Contents
Safetyinformation..........iii
Productsthatarenotassessed.........x
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction.................1
Serverdocumentation.............2
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...5
Chapter3.Productoverview......7
Serverpackage...............7
Features..................7
Specifications...............11
Software.................11
ThinkServerEasyStartup.........11
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater.12
BIOSupdateutilities..........12
RAIDconfigurationutilities........12
LenovoThinkServerDiagnostics......12
LenovoThinkServerPowerPlanner.....12
Locations.................12
Machinetype,model,andserialnumber
label.................12
Frontviewoftheserver.........13
Rearviewoftheserver.........14
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard....16
Internalcomponents..........17
Internaldrives.............17
Chapter4.Turningonandturningoff
theserver...............19
Turningontheserver............19
Turningofftheserver............19
Chapter5.Configuringtheserver..21
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........21
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....21
ViewinginformationintheSetupUtility
program...............21
SetupUtilityprograminterface......22
Settingthesystemdateandtime.....25
Usingpasswords............25
ConfiguringtheTPMfunction.......27
Selectingastartupdevice........27
ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram....27
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS......27
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...29
FeaturesoftheThinkServerEasyStartup
program...............29
StartingtheThinkServerEasyStartup
program...............30
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
onaWindowsoperatingsystem......31
ConfiguringRAID..............32
AboutRAID..............32
ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenable
onboardSATARAIDfunctionality......33
CreatingRAIDvolumes.........33
DeletingRAIDvolumes.........34
Resettingdiskstonon-RAID.......34
Updatingthefirmware............34
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram....35
Chapter6.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware..........37
Guidelines................37
Precautions..............37
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....38
Systemreliabilityguidelines........39
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.39
Removingtheservercover..........39
Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel....40
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware...42
InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard...43
Installingorremovingamemorymodule...43
Installingthe2.5-inchsolid-statedriveorhard
diskdrive...............47
Replacingtheprimaryharddiskdrive....49
Installingorreplacingthesecondaryharddisk
drive.................51
Installingorremovingthetertiaryharddisk
drive.................53
Installingorremovingtheslimopticaldrive
andthefourthharddiskdrive.......58
InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard......64
Installingorreplacingtheopticaldrive...68
InstallingorreplacinganinternalRDXdrive.69
Connectinganexternaltapedrive.....72
Replacingthepowersupplyassembly...72
Replacingtheheatsinkandfanassembly..75
ReplacingthefrontaudioandUSB
assembly...............77
Replacingthefrontfanassembly.....78
Replacingtherearfanassembly......79
Replacingthemicroprocessor.......81
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