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2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.
3.Pressthetabsonbothsidesoftheconnectoronthesignalcabletowardseachotherandremovethe
cablefromtheRAIDcontroller.
4.DisconnectanyothercablesfromtheRAIDcontrolleroranycablesthatimpedeaccesstotherisercard.
5.RemovetherisercardtogetherwiththeinstalledRAIDcontroller.See“Removingtherisercard”on
page51
.
6.Referto“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage54andfollowthoseinstructionstoremovetheRAIDcontroller
fromtherisercard.
Note:DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,ifnecessary,removetheRAIDbatteryfromtheRAID
controllerbyremovingthescrewsthatsecurethebatteryonthecontrolleranddisconnectinganycables.
7.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheRAIDcontroller,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage87
.
InstallingtheThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDAdapter
Attention
DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourproduct,and
Guidelines.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDAdapter(hereafter
referredtoastheRAIDcontrollerwithinthissection).
ToinstalltheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthissection.
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.
3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcontrollertoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcontrollerfromthepackage.
4.DependingonyourRAIDcontroller,youmightneedtoinstallaThinkServer8708ELPSASRAIDadapter
battery(hereafterreferredtoasthebatterycardassembly)ontheRAIDcontroller.Thebatterycard
assemblymountsdirectlytotheRAIDcontrollerusingasmallboard-to-boardconnector(daughtercard).
ToinstallthebatterycardassemblyontheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:
Notes:
a.ThebatterycardassemblyprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheRAIDcontrollerby
providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpower
outage.Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytochargethebatterypackautomaticallyandtocommunicate
batterystatusinformationsuchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrenttoyourserver.Italsoprovides
aninexpensivealternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffault
tolerancewhenusedinconjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.Formoreinformationabout
thebatterycardassembly,seeAppendixA“RAIDbatterycardassembly”onpage129
.
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