Specifications
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
- Removing and reinstalling the PCI card bracket assembly
- Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
- Installing or removing a memory module
- Installing or removing the Ethernet card
- Installing or removing the RAID card
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID 500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID
- Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID 700 Battery
- Installing or replacing an optical drive
- Installing or removing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive
- Installing or replacing an internal RDX drive
- Installing or replacing a 2.5-inch solid-state drive
- Installing or replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive
- Installing or replacing a hot-swap redundant power supply
- Replacing the power distribution board and cage assembly
- Replacing the power conversion board
- Replacing the hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane
- Replacing the non-hot-swap power supply assembly
- Replacing the cover presence switch
- Replacing the front panel board assembly
- Replacing the front system fan 1
- Replacing the rear system fan
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the microprocessor
- Replacing the system board battery
- Replacing the system board
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 7. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Trademarks
- Important notes
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) cable and cord notice
- Recycling information
- Particulate contamination
- Important WEEE information
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)
- German Ordinance for Work gloss statement
- Export classification notice
- Electronic emission notices
- Eurasian compliance mark
- Index
Note:Iftheserverhasonlyoneopticaldriveinstalled,ensurethattheopticaldriveisinstalledinthe
lowerbay(opticaldrivebay1).Theupperbayisforasecondaryopticaldriveonly.
•RDXdrive
YourserversupportsinternalRDXdrivesthatenableyoutostoredataonRDXmedia.AninternalRDX
driveisinstalledintheopticaldrivebay2.ToinstallorremoveaninternalRDXdrive,see“Installing
orreplacinganinternalRDXdrive”onpage103
.
Note:IfyourserverisinstalledwithaWindowsServeroperatingsystem,youcanusetheWindows
BackupprogramtobackupthedatastoredonRDXmedia.Fordetailedinformation,refertotheuser
guideoftheRDXdrive.Theuserguideisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage23.
Expansionslots
Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage39.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel
•EightUSBconnectors(twoUSB3.0connectorsonthefrontpanel;fourUSB3.0andtwoUSB2.0
connectorsontherearpanel)
•OneRJ-45Ethernetconnectorontherearpanel
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage12
.
Ethernetconnectivity
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeabilityto
supporttheEthernetconnectorontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100Mbps,or1000
Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage17.
Reliability,availability,andserviceability
Reliability,availability,andserviceability(hereinafterreferredtoasRAS)arethreeimportantserverdesign
features.TheRASfeatureshelpyoutoensuretheintegrityofthedatastoredontheserver,theavailabilityof
theserverwhenyouneedit,andtheeasewithwhichyoucandiagnoseandcorrectproblems.
YourserverhasthefollowingRASfeatures:
•Securityfeatures
–Serverlocks(see“Serverlocks”onpage20
)
–Administratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordtohelpprotectunauthorizedaccesstotheserver
(see“Usingpasswords”onpage51)
–ThinkServerTrustedPlatformModule(TPM),whichisasecuritychip,tohelpenhanceserversecurity
–Hot-swapredundantpowersuppliestohelpavoidsignificantinterruptiontotheoperationofthe
systemwhenapowersupplyfails(availableinsomemodels)
•Basicsystemmanagementfeatures
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