HP Xw4600 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM User manual

LSI MegaRAID® SAS 8888ELP Host Bus
Adapter installation
Introduction
This document describes how to install the LSI MegaRAID® SAS 8888ELP Host Bus Adapter (HBA) in
HP and xw series Workstations. Procedures are included for connecting SAS hard drives mounted
in hard drive bays and optical drive bays to the Redundant Array of Independent Drives (RAID) controller
card.
Kit contents
●SAS RAID controller card
●MiniSAS 4i to 4X SATA internal adapter cable (short)
●4-Port data cable with 90-degree connectors (long)
●4-Port data cable with straight connectors (long)
●CD with software drivers and manufacturer's documentation
●Hard drive activity LED cable
●Installation instructions (this document)
●Warranty information
Before you begin
To view QuickSpecs and determine the compatibility of this product with your HP workstation, see
http://www.hp.com/go/productbulletin.
© 2007–2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. MegaRAID is a registered
trademark of LSI Corporation. Printed in the U.S.
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Warnings and cautions
WARNING! Any surface or area of the equipment marked with this symbol indicates the presence
of an electrical shock hazard. To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock, do not open any enclosed
area marked with this symbol.
WARNING! To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to your equipment:
— Do not disable the power cord grounding plug. The grounding plug is an important safety feature.
— Plug the power cord in a grounded (earthed) outlet that is easily accessible at all times.
— Disconnect power from the equipment by unplugging the power cord from the electrical outlet.
WARNING! Any surface or area of the equipment marked with this symbol indicates the presence
of a hot surface or hot component. If this surface is contacted, the potential for injury exists. To reduce
the risk of injury from a hot component, enable the surface to cool before touching.
WARNING! If a product is shipped in packaging marked with this symbol, , the product must always
be lifted by two persons to avoid personal injury due to product weight.
WARNING! To reduce the risk of serious injury, read the Safety & Comfort Guide. It describes proper
workstation setup, posture, health, and work habits for computer users, and provides important electrical
and mechanical safety information. This guide is located at http://www.hp.com/ergo and on the
documentation CD (if one is included with the product).
CAUTION: Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the workstation. Before
beginning these procedures, be sure you discharge static electricity by briefly touching a grounded metal
object.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the workstation, observe the following Electrostatic Discharge
(ESD) precautions while performing the system parts removal and replacement procedures:
— Work on a static-free mat.
— Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from your body
to the ground.
— Create a common ground for the equipment you are working on by connecting the static-free mat,
static strap, and peripheral units to that piece of equipment.
NOTE: HP accessories are for use in HP Workstation products. They have been extensively tested
for reliability and are manufactured to high quality standards.
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Step 1—Preparing for component installation
NOTE: Workstation models vary. All illustrations are examples only.
Download and install updates
1. Check for available system BIOS updates specified for your HP workstation model and operating
system at http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport.
2. Install the system BIOS updates, if available.
Accessing the internal components of the workstation
1. If you need help preparing the workstation for this installation, consult the removal and replacement
procedures in the service guide for your workstation at http://www.hp.com/support/
workstation_manuals.
NOTE: For the HP Workstation series, these procedures are also available in the User
Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics CD that shipped with your workstation.
2. Power down the workstation, and then disconnect the power cord.
3. Power down all external devices, and then disconnect them from the workstation.
4. Remove the side access panel.
Removing components
1. If present, remove the card support to enable access to the expansion slots and system board
connectors.
2. Select an appropriate PCIe expansion slot. For optimum performance, HP recommends installing
the card in a PCIe-x8 or x16 expansion slot on the system board. The card can be installed in a
PCIe-x4 expansion slot, but performance is reduced.
NOTE: To identify an available PCIe expansion slot, see the service label on the side access
panel.
Figure 1 Removing the expansion slot cover
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Step 2—Installing the SAS RAID controller card
1. Install the SAS RAID controller card into the selected PCIe expansion slot on the system board.
Ensure that the card is fully seated in the expansion slot.
