Installing an optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage

Use this information to install an optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage into the server.

Note

The two fan slots in the rear hot-swap hard disk drive cage and Fan connector 4 / Fan connector 5 on the system board are currently reserved for future possible use with 15K rpm hard disk drives.

To install the optional rear hot-swap hard disk drive cage, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information that begins in Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables as necessary to replace the device.
3. Remove the server top cover (see Removing the server top cover).
4. If a drive filler cage is installed in the chassis, loosen the screw that secures the drive filler cage to the chassis; then, rotate the drive filler clockwise and remove the drive filler out of the bay from the server. Go to step 8.
   Note

   If 2U PCI riser-card assemblies are installed in the server, go to step 5.

   
   
   
5. If the 2U PCI riser-card assembly is installed in the server, remove all 2U PCI riser-card assembly and adapters (see Removing a PCI riser-card assembly, Removing an adapter from the PCI riser-card assembly and Removing a ServeRAID adapter from the PCI riser-card assembly.)
6. Install the removed adapters and/or ServeRAID adapter into the relevant 1U PCI riser-card assembly (see Installing an adapter on the PCI riser-card assembly andInstalling a ServeRAID adapter on the PCI riser-card assembly).
7. Install the 1U PCI riser-card assembly (see Installing a PCI riser-card assembly).
8. If an air baffle partition is installed in the air baffle, remove it from the air baffle.
   
   
9. Open the two respective blue latches on the chassis 1 .
10. Align the two moveable levers of the rear hard disk drive cage with the two chassis support brackets. Slide the cage into the chassis support brackets until it firmly sits into place 2 . Then, rotate the cage inward until it firmly sits into place 3 .
    
    
11. Close the latches on the chassis.
12. Remove the power cable that currently connects the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane in the server to the power-paddle card.
    
    
13. Connect the LED signal, SATA signal and power cables to the hot-swap backplane from the option package.
    
    
14. Insert the hot-swap backplane onto the rear hard disk drive cage (see Installing the hot-swap backplane in the optional rear hard disk drive cage).
15. Connect the other end of the LED signal cable to the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane in the server.
16. Find the rear hard disk drive detect pin of the hot-swap backplane signal (I²C) cable located near the system fan cage; then, connect with the rear hard disk drive detect pin of the LED signal cable from the option package.
    
    
17. Connect the other end of the SATA signal and power cables to the power paddle card and hot-swap hard disk drive backplane in the server. Make sure the labels of both connectors are matched.
    
    
    Note

    Make sure the cables are routed in the proper locations without blocking the airflow. It is recommended to press all the cables downwards to make the cable routing easier. Secure the cables with any cable retention clips.

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.