Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTSMPremiummoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
•IfyouremovetheTSMPremiummodule,theiKVMfunctionforserverremotemanagementwillbe
unavailable.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToremovetheTSMPremiummodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.Removetherisercardassembly2.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage143.
5.LocatetheTSMPremiummoduleonthesystemboardandthenlifttheTSMPremiummodulestraight
uptoremoveitfromtheTSMPremiummoduleconnector.
Figure41.RemovingtheTSMPremiummodule
6.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage143.
7.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTSMPremiummodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduse
anypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage152
.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
TheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(hereinafterreferredtoastheTPM)isasecuritychipdesignedby
theTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)toprovideahardwaremethodofdataencryption.Itstorespasswords,
Chapter6.Replacinghardware73