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Use the following instructions to connect cables from the RAID card to the backplane:
1. For hard disk drive 0 to hard disk drive 3, do one of the following depending on the type of your RAID
card:
• If you are using a ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, use a mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable and
connect the mini-SAS connector
1 on one end of the cable to the port 0 on the ThinkServer RAID
500 Adapter. Then, connect the mini-SAS connector 2 on the other end of the cable to the mini-SAS
ports 0-3 on the backplane.
• If you are using a ThinkServer RAID 700 Adapter, use a mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable and
connect the mini-SAS connector 3 on one end of the cable to the ports 3-0 on the ThinkServer
RAID 700 Adapter. Then, connect the mini-SAS connector
4 on the other end of the cable to the
mini-SAS ports 0-3 on the backplane.
2. If your server has more than four hard disk drives installed, for hard disk drive 4 to hard disk drive 7,
do one of the following depending on the type of your RAID card:
• If you are using a ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, use a mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable and
connect the mini-SAS connector
3 on one end of the cable to the port 1 on the ThinkServer RAID
500 Adapter. Then, connect the mini-SAS connector 4 on the other end of the cable to the mini-SAS
ports 4-7 on the backplane.
• If you are using a ThinkServer RAID 700 Adapter, use a mini-SAS to mini-SAS signal cable and
connect the mini-SAS connector
1 on one end of the cable to the ports 7-4 on the ThinkServer
RAID 700 Adapter. Then, connect the mini-SAS connector 2 on the other end of the cable to the
mini-SAS ports 4-7 on the backplane.
Figure 28. Connecting cables from the RAID card to the backplane
Refer to the following topics for information about the connector locations and the power cable connections:
• “Hot-swap hard disk drive backplane” on page 35
• “RAID card” on page 33
• “System board components” on page 41
Connecting cables from the RAID card to the expander card, and then from the expander card to
the backplanes
To support more than eight and up to 16 2.5-inch hard disk drives, your server must have a supported RAID
card and an expander card installed. You need to connect cables from the RAID card to the expander card,
and then from the expander card to the backplanes.
Use the following instructions to connect cables from the RAID card to the expander card rst:
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