Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage174.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM).
TheTPMisasecuritychipdesignedbytheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)toprovideahardwaremethod
ofdataencryption.Itstorespasswords,encryptionkeys,anddigitalcerticatestohelpprovidesecurity
solutionsandprotectthecomputer.YoucanpurchaseaTPMoptionfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTPM
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage81.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTPM.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
4.LocatetheTPMconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47.If
thereisanyPCIExpresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstothe
TPMconnectoronthesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroudandthen
carefullylifttherisercardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheTPMconnector.Youdonotneedto
disconnectanycablesfromtherisercardassembly1orcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTPMtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof
theserver.Then,taketheTPMoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTPMbyitsedges.
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