recongurationandreinstallation.UsetheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverto
reconguretheRAIDcontroller,reinstalldevicedrivers,andreinstalltheoperatingsystem.
ToinstalltheRAIDcontroller,dothefollowing:
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcontrollerandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage37.
3.Removetherisercard.See“Removingtherisercard”onpage51.
4.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcontrollertoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcontrollerfromthepackage.
5.InstalltheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery(hereaftercalledthebatterycardassembly)onthe
RAIDcontroller.Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththebatterycardassemblyandfollowthose
instructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsin“InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBattery”
onpage65
.
Note:TheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDBatterydoesnotcomewiththeRAIDcontroller.Youneed
toseparatelyorderit.
6.Usethe400mm(15.75inches)miniSASsignalcableandconnectoneendofthecabletoport0-3
ontheRAIDcontroller.
7.InstalltheRAIDcontrollerwiththebatteryintothePCIcardslotontherisercard.
Figure35.InstallingtheRAIDcontrollerintothePCIcardslotontherisercard
8.InstalltherisercardwiththeinstalledRAIDcontrollerintoanappropriatePCIcardslotonthesystem
board.
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