Installing An Sas Backplane - IBM System x3800 Type 8865 User Manual

3. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays.
4. Touch the static-protective package that contains the hard disk drive to any
5. Make sure that the tray handle is open; then, install the hard disk drive into the
6. Check the hard disk drive status LEDs to make sure that the hard disk drive is

Installing an SAS backplane

To install an optional SAS backplane, complete the following steps.
SAS backplane
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and
3. Remove the front cover (tower model only), and bezel (see "Removing the front
4. Lift the release levers on each side of the SAS hard disk drive cage and pull it
5. Slide the SAS backplane into the card guides on the rear of the SAS hard disk
6. Connect one end of the new SAS signal cable to the SAS backplane; then,
7. Connect the SAS cable to the I/O board and install the cable-retention clip.
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unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, remove the hard disk drive
from the package.
hot-swap bay.
operating correctly.
If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is lit continuously, that drive
is faulty and must be replaced. If the green hard disk drive activity LED is
flashing, the drive is being accessed.
on page 21.
all external cables necessary to install the device.
cover, top cover, and bezel" on page 23); then, remove the cable-retention clip
from the divider next to the I/O board.
out of the server until it stops.
drive cage and press the backplane into place.
following the existing SAS signal cable, route the new SAS signal cable through
the server and over the divider next to the I/O board.