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
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.LocatetheEthernetcard.TheEthernetcardcanbeinthePCI-Eslot2orthePCI-Eslot3thatsupports
acardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.
5.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage95andfollowthose
instructionstoremovetheEthernetcard.
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage162
.
InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.
AspecicRAIDcardisrequiredforservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuse
SASharddiskdrives.YoucanalsoinstalltheRAIDcardforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.
Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage33and“ConguringRAID”onpage71.
Note:ThistopicappliesonlytomodelsthatsupporttheRAIDcard.
InstallingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.
Attention:MakesurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedto
recongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
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