Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2. Server setup roadmap. . . . 5
Chapter 3. Features and
technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . 15
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
Installing or removing the riser card
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Installing or removing a PCI card . . . . . . 38
Removing or installing the Ethernet card . . . 40
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 heat sink
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Removing or installing the power supply . . . 58
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 63
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 67
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 67
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 67
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 68
Updating the server configuration . . . . . 68
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 68
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 6. Configuring the server . . 71
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 71
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 72
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 72
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 80
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD . . . . 81
Setup and configuration . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Typical operating system installation . . . . 82
Configuring the onboard SATA software RAID . . 83
RAID information . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Starting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Creating the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 83
Deleting the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 84
Rebuilding the RAID volume . . . . . . . 84
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 84
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Installing the ThinkServer EasyManage program . 85
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting . . . . . . 87
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 87
DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . 87
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . 88
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 88
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Microprocessor problems . . . . . . . . 90
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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