Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Installing a Serveraid SAS;SATA Controller

Figure40.Latchremoval
Step8.Performanyconfigurationtasksthatarerequiredfortheadapter.
Ifyouhaveotherdevicestoinstallorremove,dosonow.Otherwise,goto“Completingtheinstallation”
onpage89
.
InstallingaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller
UsethisinformationtoinstallaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller.
Note:Forbrevity,inthisdocumentationtheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerisoftenreferredtoasthe
SAS/SATAadapterortheServeRAIDadapter.
TheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollercanbeinstalledinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboardorPCI
riser-cardslots(see“System-boardinternalconnectors”onpage26forthelocationoftheconnectors).To
installaSAS/SATAadapter,completethefollowingsteps:
Dependingontheservermodel,theservercomeswithaServeRAIDH1110,aServeRAIDM1115,a
ServeRAIDM5110,oraServeRAID5210SAS/SATAadapterinstalled.
Note:RemovethePCIbracketthatcomewithServeRAIDH1110,ServeRAIDM1115,ServeRAIDM5110
SAS/SATA,oraServeRAID5210adapterbeforeinstallingaSAS/SATAadapterinthededicatedconnector
onthesystemboard.
Attention:
•YoucannotinstallServeRAIDH1110whenmicroprocessorIntelXeonE5-2637(FRUpartnumber
49Y8124)isinstalled.
•YoucannotinstallServeRAIDM1115or6GbperformanceoptimizedHBAwhenQuadro2000isinstalled.
YoucanreplacetheServeRAIDcontrollerwithanothersupportedServeRAIDcontroller.Foralistof
supportedServeRAIDcontrollers,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage31.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallpowercords.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage34).
Step4.RemovePCIriser-cardassembly1ifnecessary(see“RemovingaPCIriser-cardassembly”on
page220).
Step5.IfyouareinstallinganeworreplacementSAS/SATAadapter,touchthestatic-protectivepackage
thatcontainsthenewSAS/SATAadaptertoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceontheserver.Then,
removethenewSAS/SATAadapterfromthepackage.
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