Contents
Safetyinformation..........iii
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction.................1
Noticesandstatementsinthedocument.....1
Relateddocumentation............2
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...3
Chapter3.Featuresand
technologies..............5
Whatisincludedwithyourserver........5
Features..................5
Specications................5
Softwareprograms..............7
EasyStartup...............7
EasyManage...............7
Reliability,availability,andserviceability......7
Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,
LEDs,andconnectors.........9
Frontview.................9
Rearview..................9
Frontcontrolpanel.............10
Locatingservercomponents.........13
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......13
Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane.....16
Chapter5.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware..........17
Guidelines................17
Basicguidelines............17
Systemreliabilityguidelines........18
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....18
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.19
Removingtheservercover..........19
Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardware
devices.................20
Installingorremovingamemorymodule...20
Removingorinstallinginternaldrives....23
Installingorremovingtherisercard.....32
InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......35
RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard...37
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
devices.................38
Removingorinstallingthesystemboard
battery................38
RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller..40
Removingorinstallingtheheatsink
assembly...............52
Removingorinstallingthepowersupply...55
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..60
Completingthepartsreplacement.......64
Installingtheservercover........64
Connectingthecables..........64
Turningontheserver..........65
Updatingtheserverconguration.....65
Turningofftheserver..........65
Connectingexternaldevices.......66
Chapter6.Conguringtheserver..67
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........67
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....68
IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......68
Usingpasswords............75
RAIDcontrollers..............76
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...76
BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....77
Setupandconguration.........77
ConguringRAID............78
Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....78
ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..79
RAIDinformation............79
StartingtheIntelMatrixStorageManager
program...............79
CreatingtheRAIDvolume........79
DeletingtheRAIDvolume........80
RebuildingtheRAIDvolume.......80
ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....80
Updatingthermware............80
UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
program...............80
InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram.81
Chapter7.Troubleshooting......83
Troubleshootingtables...........83
DVDdriveproblems...........83
Generalproblems............84
Harddiskdriveproblems.........84
Intermittentproblems..........84
Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device
problems...............85
Memoryproblems...........85
Microprocessorproblems........86
Monitorproblems............87
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