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
Notes:
•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeremovingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtoreconfigure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterremovingtheRAIDcard.
•IfyouremovetheRAIDcard,youwilllosetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage67.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracket
assembly”onpage71.
5.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboard
components”onpage39
.
6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.
7.DisconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyotherrelatedparts.
Note:IfyouwanttoinstallanewRAIDcardafterremovingtheoldone,recordthecableconnections
beforedisconnectingthecables.
8.RemovetheRAIDcard.TheprocedureissimilartothatoftheEthernetcard.See“Removingthe
Ethernetcard”onpage81
.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
9.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•InstallanewRAIDcardtoreplacetheoldoneandreconnectcables.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”
onpage83
.
•InstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocovertheplaceandconnectrelatedcablestothesystem
boardandthebackplane.See“Connectingthecables”onpage36.
10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage163
.Then,you
needtoreconfigureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConfiguringRAID”onpage57
.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500key).
TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5andRAID
50foradvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.
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