Install Sas Storage Drive Cables - Oracle X5-2L Service Manual

Carefully remove the SAS cable bundles from the chassis mid-wall. Be careful not to snag the
cables on the server components.
Related Information
"Remove the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe RAID HBA Card" on page 180
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"Install SAS Storage Drive Cables" on page 171
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Install SAS Storage Drive Cables

1. Install SAS storage drive cables.
a. Install the SAS cables between the front storage drive backplane and the
Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe RAID HBA card in PCIe slot 6 [1].
Route the SAS cable bundle through the chassis mid-wall and along the left side of the
chassis. To ensure that the SAS cable bundle does not interfere with the air baffle, install
the SAS cable bundle under the super capacitor cable for the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS
PCIe RAID HBA card along the left side of the chassis.
The following figure shows SAS cables being installed in the twenty-four drive system
Note -
configuration. If you are installing SAS cables in an eight-drive system configuration, your
front disk backplane SAS connector locations will be different. In addition, the chassis mid-wall
is removed in the illustration to clearly show the SAS cable connections.
Install SAS Storage Drive Cables
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