Contents
Read this first: safety information . . . . iii
Products that are not assessed. . . . . . . . . . ix
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Server setup procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning on the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning off the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
In the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features and specifications of your server . . . . . 7
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . . 12
Lenovo ThinkServer Power Planner . . . . . 13
Lenovo ThinkServer Diagnostics . . . . . . 13
Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI . . . . . 13
Lenovo XClarity Administrator . . . . . . . 13
RAID configuration utilities . . . . . . . . . 13
BIOS and TMM update utilities . . . . . . . 13
Remote management software . . . . . . . 14
Component locations . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hot-swap drive activity and status LEDs . . . 24
Power distribution board . . . . . . . . . 25
Hot-swap power supply status LEDs. . . . . 26
RAID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lenovo ThinkServer SAS 12G Expander PCIe
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System board components . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4. Configuring the server. . . 37
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 37
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 37
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . . 37
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring the TPM function . . . . . . . 41
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . 41
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 42
Updating or recovering the BIOS . . . . . . 42
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 43
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
About RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
RAID for your server . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring onboard SATA software RAID . . 48
Configuring advanced SATA or SAS hardware
RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Lenovo XClarity Administrator. . . . . . . 51
Configuring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 5. Replacing hardware . . . . 53
Purchasing ThinkServer options . . . . . . . . 53
Getting familiar with important guidelines . . . . . 53
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 54
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 54
Working inside the server with the power on . . 55
Preparing your server in advance and removing the
server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing and installing hardware . . . . . . . 56
Front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PCIe card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ThinkServer Trusted Platform Module . . . . 63
Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Non-hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Solid-state drive (2.5-inch) . . . . . . . . . 73
Hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hot-swap power supply. . . . . . . . . . 80
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Non-hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . 86
Intrusion switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Front panel board assembly . . . . . . . . 89
Front system fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Rear system fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Heat sink and fan assembly . . . . . . . . 96
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