Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Products that are not assessed . . . . . . . . . x
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup road map . . . 5
Chapter 3. Product overview . . . . . . 7
Server package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BIOS and TSM update utilities. . . . . . . 13
Lenovo Partner Pack for Microsoft System
Center Operations Management . . . . . .
14
Lenovo ThinkServer Deployment Manager . . 14
Lenovo ThinkServer Diagnostics . . . . . . 15
Lenovo ThinkServer Energy Manager . . . . 15
Lenovo ThinkServer Power Planner . . . . . 15
Lenovo ThinkServer System Manager . . . . 15
Lenovo ThinkServer System Manager
Premium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 17
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 21
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AnyRAID adapter, RAID adapter, and
pass-through board . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Hot-swap-drive backplane . . . . . . . . 34
System board components . . . . . . . . 37
System board jumpers . . . . . . . . . . 41
System fan fault LEDs . . . . . . . . . . 43
Hot-swap-drive status LEDs . . . . . . . 44
Power supply status LEDs . . . . . . . . 45
Connecting cables . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 5. Configuring the server . . 49
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 49
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 49
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 49
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 52
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring the TPM function . . . . . . . 54
Setting an Ethernet connector for system
management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 54
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 54
Configuring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring RAID using the Lenovo
ThinkServer Deployment Manager program .
58
Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS
hardware RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 6. Replacing hardware . . . . 61
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 62
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 62
Working inside the server with the power on . 63
Removing or extending the server from the rack
cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 64
Removing and reinstalling the rack handles . 65
Removing and reinstalling the cooling
shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 68
Installing or removing the ThinkServer System
Manager Premium . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Installing or removing the ThinkServer Trusted
Platform Module . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Installing or removing the RAID 110i upgrade
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Installing or removing the Lenovo ThinkServer
RAID 510i upgrade key
. . . . . . . . . 80
Installing or removing the flash module . . . 82
Installing or removing the SD module . . . . 84
Installing or removing the AnyFabric adapter . 86
Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
Super Capacitor Module . . . . . . . . .
89
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