Sata/Sas Backplane Cabling - Asus TS300-E10-PS4 User Manual

2.8.2

SATA/SAS backplane cabling

The system comes with a pre-installed SATA/SAS backplane. The SATA/SAS backplane
has four 22-pin SATA/SAS connectors to support Serial ATA hard disk drives and SAS hard
disk drives. The backplane design incorporates a hot-swap feature to allow easy connection
or removal of SATA/SAS hard disks. The LEDs on the backplane connect to the front panel
LEDs to indicate HDD status. See section 1.7 LED information for details.
Front side
The front side of the SATA/SAS backplane faces the front panel when installed. This side
includes four SATA/SAS connectors for the hot-swap drive trays.
HDD1
HDD2
HDD3
HDD4
Each SATA/SAS connector is labeled (HDD1, HDD2,
HDD3, HDD4) so you can easily determine their
counterpart connectors at the back side of the backplane.
Refer to the table for reference.
HDD Device
HDD 1
HDD 2
HDD 3
HDD 4
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Front side connector
HDD1
HDD2
HDD3
HDD4
Drive status LEDs
HDD1
Back side connector
CON1
CON2
CON3
CON4
Chapter 2: Hardware Information