Replacing An Mraid Riser (Riser 3) - Cisco APIC M3 Installation And Service Manual

Replacing an mRAID Riser (Riser 3)

Carefully align the riser's edge connector with the motherboard socket at the same time you align the two channels
on the riser with the two pegs on the inner chassis wall. Press down evenly on both ends of the riser to fully engage
its connector with the motherboard socket.
e) Replace the top cover to the server.
f) Replace the server in the rack, replace cables, and then fully power on the server by pressing the Power button.
Figure 37: Location of the mLOM Card Socket Below the mRAID Riser
Position of horizontal mLOM card socket
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Replacing an mRAID Riser (Riser 3)
The server has a dedicated internal riser that is used for either a Cisco modular storage controller card (RAID
or HBA) or the SATA interposer card for embedded software RAID. This riser plugs into a dedicated
motherboard socket and provides a horizontal socket for the installed card.
This riser can be ordered as the following options:
• UCSC-XRAIDR-220M5—Replacement unit for this mRAID riser.
• UCSC-MRAID1GB-KIT—Kit for first-time addition of this riser (includes RAID controller, supercap,
• UCSC-SATA-KIT-M5—Kit for first-time addition of this riser (includes SATA interposer for embedded
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and supercap cable).
See also Replacing a SAS Storage Controller Card (RAID or HBA), on page
See also Replacing the Supercap (RAID Backup), on page
software RAID and SATA cables).
Position of mLOM card thumbscrew
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Maintaining the Server
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