Removing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Installing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Installing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Storing the full-length-adapter bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Removing a virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Installing a virtual media key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing a memory module (DIMM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
DIMM installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Removing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Removing a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Installing a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Removing the fan bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Installing the fan bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Removing the SAS riser card and controller assembly . . . . . . . . . .77
Installing the SAS riser card and controller assembly . . . . . . . . . . .78
Removing a SAS controller from the SAS riser card . . . . . . . . . . .79
Installing a SAS controller on the SAS riser card . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Moving the SAS-controller retention bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Removing a SAS controller battery from the remote battery tray . . . . . . .84
Installing a SAS controller battery on the remote battery tray . . . . . . . .86
Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Removing a CD-RW/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Installing a CD-RW/DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Removing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Installing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Removing a microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Installing a microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 6. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Using the LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Using the WebBIOS utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Before you use the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD . . . . . . . . . .115
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
EasyStartup overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Installing your operating system without using EasyStartup . . . . . . .117
Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . .118
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Updating the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
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