RAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsonaRAIDcardifaRAIDcardisinstalled
ontherisercardassembly2.
SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctionstothe
server.Formoreinformation,referto“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage90.
Note:TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
•ThinkServerRAID710Adapter(alsoknownas9270CV-8iRAIDadapter)
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure19.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port03TR500keyconnector
2Port1
1Port0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage36.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage36.
3TR500keyconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage95
.
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