SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-USAS-L4i Front Connector and Pin Deﬁnitions, #1. Internal SAS Connector

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#1. Internal SAS Connector

The Internal SAS port (J3) connects to the backplane allowing the motherboard to access the hard drives and RAID capabili- ties. This connector supports up to 4 HDD ports.

Use a single port SAS "ipass" cable (Super

Micro order number CBL - 0108L-02).

#2. iButton Socket

The iButton is used to enable RAID 5 with the AOC-USAS-L4iR card only.. To do this, you must install a SuperMicro ibutton and enable the SWR5 jumper.

#3. Active LED Connector

Allows the add-on card to display activity and status using a standard LED panel.

LED Connector

Pin Deﬁnitions

(U-12)

Pin# Deﬁnition

1A - LED+

2A - LED-

3B - LED+

4 B - LED-

#5. External SAS Connector

The External SAS port (J4) allows the motherboard to connect to an external backplane. This connector supports up to 4 SAS drives.

Use a single port, external SAS cable (Su- per Micro order number CBL - 0166L).

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Contents AOC-USAS-L4i AOC-USAS-L4iR Manual Revision 1.0b Release Date October 17 Table of Contents MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareOverview and Installation Adding a Saved Storage Conﬁguration Add-on Card Users Guide Product Features OverviewOperating Systems Supported An Important Note to UsersContacting SuperMicro HeadquartersEurope Asia-Paciﬁc ESD Safety Guidelines General Safety Guidelines An Important Note to Users Add-on Card Users Guide Front Connectors and Jumpers Front ConnectorsFront Connector and Pin Deﬁnitions #1. Internal SAS ConnectorJumper Settings Front Jumper Locations and Pin DeﬁnitionsLED Indicators Front Pane LEDsRAID Minimum Drive Requirements RAID 1 ArraysAdd-on Card Users Guide Chapter Driver Installation Performing a Quick ConﬁgurationStarting the MegaRAID Bios CU Conﬁguring Arrays and Logic DrivesUsing Easy Conﬁguration Using New Conﬁguration and View/Add Conﬁguration Logical Drive ConﬁgurationSafety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations Creating a Global Hotspare Drive Initializing Logical Drives Logical Drive Submenu Setting the Hard Disk Write Cache and Read Ahead Policies Rebuilding a Drive Hot Plug Support Checking Data Consistency Viewing and Changing Device Properties Viewing and Changing Adapter Properties Forcing Drives Online or Ofﬂine Viewing and Changing Logical Drive PropertiesViewing Physical Drive Properties Conﬁguring a Bootable Logical Drive Deleting a Logical DriveClearing a Storage Conﬁguration Overview Creating Storage ConﬁgurationsHardware and Software Requirements Monitoring Storage DevicesMaintaining Storage Conﬁgurations Installation Customer Information Screen Customer Information Screen Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux Linux Error Messages Add-on Card Users Guide Chapter MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus Starting MegaRAID Storage Manager SoftwareSelect Server Window Select Server Window MegaRAID Storage Manager Window Physical/Logical View Panel Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel Event Log PanelMenu Bar File MenuLog Menu Chapter Conﬁguration Creating a New Storage ConﬁgurationFirst Screen Conﬁguration Wizard Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters Using Auto Conﬁguration Auto Conﬁguration ScreenUsing Guided Conﬁguration First Guided Conguration Screen Second Guided Conﬁguration Screen Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Manual Conﬁguration First Manual Conﬁguration ScreenManual Conﬁguration Deﬁning a Virtual Disk Manual Conﬁguration Adding a Hotspare Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁcations Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Using Manual Conﬁguration RAID Adding Hotspare Disks Changing Adjustable Task Rates Changing Virtual Disk Properties Deleting a Virtual DiskSaving a Storage Conﬁguration to Disk Clearing a Storage Conﬁguration from a ControllerAdding a Saved Storage Conﬁguration