138 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
RX100 S8
Hard disk drives / solid state drives
Ê Connect the SAS cables:
The longer SAS cable connected to HDD backplane (A3C40157852) to
connector "MLC2" of the dual-channel RAID controller (1)
The shorter SAS cable connected to HDD backplane (A3C40157828) to
connector "MLC1" of the dual-channel RAID controller (2)
Figure 72: Routing SAS cables
Ê Route the SAS cables as shown in the figure above.
7.2.11.3 Installing additional HDD/SSD modules
Ê Remove the dummy locks as described in section "Removing a 2.5-inch
HDD/SSD dummy module" on page 118.
Ê Move the HDD/SSD modules installed in the former HDD bays 1 to 4 (see
figure 45) to the new HDD bays 1 to 4 (see figure 47).
Ê Insert additional HDD/SSD modules as described in section "Installing 2.5-
inch HDD/SSD modules" on page 118.
7.2.11.4 Concluding steps
Ê "Reassembling" on page 52
Ê "Connecting the server to the mains" on page 55
Ê "Switching on the server" on page 57
Ê "Performing a RAID array rebuild" on page 85
MLC 2
MLC 1