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Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
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
ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology . . . . 12
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intelligent Diagnostics Module. . . . . . . 21
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 22
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hot-swap hard-disk-drive status LEDs . . . 30
RAID card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane . . . . 33
Mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System board components . . . . . . . . 38
System board jumpers and switches . . . . 42
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 5. Conguring the server . . 51
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 51
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 51
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 52
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 54
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 56
Conguring the TPM function . . . . . . . 56
Setting the mode of the Ethernet connectors . 57
Exiting the Setup Utility program. . . . . . 57
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 58
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 59
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . . 62
Conguring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Conguring RAID using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . . 64
Conguring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Conguring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . 65
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 65
Using the Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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
Replacing the RAID card . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID . . . . 88
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
700 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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