Replace The M.2 Adapter - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series Hardware Replacement Manual

Replace the M.2 Adapter

An assembled M.2 backplane and M.2 drive is also known as M.2 module. Lenovo support may ask that the
M.2 module or M.2 backplane and M.2 drive be replaced.
To replace the M.2 backplane and M.2 drive:
1. Learn more about the
2. Shut down the node by following the hypervisor-specific
Nutanix Hardware Replacement
3. Power off the node and disconnect all the cables if the cable management arm is not in place. Pull the node
chassis out of the rack.
4. Remove the top cover as described in the
Information Center.
5. Replace the M.2 backplane and M.2 drive as described in the
procedure in the ThinkSystem Information
6. Replace the top cover as described in the
Information Center.
7. Push the node chassis back into the rack and reconnect cables as necessary. Power on the node.
8. Verify that the M.2 adapter is successfully replaced:
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Amber warning light on the node front panel is off
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System boots successfully with no POST errors or other errors
9. If the system does not boot, use the Phoenix installer to reinstall the hypervisor and CVM. Follow the
"Imaging a Node" procedure in the appendix of the
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Lenovo Converged HX Series Hardware Replacement Guide
FIGURE 10. M.2 backplane and two M.2 drives
overall process to replace a hypervisor boot drive.
Documentation.
Removing the top cover
Center.
Replacing the top cover
Node Shutdown procedure described in the
procedure in the
M.2 backplane and M.2 drive replacement
procedure in the
Nutanix Field Installation
ThinkSystem
ThinkSystem
Guide.
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