Use Of Internal Hard Disk Drives In The Raid System; Connecting Cables - NEC E120e-M User Manual

Chapter 2 Preparations
1.11

Use of Internal hard disk drives in the RAID System

This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives in the RAID System.
If using internal hard disk drives in RAID System with an optional RAID Controller (N8103-172/173/174/168)
installed in the server, the SAS/SATA cable needs to be rewired.

1.11.1 Connecting cables

See the figure below for how to connect cables.
N8103-172/173/174
N8103-168
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Important If you use hard disk drives in the RAID System or change the RAID level, initialize
the hard disk drives. If the hard disk drive contains valuable data, be sure to backup
the hard disk drive before installing the RAID Controller and configuring the RAID
System.
Note In the RAID System, use hard disk drives that have the same specifications (capacity,
rotational speed, and standard) for each Disk Array.
Logical Drives can be created even with only one Physical Device.
Tips
When using SAS hard disk drives, RAID Controllers must be connected.
Tips
Express5800/E120e-M User's Guide
1. Installing Internal Optional Devices
SAS cable
Port0-3 connector
FBU cable