Chapter 2 - Installing Bbu; Installation Procedure; Selecting Pci Slot; Selecting And Installing Bracket - NEC Promise SuperTrak EX8350 User Manual

Chapter 2 - Installing BBU

This chapter describes the installation of the BBU in the server.

1. Installation Procedure

Install the BBU in the disk array controller in the following procedure.
Before starting the installation job, refer to the User's Guide of the disk array
controller and that of the server.
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1-1. Selecting PCI Slot

By changing the PCI bracket position, the BBU may be installed in either of PCI/PCI-X slot or PCI-Express
slot on the server. Select an appropriate PCI slot to install the BBU among the unused slots.
To install the BBU in the low-profile PCI slot, you need to replace the PCI bracket. See the subsequent
section "Selecting and Installing Bracket" for details.
The factory installed PCI bracket is for PCI-Express slot. To install the BBU in PCI/PCI-X slot, take the
following procedure.
1.
Remove the two screws fixing the BBU with PCI bracket.
2.
Locate screw positions to the non-marked places (PCI/PCI-X slot side), and fix the PCI bracket with
the two screws removed in Step 1.

1-2. Selecting and Installing Bracket

The BBU is originally equipped with the full-height PCI bracket. To install the BBU to a low-profile PCI slot,
the full-height PCI bracket must be replaced with the low-profile PCI bracket coming with the BBU.
1.
Remove the screws (2) fixing the full-height PCI bracket to the BBU.
2.
Remove the full-height PCI bracket.
3.
Install the low-profile PCI bracket.
PCI-E
PCI-E
PCI-Express slot side
PCI-E
PCI-E
PCI/PCI-X slot side