8.Dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouwillnotuseaRAIDcard,ensurethattheexpandercard(ifany)alsohasbeenremoved.Then,
installaPCIExpresscardslotbracketforeachslotontherisercardassembly1.
•IfyouwanttoinstallanewRAIDcard,see“InstallingtheRAIDcard”onpage101
.Then,installthe
expandercardifneeded.See“Installingtheexpandercard”onpage111.
9.Connectcablesdependingonyourspecificserverconfiguration.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignal
cableconnections”onpage43.
10.Reinstalltherisercardassembly1.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage159.
11.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage182.Then,
configureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConfiguringRAID”onpage70.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500Key).
TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5andRAID
50foradvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.
InstallingtheTR500Key
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage81.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500KeyonaThinkServerRAID500Adapterif
yourserverhasoneinstalled.
Attention:BackupyourdatabeforeyoubeginifyouwanttoreconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperating
systemafterinstallingtheTR500Key.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500Keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheTR500Key,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledintheupperslotontherisercardassembly
1.See“Servercomponents”onpage31
.
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