•ConnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestotheSATAconnectorsonthesystemboard.IfyouconnecttheSATA
harddiskdrivestothesystemboard,youcancongureRAIDusingthecongurationutilityforthe
onboardSATAsoftwareRAID.
•ConnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestoarequiredRAIDcardifaRAIDcardisinstalled.Forservermodels
withuptofour3.5-inchSAShot-swapharddiskdrivesandonebackplane,youneedtoconnecttheSAS
harddiskdrivestotherequiredRAIDcardthatisinstalledintheserver.
Note:TheRAIDcardsupportsonlytheSATAIItypeofSATA.
ConnectingtheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard
ToconnecttheSATAharddiskdrivestothesystemboard,dothefollowing:
1.Usingthe450mm(17.72inches)mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSerialGeneral
PurposeInput/Output(SGPIO)port,connectthemini-SASconnector1tothemini-SASsignalcable
connectoronthe3.5-inchhot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.ConnectthefourSATAports3–6to
theSATAconnector0toSATAconnector3onthesystemboard.
2.ConnecttheSGPIOport2totheSATASGPIOconnectoronthesystemboard.
Notes:
1.ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencetofollowwhen
youareconnectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.
SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSATAconnector
P0
SATAconnector0
P1
SATAconnector1
P2
SATAconnector2
P3
SATAconnector3
2.ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDusingthecongurationutilityfortheonboardSATAsoftware
RAID,see“ConguringtheonboardSATAsoftwareRAID”onpage76.
Figure26.Mini-SASsignalcablewithfourSATAportsandoneSGPIOport
ConnectingtheSATAharddiskdrivestoarequiredRAIDcard
TheRAIDcardprovidesadvancedSATA/SASRAIDcongurations.IfyouareusingSAShot-swapharddisk
drives,youmusthavetheRAIDcardforconnectingtheSASharddiskdrives.Thefollowingcables,which
comewiththeRAIDcard,arerequired:
•One700mm(27.56inches)mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcable
•One2-pin200mm(7.87inches)RAIDcardtosystemboardhard-disk-driveLEDcable
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