Connecting cables to the SAS expander board
2.5-inch HDD/SSD configurations
Figure 164: Connecting cables to expander board (example 24x 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs)
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Connect the cables to the SAS expander board:
Cable Connector on
backplane/
controller
Connector on
SAS expander
board
1 SAS cable Backplane 1: X9 X10
2 SAS cable Backplane 1: X10 X11
3 SAS cable Backplane 2: X9 X12
4 SAS cable Backplane 2: X10 X13
5 SAS cable Backplane 3: X9 X14
6 SAS cable Backplane 3: X10 X15
7 SAS cable SAS controller:
MLC1
X1
8 SAS cable SAS controller:
MLC2
X2
Hard disk drive (HDD) / solid state disk (SSD)
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