Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - RAID Card

RAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheRAIDcardifyourserverhasaRAID
cardinstalledinthelongerslotoftherisercardassembly1.
SomeservermodelscomewithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.You
alsocanpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“Installingor
removingtheRAIDcard”onpage101.
Notes:
•TheoptionkitforaRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
•TheservermusthaveaRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalledtosupportmorethaneighthard
diskdrives.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure25.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port03RAID5keyconnector
2Port1
1Port0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42
.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage42
.
3RAID5keyconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage105
.
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