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8.Dependingonyourspecicserverconguration,youmightneedtoconnecttheSATAharddiskdrives

totheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboardifnoRAIDcardisinstalled.See“Connectingcables”

onpage38.

9.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldRAIDcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging

materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.

Whattodonext:

•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.

•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage162

.Then,you

needtorecongureRAIDforyourserver.See“ConguringRAID”onpage71

InstallingorremovingtheThinkServer9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremovetheThinkServer9240-8iRAID5UpgradeKey

(hereinafterreferredtoastheRAID5key).

TheRAID5keyexpandsthecapabilityoftheinstalledRAIDcard(ThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)

byactivatingRAID5and50levelsforadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID.YoucanpurchaseaRAID5

keydirectlyfromLenovo.

InstallingtheRAID5keyontheRAIDcard

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiii

and“Guidelines”onpage83.

ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheRAID5keyontheRAIDcard.

Note:ThistopicappliesonlytomodelsthathaveaRAIDcardinstalled.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother

computerforreference.

Note:UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeRAID5keyandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto

theinstructionsinthistopic.

ToinstalltheRAID5keyontheRAIDcard,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.LocatetheRAIDcard,whichisinstalledinthePCI-Eslot3onthesystemboard.See“Systemboard

components”onpage42.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouroperation.

6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheRAID5keytoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe

outsideoftheserver.Then,taketheRAID5keyoutofthepackage.

Note:CarefullyhandletheRAID5keybyitsedges.

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