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Connecting internal cables
Guidelines
Follow these guidelines when connecting the internal cables:
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Properly route the internal cables and make sure they are not squeezed.
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Do not route the cables above the removable components, such as DIMMs.
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Route the internal cables without hindering installation or removal of other components or
hindering other internal components.
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Route the cables neat and tidy in their own fixed spaces. Make sure the cables will not be
squeezed or scratched by other internal components.
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Do not pull the connectors when routing the cables.
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Do not use a cable tie to bundle an excessive number of cables.
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Appropriately bind long cables. Coil and use cable ties to secure unused cables.
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Connect the drive cables until they click into place.
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Remove the cap (if any) from the target cable connector before connecting a cable to it.
•
If you cannot identify the cables by labels provided with the cables, apply new labels to cables
for easy identification.
Connecting drive cables
The section describes cabling only for typical drive configurations. For detailed cabling solutions for
drives, including the connections between the cables and connectors, see
Drive Configurations and
Cabling Guide
.
About using the drive configurations and cabling guide
Drive Configurations and Cabling Guide
contains the following sheets:
•
Drive configurations sheet
—Provides detailed information about all drive configuration
options supported by the server, including the type and number of drives, type, number and
location of drive backplanes, type and slot of storage controllers, and routing schemes for AUX
signal cables, power cords, and data cables.
•
Glossary and examples sheet
—Provides the common terms and examples.
This section uses 8SFF drive configuration to tell you how to use the guide for cabling.
To route cables for 8SFF drives:
1.
Open
Drive Configurations and Cabling Guide
and click sheet
Drive Configuration
.
2.
Locate the 8SFF SAS/SATA drive configuration.
3.
Click the plus icon to expand the detailed drive configuration.
As shown in
, the slots in grey typically support SAS/SATA drives. However, if the
value in the
Card type
column is
VROC (SATA RAID)
, the embedded VROC storage controller
is used and the slots in grey support only SATA drives.
For the drives supported in other colored slots, see
Drive Configurations and Cabling Guide
.
