Enclosure Management Cabling for Intel C200 Series Chipset and Intel C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures

Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel® C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures

2. Cabling Overview of Major Hardware Configuration Types

This section provides an overview of how to make cabling with different RAID controllers, backplanes, with or without expander.

Note: Before any cabling operation, please choose the target choice from the configurations below, then refer to the corresponding steps to

make the successful cabling.

Note: Intel® C200 series chipset based server board’s onboard RAID controller only supports SATA devices. It doesn’t support SAS devices

(SAS drives, expander, etc)

Note: Intel® C600 series chipset based server boards’ onboard RAID controller need proper Intel® C600 Chipset RAID upgrade key to

support SAS devices. Otherwise, the RAID controller only supports SATA devices and doesn’t support SAS devices (SAS drives, expander,

etc). Refer to the Intel® C600 Chipset RAID upgrade key’s User Guide to know which key enables SAS support.

Note: Choose SAS/SATA cables with a proper SAS/SATA header shape (either straight or with a 90 degree angle), to fit the mechanical

needs for different backplanes.