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
1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.
2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF12todisplaythebootmenu.Thebootdeviceselection
windowopens.
3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.
•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.
2.OntheStartupmenu,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetthestartupdevicedependingon
yourneeds.Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“Startupmenu”onpage50
.
3.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.Theserverwillfollowthestartupdevice
sequenceyouhaveseteachtimeyouturnontheserver.
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryoufinishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammaininterface.
Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachthemaininterface.Then,youcan
dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouwanttosavethenewsettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram,pressF10orselectExit➙Save
ChangesandExit.Otherwise,yourchangeswillnotbesaved.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9orselectExit➙LoadOptimalDefaults.
FormoreinformationabouttheExitmenuintheSetupUtilityprogram,see“Exitmenu”onpage50
.
UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheBIOSandhowtorecoverfromaPOSTandBIOS
updatefailure.
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourserver.SystemprogramsincludethePOST,
theUEFIBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatareperformed
eachtimeyouturnonyourserver.TheUEFIBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructionsfrom
otherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthattheserverhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourserver.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage47
.
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstotheBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,theyareavailable
fordownloadontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.Youcanupdatetheserverfirmware
bydownloadinganupdatepackageandfollowingtheinstructionsontheWebpage.
YoualsocanusetheFirmwareUpdaterprogramtohelpyoukeeptheserverfirmwareup-to-date.See
“Updatingthefirmware”onpage62.
Updating(flashing)theBIOS
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOS.
Notes:
•UpdatetheBIOSonyourserveronlyifthenewerBIOSversionspecificallysolvesaproblemyouhave.
WedonotrecommendBIOSupdatesforserversthatdonotneedthem.Youcanviewtheupdated
informationforthenewBIOSversionintheinstallationinstructionsfortheBIOSupdateutilityprogram.
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