Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Chapter 6. Installing, Removing, or Replacing Hardware; Guidelines; Precautions

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•Guidelines

•Removingtheservercover

•Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices

•Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices

•Completingthepartsreplacement

ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.ClicktheProductstaband

thenclickOptionstoviewthesupportedserveroptioninformation.

Guidelines

Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe

LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand

understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware

updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris

readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,

dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.ClickDownloadDrivers&SoftwareandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownload

rmwareupdatesforyourserver.

See“Updatingthermware”onpage127formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserveris

notworkingcorrectly,seeChapter4“Diagnostics”onpage11todobasictroubleshooting.Iftheproblem

cannotbesolved,seeAppendixB“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage131.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts

inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver

andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,

observethefollowingprecautions:

–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

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