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Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
Server package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 13
BIOS and BMC rmware update utility . . . 13
RAID conguration utilities . . . . . . . . 13
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 15
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DIT module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 19
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . 32
RAID card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane . . . . 34
System board components . . . . . . . . 42
System board jumpers. . . . . . . . . . 46
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 5. Conguring the server . . 55
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 55
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 55
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 56
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 64
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Conguring the TPM function . . . . . . . 66
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 66
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 67
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 67
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 69
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Conguring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RAID for your server. . . . . . . . . . . 73
Conguring RAID using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . . 74
Conguring the onboard SATA software
RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Conguring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Conguring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . 80
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 81
Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 83
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 84
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 84
Working inside the server with the power on . 85
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 87
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 89
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 89
Installing or removing a PCI card. . . . . . 93
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 96
Installing or removing the RAID card . . . . 98
Installing or removing the ThinkServer 9240-8i
RAID 5 Upgrade Key . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing or removing the ThinkServer SATA
Software RAID 5 Key . . . . . . . . . . 102
Installing or removing the ThinkServer iKVM
Remote Management Module . . . . . . . 105
Installing or removing the TPM module . . . 109
Installing or removing the DIT module . . . . 111
Installing or replacing an optical drive . . . . 115
Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Removing or installing a non-hot-swap hard
disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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