Server User Manual

Chapter1.Generalinformation

Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Introduction”onpage1

•“Noticesandstatementsinthedocument”onpage1

•“Relateddocumentation”onpage2

Introduction

ThisInstallationandUserGuideisforyourLenovo®ThinkServer®RD230server(machinetypes1043,1044,

4010,and4011).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

ThinkServerRD230

Machinetype1043,1044,4010,or4011

Modelnumber

_____________________________________________

Serialnumber

_____________________________________________

Themodelnumberandserialnumberareonthelabelsonthebottomoftheserverandonthefront,visible

throughthebezel.

Noticesandstatementsinthedocument

ThecautionanddangerstatementsthatappearinthisdocumentarealsointhemultilingualSafety

Information.Eachcautionanddangerstatementinthisdocumentislabeledwithanumber.Thisnumberis

usedtocrossreferenceanEnglish-languagecautionordangerstatementwithtranslatedversionsofthe

cautionordangerstatementintheSafetyInformation.See“Relateddocumentation”onpage2

fordetailed

informationabouthowtogetthevariousdocumentationforyourserver.