.Usethedefaultvalueforanyitemyouarenotfamiliar
with.Donotchangethevalueofunfamiliaritemstoavoidunexpectedproblems.Ifyouconsider
changingtheserverconfiguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingtheconfigurationinproperly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.IfyoucannotturnontheserverbecauseofincorrectBIOSsettings,
usetheClearCMOSjumpertorestoretheBIOSsettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.See“System
boardcomponents”onpage30

•Ifyouhavechangedanyhardwareintheserver,youmightneedtoreflashtheBIOS.

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ThefollowingmenusarelistedontheBIOSSetupUtilityscreen:

•“Mainmenu”onpage36

.

•“Devicesmenu”onpage36.

•“Advancedmenu”onpage36

.

•“Powermenu”onpage37.

•“Securitymenu”onpage37.

•“Startupmenu”onpage37.

•“Exitmenu”onpage38.

Mainmenu

AfterenteringtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanseetheMainmenu,whichlistsbasicinformationaboutthe
BIOS,totalmemorysize,andsystemdateandtime.

Devicesmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousdevicessettingsontheDevicesmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.Some
itemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheDevicesmenucontainsthefollowingitems.Formoreinformation,enterthecorrespondingsubmenu
andrefertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

MenuitemDescription

SerialPortSetup
USBSetupViewandsetUSBconfigurationparameters.
ATADriveSetupViewandsetSA TAHDDconfigurationparameters.

VideoSetup

AudioSetup

NetworkSetup

Viewandsetserialconnectorconfigurationparameters.

Viewandsettheprimaryvideoadaptertype.
Enableordisabletheonboardaudiocontroller.
EnableordisabletheonboardEthernetcontrollerandothernetwork

functions.

Advancedmenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousservercomponentsettingsontheAdvancedmenuintheSetupUtility
program.TheAdvancedmenucontainsvariousconfigurationitems.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenu
onlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheAdvancedmenucontainsthefollowingitems.Formoreinformation,enterthecorrespondingitemsand
refertotheinstructionsonthescreen.

MenuitemDescription
CPUSetupViewandsetCPUconfigurationparameters.

®

Intel

Manageability

IntelSIPPSupportEnableordisabletheIntelSIPPSupportfeature.
CPUCRIDSupportEnableordisabletheCPUCRIDSupportfeature.
ChipsetCRIDsupportEnableordisabletheChipsetCRIDSupportfeature.

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ViewandsetIntelvPROfeatures.

Powermenu

YoucanvieworchangevariousserverpowermanagementsettingsonthePowermenuintheSetupUtility
program.ThePowermenucontainsvariousconfigurationitems.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenu
onlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThePowermenucontainsthefollowingitems:

MenuitemDescription

AfterPowerLoss

EnhancedPowerSavingModeEnableordisableEnhancedPowerSavingMode.

IntelligentCoolingEngine(ICE)

AutomaticPowerOnEnableordisabletheAutomaticPowerOnfunction.

Viewandconfigurethesystemperformanceafteracpowersource
isremovedandrestored.

Enablethesystemtoentertheloweracousticlevelorbetterthermal
level.

Securitymenu

YoucansetpasswordsandconfiguretheTPMfunctionontheSecuritymenuintheSetupUtilityprogram.
Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

TheSecuritymenucontainsthefollowingmainitems:

MenuitemDescription

AdministratorPassword

Power-OnPassword
SetAdministratorPasswordSetanadministratorpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccess

SetPower-OnPasswordSetauserpasswordtoprotectagainstunauthorizedaccesstoyour

ChassisIntrusionDetectionEnableordisabletheChassisIntrusionDetectionfeature.
TCGFeatureSetupConfiguretheTPMfunction.See“ConfiguringtheTPMfunction”on

SystemEventLog

SecureBoot

Viewthestatusofanadministratorpassword.
Viewthestatusofauserpassword.

toyourserver.See“Usingpasswords”onpage38

server.See“Usingpasswords”onpage38.

page40.
Viewandclearthesystemeventlog.
Viewandsetsecurebootconfigurationparameters.

.

Startupmenu

TheStartupmenuintheSetupUtilityprogramprovidesaninterfacetohelpyouvieworchangetheserver
startupoptions,includingthestartupsequenceandbootpriorityforvariousdevices.Aftertheserver
restarts,changesinthestartupoptionstakeeffect.

Thestartupsequencespecifiestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestofindabootrecord.Theserver
startsfromthefirstbootrecordthatitfinds.Forexample,youcandefineastartupsequencethatchecksa
discintheopticaldrive,thencheckstheHDD,andthenchecksanetworkdevice.Forinformationabout
settingthestartupsequenceorselectingastartupdevice,see“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage40.

TheStartupmenucontainsvariousconfigurationsubmenusanditems.Foreachsubmenuanditem,press
Entertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoptionbyusingtheupanddownarrowkeysortype
desiredvaluesfromthekeyboard.Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyiftheserversupportsthe
correspondingfeatures.

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TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingsubmenus:

MenuitemDescription

PrimaryBootSequence

AutomaticBootSequence

ErrorBootSequence

Thissequenceisusedwhenthesystemispoweredupproperly.
Thissequenceisusedwhenacommunicationdevicewakesupthe

system.
Thissequenceisusedwhenanerroroccurs.

TheStartupmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

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

•BootMode:Choosethebootpolicy.

•BootPriority:Setthebootpriorityofoperatingsystems.

•OptionsKeysDisplay:IfyouselectEnabled,theoptionkeyswillbedisplayedonthelogoscreen.Ifyou
selectDisabled,theoptionkeyswillnotbedisplayedonthelogoscreen.

•OptionsKeysDisplayStyle:ThisitemcontrolstheoptionkeysdisplaystylewhenyouselectEnabled
fortheOptionKeysDisplayitem.

–IfyouselectLegacy,themessage“PressF1toenterSetup,F12todisplayBootMenu”willbe

displayedonthelogoscreen.

–IfyouselectNormal,themessage“Tointerruptnormalstartup,pressEnter”willbedisplayedon

thelogoscreen.

Exitmenu

AfteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettingsintheSetupUtilityprogram,youcanchooseadesiredaction
fromtheExitmenutosavechanges,discardchanges,orloaddefaultvalues,andexittheprogram.Press
EntertoselecttheitemontheExitmenu,andthenselectYeswhenpromptedtoconfirmtheaction.For
informationaboutexitingtheSetupUtilityprogram,see“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage40

.

TheExitmenucontainsthefollowingitems:

MenuitemDescription
SaveChangesandExitSavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
DiscardChangesandExitDiscardchanges,loadpreviousvalues,andthenexittheSetupUtility

program.

