Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Table of Contents

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......16
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
Removingorinstallingtherisercard
assembly...............36
InstallingorremovingaPCIcard......38
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
devices.................41
Removingorinstallingthesystemboard
battery................41
RemovingorinstallingtheRAIDcontroller..43
RemovingorinstallingtheEthernetcard...56
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessorfan
duct.................58
Removingorinstallingthepowersupply...59
Removingorinstallingthesystemfans...62
Removingorinstallingtheheatsink....64
Removingorinstallingthemicroprocessor..67
Completingthepartsreplacement.......71
Installingtheservercover........71
Connectingthecables..........71
Turningontheserver..........72
Updatingtheserverconguration.....72
Turningofftheserver..........72
Connectingexternaldevices.......73
Chapter6.Conguringtheserver..75
UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram........75
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.....76
IntroductionoftheBIOSitems.......76
Usingpasswords............83
RAIDcontrollers..............84
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram...85
BeforeyouusetheEasyStartupDVD....85
Setupandconguration.........85
ConguringRAID............86
Typicaloperatingsysteminstallation....86
Onboard1068ESASRAIDcontrollerConguration
Utilityprogram...............87
Connectingmini-SAScable........87
StartingtheCongurationUtilityprogram..88
AccessingtheAdapterPropertieswindow..89
SASRAIDsettings...........90
CreatingordeletingtheRAID1array....90
AccessingtheSASTopologywindow....91
ConguringtheGigabitEthernetcontroller....91
Updatingthermware............92
UsingtheEasyUpdateFirmwareUpdater
program...............92
InstallingtheThinkServerEasyManageprogram.92
Chapter7.Troubleshooting......93
Troubleshootingtables...........93
DVDdriveproblems...........93
Generalproblems............94
Harddiskdriveproblems.........94
Intermittentproblems..........94
Keyboard,mouse,orpointing-device
problems...............95
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