HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 User Manual page 96

Disconnect any SAS cables from the hard drive cage and either the embedded SAS controller or an
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optional SAS controller. Do not disconnect the power cable.
Disconnect the SATA cable from the optical drive and the SATA connector on the system board. The
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optical bay is disabled with the chipset SATA cable option.
Connect the chipset SATA cable:
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Connect the chipset SATA cable connector to the chipset SATA controller port on the system board.
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The chipset SATA connector on the SATA cable is narrower than the chipset SATA controller port
header on the system board.
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