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Installing and Connecting the SAS Expander Card
This section explains how to install your SAS Expander Card and connect it to internal and external disk
drives.
Before You Begin
• Read
Safety Information
• Familiarize yourself with your product's physical features (see
on page 12).
• Ensure that you have the right number of drives and cables for your application (see
Drives and Cables
Replacing the Full-Height Bracket with a Low-Profile Bracket
If you are installing your SAS Expander Card 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 expander, the low-profile bracket is mounted on the back, as shown in
the figures below.
Back of board
To replace the full-height bracket with the low-profile bracket:
1. Remove the full-height bracket from the expander card. The full-height bracket is installed on the
front side of the expander, with the mounting screws inserted from the back (see 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.
Proprietary and Confidential to PMC-Sierra, Inc.
Document No.: CDP-00301-01-A Rev A, Issue
on page 23.
on page 17).
Low-profile bracket
Back of board
Figure 1
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Expander Card Installation and User's Guide
Standard SAS Expander Card Features
Full-height bracket
Front of board
Remove mounting scre ws
with Phillips scre wdriver
Front of board
Selecting Disk
Figure 2
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