Installing The Hot-Swap Sas/Sata Cable - IBM System x3200 Installation Manual

10. Lock the side cover.
11. Reconnect the external cables and power cords; then, turn on the attached

Installing the hot-swap SAS/SATA cable

The following is an illustration of the optional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cable
for cabling the ServeRAID-8s controller card in hot-swap SAS and hot-swap SATA
servers:
ServeRAID-8s controller connector
Figure 2.
To install the optional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cable, complete the following
steps:
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devices and turn on the server.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 7.
2. Turn off the server and all attached devices; then, disconnect all power cords
and external cables.
3. Unlock and remove the side cover (see "Removing the side cover" on page
10).
4. Remove the front system fan assembly:
a. Disconnect the fan assembly cable from the system board and make a
note of where the cable was connected for later installation.
b. Press and hold the drive cage release tab on the side of the drive cage;
then, rotate the drive cage out of the chassis until the retaining tab on top
of the cage locks into place.
c. Pull out on the front system fan assembly release tabs (at the blue dots);
then, rotate the fan assembly away from the drive cage slightly.
d. Remove the cables from the slots on the fan assembly and remove the fan
assembly from the drive cage.
5. Disconnect the existing SAS/SATA controller cable from the hard disk drive
backplane and from the controller; then, remove them from the server.
6. Connect the ServeRAID-8s controller connector end (see Figure 2 ) of the
optional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cable to the ServeRAID-8s controller
card; then, attach the other end of the cable to the hard disk drive backplane
(see Figure 2 ) on the drive cage. Route the cable as shown in the following
illustration.
Drive backplane connector