2. Close the expansion slot retention clamp to secure the card in the slot.
Figure 2 Installing the SAS RAID controller card
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Step 3—Configuring the cabling
The RAID controller card can be used to control SAS hard drives located in the internal hard drive bays,
SAS hard drives located in the optical bays, and SAS hard drives external to the workstation.
The data cable connections for RAID differ between workstation models. To determine the correct
connection for your hard drives, identify the applicable HP workstation model and the location of the
hard drive being connected in the following table. To connect existing hard drives, disconnect the existing
single data cables from the system board, and then choose the correct connection type.
The LED cable connection is similar for all HP Workstation models.
Table 1 Data cable configuration guide
HP workstation model Location of hard drive Connection type Description
HP xw Workstations
HP 400 Workstations
Internal hard drive bay Standard data cable
connections on page 9
Use the long 4-port data cable
with 90-degree connectors
provided in this kit to connect the
hard drives to the RAID controller
card.
HP xw Workstations
HP 400 Workstations
Optical bay Standard data cable
connections on page 9
Use the long 4-port data cable
with straight connectors provided
in this kit to connect the hard drives
to the RAID controller card.
HP 600 Workstations
HP 800 Workstations
Internal hard drive bay Blind-mate data cable
connections on page 7
The blind-mate data cable from the
applicable internal hard drive is
disconnected from the system
board and connected to the
appropriate port connector on the
short MiniSAS adapter cable. The
MiniSAS adapter is then connected
to the RAID controller card.
HP 600 Workstations
HP 800 Workstations
Optical bay Standard data cable
connections on page 9
Use the long 4-port data cable
with straight connectors provided
in this kit to connect the hard drives
to the RAID controller card.
HP xw Workstations
HP Workstations
External External Connections
on page 11
To connect external hard drives to
the RAID controller card, see the
user documentation for your
preferred device.
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RAID controller card features
There are two selectable connectors on the card. Each internal connector supports up to four SAS hard
drives. The number of external hard drives supported by an external connector depends on your
preferred external device. One adapter cable—either internal or external—can be connected to each
selectable connector.
●Selectable connector 1 consists of connectors
A
and
B
.
●Selectable connector 2 consists of connectors
C
and
D
.
The hard drive activity LED is connector
E
Figure 3 Identifying the SAS controller ports
Table 2 Port connectors
Connector Description
A
Internal connector 1* (SFF-8087 MiniSAS), Selectable connector 1
B
External connector 1 (SFF-8088 MiniSAS), Selectable connector 1
C
Internal connector 2 (SFF-8087 MiniSAS), Selectable connector 2
D
External connector 2* (SFF-8088 MiniSAS), Selectable connector 2
E
Hard drive LED connector (2-pin connector labelled J9)
Card BIOS default settings:
●Newer cards are auto-sensing by default.
●* Historically, card BIOS default enabled connectors
A
(ports 0-3) and
D
(ports 4-7).
●See Step 6—Configuring RAID devices on page 12 for information about setting and resetting
card BIOS defaults.
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Blind-mate data cable connections
NOTE: This procedure assumes that the primary hard drive is located in HDD-BAY-0, and that all
internal bays are being connected to the RAID controller.
• It is not necessary to connect all internal drives or use all four of the connectors on the MiniSAS internal
adapter cable.
• The short MiniSAS 4i-4X SATA cable is used only to connect SAS hard drives located in the internal
hard drive bays of HP Workstations.
• A long MiniSASi data cable is used to connect SAS hard drives located in the optical drive bays.
See Standard data cable connections on page 9.
For internal SAS hard drives in HP workstations with preinstalled blind-mate cabling plugged into the
system board, such as HP 600 and HP 800 Workstations:
1. Locate and disconnect the HDD-BAY-0 cable from the system board SAS connectors.
Figure 4 Locating the blind-mate hard drive cables
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2. To connect the SAS hard drive data cables to the MiniSAS 4i to 4X SATA internal adapter cable:
a. Connect the HDD-BAY-0 cable to port 0 (P0) on the MiniSAS internal adapter cable.
b. Match the subsequent HDD-BAY cables to the corresponding port on the MiniSAS internal
adapter cable.
c. For RAID configuration, populate the internal hard drive bays before populating the optical
bays with hard drives.
