Cisco Systems UCSSP6C220E, UCUCSEZC220M3S LFF 4-Drive Backplane Cabling, C-22, Embedded RAID

Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations

RAID Controller Cabling

LFF 4-Drive Backplane Cabling

The cable connections required for each type of controller are as follows:

Embedded RAID

This option can control up to four drives.

The required UCSC-CABLE3cable kit has two mini-SAS cables. Cable 1 controls drives 1–4.

Step 1 Connect mini-SAS cable 1 from the motherboard connector SAS1 to the drives 1–4 connectors on the backplane.

Step 2 Connect the cable 1 SGPIO connector labeled, “S1” to backplane connector S1.

Cisco UCS RAID SAS 2008M-8i Mezzanine Card

This option can control up to four drives.

The required UCSC-CABLE3cable kit has two mini-SAS cables. Cable 1 controls drives 1–4.

Step 1 Connect mini-SAS cable 1 from connector SAS1 on the card to the drives 1–4 connectors on the backplane.

Step 2 Connect the mini-SAS cable 1 SGPIO connector S1 to backplane connector S1.

LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i or 9266CV-8i PCIe Card

This option can control up to four drives.

The required UCSC-CABLE3cable kit has two mini-SAS cables. Cable 1 controls drives 1–4.

Step 1 Connect mini-SAS cable 1 from connector SAS1 on the card to the drives 1–4 connectors on the backplane.

Step 2 Connect the mini-SAS cable 1 SGPIO connector S1 to backplane connector S1.

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