Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Installing or Removing the Thinkserver RAID 700 Battery

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage89.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledintheupperslotontherisercardassembly
1.See“Servercomponents”onpage34
.
5.RemovetheTR500KeyfromtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.Ifnecessary,youcanremovethe
ThinkServerRAID500Adapterfirst,removetheTR500Keyfromit,andthenreinstalltheThinkServer
RAID500Adapter.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage107.
Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500Keybyitsedges.
Figure68.RemovingtheTR500Key
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldTR500Key,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage206
.Asthe
hardwareRAID5andRAID50arenotavailablewithouttheTR500Key,youmightneedtoreconfigure
RAIDforyourserver.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserverforinformationabouthowtoconfigurethehardwareRAID.
InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerRAID700Battery
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID700Battery(hereinafter
referredtoastheTR700Battery).
TheTR700BatteryprotectstheintegrityofthecacheddataontheThinkServerRAID700Adapterby
providingbackuppowerupto72hoursinthecaseofacompleteacpowerfailureorabriefpoweroutage.
Ithasbuilt-infunctionalitytoautomaticallychargethebatterypackandtocommunicatebatterystatus
information(suchasvoltage,temperature,andcurrent)toyourserver.Italsoprovidesaninexpensive
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