Installing a type-p controller

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, remove power from the server by removing the power cord. The front panel Power On/Standby button does not shut off system power. Portions of the power supply and some internal circuitry remain active until AC power is removed.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all PCI slots have either an expansion slot cover or an expansion board installed.
CAUTION:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends performing a backup of all server data before installing or removing a controller or adapter.

Population guidelines

  • Up to four internal cabled controllers can be installed in the primary riser cage.

  • The butterfly riser supports only two internal cabled controllers in slots 15 and 16.

  • No internal cabled controllers are supported in slots 8 through 14.

  • There are no limitations on the number of externally cabled controllers.

Prerequisites

Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:

  • The components included with the hardware option kit

  • T-10 Torx screwdriver

Before installing the controller, observe the following requirements:
  • To ensure that cables are connected correctly, observe the labels on the cable and component connectors.
  • Be sure that you have the latest firmware for the controllers, HBAs, and the expander card. To download the latest firmware, see the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc).

  • To enable SmartCache or CacheCade in the Smart Array controller, be sure that an energy pack is installed.

Procedure
  1. Back up all server data.
  2. Power down the server.
  3. Remove all power:
    1. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
    2. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
  4. Do one of the following:
  5. Remove the access panel (Removing the access panel).
    CAUTION: Do not operate the server for long periods with the access panel open or removed. Operating the server in this manner results in improper airflow and improper cooling that can lead to thermal damage.

  6. Remove the fan cage (Removing the fan cage).
  7. Remove the riser cage (Removing a PCIe riser cage).
  8. Remove the expansion slot blank from the riser cage.

    The primary PCIe riser cage is shown.

    Removing the air baffle
  9. Install the controller into the PCI riser cage, depending on the server configuration.
    Removing the air baffle

    HPE Smart Array SR-series controllers

    If your server configuration requires installation of a SAS expander, observe the following:

    • 24 drive configuration—Install the SAS controller in slot 6. The SAS expander card must be installed into slot 5 of the primary riser cage.

    • 48 drive configuration—Install the SAS controllers in slots 6 and 16. Install SAS expander cards into slot 5 of the primary riser cage, and into slot 15 of the butterfly riser cage.

    HPE Smart Array MR-series controllers

    • 24 drive configuration—Install the controller in the primary cage.

    • 48 drive configuration—Install the controllers in the primary and butterfly riser cages.

  10. Using the shorter of the two cables provided, connect the controller backup power cable to the controller backup power connector on the riser board (Riser board components).
    IMPORTANT:
    To enable SmartCache or CacheCade in a P-class type-p Smart Array controller, you must:

    • Connect the controller backup power cable to the controller backup power connector on the system or riser board.

    • Connect the energy pack cable to the energy pack connector on the system board.

    Item Description1
    1 Type-p Smart Array controller connected to the controller backup power connector
    2 Energy pack connected to the energy pack connector
    1

    Your server might appear different.

    To locate these connectors, see System board components and Riser board components.

  11. Install the riser cage.
  12. Route and connect the cables between the storage devices and the controller.

    A maximum of four cables can be routed to each riser cage.

    CAUTION:

    To avoid damage to the cables and server components, always route cables flat against the server walls, and separate the cables as they enter the primary riser cage. Bundled cables can be pinched or damaged when installing the fan cage or primary riser cage.

    Controller cable routing
  13. Install the access panel (Installing the access panel).
  14. Install the server into the rack (Installing the server into the rack).
  15. Connect each power cord to the server.
  16. Connect each power cord to the power source.
  17. Power up the server.
  18. Configure the new storage controller.
    For more information, see the user guide for your controller series on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/smartstorage-docs).