LoadOptimalDefaults
OSOptimizedDefaultsSelectEnabledtomeettheMicrosoftWindows8certification

Restoretheuserdefaultvaluesforalltheitems.

requirement.ThesettingsfortheCSMsupport,bootmode,boot
priority,secureboot,andsecurityRollBackpreventionwillbeaffected.

Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

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•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingconfigurationsettings.Ifyou

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

•Power-Onpassword
Whenapower-onpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordto
usetheserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanyconfigurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyouuseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

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

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect
SetPower-OnPasswordtosetauserpassword.

3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage39.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.

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

Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.

5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheClearCMOSjumperonthesystemboardtoerasethe
password.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage30

.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.

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ConfiguringtheTPMfunction

TheTPMchipisintegratedonthesystemboardandworksasahardwaresecuritysolutiontohelpyou
toencryptdataandprotecttheserver.

ToenabletheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectTCGFeatureSetup,andthenpressEnter.

3.SelectTCGSecurityFeatures.Then,settheTPMSupporttoActive.

4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillrestartinordertoenable
theTPMfunction.

Selectingastartupdevice

IfyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorHDDasexpected,dooneofthe
followingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant:

Note:Notalldiscs,HDDs,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.

•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:

Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.

1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.

2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Thebootdeviceselection
windowopens.

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

•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

2.OntheStartupmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdevicedependingon
yourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“Startupmenu”onpage37.

3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.T oexittheSetup
Utilityprogram,youalsocandothefollowing:

•PressF10tosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•pressF9toreturntothedefaultsettings.

FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage38

.

UpdatingtheBIOS

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOS.

Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed

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eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom
otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage35

LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,theyareavailable
fordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Y oucanupdatetheserverfirmware
bydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverfirmwareup-to-date.See
“Serversetupprocedure”onpage5.

.

Updating(flashing)theBIOS

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.

Notes:

•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Y oucanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.

•DowngradingtheBIOStoanearlierversionisnotrecommendedandmightnotbesupported.Anearlier
BIOSversionmightnotcontainthesupportforthelatestsystemconfigurations.

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

•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBIOSfirmware,alltheBIOSsettingsbecomethedefaultsettingsoftheupdated
BIOSversion.Y ouneedtocheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneeds.

Toupdate(flash)theBIOS,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheBIOSupdatepackageandtheTXTfilethatcontainsinstallationinstructions.

3.PrinttheTXTfileandfollowtheinstructionstoupdate(flash)theBIOS.

4.CheckandreconfiguretheBIOSsettingsforyourspecificneedsbasedonyournoteorreferto“Using
theSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35aftertheBIOSupdateprocessiscompleted.

ConfiguringtheEthernetcontrollers

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

YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconfiguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizethecontrollers.

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

UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
WindowsandLinuxoperatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.Theprogramworkswithyour

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WindowsorLinuxoperatingsysteminstallationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperating
systemandassociateddevicedrivers.Thisprogramisprovidedwithyourserveronaself-starting(bootable)
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD.TheuserguidefortheprogramisalsoontheDVDandcanbeaccessed
directlyfromtheprograminterface.

IfyoudonothaveaThinkServerEasyStartupDVD,youalsocandownloadanISOimagefromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteandmakeadiscbyyourself.

TodownloadtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramimageandburnitintoadisc,dothefollowing:

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

2.DownloadtheISOimagefortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramandthereadmefile.Thereadmefile
containsimportantinformationabouttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.

3.Printthereadmefileandreaditcarefully.

4.UseanopticaldriveandanyDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.

FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

•Containedinaself-starting(bootable)DVD

•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface

•Integratedhelpsystemanduserguide

•Automatichardwaredetection

•RAIDconfigurationutility

•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices

•Selectablepartitionsizeandfilesystemtype

•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems

•Abilitytoinstalltheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime

•AbilitytocreateareusableresponsefilethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconfiguredLenovoserversto
makefutureinstallationsevenfaster

StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram.Afteryoustartthe
programandenterthemaininterface,clickUserGuidefordetailedinformationaboutusingthisprogramto
helpyouconfiguretheserverandinstallanoperatingsystem.

TostarttheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,dothefollowing:

1.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive,settheopticaldriveasthefirststartup
device,andstartyourserverfromtheDVDintheopticaldrive.See“Selectingastartupdevice”on
page40

2.WaitfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoload.Then,youarepromptedforthefollowing
selections:

•Thelanguageinwhichyouwanttoviewtheprogram

•Thelanguageofthekeyboardlayoutyouwillbeusingwiththeprogram

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

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3.Afterselectingthelanguageandkeyboardlayout,clickOK.Then,youwillseeoneormoremessages
aboutconfiguringstoragedevices.ClickNextwhenyouarepromptedwiththeLenovoLicense
Agreement.ReadtheLenovoLicenseAgreementcarefully.Inordertocontinue,youmustagreethose
termsbyclickingAgree.Then,theDateandtimewindowopens.

4.SetthecurrentdateandtimeandclickOK.TheStartoptionwindowopens.

5.TheStartoptionwindowprovidesthefollowingselections:

•Continuetothemaininterface.

•Installtheoperatingsystemusingapre-existingresponsefile.

•ConfigureRAIDusingapre-existingresponsefile.
Readtheexplanationsonthescreenandselectadesiredoption.Then,followtheinstructionsonthe

screen.IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram,selecttheoptionto
continuetothemaininterfaceandviewthecompatibilitynotesanduserguide.

Notes:

1.FunctionalityandsupportedoperatingsystemsvarydependingontheversionoftheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram.Fromthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,clickCompatibilitynotestoviewthe
informationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurationssupportedbythe
specificversionoftheprogram.ClickUserGuidetoviewthevariousfunctionsandlearnhowto
usetheprogram.

2.BeforeusingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoinstallanoperatingsystem,ensurethatany
externalstoragedevicesandfiberchannelsareconfiguredproperly.

TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogrammaininterfaceprovidesthefollowingmenusontheleftpaneof
thescreen:

•Home
Thismenuisthewelcomepagethatcontainssomegeneraldescriptionsabouttheprogramandthe

Lenovocopyrightandtrademarkstatements.

•Compatibilitynotes
ThismenuprovidesinformationabouttheRAIDcontrollers,operatingsystems,andserverconfigurations

supportedbytheversionoftheprogramyouareusing.

•UserGuide
Thismenuprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheprogramandinstructionsonhowtousethe

program.

•Hardwarelist
Thismenudisplaysalistofhardwaredevicesdetectedbytheprogram.

•ConfigureRAID
ThismenuprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconfigureRAIDorviewthecurrentRAIDconfigurationand

makechangesifneeded.

•Installoperatingsystem
Thismenudisplaysaseriesofchoicesandpromptstocollectinformationrequiredforoperatingsystem

installation,preparestheharddiskdriveforinstallation,andtheninitiatestheinstallationprocessusing
youroperatingsysteminstallationdisc.

