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Storage Controller Considerations
Note The SFF 10-drive version APIC-SERVER-M3 and APIC-SERVER-L3 supports NVMe drives only, and so
does not use SAS or SATA RAID. This version of the server comes with an NVMe-switch card factory-installed
in the internal mRAID riser and a PCIe cable connected to PCIe riser 2. The NVMe switch card is not orderable
separately.
Embedded RAID
This SW RAID option can control up to 8 SATA drives in the SFF 10-drive version.
This embedded RAID option requires that you have a SATA interposer card installed in internal mRAID riser
3. Use the SAS/SATA cables that came with the server.
1. Connect SAS/SATA cable A1 from the A1 interposer connector to the A1 backplane connector.
2. Connect SAS/SATA cable A2 from the A2 interposer connector to the A2 backplane connector.
Note
See the following figures that illustrate cable connections and which drives are controlled by each cable. In
the SFF 10-drive version, drives 5 and 10 cannot be controlled by the embedded SATA RAID controller.
Figure 45: Embedded RAID Interposer Cable-to-Drive Backplane Mapping, SFF 10-Drive Version
Cisco 12G Modular SAS RAID Controller or HBA
This HW RAID option can control up to 10 SAS/SATA drives in the SFF 10-drive version.
This option requires that you have a SAS RAID or HBA card installed in internal mRAID riser 3. Use the
SAS/SATA cables that came with the server.
1. Connect SAS/SATA cable A1 from the A1 card connector to the A1 backplane connector.
2. Connect SAS/SATA cable A2 from the A2 card connector to the A2 backplane connector.
3. For SFF-10-drive servers only: Connect SAS/SATA cable B2 from the B2 card connector to the B2
backplane connector.
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