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4 cabling issues for enterprise 6000 systems, 3 disk drives, 1 removing a disk drive – Sun Microsystems 6.0005E+11 User Manual

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Disk Boards and Components

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5.5.2.4 Cabling Issues for Enterprise 6000 Systems

Slot 15 installation:

Use an 80-cm SCSI cable to connect the Disk board to the SCSI Host
Adapter (on-board or SBus card).

Slot 14 installation:

If an I/O board is installed in the front, use an 80-cm SCSI cable to connect
the Disk board to the SCSI Host Adapter.

If all I/O Boards are installed in the rear, use a 2-meter SCSI cable (sold
separately) to connect the Disk board to the SCSI Host Adapter.
Route the cable down the side of the card cage, through the cable pass in
the cabinet.

5.5.3 Disk Drives

5.5.3.1 Removing a Disk Drive

1. Use the procedures described in, Section 5.5.1, “Removing a Board,” To

remove the applicable Disk board.

2. Unlatch and open the ejector drive retainer on the drive to be replaced.

See Figure 5-8. Using the extended drive retainer as a handle pull the drive
straight out to disengage it from the board mating receptacle and the drive
mounting bracket.