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ThinkSer ver
User Guide
Machine T ypes: 2577, 2579, 2592, 2593, 2594, and 2595
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Not e: Befor e using the information and the pr oduct it suppor ts, be sur e t o r ead and understand the following: • The Read Me First that comes with your pr oduct • “Safety information” on page iii • Appendix A “Notices” on page 167 F our th Edition (Mar ch 2013) © Copyright L enovo 2012, 2013. LIMITED AND RES TRIC TED RIGHT S NO TICE: If data or softwar e is deliver ed pursuant a Gener al Ser vices Administr ation “GSA ” contr act, use, r epr oduction, or disclosur e is subject t o r estric
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Contents Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii V iewing information in the Setup Utility pr ogr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chapt er 1. Gener al information . . . . . 1 Setup Utility pr ogr am int er face . . . . . . 54 Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Setting the syst em dat e and time . . . . . 56 Ser ver documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Using passwor ds . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Selecting a star tup device . . . . . . . . 58 Chapt er 2. Ser ver setup r
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Installing or r emoving the ThinkSer ver RAID Optical drive pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . 159 700 Batt er y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Har d disk drive pr oblems . . . . . . . . . 160 Installing or r emoving the e xpander car d . . . 97 Memor y module pr oblems . . . . . . . . 161 Installing or r emoving the ThinkSer ver K eyboar d, mouse, and USB device Management Module P r emium . . . . . . 101 pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Installing or r emoving the ThinkSer ver T rust ed
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Safety information Not e: Befor e using the pr oduct, be sur e t o r ead and understand the multilingual safety instructions on the documentation DVD that comes with the pr oduct. Ant es de usar o pr odut o, leia e ent enda as instruções de segur ança multilíngues no DVD de documentação que o acompanha. Преди да използвате този продукт, задължително прочетете и вникнете в многоезичните инструкции за безопасност в DVD диска с документация, който се предоставя с продукта. P rije upotr ebe ovog pr
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P rz ed sk orzystaniem z pr oduktu należy zapo znać się z wielojęzycznymi instrukcjami be zpiecz eństwa znajdującymi się na płycie DVD z dokumentacją dostar czoną wr az z pr odukt em. Ant es de utilizar o pr odut o, leia at entament e as instruções de segur ança multilingues que constam no DVD de documentação fornecido com o pr odut o. Înaint e de a utiliza pr odusul, asigur aţi-vă că aţi citit şi înţeles instrucţiunile de sigur anţă în mai mult e limbi de pe DVD-ul cu documentaţie car e însoţeş
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S tat ement 1 D ANGER Electrical curr ent fr om power , t elephone, and communication cables is hazar dous. T o avoid a shock hazar d: • Do not connect or disconnect any cables or per form installation, maint enance, or r econfigur ation of this pr oduct during an electrical st orm. • Connect all power cor ds t o a pr operly wir ed and gr ounded electrical outlet. • Ensur e that all power cor d connect ors ar e secur ely and complet ely plugged int o r eceptacles. • Connect t o pr operly wir ed
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S tat ement 3 C A UTION: When laser pr oducts (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or tr ansmitt ers) ar e installed, not e the following: • Do not r emove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser pr oduct could r esult in e xposur e t o hazar dous laser r adiation. Ther e ar e no ser viceable par ts inside the device. • Use of contr ols or adjustments or per formance of pr ocedur es other than those specified her ein might r esult in hazar dous r adiation e xposur e. D ANGER S
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S tat ement 6 C A UTION: If you install a str ain-r elief br ack et option over the end of the power cor d that is connect ed t o the device, you must connect the other end of the power cor d t o a power sour ce that is easily accessible in case it needs t o be disconnect ed. S tat ement 7 C A UTION: If the device has doors, ensur e that you r emove or secur e the doors befor e moving or lifting the device t o pr ot ect against personal injur y . The doors will not suppor t the weight of the dev
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S tat ement 11 C A UTION: The following label indicat es a pot ential heat hazar d. S tat ement 12 D ANGER Overloading a br anch cir cuit is a pot ential fir e hazar d and a shock hazar d under cer tain conditions. T o avoid these hazar ds, ensur e that your syst em electrical r equir ements do not e x ceed br anch curr ent r atings at the installation sit e. S tat ement 13 C A UTION: Ensur e that the r ack is secur ed pr operly t o avoid tipping when the ser ver unit is e xt ended on the r ails
