Figure 26. Cabling—x8 hard drive backplane with PERC card and SAS HBA
1.
PERC card
3.
SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
5.
optical disk drive connector on system
board
7.
x8 hard drive backplane
9.
SAS A connector on backplane
11. optical disk drive or SATA tape drive
13. SAS A connector on PERC card
2.
SAS tape drive connector on SAS HBA
4.
system board
6.
SATA connector on system board
8.
SAS B connector on backplane
10. SAS tape drive
12. optical disk drive
14. SAS B connector on PERC card
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