Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive Backplane - Lenovo THINKSERVER 387 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Some server models come with a required RAID card to provide advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
functions to the server. You can also purchase the RAID card from Lenovo and install it into models that
support the RAID card to get advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID functions. See "Installing or removing
the RAID card" on page 98.
Note: For server models with more than four hard disk drives or models that use SAS hard disk drives, there
must be a RAID card installed.
Option name: ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 0/1 Adapter (hereinafter referred to as the RAID card)
The following illustration shows the connectors on the RAID card.
Figure 17. ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 0/1 Adapter
1
Port 0
2
Port 1
1
Port 0
Used to connect a mini-SAS signal cable. See "Connecting cables" on page 38.
2 Port 1
Used to connect a mini-SAS signal cable. See "Connecting cables" on page 38.
3
RAID 5 key connector
Used to connect a ThinkServer 9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key. See "Installing or removing the ThinkServer
9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key" on page 100.
4
External connector
Used to connect a 2-pin 200 mm (7.87 inches) RAID card to system board hard disk drive LED cable.
See "Connecting cables" on page 38.

Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane

Your server supports the following hot-swap hard disk drive and backplane configurations:
• Five to eight 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives with two backplanes
• Up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives with one backplane
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3
RAID 5 key connector
4
External connector