Disk Connectivity For Ahci Devices - Dell PowerEdge User Manual

Figure 1. Cabling the S140 controller
1 backplane
3 connector on the first AHCI device (J_SATA A)

Disk connectivity for AHCI devices

The S140 controller supports systems with up to two AHCI devices. For systems with two AHCI devices, the first AHCI device connects
the drives from ports 0–5 and the second AHCI device connects the drives from ports 6–13.
The following table provides information about the disks connectivity to the AHCI devices supported on the 14th generation PowerEdge
systems.
Table 7. Disk connectivity for AHCI devices
Chipset
Intel C621 (C620 series
chipset)
Platform
PowerEdge R640, R740, R740xd, R940, and C6420 0-5
2 system board
4 connector on the second AHCI device (J_SATA B)
AHCI device 1
Cabling the drives for S140
AHCI device 2
6-13
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