Due to the space restriction between the 16x 2.5 inch HDD backplane
and the fan box, the expander board is not be installed directly on the
HDD backplane.
Preliminary steps
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"Locating the defective server" on page
43.
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"Shutting down the server" on page 45.
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"Disconnecting the power cord" on page 46.
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"Getting access to the component" on page 47.
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Remove the air duct from the top system board, see "Removing the CPU
air duct" on page 72.
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"Removing the fan cage" on page 69.
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If present, disconnect the SATA ODD cable from the ODD, see "Removing
the ODD" on page 297.
Removing the defective SAS expander board
Figure 64: Removing the SAS expander board (A)
Hard disk drive (HDD) / solid state disk (SSD)
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