Server User Manual

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage69

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage71

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage73

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage74

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage153

ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe

LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand

understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware

updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris

readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go

tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe

rmware”onpage67

formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver

isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage157todobasic

troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”

onpage163

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts

inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver

andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,

observethefollowingprecautions:

–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,

andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.