6.Dooneofthefollowing:
ā¢IfyouareinstallingtheRAID510iupgradekey,insertthekeyintotheRAIDupgradekeyconnectoron
theRAID510iAnyRAIDadapter.Ensurethatthekeyissecurelyseated.
ā¢IfyouareinstallingtheRAID520iupgradekey,insertthekeyintotheJ3connectorontheRAID520i
PCIeadapter.Ensurethatthekeyissecurelyseated.
Figure61.InstallingtheRAID510iupgradekey
7.ReinstalltheRAID510iAnyRAIDadapterortheRAID520iPCIeadapterifyouhaveremovedit.
Whattodonext:
ā¢Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
ā¢Tocompletetheinstallation,gotoāCompletingthepartsreplacementāonpage180.Then,thehardware
RAID5andRAID50levelsareavailableforyourserverifyourserverhastherequirednumberofstorage
drivesinstalled.Forinformationabouthowtoconļ¬gurethehardwareRAID,refertotheMegaRAIDSAS
SoftwareUserGuideonthedocumentationdiscthatcomeswithyourserver.
RemovingtheRAIDupgradekey
Attention:DonotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingāReadthisļ¬rst:safety
informationāonpageiiiandāGuidelinesāonpage69.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
ā¢RemovingtheRAIDupgradekeymightimpactyourRAIDconļ¬gurations.Backupyourdatabeforeyou
begintoavoidanydatalossduetoaRAIDconļ¬gurationchange.
ā¢IfyouremovetheRAIDupgradekey,thehardwareRAID5andRAID50willbedisabled.
ā¢UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDupgradekeyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAIDupgradekey,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
Chapter6.Replacinghardware103