Chapter5.Replacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandinstallhardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
•“PurchasingThinkServeroptions”onpage45
•“Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines”onpage45
•“Preparingyourserverinadvance”onpage47
•“Removingandinstallinghardware”onpage48
•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage95
Note:Inmostareasoftheworld,LenovorequiresthereturnofthedefectiveCRU.Informationaboutthiswill
comewiththeCRUorwillcomeafewdaysaftertheCRUarrives.
PurchasingThinkServeroptions
YoucanpurchasethesupportedoptionsfromLenovoandinstalltheminyourservertoenabledesired
functions.ForalistofThinkServeroptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
Note:Theoptionkitisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditionalcablesthatare
notrequiredforyourserver.
Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines
Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.
Precautions
Beforeusingtheserver,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafety
instructionsandtheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)ontheLenovoWebsiteat
https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS.Readingandunderstandingthesafetyinstructions
reducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/supportandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter6“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage97
todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter7“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage101
.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
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