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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 11
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 12
Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage . . . . . 12
BIOS and TMM update utilities . . . . . . 12
RAID conguration utilities . . . . . . . . 12
Remote management software . . . . . . 12
Lenovo Rack Planner . . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology . . . . 12
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intelligent Diagnostics Module. . . . . . . 19
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 20
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . 25
RAID card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane . . . . 27
Mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System board components . . . . . . . . 31
System board jumpers and switches . . . . 34
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 5. Conguring the server . . 45
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 45
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 45
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 46
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 48
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 50
Conguring the TPM function . . . . . . . 50
Setting the mode of the Ethernet connector
0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 51
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 51
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 53
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . . 55
Conguring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Conguring RAID using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . . 58
Conguring the ThinkServer RAID 300 . . . 58
Conguring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware
RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Conguring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . 64
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 64
Using the Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 67
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 68
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 69
Working inside the server with the power on . 69
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 71
Removing and reinstalling the rack handles . 71
Removing and reinstalling the cooling
shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 75
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 81
Installing or removing the RAID card . . . . 85
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID . . . . 89
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
700 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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