About This Guide - Dell PowerEdge 2550 Kurzanleitung

About This Guide

This document explains how to activate your Dell™ system's integrated PowerEdge™
Expandable RAID 3/Di controller (PERC 3/Di). Your upgrade kit includes a RAID
controller memory module (Figure 1-1), RAID hardware key (Figure 1-2), RAID battery
(Figure 1-3), and RAID software.
Activating the RAID Controller
WARNING: Before you perform this procedure, you must turn off the system and
disconnect it from its power source. For more information, see "Safety First—
For You and Your System" in your system Installation and Troubleshooting Guide .
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety
instructions in your System Information document.
NOTICE: To avoid possible data loss, you should back up all data on the hard-disk drives before
changing the mode of operation of the integrated SCSI controller from SCSI to RAID.
Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the AC power
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cable from its power source.
Open the front bezel.
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See "Removing the Front Bezel" in your system Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Remove the system cover.
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Remove the cooling shroud and peripheral bay (see the system information label on
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the inside of the system cover).
Open the ejectors on the RAID controller memory module socket down and outward,
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as shown in Figure 1-1, which allows you to insert the memory module into the socket.
See the system information label on the inside of the system cover for the location of
the RAID controller memory module socket on the system board.
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