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•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAID110ikeyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAID110ikey,dothefollowing:
Attention:RemovingtheupgradekeymightimpactyourRAIDconfigurations.Backupyourdatabefore
youbegintoavoidanydatalossduetoaRAIDconfigurationchange.
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage65.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
4.LocatetheRAIDupgradekeyconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,removetheinstalledRAID110i
keybyliftingitstraightup.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAID110ikeybyitsedges.
Figure73.RemovingtheRAID110ikey
5.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAID110ikey,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage178
.
InstallingorremovingtheLenovoThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey
TheLenovoThinkServerRAID510iupgradekey(hereinafterreferredtoasRAID510ikey)activatesRAID5
andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATAorSAShardwareRAID.Asaresult,thecapabilityoftheinstalled
LenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAIDAdapterisexpanded.YoucanpurchaseaRAID510ikeyfrom
LenovoandinstallittotheRAIDupgradekeyconnectorontheLenovoThinkServerRAID510iAnyRAID
Adapter.
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