Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Chapter 7. Installing, Removing, or Replacing Hardware; Guidelines; Precautions

Chapter7.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•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”onpage128formoreinformation.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserveris
notworkingcorrectly,seeChapter5“Diagnostics”onpage13todobasictroubleshooting.Iftheproblem
cannotbesolved,seeAppendixB“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage133.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
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