Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Features and
technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EasyManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reliability, availability, and serviceability. . . . . . 9
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . 11
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locating server components . . . . . . . . . 15
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 16
Locating connectors on the backplane . . . . . 18
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 19
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . 20
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 20
Working inside the server with the power on . 21
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 22
Removing or installing internal drives . . . . 25
Removing or installing the riser card
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing or removing a PCI card. . . . . . 38
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing or installing the system board
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing or installing the RAID controller . . 43
Removing or installing the Ethernet card. . . 56
Removing or installing the microprocessor fan
duct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing or installing the power supply. . . 59
Removing or installing the system fans . . . 62
Removing or installing the heat sink . . . . 64
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 67
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 71
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 71
Connecting the cables. . . . . . . . . . 71
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 72
Updating the server conguration . . . . . 72
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 72
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 6. Conguring the server . . 75
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 75
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 76
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 76
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 85
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD . . . . 85
Setup and conguration . . . . . . . . . 85
Conguring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Typical operating system installation . . . . 86
Onboard 1068E SAS RAID controller Conguration
Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Connecting mini-SAS cable. . . . . . . . 87
Starting the Conguration Utility program . . 88
Accessing the Adapter Properties window . . 89
SAS RAID settings . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Creating or deleting the RAID 1 array . . . . 90
Accessing the SAS Topology window . . . . 91
Conguring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 91
Updating the rmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installing the ThinkServer EasyManage program . 92
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting . . . . . . 93
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 93
DVD drive problems. . . . . . . . . . . 93
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hard disk drive problems. . . . . . . . . 94
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 94
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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