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Hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
7.4.8.1 Preliminary steps
I The HDD backplane is mounted on the HDD cage. It is not necessary to
remove the HDD cage before installing or removing the HDD backplane.
Ê "Shutting down the server" on page 49
Ê "Disconnecting the power cord" on page 50
Ê "Getting access to the component" on page 51
Ê Remove all HDD fan modules, see section "Removing the HDD fan module"
on page 165.
7.4.8.2 Installing the second HDD backplane
Ê Install the second HDD backplane, see section "Installing a HDD/PCIe
backplane" on page 154.
Ê Connect the second backplane, see section "Example: Connecting an HDD
backplane (backplane 2)" on page 157.
I For the cable plan, see chapter "Appendix B" on page 341.
7.4.8.3 Connecting the second HDD backplane to a controller
Ê Connect the straight connector of the second SAS cable as follows:
– If SATA OnBoard HDD system: If available to the system board
connector "SATA 0-3".
– If the first backplane is an HDD backplane: to the connector "MLC2" on
the controller.
– If the first backplane is a PCIe backplane: to the connector "MLC1" on
the controller.