Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Installing or Removing the RAID Card

Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage206
.
InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.Ifyouareinstallingorremoving
anyothertypesofsupportedPCIExpresscards,theprocedureissimilar.
YoucaninstallasupportedRAIDcardintoyourservertoprovideadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.To
supportmorethaneightharddiskdrives,theservermusthaveaRAIDcardinstalled.Formoreinformation,
see“RAIDcard”onpage40
and“ConfiguringRAID”onpage76.
InstallingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage87.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.
Attention:EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedto
reconfigureRAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•TheRAIDcardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive
devices”onpage88firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,yourRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage89.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage97.
5.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage183.
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