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Question posted by maggiur on July 1st, 2014

How To Replace The Raid Card In Poweredge 2900

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Answer #1: Posted by MWatDell on July 9th, 2014 9:45 PM
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Hi maggiur

If your PE 2900 is using a SAS Raid card then check out this manual on Page 96, on how to replace the raid card:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-2900_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf

Hope this helps.


MW@Dell

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