Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2100 M2, Service Manual

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4-14 Sun Fire X2100 M2 Server Service Manual • December 2006
2. Grasping the body of the drive in both hands, carefully guide the connector end
of the carrier into the drive bay, sliding the carrier into the bay until the arm
engages and partially closes itself.
3. Push the arm forward and latch it to lock the carrier in place.
4.5.4 Installing an LSI PCIe Card and Cables
This section contains instructions on installing and LSI PCIe card. This card enables
the following added functionality for the Sun Fire X2100 M2 server:
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Standalone SAS hard drive support
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RAID support using SAS hard drives
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RAID support using SATA hard drives
Use the appropriate procedure, depending on the hard drive format that you are
using:
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“Installing the LSI Card to Support SAS Hard Drive Installation” on page 4-14
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“Installing the LSI Card to Support SATA RAID” on page 4-17
4.5.4.1 Installing the LSI Card to Support SAS Hard Drive
Installation
If your system originally had SATA drives installed or came diskless, and you would
like to install SAS drives, use the following procedure.
You will need to order the following components needed for the SAS drive
installation:
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An LSI PCIe card
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One or two SAS HDDs
The following procedure describes how to remove the current SATA installation and
install the SAS components. If you started with a diskless system, you do not need
to do Step 2.
1. Power off the system and remove the cover as described in Section 4.3, “Powering
Off the Server and Removing the Cover” on page 4-3 .
2. Remove the current SATA hard drive(s) from the server, if necessary.
See Section 4.5.3.1, “Removing an HDD and Carrier” on page 4-12 .