Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or replacing hardware

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Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage87

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage89

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage91

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage92

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage206

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Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe

LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand

understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentﬁrmware

updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris

readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadﬁrmwareupdatesforyourserver,go

tohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Updatingthe

ﬁrmware”onpage85formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver

isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage211todobasic

troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”

onpage217

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts

inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver

andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,

observethefollowingprecautions:

–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Ensurethatyouhaveenoughproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,monitor,andother

devices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

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