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Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage31.
Ifyouarereplacingaservercomponentintheserver,youneedtoslidetheserveroutfromtherack
enclosure,turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Toremoveanadapter,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage157).
Step2.RemovethePCIriser-cardassembly(see“RemovingthePCIriser-cardassembly”onpage163).
Step3.Disconnectthecablesfromtheadapter.
Step4.PlacethePCIriser-cardassemblyonaflat,static-protectivesurface.
Step5.Carefullygrasptheadapterbyitstopedgeoruppercorners,andpulltheadapterfromthePCI
riser-cardassembly.
Figure114.Adapterremoval
Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheservercomponentoroptionaldevice,followallpackaginginstructions,
anduseanypackagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Replacinganadapter
Usethisinformationtoreplaceanadapter.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofadaptersthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallanadapter:
•Toconfirmthattheserversupportstheadapterthatyouareinstalling,see
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•TheadapterslotsareonthePCIriser-cardassembly.YoumustfirstremovethePCIriser-cardassembly
toaccesstheadapterslots.
•TheexpansionslotsonthePCIriser-cardassemblyaccommodatethevariousformfactorsofthe
non-hot-plugadaptersasfollows:
–Expansionslot1:DedicatedtoServeRAIDH1110SAS/SATAController
–Expansionslot2:SupportonePCIExpressGen3x8half-length,full-heightadapter
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