Adapter
Adapter
bracket

Expansion-slot

bracket

Tab

Important: Make sure that the U-shaped opening in the metal adapter bracket

engages the tab on the expansion-slot bracket.
10. Follow the cabling instructions, if any, that come with the adapter.
11. Carefully align the riser-card assembly with the guides on the rear of the server
and with the riser-card connectors on the system board; then, press down on
the assembly. Make sure that the riser-card assembly is fully seated in the

riser-card connector on the system board.

PCI-X slot
Power cable
12. If the riser-card assembly is an optional PCI-X riser-card assembly in the
server, reconnect the riser-card power cable to the riser-card assembly.
13. If you are installing a ServeRAID-MR10i controller (2.5-inch drive models only),
complete the following steps:
a. Disconnect the existing SAS/SATA controller signal cable from the hard
disk drive backplane and from the controller; then, remove the cable from
the server.
b. Route the ServeRAID-MR10i signal cable as shown in the following

illustration and connect it to the hard disk drive backplane.

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