Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Installing the Expander Card

Notes:
•TheservermusthaveaRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalledtosupportmorethaneighthard
diskdrives.
•TheexpandercardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage82
rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Installingtheexpandercard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage81.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheexpandercard.
Attention:Ensurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheexpandercardbecauseyoumightneedto
recongureRAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheexpandercard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Thecardmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeexpandercardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstalltheexpandercard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage91.
5.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage159
.
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware111