Cisco UCS C220

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Cisco UCS C220 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
RAID Controller Cabling
Mezzanine-Style Card
This option can control up to eight drives.
The required UCSC-CABLE1 cable kit has two mini-SAS cables. Cable 1 controls drives 1–4 and cable
2
controls drives 5–8.
Step 1 Connect mini-SAS cable 1 from connector SAS1 on the card to the drives 1–4 connectors on the
backplane.
Step 2 Connect the mini-SAS cable 1 SGPIO connector S1 to backplane connector S1.
Step 3 Connect mini-SAS cable 2 from connector SAS2 on the card to the drives 5–8 connectors on the
backplane.
Step 4 Connect the mini-SAS cable 2 SGPIO connector S2 to backplane connector S2.
PCIe-Style Card
This option can control up to eight drives.
The required UCSC-CABLE1 cable kit has two mini-SAS cables. Cable 1 controls drives 1–4 and cable
2
controls drives 5–8.
Step 1 Connect mini-SAS cable 1 from connector SAS1 on the card to the drives 1–4 connectors on the
backplane.
Step 2 Connect the mini-SAS cable 1 SGPIO connector S1 to backplane connector S1.
Step 3 Connect mini-SAS cable 2 from connector SAS2 on the card to the drives 5–8 connectors on the
backplane.
Step 4 Connect the mini-SAS cable 2 SGPIO connector S2 to backplane connector S2.