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InstallingtheRAIDcard
Attention:
DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingtheSafetyInformationandthe
WarrantyandSupportInformationontheThinkServerDocumentationDVDthatcamewithyourproduct,and
“Guidelines”onpage21
.Toobtainacopyofthepublications,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.
Note:Thissectiononlyappliestoservermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage23.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.TheRAIDcardshouldbeinstalledintotheappropriatePCIExpressx8slotonthesystemboard(callout
31inFigure7“Locatingmajorpartsonthesystemboard”onpage15).See“Locatingpartsonthe
systemboard”onpage15.
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheRAIDcardfromthepackage.
6.DependingonyourRAIDcard,youmightneedtoinstallthe9240-8iRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.See
“Installingthe9240-8iRAID5key”onpage60
andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstallthe9240-8i
RAID5key.
7.ConnecttheminiSASsignalcabletotheminiSASsignalcableconnector0ontheRAIDcard.See
Figure56“ConnectingtheminiSASsignalcables”onpage71.
Note:TheminiSASsignalcablelengthis880mm(34.65inches).
8.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage54andfollowthoseinstructions
toinstalltheRAIDcard.TakecautionwhenhandlingtheminiSASsignalcabletoavoiddamaging
theminiSASsignalcableconnector.
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