Dell PowerEdge T605 User Manual

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Installing System Components

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NOTE:

If you are installing a replacement SAS/RAID card, do not remove the

plastic cover protecting the card until after installation of the card is complete.

1 Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect

the system from the electrical outlet and peripherals.

2 Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 68.
3 Remove the expansion card shroud. See "Removing the Expansion Card

Shroud" on page 72.

4 Prepare the card for installation.

See the documentation that came with the card for information on
configuring the card, making internal connections, or otherwise
customizing it for your system.

5 Open the expansion card retainer adjacent to the slot. See Figure 3-26.
6 Insert the SAS card into the expansion card connector on the system board

and press down firmly (a SAS/RAID card can only be installed in slot 2). See
Figure 3-26. Ensure that the card is fully seated in the slot. See Figure 6-1
for the location of the expansion card slots on the system board.

7 Close the expansion-card retainer to secure the card in the system.

NOTICE:

Do not route card cables over or behind the cards. Cables routed over the

cards can prevent the system cover from closing properly or cause damage to the
equipment.

8 Your SAS controller card can either be cabled directly to the internal hard

drives, or cabled to the SAS/SATA backplane if your system has a lever-
release hard drive bay (when available).
Using the appropriate interface cable, attach one end of the cable to
connector 0 on the SAS controller card and the other end to either the
internal hard drives or the SAS/SATA backplane connector.

See Figure 3-12 for SAS cabling guidelines to the internal hard drives.

See Figure 3-27 for SAS cabling guidelines to the SAS/SATA backplane.

NOTE:

Be sure to connect the cable according to the connector labels on the

cable. The cable is not operational if reversed.

9 If applicable, connect the LED cable from the SAS controller card to the

system board connector (PERC_LED). See Figure 6-1 to locate the
connector.

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