Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 - Chapter 5. Installing, Removing, or Replacing Hardware; Guidelines; Basic Guidelines

Chapter5.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Guidelines”onpage21
•“Removingtheservercover”onpage23
•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage25
•“Installing,removing,orreplacingoptionalhardwaredevices”onpage29
•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardwaredevices”onpage69
•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage90
Guidelines
Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.
Basicguidelines
Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingguidelines:
•BesuretoreadandunderstandtheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthe
ThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and“Guidelines”onpage21.These
informationwillhelpyouworksafely.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware
updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris
readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,
dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto
downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifan
operatingsystemisinstalled,turnontheserverandmakesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts.Ifno
operatingsystemisinstalled,makesurethata"19990305"errorcodeisdisplayed,indicatingthatan
operatingsystemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,
refertothechapterChapter7“Troubleshooting”onpage111
fordetaileddiagnosticinformation.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver
andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
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