InstallingorremovingtheEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage39.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.Useanydocumentationthat
camewiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthis.
ToinstallorremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage41.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage62andfollow
thoseinstructionstoinstallorremovetheEthernetcard.
5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheremovedEthernetcardtothemanufacturer,followallpackaging
instructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
IfyouareusingtheMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverforthe
Ethernetcard.ToinstallthedevicedriveronWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:
1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.
2.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.
Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.
3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.
4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutton.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.
5.ExpandNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTortheyellow
questionmark).
6.SelectUpdateDriver....TheHardwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.
7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.
8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage90.
Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.
Note:ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Makesurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage40firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
Yourserverhasfourmemoryslotsandithasthefollowingfeatures:
•Eachslotsupports2GBand4GBDDR3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(UDIMMs)withError
CheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.
•Theminimumsystemmemoryis2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMM2slot).
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