IBM eServer xSeries 226 Type 8648, Option Installation Manual

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Cabling an optional SATA adapter
If your server model supports internal SATA hard disk drives, the integrated SATA
controller supports only two hard disk drives. You can install an optional
ServeRAID-7t S-ATA adapter in your server to support up to four SATA hard disk
drives and to control them. With a ServeRAID-7t S-ATA adapter installed, you can
configure the internal hard disk drives into disk arrays that use higher levels of
RAID functionality than the integrated SATA controller. See your ServeRAID-7t
S-ATA adapter option documentation for complete instructions for installing a SATA
adapter in your server and for additional information about SATA adapters.
Complete the following steps to cable an optional SATA adapter:
1. Install the SATA adapter (see “Installing an adapter” on page 29).
2. Disconnect the two SATA cables from the system board Serial ATA connectors
and connect them to the SATA adapter. These are the signal cables for the
SATA drives in bays 7 and 6. See “System-board internal connectors” on page 3
for the location of the Serial ATA connectors on the system board.
SATA
adapter
SATA signal
cable connector
SATA signal
cable
Front adapter-
retaining bracket
Rear adapter-
retaining bracket
Expansion-slot
cover
3. Complete the followings steps to connect the SATA signal cables that come with
the adapter to the SATA back panel on the hard disk drive cage.
Note: If you have placed the server on its side, adjust the instructions
accordingly.
a. Reach beneath the drive cage and push downward on the
drive-cage-release latch; then, rotate the drive cage outward until the drive
cage locks in the vertical position.
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