NetApp E Series - Add the New SAS Expansion Card; Reinstall the Controller Canister

Add the new SAS expansion card
You install the SAS expansion card to allow for drive tray expansion.
Before you begin
• You have an ESD wristband, or you have taken other antistatic precautions.
• You have a #1 Phillips screwdriver.
• You have a SAS expansion card that is compatible with your controller.
• On an EF300 controller shelf a SAS expansion card may only be installed in port 1.
Steps
1.
Remove the controller canister's cover by unscrewing the single thumbscrew and lifting the lid
open.
2.
Confirm that the green LED inside the controller is off.
If this green LED is on, the controller is still using battery power. You must wait for this LED
to go off before removing any components.
3.
Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws that attach the faceplate to the
controller canister, and remove the faceplate.
4.
Align the single thumbscrew on the SAS expansion card with the corresponding hole on the
controller, and align the connector on the bottom of the expansion card with the expansion card
interface connector on the controller card.
Be careful not to scratch or bump the components on the bottom of the SAS expansion card or
on the top of the controller card.
5. Carefully lower the SAS expansion card into place, and seat the expansion card connector by
pressing gently on the expansion card.
6. Hand-tighten the SAS expansion card thumbscrew.
Do not use a screwdriver, or you might over tighten the screws.
7. Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, attach the faceplate you removed from the original controller
canister to the new controller canister with the two screws.
After you finish
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Reinstall the controller canister .
Reinstall the controller canister
You reinstall the controller canister into the controller shelf after installing the new SAS expansion
card.
Steps
1. Lower the cover on the controller canister and secure the thumbscrew.
2. While squeezing the controller handles, gently slide the controller canister all the way into the
controller shelf.
Note: The controller audibly clicks when correctly installed into the shelf.
Maintaining EF300 and EF600 Hardware 87
SAS expansion cards