8.Connectthepowercable1andthesignalcable2totherearofthenewopticaldrive.
Figure78.Connectingcablestotherearoftheopticaldrive
9.Ifnecessary,connecttheotherendofthesignalcabletotheappropriateconnectoronthesystem
board.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47.
10.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouareinstallinganopticaldrive,savetheremovedprotectiveshieldintheeventthatyoulater
removethedriveandneedtheprotectiveshieldtocoverthedrivebay.
•Ifyouarereplacinganopticaldriveandareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followall
packaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage180.
Installingorreplacingaslimopticaldriveintheflexmodule
Yourflexmodulemightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceaslimopticaldriveintheflexmodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage72.
4.Locatetheoptical-drivebays.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage17.Readtheopticaldrive
installationrulesin“Installingorreplacingadeviceinanopticaldrivebay”onpage120.
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