NEC N8100-2089F User Manual page 125

Chapter 2 Preparations
(3) 3.5-inch HDD cage
Connect cables to 3.5-inch HDD cage by referring to the illustration below.
[BPB_CON2]
connector
[BPB_CON1]
connector
(a) When using SW RAID for 3.5-inch HDD cage (1 to 4 HDDs)
Use optional K410-258(00) internal SAS/SATA cable to connect 3.5-inch HDD cage with motherboard.
Make sure the position of key pin of SGPIO cable before connection.
Refer to When using SW RAID for 2.5-inch HDD cage (1 to 4 HDDs) for connectors on motherboard and RAID
configuration jumper switch setting.
Connector on motherboard
SATA0 (SATA cable 0)
SATA1 (SATA cable 1)
SATA2 (SATA cable 2)
SATA3 (SATA cable 3)
(b) When using optional RAID Controller for 3.5-inch HDD cage (1 to 8 HDDs)
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A single 3.5-inch HDD cage can use 4 hard disk drives.
To use 5 to 8 hard disk drives, two 3.5-inch HDD cages are required.
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A single K410-274(00) internal SAS/SATA cable can use 4 hard disk drives.
To use 5 to 8 hard disk drives, two K410-274(00) internal SAS/SATA cables are required.
Use optional K410-274(00) internal SAS/SATA cable to connect 3.5-inch HDD cage with RAID Controller.
Refer to When using optional RAID Controller for 2.5-inch HDD cage (1 to 24 HDDs) for connectors on RAID
Controller.
Optional RAID Contoller
SATA_SGPIO
SAS 1 (Ports 0-3)
SAS 2 (Ports 4-7)
Express5800/T120e User's Guide
1. Installing Internal Optional Devices
[CN1]
connector
[CN2]
connector
[MINISAS_1]
connector
3.5-inch HDD cage
MINISAS_1 (MINI_SAS cable )
3.5-inch HDD cage
First: MINISAS_1
Second: MINISAS_1
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