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

4.Loosenthethumbscrewintherearoftheservercover1.Then,slidetheservercovertotherearuntil
youcanliftituptocompletelyremoveitfromthechassis2.
Notes:
a.Thethumbscrewissecurelyinstalledandyouneedtouseatool,forexampleascrewdriver,to
loosenit.
b.Thethumbscrewisanintegratedpartoftheservercoveranditcannotberemovedfromtheserver
cover.
Figure8.Removingtheservercover
Toreinstalltheservercover,see“Installingtheservercover”onpage67.
Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplaceoptionalhardwaredevicesforyour
server.Youcanexpandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingmemorymodules,PCIcards,ordrives,
andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailingoptionalhardwaredevices.Ifyouarereplacinganoptional
hardwaredevice,performtheremovalprocedureandthenperformtheinstallationprocedurefortheoptional
hardwaredevicethatyouwanttoreplace.
Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.Foralistofthesupported
memorymodulesforyourserver,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.OntheThinkServersystems
page,clickProducts➙Options➙ThinkServerMemory.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
YourserverhaseightmemoryslotsforinstallingorreplacingDDR3SDRAMDIMMsthatprovideuptoa
maximumof64GBofsystemmemory.
Thefollowingtablesprovideinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesthatyoushould
considerwheninstallingamemorymodule.The“X”markindicatesthesuggestedmemoryslot(s)into
whichthememorymodule(s)shouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.Thenumber,forexample1,2,or3,
indicatestheinstallationsequence.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15
toidentifythe
variousmemoryslots.
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