Lenovo System x3650 M4 HD - Replacing an Adapter

Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage34
.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectallpowercords;then,removethe
cover(see“Removingthecover”onpage195
).
Step3.Removethereartwohard-disk-drivekitthatcontainstheadapter(see“Removingthereartwo
hard-disk-drivekit”onpage224).
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Figure150.Adapterremoval
Step4.Disconnectanycablesfromtheadapter(makenoteofthecablerouting,incaseyoureinstall
theadapterlater).
Step5.Carefullygrasptheadapterbyitstopedgeoruppercorners,andpulltheadapterfromtherear
twohard-disk-drivekit.
Step6.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheadapter,followallpackaginginstructions,anduseanypackaging
materialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Replacinganadapter
Usethisinformationtoreplaceanadapter.
Notes:
•Ifyouradapterwaspreviouslyconfigured,backuporrecorditsconfigurationinformation,ifpossible,
beforereplacingtheadapter.Seethedocumentationforyouradapterforinformationandinstructions.
•IfyouarereplacingaServeRAIDadapter,importyourRAIDconfigurationtothereplacementadapteras
aforeignconfigurationafteryoufinishthereplacement.SeetheServeRAID-MSoftwareUserGuideat
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/migr-5086126forinstructions.
ReplacinganadapterinaPCIriser-cardassembly
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofadaptersthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallanadapter.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•TheserverprovidesoneinternalSAS/SATARAIDconnectorandtwoPCIslotsonthesystemboard.
See“System-boardoptional-deviceconnectors”onpage32forthelocationoftheinternalSAS/SATA
RAIDconnectorandriser-cardslots.YoucanreplacetheLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAadapterwith
anoptionalLenovoServeRAIDSAS/SATAadapterintheslot.Forconfigurationinformation,seethe
ServeRAIDdocumentationathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
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