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Chapter 1. About the ThinkStation Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) hard disk drive
This section provides information on the ThinkStation
(SAS) hard disk drive.
Product description
The SAS hard disk drive can only be installed in computers with at least one
of the following configurations:
v a SAS-compatible backplane with bays designed to accommodate SAS hard
disk drives
v a PCI Express (PCIe)-to-SAS host bus adapter
The SAS hard disk drive connects to a SAS-compatible interface which
supports SAS hard disk drives in a single drive per cable configuration. There
are no jumper settings required for master or slave settings.
The SAS hard disk drive uses 29-pin SAS interface connectors. The top surface
1 and the bottom surface 2 of the connector are displayed in the diagram
below. The cables included in the option package enable you to connect the
power port and the signal port of the SAS hard disk drive as Serial ATA
(SATA) hard disk drives.
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