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3. Remove the cooling shroud.
4. Remove the PCIe card holder.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
Steps
1. Align the cable retention bracket with the alignment pins on the chassis.
2. Slide the cable retention bracket along the chassis wall until the tab clicks and locks the slots.
3. Place all cables to be routed in the cable retention bracket.
Next steps
1. Install the PCIe card holder.
2. Install the cooling shroud.
3. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Integrated storage controller card
Your system includes a dedicated expansion card slot on the system board for an integrated controller
card. The integrated storage controller card provides the integrated storage subsystem for the internal
hard drives in your system. The controller supports SAS and SATA hard drives and also enables you to set
up the hard drives in RAID configurations. The RAID configurations depend on the version of the storage
controller included with your system.
Removing the integrated storage controller card
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
1. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the cooling shroud.
4. Remove the expansion card riser 1.
5. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.
Steps
1. Loosen the screws that secure the integrated storage controller cable to the integrated storage
controller card connector on the system board.
2. Lift the integrated storage controller cable out.
3. Lift one end of the card and angle it to disengage the card from the integrated storage controller
card holder on system board.
4. Lift the card out of the chassis.
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