IBM System x3200 Installation Manual

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10. Lock the side cover.11. Reconnect the external cables and power cords; then, turn on the attacheddevices and turn on the server.Installing the hot-swap SAS/SATA cableThe following is an illustration of the optional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cablefor cabling the ServeRAID-8s controller card in hot-swap SAS and hot-swap SATAservers:To install the optional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cable, complete the followingsteps:1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and “Installation guidelines”on page 7.2. Turn off the server and all attached devices; then, disconnect all power cordsand external cables.3. Unlock and remove the side cover (see “Removing the side cover” on page10).4. Remove the front system fan assembly:a. Disconnect the fan assembly cable from the system board and make anote of where the cable was connected for later installation.b. Press and hold the drive cage release tab on the side of the drive cage;then, rotate the drive cage out of the chassis until the retaining tab on topof the cage locks into place.c. Pull out on the front system fan assembly release tabs (at the blue dots);then, rotate the fan assembly away from the drive cage slightly.d. Remove the cables from the slots on the fan assembly and remove the fanassembly from the drive cage.5. Disconnect the existing SAS/SATA controller cable from the hard disk drivebackplane and from the controller; then, remove them from the server.6. Connect the ServeRAID-8s controller connector end (see Figure 2 ) of theoptional single-drop hot-swap SAS/SATA cable to the ServeRAID-8s controllercard; then, attach the other end of the cable to the hard disk drive backplane(see Figure 2 ) on the drive cage. Route the cable as shown in the followingillustration.ServeRAID-8s controller connectorDrive backplane connectorFigure 2.30 System x3200 Type 4362 and 4363: Installation Guide