Removing A Sata Raid Back Plate; Installing A Sata Raid Back Plate - IBM System x3250 Problem Determination And Service Manual

10. Turn on all attached devices and the server.

Removing a SATA RAID back plate

If a SATA RAID kit was installed in the server, the cables in the SATA back plate
attach to a SAS/SATA controller.
To remove the SATA RAID back plate, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cord and
3. Remove the server from the rack and place it on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 68).
5. Pull the hard disk drives out of the server slightly to disengage them from the
6. Disconnect the SAS signal cable from the SAS/SATA controller.
7. Remove the SATA RAID back plate from the server:

Installing a SATA RAID back plate

If a SATA RAID kit was installed in the server, the cables in the SATA back plate
attach to a SAS/SATA controller.
7. Install the cover (see "Installing the cover" on page 69).
8. Slide the server into the rack.
9. Connect the cables and power cords.
on page 65.
all external cables.
Hard disk
drive assembly
backplane or remove the drives completely (see "Removing a simple-swap
Serial ATA hard disk drive" on page 74).
a. Rotate (lift) the air deflector out of the way.
b. Lift the back plate out of the server slightly; then, disconnect the power
cables and remove the back plate.
SATA hard disk
drive back plate
Filler panel
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