Storage System Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hardware Owner’s Manual
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Hard Drives
- Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Power Supplies
- System Fans
- Cooling Shroud
- Fan Brackets
- Cable Routing
- SAS Controller Daughter Card
- Configuring the Boot Device
- Expansion Cards
- Expansion-Card Cage
- DRAC Card and Cables
- Optical Drive and Cable
- System Memory
- Activating the Integrated NIC TOE
- Processors
- System Battery
- Expansion-Card Riser Boards
- Sideplane Board
- SAS Backplane Board
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS Controller Daughter Card
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
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Installing System Components 87
SAS Controller Daughter Card Cabling Guidelines
Figure 3-13. SAS Controller Daughter Card Cabling With 3.5-inch x4 Backplane
Removing a SAS Controller Daughter Card
1
Disconnect the control panel cable. See "Removing the Control Panel
Assembly" on page 122
2
Disconnect any SAS cables from the card.
3
Gently press down on the release tab while sliding the SAS controller
daughter card in its tray away from the sideplane connector, freeing the
chassis slots on the tray from the chassis hooks, and lifting the card from
the system. See Figure 3-12.
Configuring the Boot Device
NOTE: System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a SAS or
SCSI adapter. See support.dell.com for the latest support information about booting
from external devices.
1 SAS controller 0 2 SAS controller daughter card
3 SAS controller 1 4 SAS backplane A
5 3.5-inch x4 backplane
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5
4
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