•About
Thismenuprovidestheversioninformationandlegalnotices.

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ConfiguringRAID

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutRAIDandtheutilityprogramsthatareavailableforyoutoconfigure
RAID.

Thistopiccontainsthefollowingitems:

•“AboutRAID”onpage44

•“RAIDforyourserver”onpage45

•“ConfiguringonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage46

•“ConfiguringadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage48

AboutRAID

RAID,anacronymforRedundantArrayofIndependentDisks,isatechnologythatprovidesincreased
storagefunctionsandreliabilitythroughredundancy.ThisisachievedbycombiningmultipleHDDsintoa
logicalunit,wheredataisdistributedacrossthedrivesinoneofseveralwayscalledRAIDlevels.

WhenagroupofindependentphysicalHDDsaresetuptouseRAIDtechnology,theyareinaRAIDarray.
ThisarraydistributesdataacrossmultipleHDDs,butthearrayappearstothehostserverasonesingle
storageunit.CreatingandusingRAIDarraysprovideshighperformance,suchastheexpeditedI/O
performance,becauseseveraldrivescanbeaccessedsimultaneously.

RAIDdrivegroupsalsoimprovedatastoragereliabilityandfaulttolerancecomparedwithsingle-drive
storagesystems.Datalossresultingfromadrivefailurecanbepreventedbyreconstructingmissingdata
fromtheremainingdrives.

ThefollowinglistdescribessomeofthemostcommonlyusedRAIDlevels:

•RAID0:block-levelstripingwithoutparityormirroring
SimplestripesetsarenormallyreferredtoasRAID0.RAID0usesstripingtoprovidehighdata

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

RAID0requiresaminimumnumberofoneharddiskdrive.

•RAID1:mirroringwithoutparityorstriping
RAID1usesmirroringsothatdatawrittentoonedriveissimultaneouslywrittentoanotherdrive.Thisis

goodforsmalldatabasesorotherapplicationsthatrequiresmallcapacitybutcompletedataredundancy.
RAID1providesfaulttolerancefromdiskerrorsorfailuresandcontinuestooperateaslongasatleast
onedriveinthemirroredsetisfunctioning.Withappropriateoperatingsystemsupport,therecanbe
increasedreadperformanceandonlyaminimalwriteperformancereduction.

RAID1requiresaminimumnumberoftwoHDDs.

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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.

RAID5requiresaminimumnumberofthreeHDDs.

•RAID6:block-levelstripingwithdistributedparity
RAID6usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripe,anddiskstriping.ARAID6

virtualdrivecansurvivethelossofanytwodriveswithoutlosingdata.ARAID6drivegroupissimilar
toaRAID5drivegroup.Blocksofdataandparityinformationarewrittenacrossalldrives.Theparity
informationisusedtorecoverthedataifoneortwodrivesfailinthedrivegroup.

RAID6requiresaminimumnumberofthreeHDDs.

•RAID10:acombinationofRAID0andRAID1
RAID10consistsofstripeddataacrossmirroredspans.ARAID10drivegroupisaspanneddrive

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

RAID10requiresaminimumnumberoffourHDDsandalsorequiresanevennumberofdrives,for
example,sixHDDsoreightHDDs.

•RAID50:acombinationofRAID0andRAID5
RAID50usesdistributedparityanddiskstriping.ARAID50drivegroupisaspanneddrivegroupin

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

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

RAID50requiresaminimumnumberofsixHDDs.

•RAID60:acombinationofRAID0andRAID6
RAID60usesdistributedparity,withtwoindependentparityblocksperstripeineachRAIDset,anddisk

striping.ARAID60virtualdrivecansurvivethelossoftwodrivesineachoftheRAID6setswithout
losingdata.RAID60worksbestwithdatathatrequireshighreliability,highrequestrates,highdata
transfers,andmedium-to-largecapacity.

RAID60requiresaminimumnumberofsixHDDs.

FordetailedinformationaboutRAID,referto“IntroductiontoRAID”intheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUser
Guide.ThisguideisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

RAIDforyourserver

Note:BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,ensurethatyouuseHDDsthatareofthesametype(SATAor

SAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDconfigurations:

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•OnboardSA T AsoftwareRAIDconfiguration
TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC220chiponthesystemboard.

IfyourserverhasSATAHDDsthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheIntelRapid
StorageTechnologyenterpriseprogramtoconfigureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupportsonboardSATA
softwareRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage46

•AdvancedSA T A/SAShardwareRAIDconfiguration(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID

functionstotheserver.Y oualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page24and“PCIecard”onpage58formoreinformation.

TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
andtheStorCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontroller
inanoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.For
theThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,installaRAID5keyon
theRAIDcard.FortheThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter,toactivateRAID6andRAID60levels,you
needtoinstallaTMMontheRAIDcard.

Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage48

Notes:

•ForservermodelswithmorethanfourHDDsormodelsthatuseSASHDDs,aRAIDcardmustbeinstalled.

•WhentheCPUutilizationishigh,itisrecommendedthatyouinstallaRAIDcardinsteadofusingthe
integratedsoftwareRAIDcontrollerforRAID5configuration.

•TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDandinstalling
supportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.

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BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:

1.UseHDDsthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.

2.UseHDDsthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.

ConfiguringonboardSATAsoftwareRAID

•“EnablingtheonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage46

•“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage47

•“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage47

•“Resettingdiskstonon-RAID”onpage47

•“Markingdisksasspare”onpage48

EnablingtheonboardSA TARAIDfunctionality

Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.

ToenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage35.

2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.

3.SelectConfigureSATAasandpressEnter.

4.SelectRAIDandpressEnter.

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5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconfiguration
utilitytocreateRAIDvolumes.

TocreateRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectCreateRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.TypeaproperRAIDvolumenameintheNamefieldandpressTab.

4.UsethearrowkeystoselectaRAIDlevelintheRAIDLevelfieldandpressT ab.

5.Ifappropriate,usethearrowkeystoselectastripesizeintheStripeSizefieldandpressTab.

6.TypeavolumesizeintheCapacityfieldandpressTab.

7.PressEntertoinitiatevolumecreation.

8.Whenprompted,pressYtoacceptthewarningmessageandcreatethevolume.

9.Ifdesired,returntostep2tocreateadditionalRAIDvolumes.

10.Whenfinished,selectExitandpressEnter.

DeletingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROMconfiguration
utilitytodeleteRAIDvolumes.

TodeleteRAIDvolumes,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.

3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume
willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.

5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:

•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.

•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage47

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

forRAIDvolumecreation.

Resettingdiskstonon-RAID

ThissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourHDDstonon-RAID.

ToresetyourHDDstonon-RAID,dothefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.

