Card, Installing a scsi backplane daughter card – Dell PowerEdge 2550 User Manual
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8.
Close the drive carrier handle to lock the new drive carrier in place.
9.
If you removed the bezel in step 2, reinstall it now.
10.
Install any required SCSI device drivers. For more information, see your operating system documentation.
11.
If the hard-disk drive is a new drive, run the Dell Diagnostics to test the new drive.
Installing a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller Host Adapter Card
Follow these general guidelines when you install a Dell host adapter card. For specific instructions, refer to the documentation supplied with the PERC host
adapter card.
1.
Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2.
Unpack the host adapter card and prepare it for installation. For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the host adapter card.
3.
Open the system doors (see "
Opening the System Doors
" in "Checking Inside the System").
4.
Install the controller card in an expansion slot. See "
Installing System Board Options
" for information on installing the card.
5.
Detach the interface cable from the SCSI host adapter connector on the system board (labeled "SCSIA") See
connector.
6.
Connect the end of the SCSI interface cable to the connector on the host adapter card. To identify the correct connector, see the documentation for the
host adapter card.
7.
If you are attaching multiple external SCSI devices, daisy-chain the devices to each other using the cables shipped with each device. See each device's
documentation for information on cabling that device as part of a daisy chain.
8.
Close the system doors, and then reconnect the system and peripherals to their electrical outlets.
9.
Connect the external SCSI device(s) to electrical outlet(s).
For each external device, plug the socket end of the power cable into the power receptacle on the back of the device, and plug the other end of the
power cable into an electrical outlet.
10.
Install any required SCSI device drivers. For more information, see your operating system documentation.
11.
Test the SCSI hard-disk drive by running the Dell Diagnostics.
Installing a SCSI Backplane Daughter Card
To operate the SCSI backplane in a 2 x 2 split backplane configuration, you must install a second, optional daughter card. To install the daughter card, perform
the following steps.
1.
Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2.
Unpack the SCSI backplane board daughter card kit.
3.
Open the system doors (see "
Opening the System Doors
" in "Checking Inside the System").
4.
Remove the two hard-disk drives from the right-hand drive bay (see "
Installing SCSI Hard-Disk Drives
5.
The daughter card fits between the sides of a card guide on the floor of the drive bay. To install the card in the card guide, perform the following steps:
a.
Figure 10-4. Installing a Daughter Card
WARNING: Before you install the host adapter card, you must turn off the system and disconnect it from the electrical outlet. For more
information, see "
Safety First—For You and Your Computer
" in "Checking Inside the System."
WARNING: See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions in the System Information document.
WARNING: Before you install the daughter card, you must turn off the system and disconnect it from the electrical outlet. For more information,
see "
Safety First—For You and Your Computer
" in "Checking Inside the System."
WARNING: See "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions in the System Information document.
NOTICE: You must remove all hard-disk drives to avoid damaging the SCSI backplane board when you remove it later in this procedure.