Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 0387 - Installing or Removing the RAID Card

7.MakeaselectiondependingonyourneedsandclickNext.
8.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcomeswithyourserverintotheopticaldrive.
Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcomeswiththeEthernetcard.
9.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.
10.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheinstallation.
RemovingtheEthernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage85.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheEthernetcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeEthernetcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.IfaPCIcardbracketassemblyisinstalledinyourserver,removethePCIcardbracketassembly.See
“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage91.
5.LocatetheEthernetcard.TheEthernetcardcanbeinthePCI-Eslot2orthePCI-Eslot3thatsupports
acardwith167mm(6.57inches)inlength.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45.
6.TheEthernetcardisakindofPCIcard.See“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage100andfollowthose
instructionstoremovetheEthernetcard.
7.InstallthePCIcardbracketassemblyifaRAIDcardisinstalledinyourserver.See“Removingand
reinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage91.
8.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage170.
InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.
AspecicRAIDcardisrequiredforservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuse
SASharddiskdrives.YoualsocaninstalltheRAIDcardforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.
Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage33
and“ConguringRAID”onpage73.
Note:ThistopicappliesonlytomodelsthatsupporttheRAIDcard.
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