Installing the Express Bay drive cage

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the internal system components to cool before touching them.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to electrical components, properly ground the server before beginning any installation procedure. Improper grounding can cause ESD.

To install the component:

Procedure
  1. Back up all server data.
  2. Power down the server .
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Remove the access panel.
  5. Remove the air baffle.
  6. Remove the fan cage.
  7. Remove the bay 2 blank.
    Removing the second bay blank
  8. If drive blanks are installed in the drive cage assembly, remove the drive blanks. Retain the drive blanks for use in empty drive bays.
  9. Install the HPE Express Bay drive cage.
    Installing the HP Express Bay drive cage in second bay
  10. Connect the power cable depending on the server configuration.
    • 8SFF drive cage installed in bay 1 — Use the 8SFF drive cage power cable (776399-001).
      Connecting HPE Express Bay power cable with 8 SFF drive cage
    • 8SFF drive cage installed in bay 1 and 2 SFF drives in the rear of the server — Use the 8SFF drive cage power cable (776399-001) and the 2SFF drives-rear power cable (776400-001).
      Connecting HPE Express Bay power cable with 8 SFF drive cage and 2 SFF drive cage in the rear of the server
    • Drive bay 1 is empty — Use the NVMe power cable (776392-001).
      Connecting HPE Express Bay power cable with drive bay 1 empty
    • 8SFF drive cage installed in bay 1 and 2SFF drives in the front of the server — Use the 8SFF drive cage power cable (776399-001) and the 2SFF drives-front power cable (795156-001).
      Connecting HPE Express Bay power cable with 8 SFF drive cage installed in bay 1 and 2 SFF drives in the front of the server
  11. Remove the primary PCI riser cage.
  12. Remove the expansion slot blank from slot 2.
    Removing a blank from the primary PCI riser cage
  13. Install the HPE Express Bay Bridge Card.
    Installing the HP Express Bay Bridge Card into the primary PCI riser cage
  14. Using the cable trough and clips, connect the NVMe data cable (826898-001) to the HPE Express Bay Bridge Card. If the HPE 12G SAS Expander Card is installed, install the 12G SAS expander card cable (776402-001) (not shown).
    Connecting the Express Bay data cables to the Express Bay Bridge Card
  15. Install the drives.
    CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
  16. Install the drive blank in any unused drive bays.
    Install an SFF drive blank
  17. Install the fan cage. The fan cage should be populated with high-performance fans when installing the Express Bay Enablement option.
    Installing the fan cage
  18. Install the air baffle.
  19. Install the access panel.
  20. Do one of the following:
    • Slide the server into the rack.
    • Install the server into the rack.
  21. Connect each power cord to the server.
  22. Connect each power cord to the power source.
  23. Power up the server .