User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1. General information
- Chapter 2. Server setup road map
- Chapter 3. Product overview
- Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off the server
- Chapter 5. Configuring the server
- Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Guidelines
- Removing the server cover
- Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
- Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Installing or removing a memory module
- Installing or removing a PCI card
- Installing or removing the Ethernet card
- Installing or removing the RAID card
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer SATA Software RAID 5 Key
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer iKVM Remote Management Module
- Installing or removing the TPM module
- Installing or removing the DIT module
- Installing or replacing an optical drive
- Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- Removing or installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive
- Replacing the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
- Replacing the non-hot-swap power supply assembly
- Replacing a hot-swap redundant power supply module
- Replacing the power distribution board and cage assembly
- Replacing the front panel board assembly
- Replacing the front system fan
- Replacing the rear system fan
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the microprocessor
- Replacing the system board battery
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Index
ConguringtheEthernetcontrollers
TheEthernetcontrollersareintegratedonthesystemboard.Theyprovideaninterfaceforconnectingto
a10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkandprovidefull-duplex(FDX)capability,whichenables
simultaneoustransmissionandreceptionofdataonthenetwork.
YoudonothavetosetanyjumpersorconguretheEthernetcontrollers.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtoaddressthecontrollers.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimpliestheprocessofconguringRAIDandinstallingsupported
operatingsystemsanddevicedriversonyourserver.See“UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram”
onpage69
.
ThedevicedriversforonboardEthernetcontrollersarealsoavailablefordownloadat
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Todownloadthedrivers,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer
andthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
Updatingthermware
ThermwareintheserverisperiodicallyupdatedandisavailablefordownloadontheLenovoSupport
Website.
Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support,clickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServerandthenfollowthe
instructionsontheWebpagetocheckforthelatestlevelofrmware,suchastheBIOSandBMCupdates
anddevicedrivers.
Whenyoureplaceadeviceintheserver,youmighthavetoeitherupdatetheserverwiththelatestversion
ofthermwarethatisstoredinmemoryonthedeviceorreashtheBIOS,theBMCrmware,andthe
FRU/SDRfromadiscimage.
UsingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram
TheFirmwareUpdaterprogramenablesyoutomaintainyoursystemrmwareup-to-dateandhelpsyou
avoidunnecessaryoutages.
ToupdateyoursystemrmwareusingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:LenovomaintainstheSupportWebsitebymakingchangesandimprovementsperiodically.The
actualproceduremightvaryslightlyfromwhatisdescribedinthistopic.
1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.ClickDownload&Drivers➙ThinkServer.
3.Findtheproductnameandclickthemachinetypeofyourserver.Tondthemachinetypeinformation
onthechassis,see“Machinetype,model,andserialnumberlabel”onpage13
.
4.ClickEasySuitetoquicklylocatetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramontheWebpage.
5.ClicktheversionnumberoftheFirmwareUpdaterprogramandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthe
WebpagetodownloadtheISOimageandinstallationinstructionsinaTXTle.TheWebpagefor
downloadingtheFirmwareUpdaterprogramalsocontainsinformationabouttheprogramlimitations.
6.UseanyCDorDVDburningsoftwaretocreateabootablediscwiththeISOimage.
7.PrinttheTXTlethatcontainstheinstallationinstructionsandfollowtheinstructionstousetheFirmware
Updaterprogramtoupdateyoursystemrmware.
Chapter5.Conguringtheserver81