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xSeries 235 Type 8671: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
Note: The 3-Pack Hot-swap Hard Disk Drive Expansion Kit comes with
four long M3.5 x 7 screws and four short M3 x 5 screws. Make sure
you secure the SCSI backplane to the drive cage with the short
screws.
7. Align the 3-Pack Ultra320 Hot-Swap Expansion option with the empty
removable-media bay opening, adjacent to the standard hot-swap hard disk
drive backplane.
8. Partially slide the 3-Pack Ultra320 Hot-Swap Expansion option into the guides
through the front of the removable-media bay opening, as shown in the
following illustration. Leave adequate room at the rear of the 3-Pack Ultra320
Hot-Swap Expansion option to connect the required cables.
9. Locate the short SCSI cable that comes with this kit:
Note: The SCSI cables that come with this kit can only be used with the
integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities. If a RAID controller
other than the ServeRAID-5i isinstalled, you must use SCSI cables that
are compatible with that controller. To select and order the correct
cables for use with your RAID controller, contact your IBM marketing
representative or authorized reseller.
a. Connect the end of the cable that is labeled "HDD backplane" to the new
3-Pack SCSI backplane as shown in the following illustration. (This
illustration shows the rear connectors on the 3-Pack SCSI backplane, as
viewed from the rear of the server.)
Filler panel
3-Pack Ultra320
Hot-Swap Expansion option
SCSI cable
connector
SCSI power
cable connector
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I C cable
connector
SCSI backplane