ToinstalltherequireddevicedriverfortheEthernetcard,dooneofthefollowing:
Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatmightcomewiththeEthernetcard.
•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadandinstalltherequiredEthernet
carddrivertotheserver.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramona
Windowsoperatingsystem”onpage62
.
•IfyouareusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyour
serveronacomputerwithaWindowsoperatingsystemanddownloadtherequiredEthernetcarddriver
toaremovablestoragedevice.Then,transfertheEthernetcarddriverfromtheremovablestoragedevice
toyourserverandrunthedriverfiletoinstallthedriver.
Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadonthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
RemovingtheEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage73.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,theEthernetcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage160.
Note:UsuallyanEthernetcardisinstalledontherisercardassembly1andalsocanbeinstalledin
anyPCIExpresscardslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage23
toidentifythe
PCIExpresscardslotsofyourserver.
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