11. Install drives or drive blanks.
12. Push down on the latches to lower the drive cage into place.
13.
Connect the power and data cables to the drive backplane.
The installation is complete.
Installing a rear 2SFF SAS/SATA drive cage in the primary or secondary riser
Prerequisites
Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:
• T-10 Torx screwdriver
• The components included with the hardware option kit
• The front drive bays are fully populated with 12 LFF or 24 SFF drives.
• High performance fans are installed in all fan bays.
Procedure
1.
Power down the server.
2. Remove all power:
a. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
b. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
3. Do one of the following:
•
Extend the server from the rack.
• Remove the server from the rack.
4.
Remove the access panel.
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