ThistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathaveaThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleinstalled.
Dependingonthemodel,theservermightcomewithuptothreeThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModules.
TheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleprotectsthecachememoryontheinstalledRAIDcardor
AnyRAIDadapter.YoucanpurchaseaThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModulefromtheLenovoWebsite
at:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewithuptothreeThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitor
Modules.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleandfollowthose
instructionsinadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToreplacetheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.If
theserverisintowerformfactor,laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage72.
4.DisconnectthecablefromtheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModule.Removethescrewthat
securestheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModuleandthendisengageitfromthechassis.
Figure123.RemovingtheThinkServerRAIDSuperCapacitorModulewiththebracketfromthechassis
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