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:BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,ensurethatyouuseharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype
(SATAorSAS)andhavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
YourserversupportsthefollowingtwotypesofRAIDconfigurations:
•OnboardSATAsoftwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterprise
program
TheonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDcontrollerisintegratedontheIntelC220chiponthesystemboard.
IfyourserverhasSATAharddiskdrivesthatareconnectedtothesystemboard,youcanusetheIntel
RapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseprogramtoconfigureRAID.Bydefault,yourserversupports
onboardSATAsoftwareRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”
onpage59
.
•AdvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDconfigurationusingtheWebBIOSConfigurationUtility
program;andRAIDmanagementusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramandtheMegaCLI
ConfigurationUtilityprogram(requiresaRAIDcard)
SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.YoualsocanpurchasetheRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintoservermodels
thatsupporttheRAIDcardtogetadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.See“RAIDcard”on
page30
and“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage82formoreinformation.
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,a
RAIDcardmustbeinstalled.
TheRAIDcardprovidestheWebBIOSConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyouconfigureRAID
independentlyoftheoperatingsystem.YoualsocaninstalltheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
andtheMegaCLIConfigurationUtilityprogramtohelpyoumanagetheRAIDarrayandRAIDcontroller
inanoperatingsystemenvironment.ThesupportedRAIDlevelsareRAID0,1,and10bydefault.For
theThinkServerRAID500Adapter,toactivateRAID5andRAID50levels,youneedtoinstallaRAID5
keyontheRAIDcard.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvanced
RAID”onpage84
.
Fordetailedinformation,see“ConfiguringtheadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID”onpage61
.
Note:TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramsimplifiestheprocessofconfiguringsupportedRAIDand
installingsupportedoperatingsystemsanddevicedrivers.
BeforeconfiguringRAIDforyourserver,observethefollowingprecautions:
1.UseharddiskdrivesthathavethesamecapacitywithinasingleRAIDarray.
2.Useharddiskdrivesthatareofthesametype(SATAorSAS)withinasingleRAIDarray.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,theprimaryRAIDmightbelimitedto2TBtotaldrivecapacity.
ConfiguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality
ThissectiondescribeshowtoconfigurethesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality.
Note:Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtomakeselections.
ToenableSATARAIDfunctionality,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage47.
2.SelectDevices➙ATADriveSetup.
3.SelectConfigureSATAasandpressEnter.
4.SelectRAIDModeandpressEnter.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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