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Chapter 1. About this manual .....1
Important Safety Information .........1
Safety statements .............2
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs .............7
Chapter 2. General information .....9
Features ................9
Specifications ..............10
Software programs ............11
EasyStartup .............11
EasyManage .............11
Reliability, availability, and serviceability ....11
Chapter 3. Diagnostics ........13
Troubleshooting tables...........13
DVD drive problems ..........13
General problems ...........14
Hard disk drive problems ........14
Intermittent problems ..........15
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems 16
Memory problems ...........17
Microprocessor problems .........18
Monitor problems ...........19
Optional-device problems ........20
Power problems ............21
Serial port problems ..........22
Software problems ...........23
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port problems . . . 23
Solving power problems ..........23
Solving Ethernet controller problems ......24
Solving undetermined problems .......25
Event logs ...............25
Viewing event logs without restarting the server 26
System event log ............26
Diagnostic LEDs on the front control panel ....27
Onboard debug digitron ..........27
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors ........29
Front view...............29
Rear view ...............29
Front control panel ............30
Locating server components .........32
Locating parts on the system board ......32
Locating connectors on the backplane .....35
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware .........37
Guidelines...............37
Basic guidelines ............37
System reliability guidelines ........38
Guidelines for trained service technicians ....39
Inspecting for unsafe conditions ......39
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . . 39
Working inside the server with the power on . . . 40
Handling static-sensitive devices .......41
Removing the server cover .........42
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices ................43
Installing or removing a memory module . . . 43
Removing or installing internal drives ....46
Installing or removing the riser card .....56
Installing or removing a PCI card ......59
Removing or installing the Ethernet card . . . 61
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware devices 63
Removing or installing the system board battery 63
Removing or installing the RAID controller. . . 64
Removing or installing the heat sink assembly. . 69
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . . 72
Removing or installing the system fans ....75
Removing or installing the power supply . . . 77
Removing or installing the system board . . . 83
Completing the parts replacement .......87
Installing the server cover ........87
Connecting the cables ..........87
Turning on the server ..........87
Updating the server configuration ......88
Turning off the server ..........88
Connecting external devices ........89
Chapter 6. Parts listing, RD230 Types
1043, 1044, 4010, and 4011 ......91
Replaceable server components ........92
Power cords ..............98
Chapter 7. Configuring the server . . 103
Using the Setup Utility program .......103
Starting the Setup Utility program .....104
Introduction of the BIOS items ......104
Using passwords ...........112
RAID controllers ............113
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 114
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD ....114
Setup and configuration .........114
Configuring RAID...........115
Typical operating system installation ....115
Configuring the onboard SATA software RAID . . 116
RAID information ...........116
Starting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager
program ..............116
Creating the RAID volume ........117
Deleting the RAID volume ........117
Rebuilding the RAID volume .......117
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . 117
Updating the firmware ..........118
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program ..............118
Installing the ThinkServer EasyManage program 119
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