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Chapter 1. About this manual . . . . . . 1
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Important information about replacing RoHS
compliant FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. General information . . . . 11
Features and specications. . . . . . . . . . 11
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EasyManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reliability, availability, and serviceability. . . . . 12
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DVD drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . 15
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hard disk drive problems. . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 16
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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 . . . . . . . . 24
Event logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System event log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Diagnostic programs and messages . . . . . . 25
Diagnostic LEDs on the front panel and the system
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . 27
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . . . 31
LEDs for the Ethernet connectors . . . . . . . 32
Locating server components . . . . . . . . . 32
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 33
Locating diagnostic LEDs on the system board . . 35
Jumper block settings. . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locating connectors on the hot-swap hard disk
drive backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 5. Replacing FRUs . . . . . . 39
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 40
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 40
Working inside the server with the power on . 41
Guidelines for trained service technicians . . . . 41
Inspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . 41
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment . 42
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 45
Locking or unlocking the hard disk drive side
door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 49
Removing or installing internal drives . . . . 52
Installing or removing a PCI card. . . . . . 72
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 75
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
100 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID . . . . 77
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID . . . . 79
Installing or removing the ThinkServer Remote
Management Module 3 . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing or installing the RAID card . . . . 88
Removing or installing the heat sink and fan
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing or installing a front fan . . . . . 101
Removing or installing the rear fan . . . . . 105
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 109
Replacing the system board battery . . . . 113
Removing or installing the system board. . . 114
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 118
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 122
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 122
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 123
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 123
Updating the server conguration . . . . . 123
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 124
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 124
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