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## Install a SAS PCIe RAID HBA Card

Note - This is a cold service procedure that can be performed by customers. See Cold Service, Replaceable by Customer for more information about cold service procedures.

| Caution - This procedure involves handling circuit boards that are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Ensure that you follow ESD preventative practices to avoid damaging the circuit boards.

| Caution - Components inside the chassis might be hot. Use caution when servicing components inside the chassis.

1. Unpack the SAS PCIe RAID HBA card and place it on an antistatic mat.
2. Remove the PCIe/XAUI riser that is closest to the power supplies.

   See Remove a PCIe or PCIe/XAUI Riser.

3. If a PCIe filler panel is installed, remove it.
4. Install the SAS PCIe RAID HBA card into the upper slot in the riser.
5. Connect the internal data cables to the card.
6. Reinstall the PCIe/XAUI riser.

   See Install a PCIe or PCIe/XAUI Riser.

   Note - If your system has a sixteen-disk capable backplane and if it is configured with the default zones required by the onboard SAS RAID controllers, you must disable those zones before the SAS PCIe RAID HBA can be used. See Step 7 and Step 8 for instructions on disabling these zones.

   For more information on zoning in sixteen-disk backplane configurations, see the “Configuring Hardware RAID” discussion in the SPARC T3 Series Servers Administration Guide.

7. Verify that the `zoningcli` command is available on your system.

   The `zoningcli` command is part of the Oracle Hardware Management Pack 2.1.1 software. If that software is not installed on your system, you can download it from this location:

   http://www.oracle.com/us/support/044752.html

   You can find complete documentation for using the Hardware Management Pack software at this location:

   http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=mgtpk21&id=homepage

8. When you have installed the Hardware Management Pack software, use the `zoningcli` command to disable zoning.

       # zoningcli disable zoning

   The zones are now disabled, which allows you to use the internal SAS PCIe RAID HBA to manage the disk drives in a sixteen-disk capable backplane.

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- Remove a SAS PCIe RAID HBA Card

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