Cable - SATA / Power (150mm) Replacement

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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

  1. The server can be powered off remotely or on the hardware itself.

    • The server can be powered off remotely or on the hardware itself.

    • Remote Power Down: Login to the server to power it off.

    • shutdown -h now;exit

    • Hardware Power Down: Press and hold the power switch for at least three seconds, as annotated.

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  2. Press the button on the server sled release lever and pull the lever. This unlocks the sled from the chassis. This unlocks the sled from the chassis.

    • Press the button on the server sled release lever and pull the lever.

    • This unlocks the sled from the chassis.

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  3. Disconnect the 10G SFP+ cable from the network interface controller. Disconnect the SATA / power cables connected to the boot hard disk drive. 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.

    • Disconnect the 10G SFP+ cable from the network interface controller.

    • Disconnect the SATA / power cables connected to the boot hard disk drive.

    • 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.

    • 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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  4. Pull the server sled from the chassis.

    • Pull the server sled from the chassis.

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  5. Place the server sled on a work surface.

    • Place the server sled on a work surface.

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  6. Disconnect the power connector from the server motherboard. Disconnect the SATA connector from the server motherboard. The SATA connector has a metal tab that must be depressed to release the cable.

    • Disconnect the power connector from the server motherboard.

    • Disconnect the SATA connector from the server motherboard.

    • The SATA connector has a metal tab that must be depressed to release the cable.

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  7. Disconnect the power and SATA connectors from the HDD. Disconnect the power and SATA connectors from the HDD. Disconnect the power and SATA connectors from the HDD.

    • Disconnect the power and SATA connectors from the HDD.

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  8. Connect the new SATA / power cable to the HDD.

    • Connect the new SATA / power cable to the HDD.

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  9. Connect the SATA / power cable to the server motherboard.

    • Connect the SATA / power cable to the server motherboard.

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  10. Slide the server back into the rack. Connect the peripheral cables (SATA / power and networking) that were previously disconnected.

    • Slide the server back into the rack.

    • Connect the peripheral cables (SATA / power and networking) that were previously disconnected.

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  11. Power on the server.

    • Power on the server.

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Conclusion

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Dozuki System

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