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Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

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Hard drive cabling diagrams

Cabling four 3.5-inch hard drives

Figure 1. Cabling four 3.5-inch hard drives to the PERC card
This figure shows cabling four 3.5- inch hard drives to the PERC card.
  1. hard drive/optical drive power connector on the system board
  2. SAS A connector
  3. PERC card
  4. system board
  5. SATA/optical drive connector on the system board
  6. cable routing clip
  7. optical drive
  8. hard drive (4)
Figure 2. Cabling four 3.5-inch hard drives to the SATA connector on the system board
This figure shows cabling four 3.5-inch hard drives to the SATA connector on the system board.
  1. system board
  2. SATA/optical drive connector on the system board
  3. mini-SAS connector on the system board for SATA hard drives
  4. cable routing clip
  5. optical drive
  6. hard drive (4)
  7. hard drive/optical drive power connector on the system board

Cabling two 3.5-inch hard drives

Figure 3. Cabling two 3.5-inch hard drives to the PERC card
This figure shows cabling two 3.5-inch hard drives to the PERC card.
  1. hard drive/optical drive power connector on the system board
  2. SAS port A
  3. PERC card
  4. system board
  5. SATA/optical drive connector on the system board
  6. cable routing clip
  7. optical drive
  8. hard drive (2)
Figure 4. Cabling two 3.5-inch hard drives to the SATA connector on the system board
This figure shows cabling two 3.5-inch hard drives to the SATA connector on the system board.
  1. system board
  2. SATA/optical drive connector on the system board
  3. mini-SAS connector on the system board for SATA hard drives
  4. cable routing clip
  5. optical drive
  6. hard drive (2)
  7. hard drive/optical drive power connector on the system board

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