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drivesinstalled.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthatcomes
withyourserverforinformationabouthowtoconfigurethehardwareRAID.
RemovingtheRAID500key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Attention:RemovingtheRAID500keymightimpactyourRAIDconfigurations.Backupyourdatabefore
youbegintoavoidanydatalossduetoaRAIDconfigurationchange.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheRAID500keyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,thehardwareRAID5and
RAID50levelswillbedisabled.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAID500keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAID500key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
5.RemovetheThinkServerRAID500Adapterfirst.Then,removetheRAID500keyfromtheThinkServer
RAID500Adapter.ReinstalltheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAID500keybyitsedges.
Figure35.RemovingtheRAID500key
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAID500key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
Chapter6.Replacinghardware75