Lenovo 1044 - Manuel (Page 3)

Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information. . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in the document . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Server setup roadmap . . . 3
Chapter 3. Features and
technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What is included with your server . . . . . . . . 5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EasyManage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability. . . . . . 7
Chapter 4. Locating parts, controls,
LEDs, and connectors . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locating server components . . . . . . . . . 13
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . . 13
Locating connectors on the backplane . . . . . 16
Chapter 5. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . .
17
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Basic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 18
Working inside the server with the power on . 19
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing, removing, or replacing optional hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 20
Removing or installing internal drives . . . . 23
Installing or removing the riser card. . . . . 32
Installing or removing a PCI card . . . . . . 35
Removing or installing the Ethernet card . . . 37
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware
devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing or installing the system board
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Removing or installing the RAID controller . . 40
Removing or installing the heat sink
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Removing or installing the power supply . . . 55
Removing or installing the microprocessor . . 60
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 64
Installing the server cover . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 64
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 65
Updating the server configuration . . . . . 65
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 65
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 6. Configuring the server . . 67
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 67
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 68
Introduction of the BIOS items. . . . . . . 68
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 76
Before you use the EasyStartup DVD . . . . 77
Setup and configuration . . . . . . . . . 77
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Typical operating system installation . . . . 78
Configuring the onboard SATA software RAID . . 79
RAID information . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Creating the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 79
Deleting the RAID volume . . . . . . . . 80
Rebuilding the RAID volume . . . . . . . 80
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 80
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using the EasyUpdate Firmware Updater
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Installing the ThinkServer EasyManage program . 81
Chapter 7. Troubleshooting. . . . . . 83
Troubleshooting tables . . . . . . . . . . . 83
DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . 84
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . 84
Keyboard, mouse, or pointing-device
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Microprocessor problems . . . . . . . . 86
Monitor problems. . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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