Cabling, Optional sata or sas cabling, Standard sata hard drive cabling – HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server User Manual
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Cabling
Optional SATA or SAS cabling
Many configurations are possible when SATA or SAS controllers are added. When upgrading the
storage controller, refer to the Quickspecs and the cabling matrix to identify the correct cables
Standard SATA hard drive cabling
Item Description
1
SATA cable (drives 1-4)
2
SATA cable (drives 5-8)
Optical drive cabling
IMPORTANT:
If both SATA and PATA optical devices are installed simultaneously, only one
can boot at a time. Boot priority will go to SATA if media is inserted into the SATA optical
drive. Boot priority for PATA is not configurable. To boot PATA, remove the media from the
SATA optical device, or remove the SATA optical device.