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Installing a ServeRAID SAS Controller

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Installing a ServeRAID SAS Controller The Intel® Blade Storage Expansion Module SBESAS comes with a ServeRAID SAS Controller that supports RAID level-0 and level-1. An optional ServeRAID SAS Controller AB256BSE (256-MB cache memory and battery backup for the Intel® Blade Storage Expansion Module SBESAS) is also available that supports RAID level-0, level-1, and level-5. You must install one of these SAS controllers before you can create and use the RAID. Complete the following steps to install a ServeRAID SAS Controller: 1. Read the Safety information beginning on page vii and "Installation Guidelines" on page 39. 2. If the host blade server and expansion unit are installed in a SBCE unit, shut down the operating system and turn off the blade server; then, remove the combined blade server and expansion unit from the SBCE unit (see the documentation that comes with the blade server for more information). 3. Carefully lay the combined unit down on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover side up. 4. Remove the cover from the expansion unit (see "Removing the Expansion Unit Cover" on page 44). To install a ServeRAID SAS Controller, complete the following steps. SAS controller Controller socket Retaining clips 1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the ServeRAID SAS Controller to any unpainted metal surface on the SBCE unit or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the SAS controller from the package. 2. Make sure that both of the controller socket retaining clips are in the fully open position. 3. Orient the SAS controller so that the keys align correctly with the controller socket. Intel® Server Compute Blade SBXD132 Installation and User's Guide 45

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Intel® Server Compute Blade SBXD132 Installation and User’s Guide
45
Installing a ServeRAID SAS Controller
The Intel® Blade Storage Expansion Module SBESAS comes with a ServeRAID SAS
Controller that supports RAID level-0 and level-1. An optional ServeRAID SAS
Controller AB256BSE (256-MB cache memory and battery backup for the Intel® Blade
Storage Expansion Module SBESAS) is also available that supports RAID level-0,
level-1, and level-5. You must install one of these SAS controllers before you can create
and use the RAID.
Complete the following steps to install a ServeRAID SAS Controller:
1.
Read the Safety information beginning on page
vii
and
“Installation Guidelines” on
page 39
.
2.
If the host blade server and expansion unit are installed in a SBCE unit, shut down the
operating system and turn off the blade server; then, remove the combined blade
server and expansion unit from the SBCE unit (see the documentation that comes with
the blade server for more information).
3.
Carefully lay the combined unit down on a flat, static-protective surface, with the
cover side up.
4.
Remove the cover from the expansion unit (see
“Removing the Expansion Unit
Cover” on page 44
).
To install a ServeRAID SAS Controller, complete the following steps.
1.
Touch the static-protective package that contains the ServeRAID SAS Controller to
any
unpainted
metal surface on the SBCE unit or any
unpainted
metal surface on any
other grounded rack component; then, remove the SAS controller from the package.
2.
Make sure that both of the controller socket retaining clips are in the fully open
position.
3.
Orient the SAS controller so that the keys align correctly with the controller socket.
SAS
controller
Retaining
clips
Controller socket