Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver RAID 500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID

8.GrasptheRAIDcardbyitsedgesandgentlyslidetheRAIDcardoutoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket
andtherisercardassembly2.
Note:TheRAIDcardmightttightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.
Figure46.RemovingtheRAIDcard
9.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•InstallanewRAIDcardtoreplacetheoldoneandreconnectcables.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”
onpage85
.
•InstallaPCIExpresscardslotbrackettocovertheplaceandconnectrelatedcablestothesystem
boardandthebackplane.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage30.
10.Reinstalltherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage143.
11.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage153.Then,you
needtorecongureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500Key).
TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheinstalledThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5
andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage67.
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware89