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Installation tool
Microprocessor
Figure209.Liftmicroprocessoroutofthesocket
Step7.Ifyoudonotintendtoinstallamicroprocessoronthesocket,installthesocketcoverthatyou
removedbeforeonthemicroprocessorsocket.
Attention:Thepinsonthesocketarefragile.Anydamagetothepinsmayrequirereplacingthe
systemboard.
Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheservercomponentoroptionaldevice,followallpackaginginstructions,
anduseanypackagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Installingamicroprocessorandheatsink
Usethisinformationtoinstallamicroprocessorandheatsink.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypeofmicroprocessorthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallamicroprocessorandheatsink:
•Microprocessorsaretobeinstalledonlybytrainedtechnicians.
Important:Alwaysusethemicroprocessorinstallationtooltoinstallamicroprocessor.Failingtouse
themicroprocessorinstallationtoolmaydamagethemicroprocessorsocketsonthesystemboard.Any
damagetothemicroprocessorsocketsmayrequirereplacingthesystemboard.
•TheserversupportscertainIntelXeonscalablemulti-coremicroprocessors,whicharedesignedfor
theLGA2011socket.Thesemicroprocessorsare64-bitdual-coreorquad-coremicroprocessors
withanintegratedmemorycontroller,quick-pathinterconnect,andsharedlastcache.See
http://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/foralistofsupportedmicroprocessors.
•Donotmixmicroprocessorswithdifferentcoresinthesameserver.
•Theserversupportsuptotwomicroprocessorswhenthemicroprocessor2expansionboardisinstalled.
Note:Microprocessor2expansionboardissupportedwhenthesecondmicroprocessorisinstalled.
•Whentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled,theairbaffleandfan2mustbeinstalledtoprovideproper
systemcooling.
•Whenyouinstallthesecondmicroprocessor,youmustalsoinstalladditionalmemory,theairbaffle,and
fan2.See“Memorymoduleinstallation”onpage262
fordetailsabouttheinstallationsequence.
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