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InstallingtheEthernetcard

Attention

DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe

WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and

Guidelines.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheEthernetcardandhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard

driveronWindowsoperatingsystems.

ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.SeeRemovingtheservercover.

3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe

outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheEthernetcardfromthepackage.

4.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage53andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheEthernetcard.

5.Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage87.

OnLinuxoperatingsystems,youdonotneedtoinstallanydevicedriverfortheEthernetcard;onWindows

operatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverfortheEthernetcard.Toinstallthedevicedriver

onWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:

1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.

2.InserttheEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.

Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.

3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.

4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutton.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.

5.ExpandtheNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTorthe

yellowquestionmark).

6.SelectUpdateDriver....TheHardwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.

7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.

8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwaredevicesforyourserver.You

canmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacingahardwaredevice,

performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedureforthehardwaredeviceyou

wanttoreplace.

Removingorinstallingthesystemboardbattery

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveorinstallthesystemboardbattery.

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