3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen
pressEntertocompletetheselection.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheresetaction.

5.AfterresettingtheHDDstonon-RAID,youcan:

•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage47forRAIDvolumedeletion.

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•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage47forRAIDvolumecreation.

•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.

Markingdisksasspare

Tomarkharddiskdrivesassparedrives,dothefollowing:

1.Duringthesystemstartup,pressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnology
enterpriseoptionROMconfigurationutility.

2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectMarkDisksasSpareandpressEnter.

3.Usethearrowkeystolocateaharddiskdriveandpressthespacekeytoselectordeselecttheharddisk
drive.Youcanselectmultipleharddiskdrivesifrequired.Then,pressEntertocompletetheselection.

4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheoperation.

Note:Markingaharddiskdriveasasparedrivewillremovealldataonthedrive.

5.Whenfinished,selectExitandpressEnter.

Notes:IfyourserverhasoneofthefollowingLinuxoperatingsystemsinstalled,continuewiththe
correspondingactions:

•FortheRedhatEnterpriseLinux6.7operatingsystem,addthefollowinglinetotheendofthe

/etc/mdadm.conffileandrestarttheoperatingsystem.

POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot

•FortheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11.4operatingsystem,dothefollowing:

1.Addthefollowinglinetotheendofthe/etc/mdadm.conffile.

POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot

2.Runthefollowingcommandsasarootuser.

#chkcong–smdadmdon
#/etc/init.d/mdadmdstart

ConfiguringadvancedSA TAorSAShardwareRAID

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

and“PCIecard”onpage58formoreinformation.

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Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourHDDsormodelsthatuseSASHDDs,aRAIDcardmust
beinstalled.

ProgramsforconfiguringSAT A/SAShardwareRAID

LenovoprovidesthefollowingprogramstohelpyouconfigureadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID:

•ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramtoconfigureRAID
See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”onpage41
interfaceoftheprogram.

•WebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDindependentlyoftheoperatingsystem)
Tousetheprogram,followtheinstructionsonthebootingscreen.

•MegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheStorCLIConfigurationUtilityprogram(configuringRAIDin
anoperatingsystemenvironment)
ToinstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram,refertothefollowingchaptersinthe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide:

Note:SomeinformationinthesechaptersmightbeintendedfortheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
configurationsandmightnotapplytotheonboardSATAsoftwareconfigurations.

andviewtheuserguidefromthemain

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–“MegaRAIDStorageManagerOverviewandInstallation”
–“MegaRAIDStorageManagerWindowandMenus”
–“MonitoringSystemEventsandStorageDevices”
–“MaintainingandManagingStorageConfigurations”

TodownloadtheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideandtheinstallationpackagesoftheprograms,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.

InstructionsforconfiguringSA TA/SAShardwareRAID

ForinstructionsonhowtoconfigureandmanagetheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID,refertothe
MegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuide.ThisguideisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support

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Chapter5.Replacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandinstallhardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“PurchasingThinkServeroptions”onpage51

•“Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines”onpage51

•“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremovingtheservercover”onpage53

•“Removingandinstallinghardware”onpage54

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage118

Note:Inmostareasoftheworld,LenovorequiresthereturnofthedefectiveCRU.Informationaboutthiswill
comewiththeCRUorwillcomeafewdaysaftertheCRUarrives.

PurchasingThinkServeroptions

YoucanpurchasethesupportedoptionsfromLenovoandinstalltheminyourservertoenabledesired
functions.ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server

Note:Theoptionkitisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditionalcablesthatare
notrequiredforyourserver.

Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafety
instructionsandtheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)ontheLenovoWebsiteat
https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS.Readingandunderstandingthesafetyinstructions
reducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstephelpstoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Serversetup
procedure”onpage5

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingproperly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingproperly,seeChapter6“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage121
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter7“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage125.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnotoolsorotherobjects
havebeenleftinsidetheserver.

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•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:

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

•Ensurethatyouhaveenoughproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,andother
devices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallflat-bladescrewdriveravailable.

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

•ToviewtheLEDsonthesystemboardandinternalcomponents,leavetheserverconnectedtopower.

•Whenyouarefinishedworkingontheserver,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andgroundwires.

•Whenworkinginsidetheserver,youmightfindsometaskseasierifyoulaytheserveronitsside.

Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices

Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen

removedfromtheserverandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamageservercomponentsandparts.

Whenyouhandleserverpartsandcomponents,taketheseprecautionstoavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

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

•Alwayscarefullyhandlethepartsandothercomponents(suchasPCIecards,memorymodules,system
boards,andCPUs)byitsedgesoritsframe.Donottouchsolderjoints,pins,orexposedcircuitry.

•Donotleavethedevicewhereotherscanhandleandpossiblydamagethedevice.

•Beforeyoureplaceanewpart,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthenewparttoan
unpaintedmetalpartoftheserverforatleasttwoseconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityfromthe
packageandyourbody.

•Removethenewpartfromthestatic-protectivepackageanddirectlyinstallitintheserverwithoutplacing
itonanyothersurface.Ifitishardforyoutodothisinyourspecificsituation,placethestatic-protective
packageofthenewpartonasmooth,levelsurface,andthenplacethenewpartonthestatic-protective
package.Donotplacethepartontheservercoverorothermetalsurface.

•Takeadditionalcarewhenhandlingdevicesduringcoldweather.Heatingreducesindoorhumidity
andincreasesstaticelectricity.

Systemreliabilityguidelines

Tohelpensurepropercoolingandsystemreliability,ensurethatyoufollowtheseguidelines:

•AlldrivebaysandPCIecardslotsareeitheroccupiedbydrivesandcardsorcoveredbyelectromagnetic
interface(EMI)protectivepanelsorEMIshields.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIecard,
savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthedrivebayorsavethePCIecardslotbracketincaseyou
laterremovethedevice.

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Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIcardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,or

anyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultin
overheatingorcomponentdamage.

•Iftheserverhasredundantpower,eachofthepowersupplybayhasaredundantpowersupplyinstalled,
oronebayhasaredundantpowersupplywhiletheotherbayiscoveredbyashield.

•Leaveadequatespacearoundtheservertoensurethattheservercoolingsystemworkswell.Leave
approximately50mm(2inches)ofopenspacearoundthefrontandrearoftheserver.Donotplace
objectsinfrontofthefans.

•Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeyouturnontheserver.Operatingtheserver
withtheservercoverremovedformorethan30minutesmightdamageservercomponents.

•Properlyroutethecables.Forsomeoptions,suchasPCIecards,followthecablinginstructionsthat
comewiththeoptionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthismanual.

•Ensurethatyoureplaceafailingfanassoonasyouremovetheoldone.

•Whenreplacingahot-swapdrive,installthenewhot-swapdriveassoonasyouremovetheoldone.

Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron

Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserveristurnedonmightcause

theservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,alwaysuseanESDwriststrap
orothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron.

Theserversupportshot-swapdevicesandisdesignedtooperatesafelywhileitisturnedonandthecoveris
removed.Followtheseguidelineswhenyouworkinsidetheserverwiththepoweron:

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

•Donotallowyournecktieorscarftohanginsidetheserver.

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

•Removeitemsfromyourshirtpocket,suchaspensandpencils.Theseitemsmightfallintotheserveras
youleanoverit.

•Avoiddroppinganymetallicobjectsintotheserver,suchaspaperclips,hairpins,andscrews.

Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremovingtheservercover

CAUTION:
Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpageiiiand“Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines”onpage51.

Note:Y oudonothavetoremovetheservercoverbeforeremovingorinstallingthefollowinghot-swap

components:

•Hot-swapdrives

•Hot-swappowersupply

Toremovetheservercover,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrives.Then,turnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.

2.Disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutlets.

3.Disconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecurestheservercover,suchasapadlockoranintegratedcable
lock.See“Serverlocks”onpage17.

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5.Removetheservercover.

1

2

3

1

2

3

Loosenthethumbscrewthatsecurestheservercover.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartof

theservercover.Donottrytoremovethethumbscrewfromtheservercover.

Slidetheservercovertotherearuntilitisstopped.

Pivottheservercoveroutwardtoremoveit.

Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouwaitthreetofiveminutestolettheservercoolbeforeremoving
theservercover.

Figure22.Removingtheservercover

Toinstalltheservercover,see“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage118.

Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverwiththeservercoverremovedformorethan30minutesmightdamageservercomponents.

Removingandinstallinghardware

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandinstallhardwareforyourserver.Youcanexpandthe
capabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCIecards,orother
serveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.

Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.

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Notes:

1

2

1

1

•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Frontbezel

•“Removingthefrontbezel”onpage55

•“Installingthefrontbezel”onpage55

Removingthefrontbezel

Toremovethefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Releasethethreeplastictabsontheleftside.Then,pivotthefrontbezelandthefrontdoor(availableon
somemodels)asshowntoremoveitfromthechassis.

Figure23.Removingthefrontbezel

Installingthefrontbezel

Toinstallthefrontbezel,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

Chapter5.Replacinghardware55

2.Alignthethreeplastictabsontherightsideofthefrontbezelwiththecorrespondingholesinthe

1

1

1

2

2

2

chassis,thenpivotthefrontbezelandfrontdoor(availableonsomemodels)inwarduntilthefrontbezel
snapsintopositionontheleftside.

Figure24.Installingthefrontbezel

Memorymodule

•“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage56

•“Removingamemorymodule”onpage57

•“Installingamemorymodule”onpage57

Note:ThememorymodulesaresensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage52firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Memorymoduleinstallationrules

Features

Yourserverhasfourmemoryslots:

•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GBdoubledatarate4(DDR4)unbuffereddualinlinememory
modules(UDIMMs)withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.

•Theminimumsystemmemoryis4GB.

•Themaximumsystemmemoryis64GB(one16GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemory
slots).

Notes:

•Allmemorymodulestobeinstalledmustbethesametypewiththesamevoltageandfrequency.

•Whenyouinstallmemorymoduleswithdifferentcapacity,installthememorymodulethathasthe
highestcapacityfirst.

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Thefollowingillustrationshowstheinstallationorderforthefourmemoryslots.Installmemorymodulesin

xxx xxxx xxx-xxxxx-x-x-xx-xx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx xx xx xxxx

thenumericalorderasshown.

Figure25.Memorymoduleinstallationorder

Removingamemorymodule

Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

3.Locateandremovethememorymodule.

Figure26.Removingamemorymodule

4.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingamemorymodule

Note:Ensurethatyoufollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See

“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage56

.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

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1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving

xxx xxxx xxx-xxxxx-x-x-xx-xx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx xx xx xxxx

xxx xxxx xxx-xxxxx-x-x-xx-xx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx xx xx xxxx

xxx xxxx xxx-xxxxx-x-x-xx-xx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx xx xx xxxx

xxx xxxx xxx-xxxxx-x-x-xx-xx

xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xx xx xx xxxx

1

2

theservercover”onpage53

.

2.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

3.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandremovethememorydummyifnecessary.

4.Ensurethattheretainingclipsarefullyopen.Theninstallthememorymoduleintotheslotuntilthe
retainingclipsarecompletelyclosed.

Figure27.Installingthememorymodule

PCIecard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveaPCIecard,suchasanEthernetcard,aHost
BusAdapter,andanyothersupportedPCIecards.

•“RemovingaPCIecard”onpage58

•“InstallingaPCIecard”onpage59

Theinstallationortheremovalprocedureisbasedonthescenariothatyouwanttoinstallafull-height,
half-lengthPCIecard.Theprocedureissimilarifyouwanttoinstallafull-height,full-lengthPCIecard.

Note:ThePCIecardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage52firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

Notes:

•Dependingonthespecifictype,thePCIecardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththePCIecardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.

RemovingaPCIecard

ToremoveaPCIecard,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53

2.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

3.LocatethePCIecardyouwanttoremove.DependingonthetypeofaPCIecard,youmightalsoneed
todisconnectallcablesfromaPCIecard,thesystemboard,orthehot-swapdrivebackplane.

4.IfthePCIecardissecuredbyaretainingclip,disengagethecardfromtheretainingclipfirst.

.

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5.Openthecardlatchasshown.Then,graspaPCIecardbyitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthe

1

2

PCIExpresscardslot.

Note:ThePCIecardfitstightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeachside
ofthePCIecardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.

Figure28.RemovingaPCIecard

6.InstallanewPCIecardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIecardslotbrackettocovertheplace.See
“InstallingaPCIecard”onpage59.

7.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldPCIecard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

InstallingaPCIecard

ToinstallaPCIecard,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

3.LocateaPCIeslotonthesystemboardforinstallingaPCIecard.See“Systemboardcomponents”on
page30toidentifythedifferenttypesofPCIeslotsinyourserver.

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4.Openthecardlatch.PositionthenewPCIecardoverthePCIeslot,andthencarefullypressthePCIe

1

2

cardstraightdownuntilitissecurelyseatedintheslot.Closethecardlatchasshowntosecure
thePCIecardinplace.

Figure29.InstallingaPCIecard

5.DependingonthetypeofthePCIecard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcables.Refertothe
documentationthatcomeswiththePCIecardforspecificinformation.

ToinstallarequireddevicedriverforthePCIecard,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers.DownloadthedriverforthePCIecardanditsREADMEfile,andfollowthe
instructionsintheREADMEfiletoinstallthedriver.

