Special Considerations for Installing a RAID Adapter - Netfinity 5600 - Type 8664

Special Considerations for Installing a RAID Adapter

You can install an optional RAID adapter in the server to control the hot-swap hard-disk drives.

To install the RAID adapter:

1.  Disconnect the SCSI cable from the SCSI cable extender on the system board.
    See the illustration in 'Installing a hot-plug PCI adapter' for the location of the SCSI cable extender.
    (The other end of the SCSI cable is connected to the SCSI HDD backplane.)
    The Service Label on the inside of the cover of the server shows cable routing for an optional RAID adapter.
2.  Connect the end of the SCSI cable that you disconnected from the SCSI cable extender to the RAID adapter.
    The other end of the cable is connected to the SCSI HDD backplane; the drives in the hot-swap bays are now connected to the RAID adapter.
3.  Connect the 2-drop SCSI cable to the SCSI cable extender on the system board, and attach the device  in the non-hot-swap bay to one of the drops on the other end of the 2-drop SCSI cable.
    The device is attached to the integrated SCSI controller.

Refer to the documentation provided with the RAID adapter for more information about installing the adapter and configuring a disk array.