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:
    1. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
    2. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Remove the access panel.
  5. Do one of the following:
    For primary bays, remove the riser cage.
    Removing the secondary riser_Radner_04
    For secondary bays, remove the rear wall blank.
    Removing the secondary PCI riser blank
  6. Install a SAS expander or other expansion card, if needed.
  7. Install the drive cage.


  8. Cable the drive backplane.
  9. Install drives or drive blanks.
  10. Install the access panel.
  11. Slide the server into the rack.
  12. Connect each power cord to the server.
  13. Connect each power cord to the power source.
  14. Power up the server.

The installation is complete.