1.3
Card layout
The illustration below shows the major components of the RAID card.
Front
4
1.
CacheVault connector
2.
ASUS PIKE interface-1: PCI-E Gen3 x8
3.
ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with SGPIO interface*
* The SGPIO interface is used for visibility into drive activity, failure and rebuild
status, so that users could build high-performance and reliable storage
systems. Refer to the motherboard manual for detailed information about using
the SGPIO connectors on the motherboard.
4.
SAS RAID card status LED (lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is
working normally)
ASUS PIKE 2208
3
3
1
2
2
1-3