Adaptec asr-5405 kit [44/116] Connecting disk drives to your controllers

Adaptec asr-5405 kit [44/116] Connecting disk drives to your controllers
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7. Prepare and install your internal disk drives, following the instructions in Connecting Disk Drives to
Your Controllers on page 44.
If you are not installing internal disk drives, close your computer cabinet, reattach the power cord,
then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 46.
8. Restart your computer.
The supercapacitor starts charging automatically. It should reach full charge in 5-6 minutes.
Connecting Disk Drives to Your Controllers
You can connect SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State Drives (SSDs) to your
Adaptec RAID controller. (See www.adaptec.com/compatibility for a list of compatible drives.) There
are no jumpers or switches to set before installation.
If you plan to build a bootable array, ensure that you install at least the minimum number disk drives
required to support the RAID level you want. See Choosing a RAID Level on page 35 for more information.
Note: Although you can connect both SAS and SATA disk drives to your SAS controller,
we recommend that you do not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same
array. See What is SAS? on page 70 for more information.
You have two connection options:
To connect directly to the controller, see the following section.
To connect to a backplane, see Connecting Drives to a System Backplane on page 45.
To connect Solid State Drives to your controller, see Connecting Solid State Drives (SSDs) on page 45.
Connecting Drives Directly to the Controller
In a direct-attach connection, SAS or SATA disk drives are connected directly to a SAS card with SAS
cables. The number of direct-attached disk drives is limited to four per internal SAS connector. (For
more information about direct-attach connections, see How are Disk Drives Identied in SAS? on page
72.)
1. Install your internal SAS or SATA disk drives, following the instructions in your system's documentation.
2. Use internal SAS, mini-SAS, or mini-SAS HD cables to attach the disk drives to the controller, as
required.
3. When all internal disk drives have been installed and attached to the controller, close your computer
cabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Connecting External Devices on page 46.
44Proprietary and Condential to PMC-Sierra, Inc., and for its customers.
Document No.: CDP-00310-01-A Rev. A, Issue
Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide

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