Removing The Optical Drive - Dell PowerVault 500 Owner's Manual

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2. Open the system. See

Opening the

3. Remove the plastic filler plug from the system back panel. See Figure 3-19.

4. Remove the central riser board. See

5. Angle the RAC card so that its NIC connector inserts through the back- panel RAC card opening, and then straighten the card.

Figure 3-19. Installing a RAC Card

RAC-card connectors (2)

retention standoff hole

filler plug

6. Align the front edge of the RAC card with the two front plastic retention standoffs adjacent to the RAC system board connector, and press down the side

of the card until it is fully seated. See Figure 3-19.

When the front of the card is fully seated, the plastic standoff snaps over the edge of the card.

7. Connect the two short ribbon cables to the RAC card and the system board. See

NOTICE:

Be careful when attaching cables to the system board that you do not damage the surrounding system board components.

a. Connect one cable to connector 1 on the RAC card and to RAC_CONN1 on the system board.

b. Connect the second cable to connector 2 on the RAC card and to RAC_CONN2 on the system board. Reinstall the central riser board. See

Installing the Central Riser

NOTICE:

When detaching the RAC cables from the system board, squeeze the metal ends of the cable connectors and gently work the connector out of

the socket. Do not pull on the cable to unseat the connector. Doing so can damage the cable.

8. Close the system. See

Closing the

9. Reconnect the system and peripherals to their power sources, and turn them on.

See the RAC card documentation for information on configuring and using the RAC card.

Optical Drive

An optional slimline optical drive is mounted on a tray that slides in the front panel and connects to the controllers on the system board through the SAS

backplane board.