User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1. General information
- Chapter 2. Server setup road map
- Chapter 3. Product overview
- Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off the server
- Chapter 5. Configuring the server
- Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Guidelines
- Removing the server cover
- Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
- Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Installing or removing a memory module
- Installing or removing a PCI card
- Installing or removing the Ethernet card
- Installing or removing the RAID card
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer SATA Software RAID 5 Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer iKVM Remote Management Module
- Installing or removing the TPM module
- Installing or removing the DIT module
- Installing or replacing an optical drive
- Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- Removing or installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive
- Replacing the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
- Replacing the non-hot-swap power supply assembly
- Replacing a hot-swap redundant power supply module
- Replacing the power distribution board and cage assembly
- Replacing the front panel board assembly
- Replacing the front system fan
- Replacing the rear system fan
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the microprocessor
- Replacing the system board battery
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Index
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage22)
–Administratorpasswordanduserpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver(see
“Usingpasswords”onpage65)
–TrustedPlatformModule(TPM)connectoronthesystemboardforaTPMmodule,whichisasecurity
chip,tohelpprotectyourserverandstrengthenserversecurity
Note:TheTPMmoduleisonlyavailableinsomemodels.
–Remotemonitoringorcontrolbyanadministratortoprovideprotectionorhelp
–Hot-swapredundantpowersupplymodulestohelpyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperation
ofthesystemwhenapowersupplymodulefails(availableinsomemodels)
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
–Abilitytostorethepower-onself-test(POST)hardwaretestresults
–BIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TheBIOSSetupUtilityprogramhelpsyouviewtheserverinformationandconguretheserverinthe
pre-operatingsystemenvironment.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55
.
–BMCandIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface(IPMI)2.0
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemisbasedontheintegratedBMCfeatures.The
BMCisamanagementchipthatisintegratedonthesystemboardofyourserver.WiththeBMCchip,
nomatterwhatconditiontheserveroperatingsystemisinandnomatteriftheserverisonoroff,aslong
astheserverisconnectedtonetworkandanacpowersource,theinteractionwiththeBMCcontrolled
serverscanbeachievedthroughsystemnetwork.Theusercanobtaintheserverhardwarehealth
informationandsystemeventlog(SEL),andisabletoconducttheoperationsincludingturningonor
offtheserver,restartingtheserver,lockingthepowerswitchonthefrontpanel,andsoon.Thispartof
theservermanagementisindependentoftheoperatingsystemandiscalledout-of-bandmanagement.
ThesystemboardplatformmanagementsubsystemconsistsoftheintegratedBMC,communication
buses,sensors,BasicInputOutputSystem(BIOS),andservermanagementrmware.Itisresponsible
forerrormanagementandreporting,systempowercontrol,thermalmonitoring,systemfancontrol,
andothermanagementfeatures.TheBMCprovidessystemmanagementandmonitoringfeatures
basedontheIPMI2.0specication.IPMIhelpslowertheoverallcostsofservermanagement.Youcan
ndmoreinformationaboutIPMI2.0fromtheWebsiteofIntel.TheBMCalsosupportssomenon-IPMI
features,suchastheDynamicHostCongurationProtocol(DHCP)andthePlatformEnvironment
ControlInterface(PECI),toprovidemoresystemmanagementfunctions.
RefertotheRemoteManagementModuleUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyour
serverformoreinformation.
–Hot-swapfeature
Somemodelssupporthot-swapharddiskdrivesandorhot-swapredundantpowersupplymodules.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcaninstall,remove,orreplaceharddiskdrivesorafailingpowersupply
modulewithoutturningofftheserver.
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