Internal Cable Routing And Connectors - IBM x3630 M3 7377 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Internal cable routing and connectors

Attention:
connector release tab, and then disconnect the cable from the connector on the
system board. Do not disconnect the cable by using excessive force. Failing to
disconnect the cable properly may damage the connector on the system board. Any
damage to the connector may require replacing the system board.
Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane cable connections
The following illustration shows the internal routing for the hot-swap hard disk drive
backplane cables.
Notes:
1. To connect the hot-swap backplane signal cables, make sure that you first
2. The signal cables are always disconnected first, and then the power cable and
3. Make sure the longer signal cable connects to Port 0 and the shorter signal
The following illustration shows the cable routing of the server model with twelve
3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap hard disk drive bays.
ServeRAID-M1015
adapter
The following illustration shows the cable routing of the server model with
twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap hard disk drive bays.
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IBM System x3630 M3 Type 7377: Problem Determination and Service Guide
To disconnect the optional optical drive cable, you must first press the
connect the signal cable, and then the power cable.
the hot-swap backplane signal cable.
cable connects to Port 1 on the ServeRAID-M1015 adapter.
Port 1
Hot-swap
backplane
signal cable
Signal cables
Port 1
Port 0
Port 0
Hot-swap backplane
power cable
Hot-swap
backplane