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

Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116
.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallpowercords.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage119).
Step4.DisconnectthesignalcablesfromtheconnectorsontheSAS/SATAadapterandnotetheir
locations.
Step5.RemovetheSAS/SATAadapterfromthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboardorthePCI
riser-cardassemblyslot.
StepsforremovingaSAS/SATAadapterfromthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboard
a.PresstheretentiontabsawayfromtheSAS/SATAadapter;then,slightlyliftuptherearofthe
adapter,andpullitoutoftheconnectoronthesystemboard.
Figure110.ServeRAIDadapterremoval
Note:IftheoptionalServeRAIDadaptermemorymoduleisinstalled,removeitandstoreitfor
futureuse(see“RemovingtheServeRAIDadaptermemorymodule”onpage191
).
StepsforremovingaSAS/SATAadapterfromthePCIriser-cardassembly
a.RemovethePCIriser-cardassemblythatcontainstheSAS/SATAadapter(see“Removing
aPCIriser-cardassembly”onpage169).
b.RemovetheSAS/SATAadapterfromthePCIrisercardassembly(see“Removinganadapter”
onpage176).
IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheSAS/SATAadapter,followallpackaginginstructions,anduseany
packagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
ReplacingaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller
UsethisinformationtoreplaceaServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontroller.
TheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollercanbeinstalledinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboardorPCI
riser-cardslots(see“System-boardinternalconnectors”onpage26forthelocationoftheconnectors).To
installaSAS/SATAadapter,completethefollowingsteps:
Dependingontheservermodel,theservercomeswitheitheraServeRAIDM5210,aServeRAIDM1215,a
ServeRAIDN2215,oraServeRAIDM5225SAS/SATAadapterinstalled.
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