Lenovo ThinkAgile VX1320 Hardware Replacement Manual page 16

Figure 11. ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA
To replace an HBA card*:
Table 9. HBA options
VX1320 Appliance/ VX 1SE Certified Node
VX1320 Appliance/ VX 1SE Certified Node
1. Place the node in maintenance mode by following the
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VMware Storage and Availability Technical Documents Repository
2. Power off the node and if the cable management arm is not in place, disconnect all the cables. Pull the
node chassis out of the rack.
3. Remove the top cover as described in the
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Information Center
4. Failed HBA adapters of all models are installed on the system motherboard and can be replaced using
the RAID adapter replacement
5. Close the top cover as described in the
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Center
6. Push the node chassis back into the rack and reconnect the cables as necessary. Power on the node.
7. Verify that the HBA is successfully replaced:
• Amber warning light on the server is off
• All of the drives are shown as online. Verify the LSI HBA card is detected using the lspci command:
root@host lspci | grep –i SAS3408
00:05.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic /
Symbios Logic SAS3408 Fusion- MPT Tri-Mode I/O Controller Chip (IOC) (rev 01)
• If the LSI HBA card is not present, ensure the card is properly connected. If the card is still not
detected, contact Lenovo support.
• If the system fails to boot from the boot drive after replacing the HBA, verify the option ROM is turned
off for the HBA adapter.
8. Exit maintenance mode.
Note: The VX1320 can contain only one HBA adapter.
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Lenovo ThinkAgile Hardware Replacement Guide for VX1320 Appliance, VX 1SE Certified Node
Removing the top cover
procedure in the ThinkSystem Information Center
Closing the top cover
ThinkSystem 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA (x1)
ThinkSystem 430-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA (x1)
Enter Maintenance Mode
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procedure in the
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procedure in the ThinkSystem Information
procedure described in
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