Opticaldrive

•“Removingtheopticaldrive”onpage61

•“Installingtheopticaldrive”onpage62

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.Y our
serverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Ifonlyoneopticaldriveisinstalledinthelowerbay,theupperbayis
coveredbyametalEMIshieldonthechassisandalsoaplasticshieldonthefrontbezel.Whenyouinstalla
secondaryopticaldrive,savetheremovedEMIshieldfromthechassisandplasticshieldfromthefrontbezel
incaseyoulaterremovethedriveandneedtheshieldstocoverthedrivebay.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewopticaldriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneortheprotectiveshields.

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

•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.

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•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.

DANGER

SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:

Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.

Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingopticaldriveinstallationrules:

•Theserverhastwoopticaldrivebays.Iftheserverhasonlyoneopticaldriveinstalled,ensurethatthe
opticaldriveisinstalledinthelowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).Theupperbayisforasecondaryoptical
driveonly.

•Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttherecommendedpowerconnectorandconnectoronthe
systemboardfortheinstalledopticaldrive.See“Servercomponents”onpage19forthelocationsof
theopticaldrivebaysand“Systemboardcomponents”onpage30forthelocationsoftheconnectors
onthesystemboard.

DrivebayDrivePowerconnector

Opticaldrivebay1(lower
bay)

Opticaldrivebay2(upper
bay)

Anopticaldrive
installed

Anopticaldrive
installedinsome
models

4-pinpower

connector

4-pinpower

connector

Connectoronthesystemboard

SATA4connector

SATA5connector

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.

Removingtheopticaldrive

Toremovetheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53

2.Openthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels).

3.Disconnectcablesfromtherearoftheopticaldrive.

.

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4.Pivotthereleasebuttonoutwardandpushtheopticaldrivefromtherearuntilitisprojectedfromthe

1

2

frontofthechassis.Then,holdtheopticaldriveandcompletelyslideitoutofthechassis.

Figure30.Removingtheopticaldrive

5.InstallanewopticaldriveoranEMI-protectiveshieldtocoverthedrivebay.

6.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingtheopticaldrive

Toinstalltheopticaldrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

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2.Ifyouareinstallingasecondaryopticaldriveintheupperopticaldrivebay,removethefrontbezelfirst.
See“Removingthefrontbezel”onpage55

.Then,inserttwofingersintotheholesintheEMIshieldand

carefullypulltheEMIshieldoutofthechassis.

Figure31.RemovingtheEMIshieldfortheupperopticaldrivebay

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3.Ifneeded,pressthetabsandpivottheplasticshieldoutwardtoremoveit.

Figure32.Removingtheplasticshield

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4.Holdtheopticaldriveincorrectorientation.Then,pivotthereleasebuttonoutwardandslideitinto

1

2

1 2

3

5

4

theopticaldrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure33.Installingtheopticaldrive

5.Connectthepowerandsignalcablesfromtheopticaldrivetothesystemboard.

Figure34.Connectingthepowerandsignalcablesfromtheopticaldrivetothesystemboard

1Powerconnectorontherearoftheopticaldrive
2SATAconnectorontherearoftheopticaldrive
3Powerconnectorontherearofthetapedrive

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4HDDpowerconnector2onthesystemboard
5SATAconnectoronthesystemboard

Non-hot-swapdrive

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthatsupportnon-hot-swapdrives.See“Featuresandspecifications
ofyourserver”onpage7formoreinformationaboutthesupportednon-hot-swapdrives.

•“Removinganon-hot-swapdrive”onpage66

•“Installinganon-hot-swapdrive”onpage68

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.
ThenumberoftheinstalledHDDsinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacantbays
arecoveredbyanEMI-protectivepanel.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewnon-hot-swapdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingone.

HDDinstallationrules:

•FollowtheorderoftheHDDdrivebayswheninstallinganHDD.See“Servercomponents”onpage19
tolocatetheHDDbaysinyourserver.

•ForRAIDconfiguration,theHDDsmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyarewithinasingle
RAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage44.

•ForHDDswithdifferentcapacities,installtheHDDbyfollowingtheorderoftheHDDbaysaswellasthe
orderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.

Removinganon-hot-swapdrive

Toremoveanon-hot-swapdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53

2.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefront
door.Thenon-hot-swapdrivesareinstalledinthelowerdrivecage.

3.Removethefrontsystemfan1.See“Installingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage94.

4.Locatetheappropriatedrivebay.Then,disconnecttheSATAsignalcableandthepowercablefromthe
rearofthenon-hot-swapdrive.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13.

.

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5.Useascrewdrivertoturnthehandlelock1totheunlockedposition.Thehandleopensautomatically.

1

Figure35.Openingthehandleofthenon-hot-swapdriveorthedummytray

6.Pullthehandleandcarefullyslidethenon-hot-swapdriveorthedummytrayoutofthefrontofthe
chassis.

Figure36.Removingthenon-hot-swapdriveorthedummytray

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7.Removethefourscrewsandthenremovethefailingdrivefromthedrivetray.

Figure37.Removingthedrivefromthedrivetray

8.Installanewnon-hot-swapdriveordummytraytocoverthedrivebay.See“Installinganon-hot-swap
drive”onpage68

9.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldnon-hot-swapdrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

.

Installinganon-hot-swapdrive

Toinstallanon-hot-swapdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefrontdoor.

3.Removethefrontsystemfan1.See“Installingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage94.

4.Locatetheappropriatenon-hot-swap-drivebay.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13.

5.Aligntheholesinthedrivetraywiththecorrespondingonesinthenewnon-hot-swapdrive.Then,install
thefourscrewstosecurethedrivetothedrivetray.

Figure38.Installingthedrivetothedrivetray

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6.Slidethenewnon-hot-swapdriveintothedrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure39.Installingthedrive

7.ConnecttheSATAsignalcableandpowercabletothenewnon-hot-swapdrive.

Tapedrive

YourserversupportsRDXandL TOtapedrives.

•“Removingatapedrive”onpage69

•“Installingatapedrive”onpage70

Removingatapedrive

Toremoveatapedrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Openthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels).

3.Locatetheupperopticaldrivebay.Then,disconnectthesignalcableandthepowercablefromthe
rearofthetapedrive.

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4.Pivotthereleasebuttonoutwardandpushthetapedrivefromtherearuntilitisprojectedfromthefront

1

2

ofthechassis.Then,holdthetapedriveandcompletelyslideitoutofthechassis.

Figure40.Removingthetapedrive

5.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldtapedrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingatapedrive

Toinstallatapedrive,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Openthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels).

3.Ifneeded,removetheoldtapedrive.See“Removingatapedrive”onpage69.

