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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,theRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
•IfyouremovetheRAIDcard,youwilllosetheadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.
•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeremovingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtoreconfigure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterremovingtheRAIDcard.
ToremovetheRAIDcard,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.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCIExpresscardslotontherisercardassembly2.
7.DisconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyotherrelatedparts.
8.GrasptheRAIDcardbyitsedgesandgentlyslidetheRAIDcardoutoftheRAIDcardretentionbracket
andtherisercardassembly2.
Note:TheRAIDcardmightfittightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitisremovedfromtheslot.
Figure53.RemovingtheRAIDcard
9.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•InstallanewRAIDcardtoreplacetheoldoneandreconnectcables.See“InstallingtheRAIDcard”
onpage90
.
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