Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.2.2
SAS 3.0 HDD / SSD backplane cabling
Figure 93: SAS 3.0 backplane cabling
Ê Connect the SAS 3.0 cables to connector X5 on each SAS 3.0 backplane:
SAS configuration
SAS 2.0 RAID controllers
D2616 and D2607
SAS 3.0 RAID controller
D3216 (PRAID EP400i / EP420i)
Ê Run the SAS cables through the cable guide (G) as shown.
Ê Connect the SAS cables to the SAS RAID controller in PCI slot 10:
SAS backplane
SAS 3.0 backplane 1
SAS 3.0 backplane 2
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Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
required SAS cable
SAS 2.0 / 3.0 cable
T26139-Y4040-V14
SAS 3.0 cable
T26139-Y4040-V8
SAS controller connector
Connector MLC 1
Connector MLC 2
Cabling plan
16.2.13
16.2.14
TX300 S8 / RX350 S8