Use this information to replace the system board.
Note:
- When you reassemble the components in the server, be sure to route
all cables carefully so that they are not exposed to excessive pressure.
- When you replace the system board, you must either update the
server with the latest firmware or restore the pre-existing firmware
from a diskette or CD image. Make sure that you have the latest firmware
or a copy of the pre-existing firmware before you proceed. See Updating the firmware, Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID), and Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data.
- When you replace the system board, make sure that you remove the
Integrated Management Module Advanced Upgrade and place it on the
new system board. For information about the Advanced Upgrade, see Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture features
- Reactivate any Features on Demand features after replacing the
system board. Instructions for automating the activation of features
and installing activation keys is in the IBM Features on Demand
User's Guide. To download the document, go to the Lenovo Features on Demand website, log in, and click Help.
- Some cluster solutions require specific code levels or coordinated
code updates. If the device is part of a cluster solution, verify
that the latest level of code is supported for the cluster solution
before you update the code.
Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.
If you are replacing a server component in the server,
you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect
the power cords and all external cables.
To replace the system board, complete the following steps.
- Touch the static-protective package that contains the system
board to any unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the
system board from the package.
- Align the system board with the chassis and replace the
nine screws that you removed.

- Install any of the following components that you removed
from the system board:
Note: Make sure that none of the server cables are caught under
the system board.
- Reconnect any cables to the system board that you disconnected
during removal (see System-board internal connectors).
- Reinstall the PCI riser-card assembly (see Replacing the PCI riser-card assembly).
- Reinstall the air baffle (see Replacing the air baffle).
- Reinstall the cover (see Replacing the cover).
- Push the power supplies back into the server.
- Slide the server into the rack.
- Reconnect the external cables and power cords; then, turn
on the attached devices and turn on the server.
- Start the Setup utility and reset the configuration.
- Set the system date and time.
- Set the power-on password.
- Reconfigure the server.
- Either update the server with the latest RAID firmware
or restore the pre-existing firmware from a diskette or CD image.
- Update the UUID (see Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID)).
- Update the DMI/SMBIOS (see Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data).
- Reactivate any Features on Demand features.