Dell PowerEdge C8000 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents 5
Removing the Hard-Drive Backplane
From an Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier
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50
Installing a Hard-Drive Backplane Into
an Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier
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51
3 Troubleshooting
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53
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 53
Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 54
Troubleshooting a Sled
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54
Troubleshooting a Hard-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hard-Drive Not Recognized
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55
Hard-Drive Indicator Does Not Light . . . . . . . . 55
Troubleshooting the SAS Expander Board
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56
Troubleshooting the External SAS Connection . . . . . 56
Troubleshooting the Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . 57
Troubleshooting the Node Power Distribution
Board
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Checking the Expander Firmware Version . . . . . . . 58
4 Using the Expander Flash Utility
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59
Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . 59
SAS Expander Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Command Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Command Line Parameters
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60