Lenovo ThinkServer RD640 - Page 109

8.PositiontheEthernetcardnearthePCIExpresscardslotforwhichyouhaveremovedtheslotbracket.
Then,carefullypresstheEthernetcardstraightintotheslotuntilitissecurelyseatedanditsbracketalso
issecuredbytherisercardassembly2.
Figure56.InstallinganEthernetcard
9.DependingonthetypeoftheEthernetcard,youmightneedtoconnectanyrequiredcables.Referto
thedocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardforspecificinformation.
10.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly2”onpage157.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage184.Then,continuewith
thefollowingproceduretoinstalltheEthernetcarddriverifrequired.
ToinstalltherequireddevicedriverfortheEthernetcard,dooneofthefollowing:
Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatmightcomewiththeEthernetcard.
•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswith
yourserverandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadandinstalltherequiredEthernet
carddrivertotheserver.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramona
Windowsoperatingsystem”onpage70
.
•IfyouareusingaLinuxoperatingsystem,runtheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyour
serveronacomputerwithaWindowsoperatingsystemanddownloadtherequiredEthernetcarddriver
toaremovablestoragedevice.Then,transfertheEthernetcarddriverfromtheremovablestoragedevice
toyourserverandrunthedriverfiletoinstallthedriver.
Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailablefordownloadonthe
LenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
RemovinganEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage75.
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware95