Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver Trusted Platform Module

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
(hereinafterreferredtoastheTPM).
TheTPMisasecuritychipdesignedbytheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)toprovideahardwaremethod
ofdataencryption.Itstorespasswords,encryptionkeys,anddigitalcertificatestohelpprovidesecurity
solutionsandprotectthecomputer.YoucanpurchaseaTPMoptionfromLenovo.
InstallingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTPM.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTPMtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideof
theserver.Then,taketheTPMoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTPMbyitsedges.
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