4.7 Switching on the server 58
4.8 Handling riser modules 59
4.8.1 Removing a riser module 59
4.8.2 Installing a riser module 61
4.9 Handling the air duct 63
4.9.1 Removing the air duct 63
4.9.2 Installing the air duct 64
5 Basic software procedures 65
5.1 Validation 65
5.2 Starting the maintenance task 65
5.2.1 Suspending BitLocker functionality 65
5.2.2 Disabling the boot watchdog 66
5.2.3 Removing backup and optical disk media 68
5.2.4 Verifying and configuring the backup software solution 68
5.2.5 Switching on the ID indicator 68
5.3 Completing the maintenance task 69
5.3.1 Updating or recovering the BIOS and iRMC S5 69
5.3.2 Verifying system information backup or restore 71
5.3.3 Updating expansion card firmware 72
5.3.4 Enabling Option ROM scan 73
5.3.5 Reconfiguring the backup software solution 74
5.3.6 Resetting the boot retry counter 74
5.3.7 Resetting the error status after replacing memory modules or
CPU 76
5.3.7.1 Resetting the error status after replacing memory modules 76
5.3.7.2 Resetting the error status after replacing CPUs 78
5.3.8 Enabling the boot watchdog 80
5.3.9 Enabling replaced components in the BIOS 81
5.3.10 Verifying the memory mode 81
5.3.11 Verifying the system time settings 82
5.3.12 Viewing and clearing the System Event Log (SEL) 83
5.3.13 Updating the NIC configuration file in a Linux and VMware
environment 85
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RX1330 M4 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual