Toconnectthepowercables,dothefollowing:
•Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe4-pinpowerconnector
ononeendofthepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,connectthe
otherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepowerconnectoronthebackplane.
•Forservermodelswithmorethanfour3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,usetwopowercables.
Connectthe4-pinpowerconnectorononeendofonepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoron
thesystemboard.Then,connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothe
powerconnectoronthebackplaneinstalledontheupperharddiskdrivecage.Connectthe8-pinpower
connectorononeendoftheotherpowercabletothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthepowerconversion
board.Then,connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepower
connectoronthebackplaneinstalledonthelowerharddiskdrivecage.
•Forservermodelswithuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe8-pinpowerconnector
ononeendofthepowercabletothe8-pinpowerconnectoronthepowerconversionboard.Then,
connecttheotherpowerconnectorontheotherendofthepowercabletothepowerconnectoronthe
backplane.
Refertothefollowingtopicsforinformationabouttheconnectorlocations:
•“Hot-swapharddiskdrivebackplane”onpage30
•“RAIDcard”onpage28
•“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37
ConnectingtheSATAsignalcablesfromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swap
harddiskdrives
Forservermodelswithuptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapharddiskdrives,connectoneendofaSATAsignal
cabletotherearofanon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.Then,connecttheotherendoftheSATAsignalcable
totheappropriateSATAconnectoronthesystemboard.Youalsoneedtoconnecttheappropriatepower
connectortotherearofthenon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.
ThefollowingtableprovidesinformationabouttherecommendedSATAconnectoronthesystemboardfor
thenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveinstalledineachdrivebay.
Non-hot-swapharddiskdrive
SATAconnectoronthesystemboard
Installedinbay0
SATAconnector0
Installedinbay1
SATAconnector1
Installedinbay2
SATAconnector2
Installedinbay3
SATAconnector3
Toconnectthepowercablefromthesystemboardtothenon-hot-swapharddiskdrives,connectthe4-pin
powerconnectorononeendofthepowercabletothe4-pinpowerconnectoronthesystemboard.Then,
connectthepowerconnectorsontheotherendofthepowercabletothecorrespondingpowerconnectors
ontheharddiskdrives.
Formoreinformationaboutthelocationoftheharddiskdrivebays,powerconnectors,andSATAconnectors
onthesystemboard,see“Servercomponents”onpage22and“Systemboardcomponents”onpage37
Systemboardcomponents
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthecomponentlocationsonthesystemboard.
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