Installing And Connecting The Raid Expander; Before You Begin; Selecting Disk Drives And Cables; Disk Drives - Intel RES3TV360 Hardware User's Manual

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Installing and Connecting the
RAID Expander
This section explains how to install your RAID Expander and connect it to internal disk
drives.

Before You Begin

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Read
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Familiarize yourself with your product's physical features (see
Expander Features on page
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Ensure that you have the right number of drives and cables for your application (see
Selecting Disk Drives and Cables on page

Selecting Disk Drives and Cables

Disk Drives

Your RAID Expander supports SAS and SATA disk drives, Solid State Drives (SSDs), and
SAS tape drives.

Cables

Use the cables shown below.
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Safety Information on page 14.
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Cables
Internal HD mini-SAS to HD mini-SAS
(SFF-8643 to SFF-8643) – Connects to a
backplane or enclosure.
Intel® RAID Expander Card RES3TV360 Hardware User's Guide
Standard RAID