4.Thetapedrivemustbeinstalledintotheloweropticaldrivebay.IfthelowerbayiscoveredbyanEMI
shield,removethefrontbezelandtheEMIshield.See“Removingthefrontbezel”onpage55and
“Installingtheopticaldrive”onpage62

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5.Ifneeded,pressthetabsandpivottheplasticshieldoutwardtoremoveit.

1

2

Figure41.Removingtheplasticshield

6.Holdthetapedriveincorrectorientationandthenslideitintothedrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure42.Installingthetapedrive

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7.Connectthepowerandsignalcablesfromthetapedrivetothesystemboard.

1

234

5

Figure43.Connectingthepowerandsignalcablesfromthetapedrivetothesystemboard

1Powerconnectorontherearoftheopticaldrive
2Powerconnectorontherearofthetapedrive
3HDDpowerconnector2onthesystemboard
4SATAconnectorontherearoftheRDXtapedrive
5USB2.0connectoronthesystemboard

Note:FortheLTOtapedrive,connectthesignalcabletotheconnector4ontheLTOtapedrive.Then,
connecttheotherendofsignalcabletotheconnectorontheRAIDcard.

8.SavetheremovedEMI-protectiveshieldfromthechassisandplasticshieldfromthefrontbezelincase
youlaterremovethedriveandneedtheshieldstocoverthedrivebay.

Solid-statedrive(2.5-inch)

Youcaninstallorremoveahot-swapSSDwithoutturningofftheserver,whichhelpsyouavoidsignificant
interruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.

•“Removinga2.5-inchSSDfroma3.5-inchHDDbay”onpage73

•“Installinga2.5-inchSSDintoa3.5-inchHDDbay”onpage74

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledHDDsorSSDsinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacant
baysareoccupiedbydummytrays.Whenyouinstallahot-swapHDDorSSD,savetheremoveddummy
trayfromthedrivebayincaseyoulaterremovethehot-swapHDDorSSDandneedthedummytrayto
covertheplace.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrity
andcoolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapHDDorSSDassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.

Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingSSDinstallationrules:

•FollowtheorderoftheHDDbayswheninstallinganSSD.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13
tolocatetheHDDbaysinyourserver.

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•ForRAIDconfiguration,theSSDsmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyarewithinasingle
RAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage44

.

•ForSSDswithdifferentcapacities,installtheSSDbyfollowingtheorderoftheHDDbaysaswellasthe
orderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.

Removinga2.5-inchSSDfroma3.5-inchHDDbay

Toremovea2.5-inchSSD,dothefollowing:

1.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefrontdoor.

2.LocatetheappropriateHDDbay.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13.

3.Removethe3.5-inchdrivebracketwiththeSSD.See“Removingahot-swapdrive”onpage76.

4.RemovethefivescrewsthatsecuretheSSDandthedriveadapter.Then,removetheSSDandthe
driveadapterfromthebracket.

Figure44.RemovingthescrewsthatsecuretheSSDandthedriveadapter

5.RemovethetwoscrewsthatsecuretheSSD.Then,lifttheSSDuptoremoveitfromthedriveadapter.

Figure45.RemovingtheSSDfromthedriveadpater

6.InstallanewSSD.See“Installinga2.5-inchSSDintoa3.5-inchHDDbay”onpage74.

Chapter5.Replacinghardware73

7.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldsolid-statedrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installinga2.5-inchSSDintoa3.5-inchHDDbay

Toinstalla2.5-inchSSDintoa3.5-inchHDDbay,dothefollowing:

1.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefrontdoor.

2.LocatetheappropriateHDDbay.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage13.

3.Removethe3.5-inchdrivebracketwiththeSSDordummytray.See“Removingahot-swapdrive”
onpage76.

4.Positionthe2.5-inchSSDintothe3.5-inchto2.5-inchdriveadapterasshowninthefollowingillustration.

Figure46.Positioningthe2.5-inchSSDintothedriveadapter

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5.AlignthetwoscrewholesintheSSDwiththecorrespondingholesinthedriveadapter.Then,installthe
twoscrewstosecuretheSSDtothedriveadapter.

Figure47.InstallingthescrewstosecuretheSSDtothedriveadapter

6.PositionthedriveadapterwiththeSSDintothe3.5-inchdrivebracket.Alignthescrewholesinthedrive
adapterandtheSSDwiththecorrespondingholesinthebracket.Then,installthefivescrewstosecure
thedriveadapterandtheSSDintothebracket.

Figure48.InstallingthescrewstosecurethedriveadapterandtheSSDtothebracket

7.SlidethebracketwiththeSSDintothedrivebayfromthefrontuntilitsnapsintopositionandthen
completelyclosethehandle.See“Installingahot-swapdrive”onpage77.

8.ChecktheHDDstatusLEDstoensurethattheSSDisoperatingproperly.Youmighthavetorestartthe
serverforthenewlyinstalledSSDtoberecognized.See“Hot-swapdriveactivityandstatusLEDs”on
page21.IftheSSDisfaulty,reinstallorreplaceituntilitisoperatingproperly.

9.Savetheremoveddummytrayincaseyoulaterremovethesolid-statedriveandneedadummytray
tocoverthedrivebay.

Hot-swapdrive

Youcaninstallorreplaceahot-swapdrivewithoutturningofftheserver,whichhelpsyouavoidsignificant
interruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.

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•“Removingahot-swapdrive”onpage76

1

•“Installingahot-swapdrive”onpage77

TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalleddrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacantbaysare
eithercoveredbyanEMI-protectivepaneloroccupiedbydummytrays.Wheninstallingadrive,savethe
removeddummytrayincasethatyoulaterremovethedriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.

Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneorthedummytray.

Hot-swapdriveinstallationrules

•Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.See“Frontviewoftheserver”on
page13

tolocatethedrivebaysinyourserver.

•ForRAIDconfiguration,thedrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyarewithinasingle
RAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage44.

Removingahot-swapdrive

Toremoveahot-swapdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefrontdoor.

2.Locatethedriveyouwanttoremoveandpressthereleasebutton1toopenthehandleofthedrive.

Figure49.Openingthehandleofadrive

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3.Ifyouareremovingadummytray,locatetheappropriatedrivebay.Then,pressthecircledarea1to

1

openthehandleofthedummytray.

Figure50.Openingthehandleofadummytray

4.Pullthehandleandcarefullyslidethedriveorthedummytrayoutofthechassis.Savetheremoved
dummytrayincasethatyoulaterremovethedriveandneedadummytraytocoverthedrivebay.

Figure51.Removingthedriveordummytray

5.Installanewdriveoradummytraytocoverthedrivebay.See“Installingahot-swapdrive”onpage77.

6.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheolddrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

7.Closeandlockthefrontdoor.

Installingahot-swapdrive

Toinstallorreplaceahot-swapdrive,dothefollowing:

1.Usethefrontdoorkeytounlockthefrontdoor(availableonsomemodels),andthenopenthefrontdoor.

