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Safety Information and Technical Specifications Table of Contents SAS 846 TQ BACKPLANE Contacting SuperMicro ....................iv Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ESD Safety Guidelines ................... 1-1 General Safety Guidelines ................1-1 A Note to Users ....................1-2 Chapter 2 Jumper Settings and Pin Definitions Front Connectors and Jumpers ..............
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Safety Information and Technical Specifications Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when accessing your system or handling the components. ESD Safety Guidelines Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully.
SAS 846 TQ A Note to Users • All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.
Safety Information and Technical Specifications Front Connector and Pin Definitions 1. MG9072 Chip The MG9072 is an enclosure management chip that supports the SES-2 controller and SES-2 protocols. 2. Upgrade Connectors The upgrade connectors are designated JP69, JP78, and JP115 and are used for manufactur- er's diagnostic purposes only.
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SAS 846 TQ 7./8./9./ Sideband Headers Sideband Headers (JP66, JP68, JP75, JP77, The sideband headers are designated JP66, JP112 and JP114) JP68, JP75, JP77, JP112, and JP114. For Pin # Definition Pin # Definition SES-2 to work properly, you must connect an SGPIO: Controller ID SDIN...
Safety Information and Technical Specifications C and SGPIO Modes and Jumper Settings This backplane can utilize I C or SGPIO. SGPIO is the default mode and can be used without making changes to your jumper. The following information details which jumper must be configured to use SGPIO mode or restore your backplane to I C mode.
SIDEBAND#5 JP61:FAN#1 SELECT JP64 JP62:FAN#2 SELECT JP58 FAN#3 JP54 JP63:FAN#3 SELECT JP56 JP64:FAN#4 SELECT 1-2:WITH FAN +12V +12V JP10 2-3:NO FAN JP110 JP109 JP13 JP48 JP46 JP121:I2CRST#5 JP124:I2CRST#6 1-2:SGPIO 2-3:I2C Safety Information and Technical Specifications JP111:BPID_SDIN#5 JP113:BPID_SDIN#6 1-2:SGPIO 2-3:I2C C-4 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators SAS #20 SAS #21 SAS #22...
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SAS 846 TQ Rear LED Indicators Rear LED Hard Drive Activity Failure LED SAS #0 SAS #1 SAS #2 SAS #3 D102 D107 SAS #4 SAS #5 SAS #6 SAS #7 D104 D108 SAS #8 SAS #9 SAS #10 SAS #11 D106 D109 SAS #12...
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