Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,theRAIDcardanditsbracketmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsin
thistopic.
•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtoreconfigure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.
•IfyouwanttoinstallanyotherPCIExpresscardyourserversupportstotherisercardassembly2,refer
tothefollowinginstallationprocedure.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage79.
5.Removetherisercardassembly2andlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
Theprocedureissimilartothatoftherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly
1”onpage160.
6.LocatethePCIExpresscardslotforinstallingtheRAIDcardandthenremovethePCIExpresscard
slotbracketfromtherisercardassembly2.StorethePCIExpresscardslotbracketincaseyoulater
removetheRAIDcardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.
Figure49.RemovingaPCIExpresscardslotbracket
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutside
oftheserver.Then,taketheRAIDcardandthelow-profilebracketoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
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