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S tat ement 16 C A UTION: T o r educe the risk of electric shock or ener gy hazar ds: • This equipment must be installed by tr ained ser vice personnel in a r estrict ed-access location, as defined by your local electrical code and the lat est edition of IEC 60950. • Connect the equipment t o a r eliably ear thed safety e xtr a low voltage (SEL V) sour ce. An SEL V sour ce is a secondar y cir cuit that is designed so that normal and single fault conditions do not cause the voltages t o e x ceed
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S tat ement 20 C A UTION: A lithium ion batt er y is pr ovided. T o avoid possible e xplosion, do not burn the batt er y . Replace the batt er y only with the L enovo-appr oved par t. Recycle or discar d the batt er y as instruct ed by local r egulations. x ThinkSer ver User Guide
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Chapt er 1. Gener al information This chapt er pr ovides some gener al information about your pr oduct. This chapt er contains the following it ems: • “Intr oduction” on page 1 • “Ser ver documentation” on page 2 Intr oduction ® ® This user guide for your L enovo ThinkSer ver pr oduct contains information about the ser ver featur es, specifications, component locations, configur ation instructions, har dwar e r eplacement pr ocedur es, and basic tr oubleshooting and diagnostics. Y our ser ver co
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Recor d information about your ser ver in the following table. Y ou will need the information if you ever need t o have your ser ver ser viced. F or wher e t o find the pr oduct information label on the chassis, see “Machine type, model, and serial number label” on page 14 . ______________________________________________ P r oduct name ______________________________________________ Machine type and model (MT -M) ______________________________________________ Serial number (S/N) _________________
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Documentation DVD The documentation DVD , which comes with your ser ver , contains various documents for your ser ver in P or table Document F ormat (PDF) and HyperT e xt Markup Language (HTML). The documentation DVD is not bootable. T o view the documents on the DVD , you will need a comput er with a W eb br owser and the Adobe Reader pr ogr am, which is available for download at: http://w w w .adobe.com T o star t the documentation DVD , inser t the DVD int o the optical drive. The DVD is Aut
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Document only for tr ained ser vice personnel The following document is int ended only for tr ained ser vice personnel of L enovo. Har dwar e Maint enance Manual This document pr ovides information about tr oubleshooting and diagnostics, component locations, and r eplacement pr ocedur es for major Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). This document is updat ed fr equently, and the most up-t o-dat e version is always available in English on the L enovo W eb sit e at: http://w w w .lenovo.com/ThinkSer v
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Chapt er 2. Ser ver setup r oad map This chapt er pr ovides a gener al r oad map t o guide you thr ough setting up your ser ver . The ser ver setup pr ocedur e varies depending on the configur ation of the ser ver when it was deliver ed. In some cases, the ser ver is fully configur ed and you just need t o connect the ser ver t o the network and an ac power sour ce, and then you can turn on the ser ver . In other cases, the ser ver needs t o have har dwar e devices installed, r equir es har dwar
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Chapt er 3. P r oduct over view This chapt er pr ovides information about the ser ver package, featur es, specifications, softwar e pr ogr ams, and component locations. This chapt er contains the following it ems: • “Ser ver package” on page 7 • “F eatur es” on page 8 • “Specifications” on page 12 • “Softwar e” on page 12 • “L ocations” on page 14 Ser ver package The ser ver package includes the ser ver , power cor d(s), a r ail kit, print ed documentation, a documentation DVD , and softwar e me
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F eatur es This t opic pr ovides gener al information about the ser ver featur es for a variety of models. Depending on your specific model, some featur es might var y or unavailable. F or information about your specific model, use the Setup Utility pr ogr am. See “ V iewing information in the Setup Utility pr ogr am” on page 53 . Micr opr ocessor ® ® One or two Int el Xeon quad-cor e, he xa-cor e, or octa-cor e micr opr ocessors (int ernal cache siz e varies by model) F or a list of the ThinkSe
