User's Manual
Updatingyourantivirussoftware
Yourcomputercomeswithantivirussoftwarethatyoucanusetodetectandeliminateviruses.Lenovo
providesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourharddiskdrivewithafree30-daysubscription.After30
days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirusprogramupdates.
Shuttingdownthecomputer
Whenyouturnoffyourcomputer,alwaysfollowtheshutdownprocedureforyouroperatingsystem.This
preventsthelossofunsaveddataordamagetoyoursoftwareprograms.
•ToshutdowntheMicrosoftWindows7operatingsystem,opentheStartmenufromtheWindows
desktopandclickShutdown.
•ToshutdowntheMicrosoftWindowsVista
®
operatingsystem,opentheStartmenufromtheWindows
desktop,movethecursortothearrownexttothelockworkstationbutton,andselectShutDown.
•ToshutdowntheMicrosoftWindowsXPoperatingsystem,opentheStartmenufromtheWindows
desktopandclickShutDown.Then,selectShutdownfromthedrop-downlistboxandclickOK.
Installingexternaloptions
Forinformationaboutinstallingexternaloptionsforyourcomputer,referto“Installingexternaloptions”inthe
ThinkStationHardwareInstallationandReplacementGuide.
Installingthecomputeronarackshelf
YourThinkStationcomputercanbeusedonarackshelf.Wheninstallingthecomputeronarackshelf,
makesuretoleaveatleasta12.70cm(5inches)spacebetweenthefrontedgeoftherackshelfandyour
computerforreprotection.
Features
Thissectionprovidesanoverviewofthecomputerfeatures.
Systeminformation
Thefollowinginformationcoversavarietyofmodels.Forinformationforyourspecicmodel,usetheSetup
Utility.SeeChapter5“UsingtheSetupUtility”onpage17.
Microprocessor
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
dual-coreprocessor
•IntelXeonQuadCoreprocessor
•IntelXeonsix-coreprocessor
•Internalcache(sizevariesbymodeltype)
Memory
YourcomputersupportsuptosixDDR3ECCUDIMMs(doubledatarate3errorcorrectioncodeunbuffered
dualinlinememorymodules).
Note:TheIntelXeonmicroprocessorfamiliescompatiblewiththisThinkStationcomputerfeaturean
integratedmemorycontroller,whichprovidesthemicroprocessorwithdirectaccesstothesystemmemory.
Becauseofthisdesign,thesystemmemoryspeedwillbedeterminedbyanumberoffactors,including
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