Installing The Megaraid Sas 9265-8I Raid Controller Card - Dell PowerEdge C8220X Hardware Owner's Manual

1 HDD LED connector on hard-drive
LED board
3 mini-SAS connector 4-7 on
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i card
5 RAID battery connector on
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i card
7 HDD LED connector on backplane
9 power connector on backplane
11 RAID battery connector on RAID
battery)

Installing the MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i RAID Controller Card

CAUTION:
Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You
should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your
product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and
support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized is not covered by
warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
CAUTION:
Expansion cards can only be installed in the slots on the expansion
card riser. Do not attempt to install expansion cards directly into the riser
connector on the system board.
NOTE:
See the RAID user documentation for information on the available RAID
configurations and for instructions on how to set up a RAID.
1 Unpack the MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i card and prepare it for installation.
For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
2 Connect the mini-SAS cables to the RAID controller card. Press down on
the locking tab to secure the mini-SAS cables. See Figure 3-36.
3 Connect the RAID battery cable to the RAID controller card. See
Figure 3-36. See Figure 3-37 or Figure 3-38 cable routing diagram.
When connecting the RAID battery cable, the RAID battery should be
installed on the hard-drive LED board assembly. See "Installing the
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i RAID Battery" on page 202.
4 Hold the card by its edges, position the card so that the card edge
connector aligns with the connector on the expansion card riser.
See Figure 3-35.
2 mini-SAS connector 0-3 on
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i card
4 mini-SAS connector 1 on hot-plug
hard-drive backplane
6 mini-SAS connector 2 on hot-plug
hard-drive backplane
8 mini-SAS connector on backplane
10 power connector on NPDB
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