204 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual TX300 S7 / RX350 S7
Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.2.3.2 16x 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane cabling
I Before connecting SAS cables to the controller, bend the cables as
needed in order to reduce strain on the controller. Bend the SAS cables
as close to their shrink tubes as possible.
SAS cabling with two SAS controllers
SAS cabling with SAS expander board
Cable
(T26139-)
Cabling
list no.
from to
Cabling
plan
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector MLC 1 on
SAS controller 1 in
PCI slot 10
SAS backplane 1
connector X1
16.2.16
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector MLC 2 on
SAS controller 1 in
PCI slot 10
SAS backplane 2
connector X1
SAS cable
Y3963-V107
18
Connector MLC 1 on
SAS controller 2 in
PCI slot 3
SAS backplane 3
connector X1
16.2.16
SAS cable
Y3963-V107
18
Connector MLC 2 on
SAS controller 2 in
PCI slot 3
SAS backplane 4
connector X1
Cable
(T26139-)
Cabling
list no.
from to
Cabling
plan
SAS cable
Y3963-V112
15
Connector X1 on
SAS expander board
SAS backplane 1
connector X1
16.2.19
SAS cable
Y3963-V112
15
Connector X2 on
SAS expander board
SAS backplane 2
connector X1
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector X3 on
SAS expander board
SAS backplane 3
connector X1
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector X4 on
SAS expander board
SAS backplane 4
connector X1
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector MLC 1 on
SAS controller 1 in
PCI slot 10
Connector MLC 1 on
SAS expander board
16.2.19
SAS cable
Y3963-V101
16
Connector MLC 2 on
SAS controller 1 in
PCI slot 10
Connector MLC 2 on
SAS expander board