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Website: www.supermicro.com Whenever possible, repack the backplane in the original Supermicro box, using the original packaging materials. If these are no longer available, be sure to pack the Europe backplane in an anti-static bag and inside the box. Make sure that there is enough Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
BPN-SAS3-116EL1 Backplane Manual Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines Notes Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. ESD Safety Guidelines Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam- age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully.
BPN-SAS3-116EL1 Backplane Manual Chapter 2 Connectors and Jumpers A Note to Users Chapter 2 Connectors and Jumpers All images and layouts in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB revision available at the time of publishing. The backplane you have received may not look exactly the same as the graphics in this manual.
Single Port Expander SAS connectors JSM1 and JSM2 are bidirectional and can be treated as input or output. Single Ports BPN-SAS3-116EL1 backplanes have a single port expander that accesses all of the drives and supports cascading. To Lower Backplane in Cascaded System...
Length: 60 cm (23 inches) the backplane. Part #: CBL-SAST-0531 Length: 80 cm (31 inches) Description: This cable has a Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector at both ends. It connects from the SAS3 HBA to the BPN-SAS3-116EL1 model backplane. PRESS FIT JSM2 +12V C360...
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BPN-SAS3-116EL1 Backplane Manual Disclaimer (cont.) The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life sup- port systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to per- form be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.