Figure 5 Connecting the hard drive cables to the MiniSAS adapter cable
3. Attach the coupled end of the data cable to Internal connector 1 on the SAS RAID controller card.
Figure 6 RAID controller with 4 internal hard drives connected
4. If connecting more than four hard drives, attach the second data cable supplied with the controller
card kit to Internal connector 2 on the controller card, and continue with Standard data cable
connections on page 9.
5. Continue with Connecting the LED activity indicator on page 11.
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Standard data cable connections
This section applies to SAS hard drives installed in all optical bays and the internal hard drive bays of
HP xw Workstations and HP 400 Workstations.
1. If connecting a SAS hard drive, ensure that there is a SAS-to-SATA interconnect cable adapter
(supplied with the HP workstation SAS hard drive kit) to the data connector on the SAS hard drive.
Figure 7 Attaching the SAS-SATA adapter
2. Select the long 4-port data cable that best fits the workstation. Avoid sharp bends in the data cables.
●To choose a cable, see Table 1Data cable configuration guide on page 5.
●For standard cable connections, hard drives located in the internal bays and hard drives
located in the optical bays may share a long 4-port data cable.
●To connect a hard drive in the fifth internal bay on HP xw8000 and xw9000 Workstations, use
the 4-port data cable with straight connectors.
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3. To connect the first four hard drives:
a. Attach the coupled end of the data cable to Internal connector 1 on the RAID controller .
b. Attach the four splitter cables on the other end of the data cable to the data cable connectors
on the hard drives
2
.
c. To connect power to the hard drives, see the hard drive product documentation.
Figure 8 Data cable connections
4. If connecting more than four hard drives, attach the second data cable supplied with the controller
card kit to Internal connector 2 on the controller card.
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5. For HP xw Workstations, if connecting small form factor hard drives:
a. Connect the first four hard drives to the long 4-Port data cable with 90-degree connectors,
and then attach the coupled end of the cable to Internal connector 1 on the RAID controller.
b. Connect the remaining hard drives to the long 4-Port data cable with straight connectors, and
then attach the coupled end of the cable to Internal connector 2 on the RAID controller.
c. To connect power to the hard drives, or for complete installation instructions, see the hard
drive product documentation.
Figure 9 Sample small form factor drive power and data connections
6. Continue with Connecting the LED activity indicator on page 11.
External Connections
The LSI 8888 ELP controller card has an SFF-8088 connector available for external storage.
To connect external hard drives to the RAID controller card, see the user documentation for your
preferred device.
Connecting the LED activity indicator
1. Attach one end of the hard drive activity LED cable to the SAS RAID controller card .
2. Attach the other end of the hard drive activity LED cable to the hard drive LED activity connector
on the system board
2
.
NOTE: To locate the hard drive activity LED (HDD-LED) connector on the system board, refer to the
service label inside the workstation access panel. Use the LED cable appropriate for the workstation.
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Figure 10 Attaching the HDD-LED cable
Step 4—Reassembling the workstation
1. Reinstall the card support, if applicable.
2. Reinstall the side access panel.
3. Reconnect power to the workstation and all external devices.
4. Restore power to the workstation and all external devices.
Step 5—Loading and setting up driver software
For instructions on loading and setting up the SAS drivers for use with your workstation, see the
manufacturer’s documentation shipped with the 8-port SAS RAID controller.
At the time of component installation, look for device firmware and driver updates, designated for your
workstation model and operating system. You can obtain updates from http://www.hp.com/go/
workstationsupport.
Step 6—Configuring RAID devices
NOTE: Verify the RAID card internal data connectors are enabled. For card setup instructions, see
the manufacturer's documentation included in this kit.
For detailed instruction on configuring RAID devices, see the service guide for the HP workstation model
at http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals.
Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com/support/RAID_FAQs
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Japanese 日本語
This document is available in Japanese. See http://www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals, then
select your workstation product and select Japanese from the drop down Manual Language menu.
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