Installingorremovingthesecuredigitalmodule
Thesecuredigital(SD)moduleprovidesaneasywayfordatastorage.YoucaninstalltwoSDcardsintothe
SDmodule.YoucanpurchaseanSDmoduleandSDcardsfromLenovo.
ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
InstallingtheSDmodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeSDmoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheSDmodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Removetherisercardassembly2.See“Replacingtherisercard”onpage91.
5.LocatetheSDmoduleconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage
48.RemoveanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstotheSDmodule
connector.
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheSDmoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheSDmoduleoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheSDmodulebyitsedges.
7.InserttheSDcardintotheSDcardslot.ThecardmightstopbeforeitiscompletelyinstalledintotheSD
module.Ensurethatyouinsertthecardfirmlyuntilyouhearaclick.
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