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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. Product overview . . . . . . 5
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specications. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . 7
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 11
Internal components . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Machine type and model label . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 15
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 16
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 16
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 17
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 18
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing or replacing a PCI card. . . . . . 20
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 23
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 24
Installing or replacing the optical drive . . . 26
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 28
Installing or replacing the secondary hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 35
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . 37
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . 40
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 42
Replacing the microprocessor. . . . . . . 44
Replacing the system board battery . . . . 47
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 48
Connecting the cables. . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 50
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 50
Updating the server conguration . . . . . 51
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . . 51
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 51
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 6. Conguring the server . . 53
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 53
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 53
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . 66
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enabling or disabling a device. . . . . . . 68
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 69
Exiting from the Setup Utility program. . . . 69
Conguring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
RAID level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Conguring the system BIOS to enable SATA
RAID functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 70
Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 70
Resetting disks to non-RAID . . . . . . . 71
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 72
Updating system programs. . . . . . . . . . 72
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . 72
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from a disc. . . 73
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update
failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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