368 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual TX300 S7 / RX350 S7
Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.5 SAS expander board
7.5.1 Installing the SAS expander board
7.5.1.1 Required tools
● Preliminary and concluding steps: tool-less
● Installing SAS expander board spacer bolts:
– Phillips PH2 / (+) No. 2 screw driver
● Installing the SAS expander board: tool-less
7.5.1.2 Preliminary steps
Before installing the SAS expander board, perform the following steps:
Ê Disable BitLocker functionality as described in section "Disabling BitLocker
functionality" on page 141.
Ê Shut down the server as described in section "Shutting down the server" on
page 71.
Ê Remove the AC power cords from the PSU cable brackets and disconnect
them from the system as described in section "Disconnecting the server
from the mains" on page 72.
Ê When working on a rack-mounted server, extend it out of the rack as
described in section "Extending the server out of the rack" on page 76.
If further required, remove the server from the rack as described in section
"Removing the server from the rack" on page 77.
Field Replaceable Units (FRU)
Average task duration: 10 minutes
Average task duration including SAS expander spacer bolt:
installation: 40 minutes