Installing, Serveraid-br10i, Sas/sata – Lenovo RD210 User Manual

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SAS/SATA

riser

card

2

ServeRAID-BR10i

controller

8.

If

you

are

instructed

to

return

the

SAS/SATA

controller,

follow

all

packaging

instructions,

and

use

any

packaging

materials

for

shipping

that

are

supplied

to

you.

Installing

the

IBM

ServeRAID-BR10i

SAS/SATA

Controller

Some

server

models

come

with

the

IBM

ServeRAID-BR10i

SAS/SATA

Controller

installed.

The

adapter

can

be

installed

only

in

the

dedicated

slot

on

the

SAS/SATA

RAID

riser

card

assembly

on

the

system

board

(see

“System-board

internal

connectors”

on

page

27

for

the

location

of

the

connector).

Use

the

connector

on

the

SAS/SATA

RAID

riser

card

assembly

for

the

RAID

controllers.

The

IBM

ServeRAID-BR10i

SAS/SATA

controller

enables

integrated

RAID

levels

0,

1,

and

1E

capability

on

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives.

To

install

the

adapter

if

your

server

model

did

not

come

with

this

adapter

installed,

complete

the

following

steps

to

install

the

IBM

ServeRAID-BR10i

SAS/SATA

Controller:

Attention:

Some

cluster

solutions

require

specific

code

levels

or

coordinated

code

updates.

If

the

device

is

part

of

a

cluster

solution,

verify

that

the

latest

level

of

code

is

supported

for

the

cluster

solution

before

you

update

the

code.

1.

Read

the

safety

information

in

“Safety”

on

page

vii

and

“Installation

guidelines”

on

page

39.

2.

Turn

off

the

server

and

peripheral

devices

and

disconnect

the

power

cords

and

all

external

cables,

if

necessary.

Note:

When

you

disconnect

the

power

source

from

the

server,

you

will

lose

the

ability

to

view

the

LEDs

because

the

LEDs

will

not

be

lit

with

the

power

source

removed.

Before

disconnecting

the

power

source,

make

a

note

of

which

LEDs

are

lit,

including

the

LEDs

that

are

lit

on

the

operation

information

panel,

the

EasyLED

panel,

and

LEDs

that

are

lit

inside

the

server

on

the

system

board;

then,

see

the

“EasyLED”

on

page

157

for

information

on

how

to

solve

the

problem.

3.

Remove

the

cover

(see

“Removing

and

replacing

the

cover”

on

page

43).

Chapter

5.

Installing

optional

devices

and

replacing

customer

replaceable

units

65

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