Server User Manual

Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Guidelines”onpage83

•“Removingtheservercover”onpage85

•“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage87

•“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage89

•“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage168

ForalistoftheThinkServeroptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.ClicktheProductstaband

thenclickOptionstoviewthesupportedserveroptioninformation.

Guidelines

Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Precautions

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:

•Beforeusingtheproduct,besuretoreadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe

LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand

understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware

updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris

readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,

dothefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://support.lenovo.com.

2.ClickDownloadDrivers&SoftwareandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownload

rmwareupdatesforyourserver.

See“Updatingthermware”onpage80formoreinformation.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifthe

serverisnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage171todo

basictroubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter9“Gettinginformation,help,and

service”onpage213.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts

inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver

andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,

observethefollowingprecautions:

–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.