Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver RAID 700 Battery

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage153.Asthe
hardwareRAID5and50levelsarenotavailablewithouttheTR500Key,youmightneedtorecongure
RAIDforyourserver.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserverforinformationabouthowtocongurethehardwareRAID.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID700Battery(alsoknownas
theThinkServer9260-8iBatteryandhereinafterreferredtoastheTR700Battery).
TheTR700BatteryprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheThinkServerRAID700Adapterby
providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage.
Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytoautomaticallychargethebatterypackandtocommunicatebatterystatus
information(suchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrent)toyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive
alternativetousinganuninterruptiblepowersupply,andasecondleveloffaulttolerancewhenusedin
conjunctionwithanuninterruptiblepowersupply.
ThetemperatureoftheTR700Batteryisgenerally15-20°C(59-68°F)higherthantheambienttemperature
duringfastcharge.Therefore,tocompletearechargecycle,theambienttemperatureshouldbelower
than55°C(131°F).Iftheambienttemperatureexceeds55°C(131°F),therechargecyclewillterminate
prematurely,thuspreventingtheTR700Batteryfromreachingafullychargedstate.Arechargecyclelasts
atleastsixhoursundernormaloperatingconditions.
Attention:ItisrecommendedthatyoureplacetheTR700Batteryannuallyorafter500rechargingcycles,
whichevercomesrst.
InstallingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage67.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR700BatteryonaThinkServerRAID700Adapterif
yourserverhasaThinkServerRAID700Adapterinstalled.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR700Batteryandfollowthoseinstructionsinaddition
totheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR700Battery,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage73.
5.LocatetheThinkServerRAID700Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontheriser
cardassembly2.Then,disconnectallcablesfromtheThinkServerRAID700Adapter.
6.Removetherisercardassembly2.Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See
“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage143.
7.RemovetheThinkServerRAID700Adapterfromtherisercardassembly2.See“Installingorremoving
theRAIDcard”onpage85.
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