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Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
Server package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 13
Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage . . . . . 13
BIOS and TMM update utilities . . . . . . 13
RAID conguration utilities . . . . . . . . 13
Remote management software . . . . . . 13
Lenovo Rack Planner . . . . . . . . . . 13
ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology . . . . 14
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 16
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostic module . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 25
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . 32
RAID card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Expander card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane . . . . 35
Mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System board components . . . . . . . . 41
System board jumpers and switches . . . . 44
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 5. Conguring the server . . 53
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 53
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 54
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 56
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 58
Conguring the TPM function . . . . . . . 58
Setting the mode of the Ethernet connector
0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 59
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 59
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 61
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . . 63
Conguring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Conguring RAID using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . . 65
Conguring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Conguring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . 66
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 67
Using the Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 69
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 70
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 70
Working inside the server with the power on . 71
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 73
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 74
Removing and reinstalling the rack handles . 74
Removing and reinstalling the cooling
shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing and reinstalling the left cage . . . 78
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 80
Installing or removing an Ethernet card . . . 86
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID . . . . 91
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