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Figure 22 8SFF SAS/SATA drive configuration
4.
From the configuration and cabling options, select the drive configuration of your server and
cable the drives accordingly. The following uses the red-rectangle marked configuration in
as an example.
Processors
—Number of processors in the server.
Drive backplane slots
—Slots for installing the drives. "0 to 7" indicates that the drives are
installed in slots 0 to 7. You must install a drive backplane to provide data power and data
channels for drives
Card type
—Type of the available cards. "Standard 8i(LSI)" indicates a standard 8i
controller to control all SAS or SATA drives.
PCIe slots
—Available PCIe slots for installing the standard storage controller. "SLOT1-6"
indicates PCIe slots 1 to 6.
SAS/SATA data cables
—SAS/SATA data cable code and cabling scheme.
AUX signal cables
—AUX signal cable code and cabling scheme.
Power cords
—Power cord code and cabling scheme.
Remarks
—Restrictions and guidelines.
Figure 23 8SFF drive configuration
Table 9 8SFF drive cabling scheme
Cable type
Cable code
Cabling method
SAS/SATA data cable
0404A1D0
Connects the SAS connector on the LSI
storage controller to the x8
Mini-SAS-HD connector (SAS PORT 1)
on the drive backplane.
AUX signal cable
0404A1D7 (MB AUX1 to BOX1)
Connects connector AUX1 on the
system board to the AUX connector
(AUX 1) on the drive backplane in
BOX1.
Power cord
0404A1D1 (MB PWR1 to BOX1)
Connecting connector PWR1 on the
system board to the power connector
(PWR 1) on the drive backplane in
BOX1.
