Owners Manual

Next steps

1 Use Dell Storage Manager to edit the Storage Center settings and set the operation mode of the Storage Center to Production mode.

2 Use Dell Storage Manager to send SupportAssist information to technical support

I/O Card

The storage controller supports a single I/O card in one PCI slot.

The following types of I/O cards can be used for front-end connectivity:

• Fibre Channel

• iSCSI

• SAS

Remove an I/O Card From Riser 1

Use this procedure to remove an I/O card from riser 1.

Prerequisites

• Use Dell Storage Manager to send SupportAssist information to technical support.

• Use Dell Storage Manager to edit the Storage Center settings and set the operation mode of the Storage Center to Maintenance

mode.

Steps

1 Shut down the storage controller using Dell Storage Manager.

2 Make sure that all cables plugged into the storage controller are labeled.

3 Disconnect the cables from the storage controller that was shut down.

4 Remove the storage controller from the chassis

CAUTION

: To prevent a thermal shutdown of the storage system, the service bae must be installed within three minutes

of removing the storage controller.

5 Install the service bae into the empty slot in the chassis.

6 Remove the cover of the storage controller.

7 Lift the blue latch that secures the riser to the side of the storage controller.

8 Rotate the latch toward the outside of the storage controller.

9 Remove the riser that holds the I/O card in the storage controller.

10 Loosen the blue thumbscrew that holds the I/O card retainer against the back of the I/O card.

11 Rotate the I/O retainer away from the I/O card.

12 Grasp the I/O card by its edges, and remove it from the I/O card slot.

Replacing Storage System Components