Use this information to remove an Lenovo ServeRAID SAS/SATA
controller.
Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.
If you are replacing a server component in the server,
you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off
the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords
and all external cables.
Note: For brevity, in this documentation the Lenovo
ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller is often referred to as the SAS/SATA
adapter or the ServeRAID adapter.
To remove an Lenovo ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller, complete
the following steps.
- Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
- Remove the PCI riser-card assembly (see Removing the PCI riser-card assembly).
- Disconnect the signal cable from the ServeRAID SAS/SATA
controller.
- Place the PCI riser-card assembly on a flat, static-protective
surface.
- Carefully grasp the end of the ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller
and pull the ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller out of the connector on
the PCI riser-card assembly.
Figure 1. ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller removal
If you are instructed to return the server component
or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any
packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.