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

September, 2010
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− With 4-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-3 or port 8-11 must be connected to the
Non-expander backplane. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, port 8 to slot 0, port
9 to slot 1, and so on.
− With 6-drive Non-expander backplane, RAID controller ports 0-5 or port 8-13 must be connected to the
Non-expander backplane ports. Make sure port 0 is connected to slot 0, port 1 to slot 1, port 8 to slot 0,
port 9 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 (for drive identification and drive fault/rebuild indication with amber
drive LEDs) according to the instructions for your RAID controller provided in Section 6.