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
1PMBusconnector
TheBMCcanreadthepowersupplystatusregisteredthroughPMBus.Youdonotneedtoconnect
anydevicetothePMBusconnector.Thisconnectoriskeptforpowermanagementinmodelswith
redundantpowersupplymodules.ThefunctionofthePMBusconnectorisnotavailableformodelswitha
screw-securednon-hot-swappowersupply.
2TPMconnector
UsedtoconnectaTPMmodule,whichisasecuritychip,toprotectyourserverandstrengthenserver
security.See“InstallingorremovingtheTPMmodule”onpage109.
3–6Memoryslots
Yourserversystemboardprovidesfourmemoryslotstosupportuptofourmemorymodules.Formore
information,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90
.
7iButtonsocket
YourserversupportsonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,and10.However,youcanactivateonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID5byinstallingaThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5activationkeyintheiButtonsocket.
Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerSATASoftwareRAID5Key”onpage102.
8Mainpowerconnector
Usedtoconnectthe24-pinP1powerconnectorofthepowersupplytoprovidemainpowertoyourserver.
95-pinsystemfan2connector
Usedtoconnectthecableoftheupperfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan2)ifyourservermodelhas
twofrontsystemfans.
10Microprocessor
Amicroprocessorincorporatesmostorallofthefunctionsofacomputer'scentralprocessingunit(CPU)on
asingleintegratedcircuit.Themicroprocessorforyourserverissecuredinthemicroprocessorsocketon
thesystemboardandaheatsinkandfanassemblyisinstalledabovethemicroprocessortoprovidecooling.
Formoreinformationaboutyourmicroprocessortype,see“Features”onpage7
.
11IntelC202chip
TheIntelC202chiponthesystemboardservesasaplatformcontrollerhub(PCH),whichprovidesthedata
bufferingandinterfacearbitrationrequiredtoensurethatsysteminterfacesoperateefcientlyandprovides
thebandwidthnecessarytoenablethesystemtoobtainpeakperformance.Thechipsupportsandprovides
manyfeatures,includingtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.
124-pinsystemfan1connector
Usedtoconnectthecableofthelowerfrontsystemfan(frontsystemfan1).
13–18SATAconnectors
UsedtoconnectSATAsignalcablesfortheSATAharddiskdrivesorSATAopticaldrives.
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