Note:ThenumberonthelabelforeachofthefourSATAsignalcablesindicatesthesequencetofollow
whenyouareconnectingthecablestothecorrespondingSATAconnectors(0-3)onthesystemboard.
SATAsignalcablelabelSystemboardSATAconnector
P0
SATAconnector0
P1
SATAconnector1
P2
SATAconnector2
P3
SATAconnector3
ForinformationaboutconguringRAIDusingthecongurationutilityfortheThinkServerRAID100,see
“ConguringthesystemBIOStoenableonboardSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage57.
Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocations:
•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage30
•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37
Connectingthemini-SASsignalcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplanesfor
servermodelswithhot-swapharddiskdrives
IfyourserverhasasupportedRAIDcardinstalled,youcanconnectthemini-SASsignalcablesfromthe
RAIDcardtothebackplanestosupportuptoeightharddiskdrives.Inthiscase,youcancongureRAIDfor
theharddiskdrivesusingtheadvancedhardwareRAIDfunctions.
Note:TheoptionpackagefortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontain
additionalcablesthatarenotrequiredforinstallation.
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