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
F
CN3 (Mute pin)
G
JC1 (JCK pin)
Figure 54 12G Mini SAS HD 8-Port Passive Backplane – rear view
Table 17 Label Description
Description
The backplane includes a 2x4 connector supplying
power to the backplane. Power is routed to the
backplane via a power cable harness from the
Power Supply Modules.
The backplane includes two multi-port mini-SAS
cable connectors providing data signals for eight
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.
Set the DIP SW1 to OFF for RM24508.
Fan setting for RM24508
Fan setting for RM24508
RM245 Series
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