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TheTR500KeyexpandsthecapabilityoftheinstalledThinkServerRAID500AdapterbyactivatingRAID5

andRAID50levelsforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaTR500KeyfromLenovo.

InstallingtheTR500key

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage85.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheTR500keyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapterif

oneisinstalledonyourserver.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother

computerforreference.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTR500keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto

theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheTR500key,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage87.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheThinkServerRAID500Adapter,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot3onthesystemboard.

See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage45

.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheTR500keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe

outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheTR500keyoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheTR500keybyitsedges.

7.LocatetheTR500keyconnectorontheThinkServerRAID500AdapterandtheninserttheTR500key

intotheconnector.YoumightwanttoremovetheRAIDcardrst,installtheTR500keyontheRAID

card,andthenreinstalltheRAIDcard.See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage103

.

Note:MakesurethattheTR500keyissecurelyseatedontheRAIDcard.

Figure49.InstallingtheTR500keyontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter

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