Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 User Manual

Contents
Safetyinformation..........iii
Chapter1.Generalinformation.....1
Introduction.................1
Serverdocumentation.............1
Chapter2.Serversetuproadmap....5
Chapter3.Featuresand
technologies..............7
Whatisincludedwithyourserver........7
Features..................7
Specications................7
Softwareprograms..............9
EasyStartup...............9
EasyManage...............9
Reliability,availability,andserviceability......9
Chapter4.Locatingparts,controls,
LEDs,andconnectors........11
Frontview................11
Rearview.................11
Frontcontrolpanel.............12
Locatingservercomponents.........15
Locatingpartsonthesystemboard......15
Locatingconnectorsonthebackplane.....18
Chapter5.Installing,removing,or
replacinghardware..........19
Guidelines................19
Basicguidelines............19
Systemreliabilityguidelines........20
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices.....20
Workinginsidetheserverwiththepoweron.21
Removingtheservercover..........21
Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardware
devices.................22
Installingorremovingamemorymodule...22
Removingorinstallinginternaldrives....25
Installingorremovingtherisercard
assembly...............35
InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......38
RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard...40
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
devices.................41
Removingorinstallingthesystemboard
battery................41
RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller..43
Removingorinstallingtheheatsink
assembly...............55
Removingorinstallingthepowersupply...58
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..63
Completingthepartsreplacement.......67
Installingtheservercover........67
Connectingthecables..........67
Turningontheserver..........68
Updatingtheserverconguration.....68
Turningofftheserver..........68
Connectingexternaldevices.......69
Chapter6.Conguringtheserver..71
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........71
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....72
IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......72
Usingpasswords............79
RAIDcontrollers..............80
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...80
BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....81
Setupandconguration.........81
ConguringRAID............82
Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....82
ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID..83
RAIDinformation............83
StartingtheIntelMatrixStorageManager
program...............83
CreatingtheRAIDvolume........83
DeletingtheRAIDvolume........84
RebuildingtheRAIDvolume.......84
ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....84
Updatingthermware............84
UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
program...............84
InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram.85
Chapter7.Troubleshooting......87
Troubleshootingtables...........87
DVDdriveproblems...........87
Generalproblems............88
Harddiskdriveproblems.........88
Intermittentproblems..........88
Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device
problems...............89
Memoryproblems...........89
Microprocessorproblems........90
Monitorproblems............91
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Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkServer RD230
Category	Server
Language	English