Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage153.Then,
congureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage56.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR300Key).
TheTR300KeyexpandsthecapabilityofthesystemboardbyactivatingRAID5fortheonboardSAS
softwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR300KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR300Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage67.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR300Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR300Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR300Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.LocatetheiButtonsocketonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.Ifthereis
anyPCIExpresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstotheiButton
socketonthesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroud,andthencarefullylift
therisercardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheiButtonsocket.Youdonotneedtodisconnect
anycablesfromthePCIExpresscardorcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR300Keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR300Keyoutofthepackage.
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