Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Removing a Serveraid SAS;SATA Controller

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Figure109.AdapterinstallationintoaPCIriser-cardassemblythathasonelow-profileslotandonefull-height
half-lengthslot(forPCIriser-cardassemblyconnector2onsystemboard)
Attention:Whenyouinstallanadapter,makesurethattheadapteriscorrectlyseatedinthe
riser-cardassemblyandthattheriser-cardassemblyissecurelyseatedintheriser-cardconnector
onthesystemboardbeforeyouturnontheserver.Anincorrectlyseatedadaptermightcause
damagetothesystemboard,theriser-cardassembly,ortheadapter.
Step6.InstallthePCIriser-cardassemblyintheserver(see“ReplacingaPCIriser-cardassembly”on
page172).
Step7.Connectthecabletothenewly-installedadapter.
Step8.Performanyconfigurationtasksthatarerequiredfortheadapter.
Step9.Reinstallthecover(see“Replacingthecover”onpage120).
Step10.Slidetheserverintotherack.
Step11.Reconnectthepowercordsandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step12.Turnontheperipheraldevicesandtheserver.
Step13.IfyouarereplacingaServeRAIDadapter,importyourRAIDconfigurationtothereplacement
adapterasaforeignconfiguration.SeetheServeRAID-MSoftwareUserGuideat
https://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5086126for
instructions.
RemovingaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller
UsethisinformationtoremoveaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller.
TheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollercanbeinstalledinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboardorPCI
riser-cardslots(see“System-boardinternalconnectors”onpage26forthelocationoftheconnectors).
YoucanreplacetheServeRAIDcontrollerwithanothersupportedServeRAIDcontroller.Foralistof
supportedServeRAIDcontrollers,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Note:Forbrevity,inthisdocumentationtheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerisoftenreferredtoasthe
SAS/SATAadapterortheServeRAIDadapter.
ToremovetheSAS/SATAadapterfromthesystemboard,completethefollowingsteps:
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