Removing a storage interface card

Use this information to remove a storage interface card from the blade server.

The storage interface card controls the SAS storage drives. The following illustrations and installation instructions show how to remove a ServeRAID-MR10ie CIOv storage interface card from the blade server. The illustrations and removal instructions are similar for other CIOv storage interface cards.

To remove a storage interface card, complete the following steps.

1. Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter® unit, remove it (see Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit for instructions).
3. Remove the blade server cover (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
4. If an optional expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see Removing an optional expansion unit). The storage-interface-card option includes the storage interface card, backup battery, and backup-battery cable. These parts can be removed separately from each other.
5. To remove the storage interface card, complete the following steps.
   1. Locate the storage interface card installed in the CIOv connector on the system board (see Blade server connectors).
      
   2. Gently push the retaining clips away from the expansion card; then, lift the card out of the expansion-card connector.
   3. Remove the cable from the storage interface card by holding the card in one hand; then, use your other hand to pull the cable away from the card. When pulling the cable, make sure that you hold the cable where there is a blue touchpoint.
6. To remove the backup-battery cable, complete the following steps.
   1. Remove the cable from the storage interface card by holding the blue touchpoint on the cable; then, pull the cable away from the card.
   2. Remove the cable from the backup battery by holding the blue touchpoint on the cable; then, pull the cable away from the backup battery.
7. The backup battery is installed in DIMM connector ten. To remove the backup battery, complete the following steps.
   
   1. If you have not already done so, remove the backup-battery cable from the backup battery by holding the blue touchpoint on the cable; then, pull the cable away from the backup battery.
   2. Remove the backup battery from the DIMM connector ten by using the instructions to remove a memory module (see Removing a memory module).
8. Remove the backup battery from DIMM connector ten.
9. If you are instructed to return the storage interface card, backup battery, or the backup-battery cable; then, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.