Connecting The Cables - Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 User Manual

2 Mini-SAS signal cable connector 1
Used to connect the mini-SAS connector on one end of the mini-SAS signal cable.
3 Mini-SAS signal cable connector 0
Used to connect the mini-SAS connector on one end of the mini-SAS signal cable.

Connecting the cables

This topic provides instructions on the following cable connections:
• "Connecting the mini-SAS signal cable from the system board to the backplane for server models with
hot-swap hard disk drives" on page 34.
• "Connecting the mini-SAS signal cables from the RAID card to the backplanes for server models with
hot-swap hard disk drives" on page 35.
• "Connecting the SATA signal cables from the system board to the non-hot-swap hard disk drives"
on page 37.
Connecting the mini-SAS signal cable from the system board to the backplane for
server models with hot-swap hard disk drives
For server models with up to four 3.5-inch SATA hot-swap hard disk drives installed, you can use the
mini-SAS signal cable that has four SATA connectors and one Serial General Purpose Input/Output (SGPIO)
connector for cable connection.
To connect the mini-SAS signal cable from the system board to the backplane, do the following:
1. Connect the mini-SAS connector
backplane is installed on the lower hard disk drive cage.
2. Connect the four SATA connectors
3. Connect the SGPIO connector
Figure 23. Mini-SAS signal cable with four SATA connectors and one SATA SGPIO connector
To connect the power cable from the system board to the backplane, connect the 4-pin power connector on
one end of the power cable to the 4-pin power connector on the system board. Then, connect the other
power connector on the other end of the power cable to the power connector on the backplane.
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1 to the mini-SAS signal cable connector 0 on the backplane. The
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- to the SATA connectors 0-3 on the system board.
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to the SATA SGPIO connector on the system board.