Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Products that are not assessed . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
Server package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 12
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 12
BIOS and TMM update utilities . . . . . . 13
RAID configuration utilities . . . . . . . . 13
Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage . . . . . 13
Remote management software . . . . . . 13
Diagnostic program . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 15
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intelligent diagnostics module . . . . . . . 19
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 21
Server locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs . . . 33
RAID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Expander card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane . . . . 39
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 43
System board components . . . . . . . . 48
System board jumpers and switches . . . . 52
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 5. Configuring the server . . 61
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 61
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 61
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 62
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 64
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 66
Configuring the TPM function . . . . . . . 66
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 67
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 67
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 69
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . .
71
Configuring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Configuring RAID using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . .
73
Configuring the ThinkServer RAID 100 or RAID
300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Configuring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware
RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Configuring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . 80
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 80
Using the Lenovo ThinkServer EasyManage
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . .
83
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 84
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 85
Working inside the server with the power on . 85
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 87
Removing and reinstalling the PCI card bracket
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 92
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 93
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 100
Installing or removing the RAID card . . . . 104
Replacing the ThinkServer RAID Super
Capacitor Module. . . . . . . . . . . .
107
Installing the ThinkServer RAID FastPath
Software Key . . . . . . . . . . . . .
110
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