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Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToremovetheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.RemovethePCIcardbracketassembly.See“RemovingandreinstallingthePCIcardbracketassembly”
onpage91
.
5.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot3onthesystemboard.See“Systemboard
components”onpage45.
6.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.
7.DisconnectallcablesfromtheRAIDcardandanyotherrelatedparts.
Note:IfyouwanttoinstallanewRAIDcardafterremovingtheoldone,recordthecableconnections
beforedisconnectingthecables.
8.TheRAIDcardisakindofPCIcard.See“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage100andfollowthose
instructionstoremovetheRAIDcard.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
9.Dependingonyourspecicserverconguration,youmightneedtoconnecttheSATAharddiskdrives
totheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboardifnoRAIDcardisinstalled.See“Connectingthecables”
onpage39.
10.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage177
.Then,you
needtorecongureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage73
.
AfteraLenovoRAIDcardisreplaced,dothefollowing:
1.ChecktheversionofthenewRAIDcardrmwarebypressingCtrl+HwhenstartingtheSetup
Utilityprogram.
2.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetodownloadthe
latestversionofrmware.Then,installthermwaretoyourserver.
Note:IfyouwanttousetheFirmwareUpdaterprogram,ensurethatitcontainsthelatestversionsof
thermware.Youcangotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandcomparereadmelesofdifferent
versionsofthesamermwareforanindividualdevice.
FortheThinkServerRAID500Adapter:Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyfor
AdvancedRAID(hereinafterreferredtoastheTR500key).
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware105

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BrandLenovo
ModelThinkServer TS430
CategoryServer
LanguageEnglish

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