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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•TheRAIDcardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage76
firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthespecifictype,theRAIDcardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToreplacetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage82.
5.Removetherisercardassembly1andlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage155.
6.Ifthereisanexpandercardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,youmightneedtoremovethe
expandercardfirstforeasieroperation.See“Installingorremovingtheexpandercard”onpage102.
7.TherearetwoPCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1andtheRAIDcardisinstalledinthe
longerslot.GrasptheRAIDcardbyitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthePCIExpresscardslot.
Note:TheRAIDcardmightfittightlyintothePCIExpresscardslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeach
sideoftheRAIDcardasmallandequalamountuntilitisremovedfromtheslot.
Figure130.RemovingtheRAIDcard
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewRAIDcardoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
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