Lenovo THINKSERVER TD230 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in the document . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 3
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 5
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EasyManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reliability, availability, and serviceability. . . . . . 7
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . . . 13
LEDs for the Ethernet connectors . . . . . . . 13
Locating server components . . . . . . . . . 14
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 15
Locating diagnostic LEDs on the system board . . 16
Jumper block settings. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locating connectors on the hot-swap hard disk
drive backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . .
21
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 22
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 22
Working inside the server with the power on . 23
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 25
Locking or unlocking the hard disk drive side
door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 29
Removing or installing internal drives . . . . 32
Installing or removing a PCI card . . . . . . 53
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 56
Installing or removing the ThinkServer TD230
SATA RAID 5 Upgrade . . . . . . . . . .
58
Installing or removing the ThinkServer 9240-8i
RAID 5 Upgrade Key . . . . . . . . . .
60
Installing or removing the ThinkServer Remote
Management Module 3 . . . . . . . . .
62
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing or installing the ThinkServer 9240-8i
RAID 0/1 Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Removing or installing the heat sink and fan
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Removing or installing a front fan . . . . . 77
Removing or installing the rear fan . . . . . 82
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 86
Replacing the system board battery . . . . 89
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 90
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 91
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 91
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 91
Updating the server configuration . . . . . 91
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 92
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 6. Configuring the server . . 95
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 95
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 95
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 96
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 103
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD . . . . 104
Setup and configuration . . . . . . . . . 104
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Typical operating system installation . . . . 105
Configuring the onboard SATA software RAID . . 105
RAID information . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting the Intel Embedded Server RAID
Technology II program . . . . . . . . . .
106
Creating a RAID volume . . . . . . . . . 106
Initializing the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 107
Deleting the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 107
Rebuilding the RAID volume . . . . . . . 108
Checking the RAID 1 volume consistency . . 108
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 108
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
109
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