Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module; Installing the Tpm

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Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage206

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM).

TheTPMisasecuritychipdesignedbytheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)toprovideahardwaremethod

ofdataencryption.Itstorespasswords,encryptionkeys,anddigitalcertiﬁcatestohelpprovidesecurity

solutionsandprotectthecomputer.YoucanpurchaseaTPMoptionfromLenovo.

InstallingtheTPM

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage87.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTPM.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother

computerforreference.

Notes:

•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe

instructionsinthistopic.

•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.

ToinstalltheTPM,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaﬂat,

clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.

3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage89.

4.LocatetheTPMconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage53.If

thereisanyPCIExpresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstothe

TPMconnectoronthesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroudandthen

carefullylifttherisercardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheTPMconnector.Youdonotneedto

disconnectanycablesfromtherisercardassembly1orcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.

5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTPMtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof

theserver.Then,taketheTPMoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTPMbyitsedges.

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