Removing the ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller for System x

Use this information to remove the ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller.

To remove a ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA controller, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information and installation guidelines, see Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables as necessary to replace the device.
3. Remove the top cover (see Removing the server top cover).
4. Remove the adapter from the system board.
   1. Disconnect the cables from the existing adapter.
   2. Disconnect the cable from the RAID cache card, if a cache card is installed on the adapter.
   3. Carefully grasp the adapter by the edges and pull it out of the connector on the system board.
   4. Remove the RAID cache card from the adapter (see Removing a RAID cache card).
   5. Go tostep 6.
5. Remove the adapter from the PCIe riser-card assembly.
   1. Disconnect the cables from the existing adapter.
   2. Disconnect the cable from the RAID cache card, if a cache card is installed on the adapter.
   3. Carefully grasp the riser card by the blue touch points and pull it up until the riser-card assembly disengages from the connector on the system board and set it aside.
   4. Carefully grasp the adapter and pull it out of the riser-card assembly.
   5. Remove the RAID cache card from the adapter (see Removing a RAID cache card).
6. If you are instructed to return the adapter, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.