304 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
 RX200 S8
System board and components
– If the customer is using TPM functionality, remove the TPM from the 
old system board and install it on the new system board.
Advise your contact persons that they must provide you with TPM 
backup copies. For security reasons, the TPM must be restored / re-
saved by the customer. After installing a new system board the TPM 
must be enabled. You may not clear the TPM data.
If the contact persons DO NOT have a backup copy available, inform 
them that replacing the TPM board will cause to lose all data.
Note on system information backup / restore
I The front panel board contains the Chassis ID EPROM that contains 
system information like server name and model, housing type, serial 
number and manufacturing data.
To avoid the loss of non-default settings when replacing the system 
board, a backup copy of important system configuration data is 
automatically stored from the system board NVRAM to the Chassis ID 
EPROM. After replacing the system board the backup data is restored 
from the front panel board to the new system board.
V CAUTION!
For that reason the front panel board and system board must not be 
replaced simultaneously! In this case, restoring the system configuration 
data on the system board would fail.
Note on network settings recovery
I When replacing network controllers or the system board, network 
configuration settings in the operating system will be lost and replaced 
by default values. This applies to all static IP address and LAN teaming 
configurations.
Ensure to note down your current network settings before replacing a 
network controller or the system board.