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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”onpage177.

InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheRAIDcard.

AspecicRAIDcardisrequiredforservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuse

SASharddiskdrives.YoualsocaninstalltheRAIDcardforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.

Formoreinformation,see“RAIDcard”onpage33

and“ConguringRAID”onpage73.

Note:ThistopicappliesonlytomodelsthatsupporttheRAIDcard.

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