Dell PowerVault DP100 - Manual (Page 45)

2. Open the system. See Opening the System .
3. Remove all existing hard drives from the hard drive bay. See Removing a Hard Drive from the Drive Bay .
4. Install the SAS backplane:
a. Lower the backplane into the system and align the backplane with the retention hooks on the drive bay, then fit the backplane over the
retention hooks.
b. Slide the backplane board toward the front fan about 12 mm (0.5 inch) until it clicks into place.
Figure 3-12. Installing the SAS Backplane Board
5. Connect the power cable connector P3 to the power connector on the SAS backplane. See Figure 3 -12 .
6. Connect the baseboard management controller (BMC) inter-IC (I2C) cable to the SAS backplane. See Figure 3 -12 .
7. Connect the other end of the BMC I2C cable to connector BP_I2C on the system board. See System Board Connectors .
8. If not already installed, install the SAS controller card.
See Installing an Expansion Card for instructions about installing the card.
9. Connect the SAS data cable to the SAS controller card, and to the SAS interface connector on the backplane. See Figure 3 -13 and Figure 3 -12 .
10. Close the system. See Closing the System .
11. Stand the system upright.
12. Install the hard drives into the hard-drive bay. See Figure 3 -11 .
13. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
14. Install any required device drivers.
15. Run the SAS controllers tests and the hard-drive tests in the system diagnostics. See Running the System Diagnostics .
Installing SATA and SCSI hard drives in the same system is not supported.
Figure 3-13. SAS Backplane Connected to a SAS Controller Card
1 release tab 2 power connector 3 I2C connector
4 data cable 5 power cable