SUPER MICRO Computer SAS2-826EL Switch User Manual


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SAS2-826EL Series Backplane User's Guide
Table of Contents
Contacting Supermicro .......................................................................................iv
Returning Merchandise for Service.....................................................................v
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines ....................................................................1-1
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 SAS2-826EL Backplane....................................................1-2
1-5 Overview of the SAS2-826EL1/EL2 Backplanes ............................................ 1-2
Chapter 2 Connectors, Jumper and LEDs ..............................................2-1
2-1 Front Connectors ............................................................................................2-1
Front Connectors ............................................................................................2-1
2-2 FrontConnectorandPinDenitions ............................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Settings ............................................................. 2-3
Explanation of Jumpers ..................................................................................2-3
2-4 Front LED Indicators ....................................................................................... 2-5
2-5 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................. 2-6
Chapter 3 Dual Port and Cascading Congurations ............................3-1
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Conguration ............................................................................... 3-9
SingleHBACongurationCables ................................................................. 3-10
Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Dual Channel Environment ................3-11
DualHBACongurationCables ....................................................................3-12
3-5 SupportedCascadingConguration ............................................................ 3-13
ServerSystemwithDualSASHBAandCascadingConguration .............. 3-14
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