•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage170.Then,
configureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConfiguringRAID”onpage62.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID300UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR300Key).
TheTR300KeyexpandsthecapabilityofthesystemboardbyactivatingRAID5fortheonboardSAS
softwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR300KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR300Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage73.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR300Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR300Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR300Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.LocatetheiButtonsocketonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage38.Ifthereis
anyPCIExpresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstotheiButton
socketonthesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroudandthencarefullylift
therisercardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheiButtonsocket.Youdonotneedtodisconnect
anycablesfromthePCIExpresscardorcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR300Keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR300Keyoutofthepackage.
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