Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Installing or Removing the RAID Card

InstallingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAIDcard.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•EnsurethatyoubackupyourdatabeforeinstallingtheRAIDcardbecauseyoumightneedtorecongure
RAIDandreinstalltheoperatingsystemafterinstallingtheRAIDcard.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAIDcardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstalltheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage65.
3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
4.LocatethePCI-Eslot1onthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37.
5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAIDcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheRAIDcardoutofthepackage.
Note:CarefullyhandletheRAIDcardbyitsedges.
7.InstalltheRAIDcard.TheprocedureissimilartothatoftheEthernetcard.See“InstallingtheEthernet
card”onpage76
.
8.ConnectsignalcablestotheconnectorsonthenewRAIDcardandtheconnectorsonthehot-swap
harddiskdrivebackplanes.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.
9.InstallthePCIcardbracketassemblythatcomeswiththeRAIDcard.See“Removingandreinstalling
thePCIcardbracketassembly”onpage69.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage141
.Then,congure
RAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage55.
RemovingtheRAIDcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremovetheRAIDcard.Thistopicappliesonlytomodelsthathave
aRAIDcardinstalled.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
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