2.Removeadriveoradummytray.See“Removingahot-swapdrive”onpage76.

3.Slidethenewdriveintothedrivebayuntilitsnapsintoposition.Then,completelyclosethehandle.

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Figure52.Installingthedrive

4.CheckthedrivestatusLEDstoensurethatthedriveisoperatingproperly.Youmighthavetorestartthe
serverforthenewlyinstalleddrivetoberecognized.See“Hot-swapdriveactivityandstatusLEDs”on
page21

5.Closeandlockthefrontdoor.

.Ifthedriveisfaulty,reinstallituntilitisoperatingproperly.

Hot-swappowersupply

Thehot-swappowersupplieshelpyouavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthesystemwhena
powersupplyfails.Youcaninstallorreplaceapowersupplywithoutturningofftheserver.

•“Removingahot-swappowersupply”onpage79

•“Installingahot-swappowersupply”onpage79

CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.

CAUTION:
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.

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

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Note:TomaintaintheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapredundantpower

supplyassoonasyouremovethefailingoneorcovertheotherbaywithashieldifyouuseonepower
supplytoprovidepower.

Removingahot-swappowersupply

Toremoveahot-swapredundantpowersupply,dothefollowing:

1.Locatethefailingpowersupplyintherearofyourserveranddisconnectthepowercordfromthe
failinghot-swapredundantpowersupply.

2.Pressthereleasetabinthedirectionasshownandcarefullypullthehandleatthesametimetoslidethe
failinghot-swappowersupplyoutofthechassis.

Figure53.Removingahot-swapredundantpowersupply

3.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldhot-swappowersupply,followallpackaginginstructionsanduse
anypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingahot-swappowersupply

Toinstallahot-swappowersupply,dothefollowing:

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1.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Ifyouarereplacingafailedhot-swappowersupply,removeahot-swappowersupply.See
“Removingahot-swappowersupply”onpage79

.

•Ifyouareinstallingasecondhot-swappowersupplytotheserver,removetheEMIshieldfirst.Insert
twofingersintotheholesintheEMIshieldandcarefullypulltheEMIshieldoutofthechassis.Store
theshieldincaseyoulaterremovethepowersupplyandneedtheshieldtocoverthebay.

Figure54.Removingtheprotectiveshieldforthepowersupplybay

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2.Notetheorientationofthehot-swappowersupply,andthenslideitintothechassisuntilitsnaps
intoposition.

Figure55.Installingahot-swappowersupply

3.CheckthestatusLEDnearthepowercordconnector.ForinformationaboutthestatusLEDs,see
“Hot-swappowersupplystatusLEDs”onpage24.

Powerconversionboard

•“Removingthepowerconversionboard”onpage81

•“Installingthepowerconversionboard”onpage82

Removingthepowerconversionboard

Toremovethepowerconversionboard,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Locatethepowerconversionboard.Then,disconnectthepowercablesfromthepowerconversion
board.

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3.Removethescrewthatsecuresthepowerconversionboard.Then,slidethepowerconversionboardto

b

1

2

thefrontofthechassisuntilitisreleasedfromtheretentionpostsonthechassis,andthencarefully
removetheboardoutofthechassis.

Figure56.Removingthepowerconversionboard

4.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldpowerconversionboard,followallpackaginginstructionsand
useanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingthepowerconversionboard

Toinstallthepowerconversionboard,dothefollowing:

1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving
theservercover”onpage53.

2.Removethepowerconversionboard.See“Removingthepowerconversionboard”onpage81.

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3.Positionthenewpowerconversionboardintothechassissothatthethreeretentionpostsonthe

2

1

chassispassthroughthecorrespondingholesinthepowerconversionboard.Then,slidethenew
powerconversionboardtotherearofthechassisuntilthepowerconversionboardissecurelyseated.
Ensurethatthescrewholeinthenewpowerconversionboardisalignedwiththemountingstudonthe
chassis.Then,installthescrewtosecurethenewpowerconversionboardinplace.

Figure57.Installingthepowerconversionboard

4.Connectthepowercablestothenewpowerconversionboard.

Backplane

Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathavehot-swapHDDsinstalled.

•“Removingthebackplane”onpage83

•“Installingthebackplane”onpage85

•“Connectingcablesforthebackplane”onpage86

Notes:

•ThebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive
devices”onpage52firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.

•Theremovingorinstallingprocedureisbasedonthebackplaneforuptofour3.5-inchdrives.The
procedureissimilarifyourserverisinstalledwiththebackplaneforuptoeight2.5-inchdrives.

Removingthebackplane

Toremovethebackplane,dothefollowing:

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1.Prepareyourserverandremovetheservercover.See“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremoving

2

1

1

2

theservercover”onpage53

.

2.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingthefrontbezel”onpage55.

3.Removethefrontsystemfan1.See“Removingthefrontsystemfan1”onpage93.

4.Removealltheinstalledhot-swapHDDsanddummytrays(ifany)fromtheHDDcage,thendisconnect
allthecablesfromthebackplane.See“Removingahot-swapdrive”onpage76.

5.LiftthereleaselatchandslidetheHDDcageoutofthechassis.

Figure58.RemovingtheHDDcage

6.Openthepluggerthatsecuresthebackplane,carefullyliftthebackplanealittlebituptoreleaseitfrom
theHDDcage,andthenremovethebackplane.

Figure59.Removingthebackplane

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7.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldbackplane,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging

1

2

materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Installingthebackplane

Toinstallthebackplane,dothefollowing:

1.Removethebackplane.See“Removingthebackplane”onpage83.

2.PositionthenewbackplaneontheHDDcagesothatthetabsontheHDDcageareinsertedintothe
correspondingholesinthenewbackplane.Then,movethebackplaneinthedirectiondownward,and
thenclosethepluggertosecurethebackplaneintoposition.

Figure60.InstallingthebackplanetotheHDDcage

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3.SlidetheHDDcageintothechassisfromthefrontuntilitsnapsintoposition.

Figure61.InstallingtheHDDcage

4.Reinstallallthehot-swapHDDsanddummytrays(ifany)intheHDDcage.See“Installingahot-swap
drive”onpage77

5.Reconnectthecablestothebackplane.Refertothecableconnectioninthefollowingpages.

.

Connectingcablesforthebackplane

Connectingcablesforservermodelswithonebackplaneinstalled(supportinguptofourSA T A
hot-swapHDDs)

Forthisserverconfiguration,youcanusethemini-SASsignalcablethathasfourSATAconnectorsandone
SGPIOconnectorforcableconnection.Toconnectcables,dothefollowing:

1.UseapowercabletoconnecttheconnectoronthebackplaneandtheHDDpowerconnectoron
thesystemboard.

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