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
Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive
–Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttached
SCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAharddiskdrives
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.See“RAIDcard”onpage33
.
•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwo5.25-inchSATAopticaldrives(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/CD-RWRambo8)
–Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATAopticaldrive(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/
CD-RWRambo8).TheupperopticaldrivebayisforaRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)Universal
SerialBus(USB)drivebundle.
Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage
25
.ForinformationabouttheRDXUSBdrivebundleandinstructionsonhowtoinstallit,refertothe
documentationthatcomeswiththeRDXUSBdrivebundle.Inyourserver,theP6powerconnectorofthe
powersupplyisfortheRDXUSBdrivebundle.YoucanpurchasethisoptiondirectlyfromLenovo.The
optionnameisLenovoRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)USBDriveBundle.TheRDXtechnologycombines
thecharacteristicsoftapebackupwithdiskstoragetohelpyouprotectandarchivedata.
Expansionslots
Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage42.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel
•Twoserialconnectors(onefully-functionalserialconnectorontherearpanelandoneinternalserial
connectoronthesystemboardforoptionaluse)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicin“Locations”onpage13
.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chiponthesystemboard
tosupportaVGADB-15connectorontherearpanelforconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeability
tosupporttwoEthernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork
connectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage19
.
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