Replacing A Cisco Modular Raid Controller Card - Cisco UCS C240 M4 Installation And Service Manual
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Chapter 3
Maintaining the Server
Replacing a Cisco Modular RAID Controller Card
The server has an internal, dedicated PCIe slot on the motherboard for a Cisco modular RAID controller
card (see
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You cannot use a hardware RAID controller card and the embedded RAID controller at the same time.
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Power off the server as described in
Step 1
Step 2
Slide the server out the front of the rack far enough so that you can remove the top cover. You might have
to detach cables from the rear panel to provide clearance.
If you cannot safely view and access the component, remove the server from the rack.
Caution
Remove the top cover as described in
Step 3
Remove an existing RAID controller card:
Step 4
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b.
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d.
Step 5
Install a new RAID controller card:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Step 6
Replace the top cover.
Replace the server in the rack, replace cables, and then power on the server by pressing the Power button.
Step 7
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Replacing a Modular RAID Controller Transportable Memory Module (TMM), page 3-33
Replacing the Supercap Power Module (RAID Backup Battery), page 3-35
RAID Controller Considerations, page C-1
Disconnect the data cable from the card. Depress the tab on the cable connector and pull.
Disconnect the supercap power module cable from the transportable memory module (TMM), if
present.
Lift straight up on the metal bracket that holds the card. The bracket lifts off of two pegs on the
chassis wall.
Loosen the two thumbscrews that hold the card to the metal bracket and then lift the card from the
bracket.
Set the new card on the metal bracket, aligned so that the thumbscrews on the card enter the threaded
standoffs on the bracket. Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the card to the bracket.
Align the two slots on the back of the bracket with the two pegs on the chassis wall.
The two slots on the bracket must slide down over the pegs at the same time that you push the card
into the motherboard socket.
Gently press down on both top corners of the metal bracket to seat the card into the socket on the
motherboard.
Connect the supercap power module cable to its connector on the TMM, if present.
Connect the single data cable to the card.
for details about RAID support.
Shutting Down and Powering Off the Server, page
Removing and Replacing the Server Top Cover, page
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