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18-pinpowerconnector
Usedtoconnectapowercabletoprovidepowertothebackplane.
2Mini-SASports4-7
Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupport
theharddiskdrive4toharddiskdrive7;ortosupporttheharddiskdrive12toharddiskdrive15ifthe
backplaneisforharddiskdrivesintherightcageoftheserver.
3Mini-SASports0-3
Usedtoconnectthemini-SASconnectorononeendofamini-SAStomini-SASsignalcabletosupportthe
harddiskdrive0toharddiskdrive3;ortosupporttheharddiskdrive8toharddiskdrive11ifthebackplane
isforharddiskdrivesintherightcageoftheserver.
4Opticaldrivepowerconnector
Usedtoconnectthepowercablefortheslimopticaldriveiftheserverhasoneinstalled.
Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconnectthemini-SAStomini-SASsignalcables.Thistopic
containsthefollowingitems:
•ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane
•ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtotheexpandercard,andthenfromtheexpandercardtothe
backplanes
ConnectingcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane
YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardinstalled.YoucanconnectcablesfromtheRAIDcardtothebackplane
tosupportuptoeightharddiskdrivesandhardwareRAIDfunctions.
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