Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 - Page 95

InstallingtheRAIDcard
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonthefollowing:
•“InstallingtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter”onpage89
•“InstallingtheThinkServer8708EM2RAIDAdapter”onpage90
Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.
InstallingtheThinkServerRAID500Adapter
Attention:
DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and
“Guidelines”onpage39
.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.
Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage43.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.TheRAIDcardshouldbeinstalledintotheappropriatePCIExpressx8slotonthesystemboard(callout
31inFigure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage34).
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcardfromthepackage.
6.DependingonyourRAIDcard,youmightneedtoinstalltheTR500keyontheRAIDcard.See“Installing
theTR500key”onpage79andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheTR500key.
7.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcableconnector0ontheRAIDcard.See
Figure56“ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables”onpage90.
Note:TheminiSASsignalcablelengthis880mm(34.65inches).
8.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage73andfollowthoseinstructions
toinstalltheRAIDcard.TakecautionwhenhandlingtheminiSASsignalcabletoavoiddamaging
theminiSASsignalcableconnector.
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