Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Attention:RemovingtheRAID510iupgradekeymightimpactyourRAIDconfigurations.Backupyourdata
beforeyoubegintoavoidanydatalossduetoaRAIDconfigurationchange.
Notes:
•IfyouremovetheRAID510ikeyfromtheThinkServerRAID510iAdapter,thehardwareRAID5and
RAID50levelswillbedisabled.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAID510ikeyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAID510ikey,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID510iAdapter.
5.LocatetheRAID510ikeyontheThinkServerRAID510iAdapterandthenremoveitfromtheThinkServer
RAID510iAdapter.RemovetheThinkServerRAID510iAdapterfirst,removetheRAID510ikeyfromthe
ThinkServerRAID510iAdapter,andthenreinstalltheThinkServerRAID510iAdapter.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAID510ikeybyitsedges.
Figure47.RemovingtheRAID510ikey
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAID510ikey,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage152
.Asthe
hardwareRAID5and50levelsarenotavailablewithouttheRAID510ikey,youmightneedtoreconfigure
RAIDforyourserver.RefertotheMegaRAIDSASSoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourserverforinformationabouthowtoconfigurethehardwareRAID.
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