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
ThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
TheThinkServerEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdaterprogram(hereinafterreferredtoasFirmwareUpdater)
enablesyoutomaintainyourserverrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyouavoidunnecessaryserveroutages.
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramisprovidedontheLenovoSupportWebsite.Formoreinformationabout
downloadingandusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,see“Updatingthermware”onpage81
.
BIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutility
TheBIOSandBMCrmwarekeepsupdatingaftertheshipmentoftheserver.Lenovomaintainspages
ontheSupportWebsiteandprovidestheBIOSandBMCrmwareupdateutilitywithinstructionsfor
downloadtohelpyouupdatetheBIOSandBMCrmwareifneeded.Formoreinformation,see“Updatingor
recoveringtheBIOS”onpage67
andor“Updatingthermware”onpage81.
RAIDcongurationutilities
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDandadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDcongurations
ifyouhavearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.Fordetailedinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage71.
PC-DoctorforDOS
ThePC-DoctorforDOSisadiagnostictoolthatyoucanusetotestandgatherinformationaboutyoursystem
inordertoensureyoursystemisworkingcorrectlyandresolveanyhardwareissues.Youcandownloadthe
latestversionofthisdiagnosticprogramfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandcreateaself-starting
DOS-baseddiagnosticutilitythatyoucanusetodetectfailinghardwarecomponentsindependentlyofthe
operatingsystem.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthediagnosticprogram”onpage168
.
Locations
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourservercomponents.
Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel
Thistopichelpsyoulocatethetwolabelsthatcontainthemachinetype,model,andserialnumber
informationforyourserver.Thetwolabelsarethesame.Oneisonthefrontbezelandtheotherison
thechassis.
Themachinetype,model,andserialnumberidentifyyourserver.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,the
informationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourserverandprovidefasterservice.
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