HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server - Manual (Page 45)

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a. Connect the SATA and sideband signal cables to the rear drive cage.
b. Route the cables along the side of the system board toward the front chassis.
c. Connect the cables to the front drive cage backplane.
12. If you are not installing the secondary PCI riser cage, then install the secondary PCI riser cage blank.
13. Connect the rest of the drive cables required in this drive configuration. For more information, see
"Storage cabling (on page
83 )."
14. Install the drives (" Installing a hot-plug drive " on page 37 ).
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.
15. Install the access panel (on page 24 ).
16. Install the server into the rack (" Installing the server into the rack " on page 33 ).
17. Power up the server (on page 20 ).