Lenovo ThinkServer TD100x - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. The ThinkServer TD100 and TD100x server . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ThinkServer TD100 features and specifications (Machine Types 6398, 6399,
6419, 6429) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ThinkServer TD100x features and specifications (Machine Types 4203, 4204,
4205, 4206) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System board switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the front fan cage assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive (TD100 models only) . . . . 38
Power and signal cables for internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing a hot-swap fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing the ServeRAID 8k-l adapter (TD100 models) . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the ServeRAID-8k adapter (TD100x models) . . . . . . . . . . 51
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Replacing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reinstalling the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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