•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Removetherisercardassembly1and2ifneeded.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”on
page122.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTPMtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof
theserver.Then,taketheTPMoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTPMbyitsedges.
6.LocatetheTPMconnectoronthesystemboardandtheninserttheTPMintotheTPMconnector
onthesystemboard.
Figure30.InstallingtheTPM
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage131.Then,youcan
configuretheTPMfunctionintheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ConfiguringtheTPMfunction”onpage46.
RemovingtheTPM
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheTPMiftheserverhasoneinstalled.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
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