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
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
•“Guidelines”onpage83
•“Removingtheservercover”onpage85
•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage87
•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage89
•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage162
ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.ClicktheProductstaband
thenclickOptionstoviewthesupportedserveroptioninformation.
Guidelines
Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.
Precautions
Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,
dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.
See“Updatingthermware”onpage81formoreinformation.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifthe
serverisnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage167todo
basictroubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage175.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
©CopyrightLenovo2011
83