Server User Manual

Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Serverdocumentation”onpage1

Introduction

ThisUserGuideisforyourLenovo®ThinkServer®RD240server(machinetypes1045,1046,1047,and

1048).Thisdocumentcontainsthefollowinginformation:

•Settingupandcablingtheserver

•Startingandconguringtheserver

•Installingoptionsandreplacingcustomerreplaceableunits(CRUs)

•Solvingproblems

TheservercomeswiththeThinkServerEasyStartupDVDtohelpyoucongurethehardware,installdevice

drivers,andinstalltheoperatingsystem.

Theservercomeswithalimitedwarranty.Forinformationaboutthetermsofthewarrantyandgetting

serviceandassistance,seetheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes

withyourserver.

Toobtainthemostup-to-dateinformationabouttheserverandotherLenovoproducts,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver

Recordinformationabouttheserverinthefollowingtable.Youwillneedthisinformationwhenyouregister

theserverwithLenovo.

Productname

ThinkServerRD240

Machinetype1045,1046,1047,or1048

Modelnumber

_____________________________________________

Serialnumber

_____________________________________________

Themodelnumberandserialnumberareonthelabelsonthebottomoftheserverandonthefront,visible

throughthebezel.

Serverdocumentation

Thistopicprovidesageneraldescriptionofeachdocumentforyourserverandinstructionsonhow

toobtainallthedocuments.