X 2.5" Drive Sas Backplane; Figure 36. 8 X 2.5" Drive Sas/Sata Backplane - Front View; Figure 37. 8 X 2.5" Drive Sas/Sata Backplane - Rear View - Intel R1000SPO Series Technical Product Specification

5.4.3

8 x 2.5" Drive SAS Backplane

Intel Spare Product Code: F1U8X25S3HSBP
The 2.5" drive system SKU will ship with a 8x drive backplane capable of supporting 12 Gb/sec SAS and 6
Gb/sec SAS / SATA drives. Both hard disks and Solid State Devices (SSDs) can be supported within a
common backplane. Each backplane can support either SATA or SAS devices. However, mixing of SATA and
SAS devices within a common hot swap backplane is not supported. Supported devices are dependent on
the type of host bus controller driving the backplane, SATA only or SAS.
The front side of the backplane includes 8 x 29-pin drive interface connectors, each capable of supporting
12 Gb SAS or 6 Gb SAS/SATA. The connectors are numbered 0 thru 7. Data signals for each set of four drive
connectors (0-3 and 4-7), are routed to separate multi-port mini-SAS HD connectors on the back side of the
backplane.
On the backside of each backplane are several connectors. The following illustration identifies each.
Intel® Server System R1000SPO Product Family TPS
Figure 36. 8 x 2.5" Drive SAS/SATA Backplane – front view
Label
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Label
A Power connector
B I2C-In cable connector – From Server board
C SAS/SATA Ports 4-7 Mini-SAS HD cable connector
D SAS/SATA Ports 0-3 Mini-SAS HD cable connector
Figure 37. 8 x 2.5" Drive SAS/SATA Backplane – rear view
Description
HDD_0
HDD_1
HDD_2
HDD_3
HDD_4
HDD_5
HDD_6
HDD_7
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