Installing An Additional Microprocessor - Lenovo ThinkServer TD100 Installation Manual

User Guide for the location of system-board connectors.) Review the following
information before connecting power and signal cables to internal drives:
v The drives that are preinstalled in the server come with power and signal cables
v If you have only one IDE device on a cable, it must be set as a master device.
v If two IDE devices are used on a single cable, one must be designated as the
v When you route a cable, make sure that it does not block the airflow to the rear
The following cables are provided:
v IDE: The wider IDE signal cable has three connectors. One of these connectors
v Simple-swap SATA (TD100 models only): The combination signal/power cable
v Hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA: Hot-swap SAS and hot-swap SATA models
For more information about the requirements for SAS cable and connecting SAS
devices, see the documentation that comes with these devices.
For a list of supported options for the server, see http://www.lenovo.com/
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Installing an additional microprocessor

The following notes describe the type of microprocessor that the server supports
and other information that you must consider when you install a microprocessor:
v For a list of optional devices for the server, see http://www.lenovo.com/
attached. If you replace any drives, remember which cable is attached to which
drive.
master device and the other as the subordinate device; otherwise, the server
might not recognize some of the IDE devices. The master and subordinate
designation is determined by switch or jumper settings on each IDE device.
of the drives or over the microprocessor or DIMMs.
is attached to the drive, one is a spare, and the third is attached to the IDE
connector on the system board. The spare connector can be used to connect an
additional IDE optical drive or tape drive to the server.
The CD or DVD drive is attached to an ATA 100 signal cable. The blue connector
is attached to the system board. The connector on the other end is attached to
the master IDE device. The middle connector attaches to an optional optical
device or tape drive.
connects to the system board and simple-swap backplate to provide signal and
power to the simple-swap SATA drives.
Simple-swap SATA models come with one of the combination signal/power cable
connected to the system board and the simple-swap SATA backplate.
come with a single signal cable and a single power cable that connects to the
system board and the hot-swap SAS/SATA backplane to provide signal and
power to the SAS or SATA drives. If you order the 4-drive backplane option kit to
upgrade to eight drives, the option kit comes with an additional signal cable and
power cable.
Hot-swap SAS and hot-swap SATA models come with the signal cable and power
cable connected to the system board and the hot-swap SAS/SATA backplane.
Note: When you install the optional 4-drive backplane option kit to upgrade to
eight drives, make sure that you remove the dust shield (if one is present)
from the hot-swap SAS/SATA signal connector on the system board.
Carefully grasp the dust shield and pull it out of the signal connector.
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