1. Exadata Server X10M Service Manual
  2. Servicing SAS Cables
  3. Remove SAS Storage Drive Cables

Remove SAS Storage Drive Cables

  1. Prepare the server for service.
    1. Power off the server.
    2. Disconnect the power cords from the power supplies.
    3. Extend the server to the maintenance position.
    4. Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist, and then to a metal area on the chassis.
    5. Remove the server top cover.
    6. Remove the air baffle.
    7. Remove fan modules.
    8. Remove the fan tray from the server.
  2. Disconnect the SAS cables from the disk backplane [1].

    Press and hold the button on the connector to disengage the locking mechanism, then gently pull the connector from the disk backplane.

    Figure showing SAS drive cables being removed from the server.
  3. Disconnect the SAS cables from the Broadcom 9500-16i, 12GB SAS PCIe, 16 Port, Internal card in PCIe slot 9 [2].

    Press each latch, and then pull out to disengage the cable from each connector.

  4. Remove the SAS cables from the server [3].

    Carefully remove the SAS cable bundles from the server. Be careful not to snag the cables on the server components.