On the backside of the backplane are several connectors. The following illustration identifies each.
Label
Description
A
Power connector
B
Mini-SAS HD cable connector
C
I2C connector
D
FAN connector
E
DIP Switch
Figure 52 12G Mini SAS HD 12-Port Passive Backplane – rear view
Table 13 Label Description-1
Description
The
supplying power to the backplane. Power is routed
to the backplane via a power cable harness from the
Power Supply Modules.
The backplane includes three multi-port mini-SAS
cable connector providing data signals for twelve
SAS/SATA drives on the backplane. A cable can be
routed from matching connectors on the server
board or add-in SAS/SATA RAID cards.
The backplane includes a 1x4 cable connector used
as a management interface to the server board.
The backplane includes four FAN connectors used
to control FAN speed.
Follow below dip switch setting
backplane
includes
two
2x4
connector
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