Server User Manual

RAIDcard
ThistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatetheconnectorsontheRAIDcardinstalledintheupperslot
oftherisercardassembly1.
YourservercomeswithaRAIDcardtoprovideadvancedSATA/SAShardwareRAIDfunctions.Youalso
canpurchaseasupportedRAIDcardfromLenovoandinstallitintotheserver.See“ReplacingtheRAID
card”onpage140.
Notes:
•TheoptionkitfortheRAIDcardisdesignedfordifferenttypesofserversandmightcontainadditional
cablesthatarenotrequiredforyourserver.
•TheservermusthaveaRAIDcardandanexpandercardinstalledtosupportmorethaneighthard
diskdrives.
YourserversupportsthefollowingRAIDcards:
•ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
•ThinkServerRAID700Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9260-8iSASRAIDAdapter)
ThinkServerRAID500Adapter(alsoknownasThinkServer9240-8iRAID0/1Adapter)
ThefollowingillustrationshowstheconnectorsontheThinkServerRAID500Adapter.
Figure21.ThinkServerRAID500Adapter
1Port03RAID5keyconnector
2Port1
1Port0
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage38
.
2Port1
Usedtoconnectamini-SASsignalcable.See“Mini-SAStomini-SASsignalcableconnections”onpage38.
3RAID5keyconnector
UsedtoconnectaThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID.See“Installingorremovingthe
ThinkServerRAID500UpgradeKeyforAdvancedRAID”onpage92
.
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