Single Host Bus Adapter; Single External Host Bus Adapter; Connecting An External Host Bus Adapter To The Backplane; Dual External Host Bus Adapter - Supermicro SC216BAC-R920LPB User Manual

Connecting an External Host Bus Adapter to the
Backplane
This backplane supports external host bus adapters. In this configuration, the HBA
and the backplane are in different physical chassis. This allows a JBOD (Just a
Bunch Of Drives) configuration from an existing system.

Single External Host Bus Adapter

HBA
Figure D-13. Single External Host Adapter

Dual External Host Bus Adapter

HBA
HBA
Figure D-14. Dual External Host Bus Adapter
Appendix D SAS-216EL Backplane Specifications
Power Card
J2
1
2
MH1
C240
C243 C241 C252 C245 C251 C250 C249 C246 C248 C247
C242 C253 C244
D1
C76 U2 BC1 PRI_EXP1
R5 PRI_J1
R11
PRI_J2
C178 R112
Rev:1.01
MH4
PRI_MODE1 PRI_J3
Power Card
D-15
J2
1
2
MH1
C240 C249
C243 C241 C252 C245 C251 C250 C246 C248 C247
C242 C253 C244
D1
PRI_EXP1
C76 U2 BC1
R11 R5 PRI_J1
PRI_J2
C178 R112
Rev:1.01
MH4
PRI_MODE1 PRI_J3
CBL-0166L
External HBA Cable
J2
1
2
MH1
MH2
C243 C241 C252 C245 C251 C250 C240 C249 C246 C248 C247
C253 C244
C242
D1
PRI_EXP1
C76 U2 BC1
R5 PRI_J1
R11
PRI_J2
C178 R112
Rev:1.01
MH3
MH4
PRI_MODE1 PRI_J3
CBL-0166L
External HBA Cables
MH2
MH3
MH2
MH3