Tape drive cable routing
Use the section to understand the cable routing for the tape drive.
SAS tape drive
From To
1  Power connector on signal cable Power distribution board: ODD power connector
2  Signal connector on tape drive An available connector on the RAID/HBA adapter
Notes: 
•  Connections between connectors; 
1 ↔ 1 ,  2 ↔ 2 ,  3 ↔ 3 , ...  n ↔ n
•  When routing the cables, ensure that all cables are routed appropriately through the cable guides and 
cable clips.
•  The following illustrations show the cable routing for PCIe slot 1 and 9 respectively, the routing for the 
other PCIe slots are similar.
Figure 32. Cable routing for SAS tape drive to PCIe slot 1
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