Table Of Contents - Lenovo RS110 - ThinkServer - 6438 User Manual

Contents
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Chapter 1. The ThinkServer RS110 Types 6435, 6436, 6437 and 6438 . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing a new CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing an optional PCI-X riser-card assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
© Lenovo 2008, 2009. Portions © IBM Corp. 2007, 2008.
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System-board optional-device connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Starting the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuring the controller and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 45
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