Adaptec 44300 Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 5: Installing the HostRAID Controller and Disk Drives ● 26Connecting to a System BackplaneIn a backplane connection, disk drives and SAS cards are attached to and communicate witheach other through a system backplane.The number of disk drives is limited to the number of slots available on the backplane. Somebackplanes have embedded SAS expanders and can support up to 128 end devices. (For moreinformation about backplane and expander connections, see page 27.)1 Connect one or more internal SAS or SATA disk drives to the backplane. (Refer to yoursystem’s 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 computercabinet, reattach the power cord, then continue with Installing the Controller to a SASExpander on page 27.Disk drives onbackplaneController connectedto backplane withfan-out cable