Installing An Ibm Serveraid M1015 Sas/Sata Controller - IBM System x3690 X5 Installation And User Manual

Attention: When you install an adapter, make sure that the adapter is
correctly seated in the riser-card assembly and that the riser-card assembly is
securely seated in the riser-card connector on the system board before you turn
on the server. An incorrectly seated adapter might cause damage to the system
board, the riser-card assembly, or the adapter.
PCI
riser-card
assembly
6. Install the riser-card assembly in the server (see "Installing a PCI riser-card
assembly" on page 69).
7. Perform any configuration tasks that are required for the adapter.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 112.

Installing an IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller

Note:
1. Follow the general rule for connecting the SAS signal cables to the adapter and
drive backplane, port 0 on the adapter to port 0 on the drive backplane; then
port 1 on the adapter to port 1 on the drive backplane, port 2 to port 2, and
port 3 to port 3 (depending on the drive backplane you install in the server).
2. This adapter can only be used with the 4x2.5-inch drive backplane or the
8x2.5-inch backplane installed in the server.
3. You can use this adapter only with 2.5-inch hot-swap drives.
4. When the IBM 4x4 Drive Backplane ServeRAID Expansion adapter is installed
in the server, this adapter installs in slot 2 on the two-slot PCI riser card ( see
Table 11 on page 71).
Some server models come with an IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
installed. This adapter can be installed only in the PCI slots listed in Table 11 on
page 71
Adapters
PCI slots
PCI
riser-card
assembly
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