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Hot-swap HDD cable connection: ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller and hot-swap power supply

  • 1: Connect to the backplane power connector on the system board and the power connector on the hard-disk-drive backplane.

  • 2: Connect to the connector 0 on the ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller and the Mini-SAS connector on the hard-disk-drive backplane.

Note

  • Ensure that the cable is not pinched and does not cover any connectors or obstruct any components on the system board.

  • Ensure the relevant cables pass through the cable clips.

Figure 1. Hot-swap HDD cable connection: four HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the right side
Hot-swap HDD cable connection: four HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the right side

Figure 2. Hot-swap HDD cable connection: four HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the left side
Hot-swap HDD cable connection: four HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the left side

To connect cables for the server models with eight hot-swap hard disk drives, do the following:
Figure 3. Cables for the 2.5-inch hard-disk-drive backplanes
Cables for the 2.5-inch hard-disk-drive backplanes

  1. Connect the cable labeled with 0 to the connector 0 on the ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller and the hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane 1.

  2. Connect the cable labeled with 1 to the connector 1 on the ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller and the hot-swap hard-disk-drive backplane 2.

  3. Connect one connector on one end of the power cable 1 to the backplane power connector on the system board. Then, connect the two connectors on the other end of the power cable to the power connectors on the hard-disk-drive backplane 1 and 2.

Figure 4. Hot-swap HDD cable connection: eight HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the left side
Hot-swap HDD cable connection: eight HDDs, ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller installed on the left side