Lenovo ThinkServer TS460 - Chapter 5. Replacing Hardware

Chapter5.Replacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandinstallhardwareforyourserver.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
•“PurchasingThinkServeroptions”onpage55
•“Gettingfamiliarwithimportantguidelines”onpage55
•“Preparingyourserverinadvanceandremovingtheservercover”onpage57
•“Removingandinstallinghardware”onpage58
•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage121
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
Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafety
instructionsandtheLenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)ontheLenovoWebsiteat
https://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS.Readingandunderstandingthesafetyinstructions
reducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentfirmware
updates.Thisstephelpstoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserverisready
tofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadfirmwareupdatesforyourserver,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers,andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.See“Serversetup
procedure”onpage5
formoreinformation.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethattheserverisworkingproperly.Iftheserver
isnotworkingproperly,seeChapter6“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage125
todobasic
troubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter7“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”
onpage131.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,ensurethatnotoolsorotherobjects
havebeenleftinsidetheserver.
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