Lenovo TS130 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
Server package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 10
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 10
BIOS update utilities . . . . . . . . . . 10
RAID configuration utilities . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Machine type, model, and serial number label . . 11
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 14
Internal components . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . .
19
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 20
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 21
Working inside the server with the power on . 21
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 22
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 24
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 27
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 28
Installing or replacing the optical drive . . . 30
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 32
Installing or replacing the secondary hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 38
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . 41
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . 44
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 46
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . 48
Replacing the system board battery . . . . 51
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . 52
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 54
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 55
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 56
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 56
Updating the server configuration . . . . . 57
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . . 57
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 57
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 6. Configuring the server . . 59
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 59
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 59
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 59
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . 72
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 75
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . 75
Configuring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
RAID level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA
RAID functionality. . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 76
Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 77
Resetting disks to non-RAID . . . . . . . 77
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 78
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 78
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . .
80
Updating system programs . . . . . . . . . . 81
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