Appendix C RAID Controller Considerations
RAID Controller Cabling
Example
Figure C-2 shows an example of a server that is using two RAID controllers in PCIe slots 3 and 5 and two nonexpander transition cards to control eight drives in each of the two modular drive bays.
Four RAID cables are required (2 x UCSC-CABLE-L and 2 x UCSC-CABLE-S).
•The upper blue line is a 0.8m cable (UCSC-CABLE-S) from the slot 5 RAID controller SAS 0 connector to the nonexpander connector for PORT 1–4.
•The upper red line is a 1m cable (UCSC-CABLE-L) from the slot 5 RAID controller SAS 1 connector to the nonexpander connector for PORT 5–8.
•The violet line is a 1m cable (UCSC-CABLE-L) from the slot 3 RAID controller SAS 0 connector to the nonexpander connector for PORT 1–4.
•The lower blue line is a 0.8m cable (UCSC-CABLE-S) from the slot 3 RAID controller SAS 1 connector to the nonexpander connector for PORT 5–8.
•The green lines are the cables from the two RAID controllers to their respective SCPM backup units.
Figure C-2 RAID Controller Cabling Guidelines, Two Nonexpanders and Two Controllers
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1 | Transition cards, nonexpander version | 3 RAID controller cards in PCIe slots 3 and 5 |
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