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InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
TheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)isasecuritychipdesignedbytheTrustedComputing
Group(TCG)toprovideahardwaremethodofdataencryption.Itstorespasswords,encryptionkeys,and
digitalcertificatestohelpprovidesecuritysolutionsandprotecttheserver.YoucanpurchaseaTPM
optionfromLenovo.
ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
InstallingtheTPM
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage63.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.Removetherisercardassembly2.See“Replacingtherisercard”onpage81.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTPMtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof
theserver.Then,taketheTPMoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTPMbyitsedges.
6.LocatetheTPMconnectoronthesystemboardandtheninserttheTPMintotheTPMconnector
onthesystemboard.
Figure88.InstallingtheTPM
Chapter6.Replacinghardware119