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Figure 35. Installing the Flex Circuit Cable Retention Clip

10.

If this is the last task you are doing inside the chassis, slide the power supply

module(s) back into place and replace the top front cover.

4.4

Installing a Hardware RAID Module

Hard disk drives are not supported on the CG2100 server by default. One of two
separately-orderable controller options is required. Hardware RAID support requires a
SAS/SATA hardware RAID module, which is described in this section. If basic, non-RAID
support is all that your solution requires, then the SAS/SATA control module is
adequate. See Section 4.3, “Installing a SAS/SATA Control Module“, if basic support is
what you want.

Figure 36 shows the SAS/SATA hardware RAID module, which provides SAS/SATA RAID
functionality for the server using an LSI Logic LSISAS1078* hardware RAID controller
(“B”). The module’s interface to the baseboard is through a PCI Express bus flex
circuit cable (“A”) to the bridge board. The SAS/SATA hardware RAID module is located
in the front left of the chassis between the power supply system and the SAS/SATA
backplane board. The module’s gold edge connector (“C”) mates with the SAS/SATA
backplane board.

Figure 36. SAS/SATA Hardware RAID Module

Before you can install the SAS/SATA hardware RAID module, you need to slide the power
supply module(s) out a bit for easy access to the module bracket. There is also a
protective sheet metal bracket that will hold the SAS/SATA hardware RAID module and
this has to come off also before the module can be installed.

1.

Remove the front chassis cover. For instructions, see “Removing the Front Cover” in

Section 3.2.

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