Server User Manual

Contents
Safetyinformation..........iii
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction.................1
Noticesandstatementsinthedocument.....1
Relateddocumentation............2
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap...3
Chapter3.Featuresand
technologies..............5
Whatisincludedwithyourserver........5
Features..................5
Specications................5
Softwareprograms..............7
EasyStartup...............7
EasyManage...............7
Reliability,availability,andserviceability......7
Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,
LEDs,andconnectors.........9
Frontview.................9
Rearview..................9
Frontcontrolpanel.............10
Locatingservercomponents.........13
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......13
Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane.....16
Chapter5.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware..........17
Guidelines................17
Basicguidelines............17
Systemreliabilityguidelines........18
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....18
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.19
Removingtheservercover..........19
Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardware
devices.................20
Installingorremovingamemorymodule...20
Removingorinstallinginternaldrives....23
Installingorremovingtherisercard.....32
InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......35
RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard...37
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
devices.................38
Removingorinstallingthesystemboard
battery................38
RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller..40
Removingorinstallingtheheatsink
assembly...............52
Removingorinstallingthepowersupply...55
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..60
Completingthepartsreplacement.......64
Installingtheservercover........64
Connectingthecables..........64
Turningontheserver..........65
Updatingtheserverconguration.....65
Turningofftheserver..........65
Connectingexternaldevices.......66
Chapter6.Conguringtheserver..67
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........67
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....68
IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......68
Usingpasswords............75
RAIDcontrollers..............76
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...76
BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....77
Setupandconguration.........77
ConguringRAID............78
Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....78
ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..79
RAIDinformation............79
StartingtheIntelMatrixStorageManager
program...............79
CreatingtheRAIDvolume........79
DeletingtheRAIDvolume........80
RebuildingtheRAIDvolume.......80
ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....80
Updatingthermware............80
UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
program...............80
InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram.81
Chapter7.Troubleshooting......83
Troubleshootingtables...........83
DVDdriveproblems...........83
Generalproblems............84
Harddiskdriveproblems.........84
Intermittentproblems..........84
Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device
problems...............85
Memoryproblems...........85
Microprocessorproblems........86
Monitorproblems............87
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