Enclosure Management Cabling for Pedestal Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures

3. Connecting One Non-Expander Backplane

You must connect the following cables to the backplane:

 SATA/SAS data cables:

− With 4-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-3 must be connected to the Non-

expander backplane. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, and so on.

− With 6-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-5 must be connected to the Non-

expander backplane ports. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, and so on.

 Power cables

 IPMB cable for updating the hot-swap controller firmware, reading the temperature, and detecting drive

presence:

− Cable: Use the 4-pin IPMB cable provided with a hot-swap drive enclosure.

− Backplane Connector: Use the white 4-pin IPMB connector on the backplane.

− Mainboard Connectors: Use the white 4-pin HSBP_A connector on the server board. Do not use the

HSBP_B connector.

 Connect the Fault LED control cable (for drive identification and drive fault/rebuild indication with amber

drive LEDs) according to the instructions for your RAID controller provided in Section 6.

4. Connecting One Non-expander + One Expander

Backplane

You must connect the following cables to each backplane:

 SATA/SAS data cables:

− With 4-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-3 must be connected to the Non-

expander backplane. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, and so on.

− With 6-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-5 must be connected to the Non-

expander backplane ports. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, and so on.

 Power cables

 IPMB cable for updating the hot-swap controller firmware, reading the temperature, and detecting drive

presence:

− Cable: Use the 4-pin IPMB cable provided with a hot-swap drive enclosure.

− Backplane Connector: Use the white 4-pin IPMB connector on the backplane.

− Mainboard Connectors: Use the white 4-pin HSBP_A connector on the server board to connect the six-

drive backplane. Use the white 4-pin HSBP_B connector to connect the four-drive backplane.

 Connect the Fault LED control cable to the Non-Expander backplane (for drive identification and drive

fault/rebuild indication with amber drive LEDs) according to the instructions for your RAID controller

provided in Section 6.

5. Connecting Two Non-Expander Backplanes

Only Intel

RAID Controller SRCSASPH16I can support Fault LED control with two Non-expander backplanes.

You must connect the following cables to the backplane:

 SATA/SAS data cables: