HP Workstations - LSI SAS 3041E Serial Attached SCSI RAID

Step 2—Installing the RAID controller card

Install the RAID controller card into the selected slot on the system board. Verify that the keyed

components of the card align with the slot.

Figure 2 Installing the SAS-SATA controller

Step 3—Configuring the cabling

The RAID controller card may be used to control hard drives located in the internal hard drive bays and

hard drives located in the optical bays.

The data cable connections for RAID differ between workstation models. To determine the correct

connection for your hard drives, identify the applicable HP workstation model and the location of the

hard drive being connected in the following table. To connect existing hard drives, disconnect the existing

single data cables from the system board and choose the correct connection type.

The LED cable connection is similar for all HP workstation models.

Table 1 Data cable configuration guide

HP workstation model Location of hard drive Connection type Description

HP xw Workstation series

400 Workstations

●

Internal hard drive bay

●

Optical bay

Connecting standard data

cables on page 6

Use the data cable provided with

the hard drive to connect the hard

drive to the RAID controller card.

HP 600 Workstations

●

Internal hard drive bay

Connecting blind-mate

data cables on page 5

The blind-mate data cables from

the internal hard drives are

disconnected from the system

board and connected to the

appropriate port connectors on the

RAID controller card.