Server User Manual

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheTPM,theTPMfunctionwillbeunavailable.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToremovetheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage71.
4.LocatetheTPMconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage41.If
thereisanyPCIExpresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstothe
TPMconnectoronthesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroudandthen
carefullylifttherisercardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheTPMconnector.Youdonotneedto
disconnectanycablesfromtherisercardassembly1orcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware107