Server User Manual

Chapter5.ReplacingFRUs

ThischapterprovidesdetailedinstructionsforreplacingFRUsintheserver.

FRUreplacementsaretobedoneonlybytrainedservicetechnicians.

ThischapterdoesnotcontaintheremoveorreplaceprocedureforallFRUs.OnlythemajorFRUsare

documented.

Guidelines

Thissectionprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourserver.

Basicguidelines

Beforeyouusetheserver,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowingguidelines:

•BesuretoreadandunderstandtheSafetyInformationandtheWarrantyandSupportInformationonthe

ThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and“Guidelines”onpage29

.These

informationwillhelpyouworksafely.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

•Whenyouinstallyournewserver,taketheopportunitytodownloadandapplythemostrecentrmware

updates.Thisstepwillhelptoensurethatanyknownissuesareaddressedandthatyourserveris

readytofunctionatmaximumlevelsofperformance.Todownloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver,

dothefollowing:

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

2.ClickDownload&Drivers®ThinkServerandthenfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpageto

downloadrmwareupdatesforyourserver.

•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,makesurethattheserverisworkingcorrectly.Ifanoperating

systemisinstalled,turnontheserverandmakesurethattheoperatingsystemstarts.Ifnooperating

systemisinstalled,makesurethata19990305errorcodeisdisplayed,indicatingthatanoperating

systemwasnotfoundbuttheserverisworkingcorrectly.Iftheserverisnotworkingcorrectly,refertothe

chapterChapter3“Diagnosticsandtroubleshooting”onpage13fordetaileddiagnosticinformation.

•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts

inasafeplace.

•Ifyoumustturnontheserverwhiletheservercoverisremoved,makesurethatnooneisneartheserver

andthatnotoolsorotherobjectshavebeenleftinsidetheserver.

•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,

observethefollowingprecautions:

–Makesurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.

–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.

–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.

–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.

•Makesurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsfortheserver,

monitor,andotherdevices.

•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.

•Haveasmallat-bladescrewdriveravailable.