Cubix Corporation
2800 Lockheed Way
Carson City, NV 89706-0719
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Remove and replace a SATA drive
SATA drives are removable from the front panel once you power down HostEngine.
Power down gracefully using the OS or the power on/off button on HostEngine front panel
and wait for the power LED to turn off
Loosen the retention screw on the LaserBlade drive mounting bracket
Gently tug the drive mounting bracket handle.
Disconnect the drive power and data cables.
Remove / replace the drive and re-connect the drive power and data cables.
Slide in the drive mounting bracket and tighten the retention screw.
Remove / Replace HostEngine
Power down gracefully using the OS or the power on/off button on the front panel.
Wait for the power LED to shut off.
Disconnect power and all other cables from HostEngine.
Extract the HostEngine while supporting its weight.
Slide the replacement HostEngine into the rack mount slide mounts.
Connect power and all other cables to HostEngine.
Power up HostEngine.
Connections, Controls and Indicators
Connections
On the rear panel, HostEngine provides four USB 2.0 ports, two Gbps Ethernet ports, a COM
port and an IPMI 2.0 GbE port. The AC power receptacle is also on the rear panel.
HostEngine also provides access for Cubix HICs that connect to GPU-Xpander Rackmount 8 or
other Xpander enclosures using external PCIe x16 cables, if needed. With these connections,
you can mount HostEngine immediately above or below GPU-Xpander Rackmount 8. You can
also install PCIe cards inside HostEngine 4U. For example, install 4 x full-length, full-height,
double-wide GPUs inside HostEngine 4U.
Note
Power down HostEngine before removing it or its hard disk drive.