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Separating the 571F/575B card set and moving the cache directory card

Use this procedure to separate the 571F/575B card set and to move the cache directory card.

To complete this procedure, you need a special bit or driver (T-10 TORX).
Attention: To avoid loss of cache data, do not remove the cache battery during this procedure.
To separate the 571F/575B card set and to move the cache directory card, complete the following steps:
Important: All cards are sensitive to electrostatic discharge.
  1. Label both sides of the card before separating them.
  2. Go to the next step if you are not servicing a 571F/575B card set containing a light pipe assembly. If you are servicing a 571F/575B card set that contains a light pipe assembly, you will need to remove the light pipes. To remove the light pipes, do the following:
    1. Place the 571F/575B card set adapter on an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protective surface.
    2. Remove the light pipe retaining screw (C) from the 571F/575B card set.
    3. Slide the light pipe assembly (D) from between the 571F/575B cards.
    4. Put both the screw and the light pipe assembly in a safe place.
    571F/575B card set light pipe removal.
  3. Place the 571F/575B card set adapter on an ESD protective surface and orient it as shown in the following figure.
    Orient the card showing battery and SCSI cables.
  4. Disconnect battery cable (A) and the SCSI cable (B) from the 571F storage adapter. Leave the other end of the cables attached to the 575B auxiliary cache adapter.
    Disconnect battery and SCSI cables disconnected
  5. To prevent possible card damage, first loosen all five retaining screws (C) before removing them. After all five retaining screws have been loosened, remove the screws (C) from the 571F storage adapter.
    Removing the five screws from the base card
  6. Carefully lift the 571F storage adapter off the standoffs and set it on the ESD protective surface.
    Lift card off of the standoffs
  7. Turn the 571F storage adapter over so that the components are facing up, and locate the cache directory card (D) on the 571F storage adapter. It is the small rectangular card mounted on the I/O card.
    Locating the cache directory card
  8. Unseat the connector on the cache directory card by wiggling the two corners that are farthest from the mounting pegs. To disengage the mounting pegs, pivot the cache directory card back over the mounting peg.
    Unseating the directory card from the mounting pegs
  9. Move the cache directory card to the replacement 571F storage adapter and seat it on the connector and mounting pegs.
  10. To reassemble the cards, perform steps 1 - 9 in reverse order. To prevent possible card damage, insert all five screws (C) before tightening any of them.
    Note: If you are installing the 571F/575B card set adapter into a cassette, do the following steps:
    1. Remove the adapter handle (B) as shown in the following figure.
    2. If applicable, remove the light-pipe assembly.
    3. Remove the two plastic covers from the Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) jumper cable (A) as shown in the following figure.
      Preparing the adapter for placement into a cassette.
    4. Ensure that the battery cable (A) and the SCSI cable (B) are reconnected to the 575B auxiliary cache adapter.
    5. Place an adapter in the PCI adapter double-wide cassette to complete the installation.
  11. If applicable, to replace the light pipes, do the following steps:
    1. Ensure that the 571F/575B cards are correctly assembled.
    2. If necessary, remove the 571F/575B card handle (A) from the back of the card set.
    3. Slide the light pipe assembly (D) between the 571F/575B cards. Ensure that the threaded screw hole located on the light pipe assembly is aligned with the screw clearance hole located on the card.
    571F/575B card set light pipe removal.
  12. Return to the procedure that sent you here. This ends this procedure.


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Last updated: Fri, March 20, 2015