1. Connect the short 4-wire length of the riser-card power cable ( 2 to 3 ) to the
2. Make sure that the long 2-wire section ( 2 to 1 ) reaches the riser-card
3. Connect the riser-card power cable to the PCI-X riser-card assembly.
4. Install the cover (see "Installing the cover" on page 51).
5. Slide the server into the rack.
6. Connect the cables and power cords.
7. Turn on all attached devices and the server.
Removing the backplane or back plate (3.5-inch drives)
To remove the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) backplane, which is also referred to as
the hot-swap SAS/SATA backplane, or to remove the simple-swap SATA back plate,
complete the following steps.
two halves of the P4 connector, as shown in the illustration. The P4 connector is
on the cable that connects the CD/DVD drive to the power supply.
assembly. Route the cable between fans 4 and 5 to reach the assembly.
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