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Note:RemovethePCIbracketthatcomeswitheithertheServeRAIDM5210,ServeRAIDM1215,or
ServeRAIDM5225adapterbeforeinstallingitinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboard.
YoucanreplacetheServeRAIDcontrollerwithanothersupportedServeRAIDcontroller.Foralistof
supportedServeRAIDcontrollers,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Notes:
•Forbrevity,inthisdocumentationtheServeRAIDSAS/SATAcontrollerisoftenreferredtoastheSAS/SATA
adapterortheServeRAIDadapter.
•Ifpossible,backuporrecordyourRAIDconfigurationinformationbeforereplacingtheadapter.Seethe
documentationforyourRAIDadapterforinformationandinstructions.DocumentationforServeRAID
adapterscanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116
.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallpowercords.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage119).
Step4.IfyouareinstallinganeworreplacementSAS/SATAadapter,touchthestatic-protectivepackage
thatcontainsthenewSAS/SATAadaptertoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceontheserver.Then,
removethenewSAS/SATAadapterfromthepackage.
Step5.AligntheSAS/SATAadaptersothatthekeysaligncorrectlywiththeconnectoronthesystemboard.
Step6.InserttheSAS/SATAadapterinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboardorthePCIriser-card
assemblyslot.
Attention:
1.Incompleteinsertionmightcausedamagetotheserverortheadapter.
2.NotetheorderandpositionofthecablestotheRAIDcardpriortoservice.Misconnectingthe
harddiskdrivecablesmayresultinalostRAIDarray.
StepsforinsertingaSAS/SATAadapterinthededicatedconnectoronthesystemboard
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