Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 70AL - Page 21

Note:Iftheserverhasonlyoneopticaldriveinstalled,ensurethattheopticaldriveisinstalledinthe
lowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).Theupperbayisforasecondaryopticaldriveonly.
•RDXdrive
YourserversupportsinternalRDXdrivesthatenableyoutostoredataonRDXmedia.AninternalRDX
driveisinstalledintheopticaldrivebay2.ToinstallorremoveaninternalRDXdrive,see“Installing
orreplacinganinternalRDXdrive”onpage103
.
Note:IfyourserverisinstalledwithaWindowsServeroperatingsystem,youcanusetheWindows
BackupprogramtobackupthedatastoredonRDXmedia.Fordetailedinformation,refertotheuser
guideoftheRDXdrive.Theuserguideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage23.
Expansionslots
Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage39.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel
•EightUSBconnectors(twoUSB3.0connectorsonthefrontpanel;fourUSB3.0andtwoUSB2.0
connectorsontherearpanel)
•OneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanel
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage12
.
Ethernetconnectivity
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeabilityto
supporttheEthernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000
Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage17.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage20
)
–Administratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver
(see“Usingpasswords”onpage51)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableinsomemodels)
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
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