HP Workstations - LSI 8888 8-port SAS RAID Controller Card Installation

2. To connect the SAS hard drive data cables to the MiniSAS 4i to 4X SATA internal adapter cable:
a. Connect the HDD-BAY-0 cable to port 0 (P0) on the MiniSAS internal adapter cable.
b. Match the subsequent HDD-BAY cables to the corresponding port on the MiniSAS internal
adapter cable.
c. For RAID configuration, populate the internal hard drive bays before populating the optical
bays with hard drives.
Figure 5 Connecting the hard drive cables to the MiniSAS adapter cable
3. Attach the coupled end of the data cable to Internal connector 1 on the SAS RAID controller card.
Figure 6 RAID controller with 4 internal hard drives connected
4. If connecting more than four hard drives, attach the second data cable supplied with the controller
card kit to Internal connector 2 on the controller card, and continue with
Standard data cable
connections on page 9.
5. Continue with
Connecting the LED activity indicator on page 11.
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