Replacing The Full-Height Bracket With A Low-Profile Bracket - Adaptec ASR-6805Q User Manual

Replacing the Full-Height Bracket with a Low-Profile Bracket

If you are installing your Adaptec RAID controller into a low-profile computer cabinet, replace the original
full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket included in your distribution kit. The full-height bracket
is mounted on the front of the controller, the low-profile bracket is mounted on the back of the controller,
as shown in the figure below.
Low-profle bracket
Back of board
To replace the full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket:
1. Remove the full-height bracket from the controller board. The full-height bracket is installed on the
front side of the controller, with the mounting screws inserted from the back of the controller, as
shown in the Figure 1.
Using a Phillips head screw driver, remove the mounting screws, as shown in Figure 2, then set the
screws aside for use in the next step.
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Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide
Internal mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x
SATA)—Connects to four SATA disk drives.
Internal mini-SAS to mini-SAS (SFF-8087 to SFF-80
87)—Connects to a backplane or enclosure.
Full-height bracket
Front of board
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