Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1. About this manual
  • Important Safety Information
  • Important information about replacing RoHS compliant FRUs
  • Turkish statement of compliance
• Chapter 2. Safety information
  • Guidelines for trained service technicians
    • Inspecting for unsafe conditions
    • Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment
  • Safety statements
  • Installation guidelines
    • System reliability guidelines
    • Working inside the server with the power on
    • Handling static-sensitive devices
• Chapter 3. General information
  • Introduction
  • Features and technologies
  • Specifications
  • Software
    • EasyStartup
    • EasyManage
• Chapter 4. General Checkout
  • Diagnosing a problem
  • Undocumented problems
• Chapter 5. Diagnostics
  • Diagnosing a problem
  • Undocumented problems
  • Diagnostic tools
  • POST
    • Error logs
      • Viewing error logs from the Server Configuration and Boot Management program
      • Viewing the RMM system event log from the diagnostic programs
      • Clearing the error logs
    • POST error codes
  • Checkout procedure
    • About the checkout procedure
    • Performing the checkout procedure
  • Checkpoint codes
  • Light path diagnostics
    • Remind button
    • Light path diagnostics LEDs
  • EasyLED diagnostics panel
  • Power-supply LEDs
  • Server power features
    • Turning on the server
    • Turning off the server
  • Diagnostic programs, messages, and error codes
    • Running the diagnostic programs
    • Diagnostic text messages
    • Viewing the test log
    • Diagnostic messages
  • Tape alert flags
  • Recovering the UEFI code
  • System event/error log messages
  • Solving power problems
  • Hard disk drive problems
  • Solving Microprocessor problems
  • Solving Ethernet controller problems
  • Solving undetermined problems
  • Problem determination tips
  • Calling IBM for service
• Chapter 6. Removing and installing FRUs
  • Locations
    • Front view
    • Operator information panel
    • System-board internal connectors
    • System-board external connectors
    • System-board switches and jumpers
    • System-board LEDs
    • SAS riser-card connectors and LEDs
    • PCI riser-card adapter connectors
    • PCI riser-card assembly LEDs
  • Installing optional devices and replacing FRUs
    • Major components of the server
    • Removing the cover
    • Installing the server cover
    • Removing the operator information panel assembly
    • Installing the operator information panel assembly
    • Removing a SAS hard disk drive backplane
    • Installing a SAS hard disk drive backplane
    • Internal cable routing and connectors
    • Removing a PCI riser-card assembly
    • Installing a PCI riser-card assembly
    • Removing a PCI adapter from a PCI riser-card assembly
    • Installing a PCI adapter in a PCI riser-card assembly
    • Removing an Ethernet adapter
    • Installing an Ethernet adapter
    • Storing the full-length-adapter bracket
    • Removing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
    • Installing the microprocessor 2 air baffle
    • Removing the DIMM air baffle
    • Installing the DIMM air baffle
    • Removing a PCI adapter
    • Installing a PCI adapter
    • Installing the full-length-adapter bracket
    • Storing the full-length-adapter bracket
    • Removing a virtual media key
    • Installing a virtual media key
    • Removing a memory module (DIMM)
    • Installing a memory module
      • DIMM installation sequence
      • Memory mirroring
      • Installing a DIMM
    • Removing a hot-swap power supply
    • Installing a hot-swap power supply
    • Removing a hot-swap fan
    • Installing a hot-swap fan
    • Removing the fan bracket
    • Installing the fan bracket
    • Removing the SAS riser card and controller assembly
    • Installing the SAS riser card and controller assembly
    • Removing a SAS controller from the SAS riser card
    • Installing a SAS controller on the SAS riser card
    • Moving the SAS-controller retention bracket
    • Removing a SAS controller battery from the remote battery tray
    • Installing a SAS controller battery on the remote battery tray
    • Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive
    • Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
    • Removing a CD-RW/DVD drive
    • Installing a CD-RW/DVD drive
    • Removing a tape drive
    • Installing a tape drive
    • Removing a microprocessor and heat sink
    • Installing a microprocessor and heat sink
      • Thermal grease
    • Removing the battery
    • Installing the battery
    • Removing a heat-sink retention module
    • Installing a heat-sink retention module
    • Removing the system board
    • Installing the system board
    • Completing the installation
      • Connecting the cables
      • Updating the server configuration
• Chapter 7. Parts listing, ThinkServer RD220 Type 3729, 3779, 3797, and 3798
  • Replaceable server components
    • Consumable parts
  • Power cords
• Appendix. Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Important notes
  • Product recycling and disposal
  • Battery return program
  • Electronic emissions notices
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement
    • Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement
    • Avis de conformité à la réglementation d'Industrie Canada
    • Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
    • United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement
    • European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
    • German Class A compliance statement
    • Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement
    • Japanese recycling statements
    • Taiwanese Class A warning statement
    • Chinese Class A warning statement
    • Korean Class A warning statement