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Use this overview as a guide to the tasks required for installing the 5802 and 5877 expansion units (12X I/O Drawer PCIe) into a rack and cabling it to a server.
| Task | Where to find associated information |
|---|---|
| Preinstalled enclosures only Remove the bracing bracket. After you have removed the bracing bracket,
choose one of the following options:
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To remove the bracing bracket, see Removing the bracing bracket. |
| Perform inventory. Ensure that you have the rails. Ensure that you have both a Philips-head and flat-head screwdriver. |
Locate the inventory list for your expansion
unit, and verify that you received all of the parts that you ordered. Each
order contains, at a minimum, the following items:
If your shipment contains parts that are not required to complete the installation procedure, store those parts until they are required to be used. If you have incorrect, missing, or damaged parts, consult any of the following resources:
You can also obtain order information from your marketing representative or IBM Business Partner. |
| Check the firmware level for the server to which you are connecting the expansion unit. | To ensure that server firmware has been updated to a level that supports this expansion unit, see the IBM Prerequisite. |
| Verify that you have a rack. | You must have a rack installed. If you do not have a rack installed, see Installing the rack. |
| Prepare to install the expansion unit. | To ensure that you have taken all preparatory steps to install this expansion unit, see Installing the 5802 or 5877 in a rack. |
| Determine where to install the expansion unit in the rack. | For suggestions about how to organize the hardware in your rack and to assign a location for the expansion unit, see Determining the location. |
| Mark the location on the rack where the expansion unit will be installed. | If you have a rack-mounting template for the
disk drive enclosure, use it to mark the location. If you do not have a rack-mounting template, see Marking the location. |
| Install the rail assembly in the rack. | To install the mounting hardware in the rack, see Attaching the mounting hardware to the rack. |
| Install the expansion unit on the rail assembly. | To install the expansion unit on the rail assembly, see Installing the 5802 or 5877 on the rail assembly. |
| 5802 only Connect the disk subsystem. |
To connect a SAS adapter to the disk drive enclosure as follows, see Cabling the 5802 disk subsystem. |
| Add the expansion unit to the system and verify that the configuration is functional. | Add the expansion unit to the system by completing
the following steps:
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