184 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual RX2530 M4
Hard disk drive (HDD) / solid state drive (SSD)
Figure 98: Connecting SAS cables
Ê Connect the two SAS cables to the SAS expander board:
– (1) from SAS controller connector MLC1 to SAS expander board
– (2) from SAS controller connector MLC2 to SAS expander board
7.4.12.7 Connecting cables
Ê Connect all power cables to the HDD backplane.
Ê Connect all SAS/Oculink cables to the HDD backplane.
Ê If applicable, connect the OOB cable to connector "SMBus" on the HDD
backplane.
V CAUTION!
Depending on firmware of iRMC S5 and revision of Combo backplane,
the plug P2 or P3 may be used to connect the OOB cable to the HDD
backplane, see section "PCIe configuration with 1x Retimer controller in
riser module 2 (slot 3)" on page 176.
The following figures show examples for connecting cables.