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Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information. . . . . 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in the document . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 3
Chapter 3. Features and
technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EasyManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability. . . . . . 7
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Front control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locating server components . . . . . . . . . 13
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 14
Locating connectors on the backplane . . . . . 16
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 17
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 18
Working inside the server with the power on . 19
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 20
Removing or installing internal drives . . . . 23
Removing or installing the riser card
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing or removing a PCI card. . . . . . 36
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing or installing the system board
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing or installing the RAID controller . . 40
Removing or installing the Ethernet card. . . 50
Removing or installing the microprocessor fan
duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing or installing the power supply. . . 52
Removing or installing the system fans . . . 55
Removing or installing the heat sink . . . . 58
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 61
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 65
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting the cables. . . . . . . . . . 65
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 66
Updating the server conguration . . . . . 66
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 66
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 6. Conguring the server . . 69
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 69
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 70
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 70
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 79
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD . . . . 79
Setup and conguration . . . . . . . . . 79
Conguring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Typical operating system installation . . . . 80
Onboard 1068E SAS RAID controller Conguration
Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing the SAS SGPIO cables . . . . . . 81
Starting the Conguration Utility program . . 81
Accessing the Adapter Properties window . . 82
SAS RAID settings . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Creating or deleting the RAID 1 array . . . . 83
Accessing the SAS Topology window . . . . 84
Conguring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 84
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing the ThinkServer EasyManage program . 85
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting. . . . . . 87
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 87
DVD drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . 87
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hard disk drive problems. . . . . . . . . 88
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 88
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