Introduction
Overview
This guide demonstrates how to replace the SATA / power (150mm) cable in an Open Compute Server v2. == Acronyms and Terms == * HDD - Hard Disk Drive * SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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The server can be powered off remotely or on the hardware itself.
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Remote Power Down: Login to the server to power it off.
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shutdown -h now;exit -
Hardware Power Down: Press and hold the power switch for at least three seconds, as annotated.
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Press the button on the server sled release lever and pull the lever.
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This unlocks the sled from the chassis.
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Disconnect the 10G SFP+ cable from the network interface controller.
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Disconnect the SATA / power cables connected to the boot hard disk drive.
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Node 1 (right-most sled) boot drive is the top drive in the chassis. Node 0 (left-most sled) boot drive is the bottom drive in the chassis.
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Disconnecting the SATA / power cable can be performed on either the motherboard or HDD end of server node 1 . However, the SATA / power cable must be disconnected from the motherboard end on node 0.
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Pull the server sled from the chassis.
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Place the server sled on a work surface.
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Disconnect the power connector from the server motherboard.
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Disconnect the SATA connector from the server motherboard.
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The SATA connector has a metal tab that must be depressed to release the cable.
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Disconnect the power and SATA connectors from the HDD.
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Connect the new SATA / power cable to the HDD.
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Connect the SATA / power cable to the server motherboard.
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Slide the server back into the rack.
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Connect the peripheral cables (SATA / power and networking) that were previously disconnected.
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Power on the server.
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