Lenovo THINKSERVER TS100 6434 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 4
Major components of the server . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 8
Working inside the server with the power on . . 8
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 9
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . 10
Removing the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing a CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . 18
Installing a tape drive . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing a hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA
hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . 23
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive 24
Power and signal cables for internal drives . . . 26
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 30
Reinstalling the two-piece bezel . . . . . . 30
Reinstalling the side cover . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 33
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . 41
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD . . . . . 41
Before you use the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD 42
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . 42
EasyStartup overview . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing your operating system without using
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing ThinkServer EasyManage software . . . 45
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . 45
Installation order . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing Windows Components on the Core
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninstalling the LANDesk Software Agent . . . 46
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . 47
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . 47
Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Boot Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . 51
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . 51
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CD or DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . 63
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . 64
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . 64
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 65
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device problems 66
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Microprocessor problems . . . . . . . . . 68
Monitor problems . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Optional-device problems . . . . . . . . 70
Power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Serial-device problems . . . . . . . . . . 72
EasyStartup problems . . . . . . . . . . 72
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Universal Serial Bus (USB) device problems . . 74
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix A. Getting help and technical
assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . 77
Getting help and information from the World Wide
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Calling for service . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using other services . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . 79
Lenovo Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . 79
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . 81
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Recycling statements for Japan . . . . . . . . 84
Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . 85
German Ordinance for Work gloss statement . . . 86
Electronic emissions notices . . . . . . . . . 86
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Avis de conformité à la réglementation
d'Industrie Canada . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . 87
United Kingdom telecommunications safety
requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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