Lenovo 70A0, Maintenance Manual

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Contents
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety inspection guide . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Grounding requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ThinkServer EasyStartup . . . . . . . . . 10
ThinkServer EasyUpdate Firmware Updater . 11
BIOS update utilities . . . . . . . . . . 11
RAID configuration utilities . . . . . . . . 11
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Machine type, model, and serial number
label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Front view of the server . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear view of the server . . . . . . . . . 13
Locating parts on the system board . . . . 15
Internal components . . . . . . . . . . 16
Internal drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 4. Turning on and turning off
the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 5. Configuring the server . . 21
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 21
Viewing information in the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Setup Utility program interface . . . . . . 22
Setting the system date and time . . . . . 24
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the TPM function . . . . . . . 26
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 26
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . 27
Updating or recovering the BIOS. . . . . . 27
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program . . . 28
Features of the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Starting the ThinkServer EasyStartup
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
on a Windows operating system . . . . . .
31
Configuring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring the system BIOS to enable
onboard SATA RAID functionality. . . . . .
32
Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 33
Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 33
Resetting disks to non-RAID . . . . . . . 33
Updating the firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Firmware Updater program . . . . 34
Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . .
35
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . 36
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 37
Working inside the server with the power on . 37
Removing the server cover . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . . 38
Installing, removing, or replacing hardware . . . 40
Installing or removing the Ethernet card . . . 41
Installing or removing a memory module. . . 41
Installing or removing the tertiary hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Installing or removing the slim optical drive
and the fourth hard disk drive . . . . . . .
50
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 56
Installing or replacing the optical drive . . . 60
Installing or replacing the secondary hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 64
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . 66
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . 69
Replacing the front audio and USB
assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . 72
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 73
Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . 75
Replacing the system board battery . . . . 78
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . 79
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . . 82
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . 83
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