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Chapter 5: Installing the Controller and Disk Drives 37
Connecting to a System Backplane
In a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to and communicate with
each other through a system backplane.
The number of disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane. Some
backplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up to 128 end devices. (For more
information about backplane and expander connections, see page 67.)
1 Connect one or more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to your
systems documentation for more information.)
2 Use an internal SAS cable to connect the controller to the backplane.
3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your computer
cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with
Connecting External Devices
on page 38
.
Connecting Disk Drives to SATA RAID Controllers
1 Install your SATA disk drives, following the instructions in your systems documentation.
There are no jumpers or switches to set on the SATA controller or disk drives.
2 Connect each disk drive to a SATA port on the controller using a recommended SATA
cable. For cable information, see About Your RAID Controller on page 16.
3 When all internal disk drives have been installed and connected, close your computer
cabinet, and reattach the power cord.
Continue by either setting the boot controller (see page 40) or by installing the controller
driver on an existing operating system (see page 51), depending on the type of installation
you are completing.
Disk drives on
backplane
Controller connected to
backplane with fan-out cable
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