2-6 ServeRAID Controller Hardware Installation
at http://www.ibm.com/support/. For updates, click Downloads
and drivers.
Device driver updates are made available periodically. To
ensure that you have the current version of the driver,
download the latest driver at http://www.ibm.com/support/. See
the readme file that accompanies the driver for any updated
information.
For details on installing the driver, refer to the ServeRAID-M
Device Driver Installation User’s Guide on the ServeRAID-M
Support CD. Be sure to use the latest Service Packs provided
by the operating system manufacturer and to review the
readme file that accompanies the driver.
2.4 SAS Device Cables
This section describes the cables used on the controller and provides
step-by-step instructions for connecting SAS physical drives and/or SATA
II physical drives to the controller. The SAS protocols and the SATA II
protocols use a thin, 7-wire connector instead of the 68-wire SCSI cable
or 26-wire ATA cable.
Note:
Use only straight SAS cables, not cross-over SAS cables.
The following figure displays the SAS cable that connects the internal
connectors on the controller to SAS drives.