Hardware Setup; Preparing For Setup - NEC Promise SuperTrak EX8350 User Manual

5. Hardware Setup

Install the disk array controller in a server in the following procedure.
Before the installation, always refer to the User's Guide of the server. The job flow varies
depending on the server type, device configuration, and existence of additional HDD cage. Check
the server type and device configuration before the installation to follow the correct flow.
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(*) These steps are not required if the additional HDD cage is not installed.

5-1. Preparing for Setup

Note the following before the setup.
Notice
Exit from all application programs and shutdown OS.
1.
Press the POWER switch on the server to turn off the power of the server.
2.
Pull out all the power cords connected to the power unit of the server from the receptacles.
3.
Remove the side cover on the server following the procedure described in the User's Guide of the
4.
server.
For the installation or removal of the side cover and other components on the server, refer to
the User's Guide of the server.
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Start setup
Prepare for setup.
Select and install bracket.
Install the disk array controller
(with connection of additional battery).
Connect LED and SATA cables.
Install additional HDD cage. (*)
Form SATA cable.
Connect I2C cable. (*)
End setup.
Only a single disk array controller can be installed in a server.
Some limitation may be imposed to the installation on the PCI (or PCI Express) slot
depending on the type of the server. Before the installation, check the limitation following
the User's Guide of the server.
HDDs to be connected to the card should have the same specification. Contact your
service representative for HDDs which can be connected to the card.
The card may coexist with other PCI boards (including disk array controller, mirroring
board, and SCSI controller) only limitedly. Before using the card together with other PCI
boards, ask your service representative whether the card can coexist with the other PCI
boards.
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