Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Installing, Removing, or Replacing Optional Hardware Devices; Installing or Removing a Memory Module

Figure10.Removingtheservercover
Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Installingtheservercover”onpage88.
Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplaceoptionalhardwaredevicesforyour
server.Youcanexpandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingmemorymodules,PCIcards,ordrives,
andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailingoptionalhardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacinganoptional
hardwaredevice,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedurefortheoptional
hardwaredeviceyouwanttoreplace.
Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.Foralistofthesupported
memorymodulesforyourserver,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServersystemspage,clickProducts➙Options➙
ThinkServer.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
YourserverhaseightmemoryslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3SDRAMDIMMsthatprovideuptoa
maximumof64GBofsystemmemory.
Thefollowingtablesprovideinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesthatyoushould
considerwheninstallingamemorymodule.The“X”markindicatesthesuggestedmemoryslot(s)into
whichthememorymodule(s)shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.Thenumber,forexample1,2,or3,
indicatestheinstallationsequence.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage29toidentifythe
variousmemoryslots.
Note:Allmemorymoduletypesandcapacitiesmustbeconsistent.
Table12.DIMMinstallationruleswhenasinglemicroprocessor(CPU0)isinstalled
DIMMslotOneDIMMTwoDIMMsThreeDIMMsFourDIMMs
CPU0DIMMCHA1
X,4
CPU0DIMMCHA0
XX,1X,1X,1
CPU0DIMMCHB0
X,2X,2X,2
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