SomeservermodelscomewitharequiredRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAID
functionstotheserver.IfyourserverdoesnotcomewithaRAIDcard,youcanpurchaseonefromLenovo.
See“InstallingorremovingtheRAIDcard”onpage80.
Notes:
•TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
•ForservermodelswithmorethanfourSATAharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbeaRAIDcardinstalled.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure16.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port03TR500keyconnector
2Port1
1Port0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Connectingthecables”onpage34.
3TR500keyconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage82
.
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