Connecting A Mini-Sas Cable; Removing A Mini-Sas Cable - IBM DCS3860 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

Attention: To avoid damage to the SAS cables, consider the following
precautions:
v When you route the cable along a folding cable-management arm, leave enough
v Route the cable away from places where it can be damaged by other devices in
v Do not put excess weight on the cable at the connection point. Ensure that the
To connect a mini-SAS cable, insert the mini-SAS connector into a mini-SAS port.
Ensure that it locks into place.
Figure 18. Connecting a mini-SAS cable
Complete the following steps to remove a mini-SAS cable:
1. Hold the blue plastic tab at the end of the mini-SAS connector and gently pull
Blue plastic tab
Figure 19. Removing a mini-SAS cable
2. As you pull the tab, pull out the connector to remove it from the port.
slack in the cable.
the rack.
cable is well supported.
on the tab to release the locking mechanism.
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