Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 70A0 - Installing Security Features

Note:Ifyouareattachinganexternaldevice,seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththedevicefor
informationaboutcabling.
1.ReadandunderstandtheSafety,Warranty,andSupportInformationathttp://www.lenovo.com/support,
and“Guidelines”onpage39
.
2.Turnofftheserverandallattacheddevices.
3.Followtheinstructionsthatcomewiththedevicetoprepareitforinstallationandtoconnectitto
theserver.
Updatingtheserverconfiguration
Whenyoustarttheserverforthefirsttimeafteryouinstallorremoveaninternaloptionorexternaldevice,
youmightreceiveamessagesayingthattheconfigurationhaschanged.TheSetupUtilityprogramstarts
automaticallysothatyoucansavethenewconfigurationsettings.
Someoptionshavedevicedriversthatyoumustinstall.Forinformationaboutinstallingdevicedrivers,see
thedocumentationthatcomeswitheachoption.
Youcanobtaindevicedriversforoperatingsystemsthatarenotpreinstalledat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Installationinstructionsareprovidedinreadmefileswiththedevice
driverfiles.
Installingsecurityfeatures
Thereareseveralsecurityoptionsavailabletohelpyoupreventhardwaretheftandunauthorizedaccessto
yourserver.Inadditiontophysicallocks,youcanalsopreventunauthorizeduseofyourserverbyasoftware
lockthatlocksthekeyboarduntilacorrectpasswordistypedin.
Note:Makesurethatanysecuritycablesyouinstalleddonotinterferewithotherservercables.
Integratedcablelock
Anintegratedcablelock,sometimesreferredtoastheKensingtonlock,canbeusedtosecureyourserverto
adesk,table,orothernon-permanentfixture.Thecablelockattachestotheintegratedcablelockslotat
therearofyourserverandisoperatedwithakey.Thecablelockalsolocksthebuttonsusedtoremove
theservercover.Thisisthesametypeoflockusedwithmanynotebookcomputers.Youcanorderan
integratedcablelockdirectlyfromLenovobysearchingforKensingtonat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Padlock
Yourserverisequippedwithapadlockloopsothatthecovercannotberemovedwhenapadlockisinstalled.
Passwordprotection
Todeterunauthorizeduseofyourserver,youcanusetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetapassword.When
youturnonyourserver,youarepromptedtotypethepassword.Theservercannotbeuseduntilavalid
passwordistypedin.RefertoChapter5“Configuringtheserver”onpage23formoreinformation.
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