Installing the NVMe enablement kit
Prerequisites
Before installing this option, be sure that you have the following:
The components included with the hardware option kit
Procedure
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Observe the following alerts:
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 electrostatic discharge.
- Back up all server data.
- Power down the server (Power down the server).
- Disconnect all peripheral cables from the server.
- Remove the system board module from the chassis (Removing the system board module from the chassis).
- Place the module on a flat, level work surface.
- Remove the riser cage (Removing the riser cage).
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Install the NVMe riser board.
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Connect the cables to the storage controller.
In the following illustration, the orange cable connects to port J3. The blue cable connects to port J4.
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Connect the cables to the system board.
For more information, see NVMe cabling.
- Connect the cable from port J3 on the riser board to NVMe drive port J19 on the system board.
- Connect the cable from port J4 on the riser board to NVMe drive port J13 on the system board.
- Install the riser cage.
- Install the system board module.
- Connect all peripheral cables to the server.
- Power up the server (Power up the server).