Table Of Contents - Supermicro BPN-SAS2-936EL Series User Manual

Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................iv
Returning Merchandise for Service.....................................................................v
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 1-1
1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-2
1-4 Introduction to the BPN-SAS2-936EL Backplane ........................................... 1-2
Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumper and LEDs
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions ............................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions ................................................... 2-3
Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-3
Front LED Indicators ....................................................................................... 2-5
2-4 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................. 2-6
Chapter 3 Dual Port and Cascading Configurations
3-1 Single and Dual Port Expanders ................................................................... 3-1
Single Ports ..................................................................................................... 3-1
Dual Ports ....................................................................................................... 3-1
3-2 Failover ............................................................................................................ 3-2
3-3 Failover with RAID Cards and Multiple HBAs ................................................ 3-3
3-4 Cables and Chassis Power Card ................................................................... 3-4
Chassis Power Card ....................................................................................... 3-4
Connecting an Internal Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane ......................... 3-5
Supported Internal HBA to Backplane Cables ................................................ 3-6
Connecting an External Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane ........................ 3-7
Supported External HBA to Backplane Cable ................................................ 3-8
Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Single Channel Environment ............... 3-9
Single HBA Configuration ............................................................................... 3-9
Single HBA Configuration Cables ................................................................. 3-10
Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Dual Channel Environment ................3-11
Dual HBA Configuration Cables .................................................................... 3-12
3-5 Supported Cascading Configuration ............................................................ 3-13
Server System with Dual SAS HBA and Cascading Configuration .............. 3-14
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Preface