Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 - Page 87

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheRAID110ikey,theonboardSATAsoftwareRAIDfunctionwillbeunavailable.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAID110ikeyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAID110ikey,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheRAIDupgradekeyconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,removetheinstalledRAID110i
keybyliftingitstraightup.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAID110ikeybyitsedges.
Figure33.RemovingtheRAID110ikey
5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAID110ikey,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage131.
InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServerRAID500upgradekey
TheLenovoThinkServerRAID500upgradekey(hereinafterreferredtoasRAID500key)activatesRAID5
andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID.Asaresult,thecapabilityoftheinstalled
ThinkServerRAID500Adapterisexpanded.YoucanpurchaseaRAID500keyfromLenovoandinstallitto
theRAIDupgradekeyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
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