Lenovo ThinkServer RD120 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Lenovo ThinkServer Documentation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Major components of the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Online-spare memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the SAS controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing ThinkServer EasyManage software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing Windows Components on the Core Server . . . . . . . . . . 42
Uninstalling the LANDesk Software Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the RAID Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the RAID Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
RAID Configuration Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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