Back side

The back side of SCSI backplane faces the rear panel when installed. This side includes the power connectors, SCSI interfaces for the SCSI/RAID card and terminator, and SMBus connectors.

The picture shows a two-backplane configuration in a cascade connection.

First SCSI backplane

Cascade connection

SCSI terminator

Second SCSI backplane

One-backplane configuration

In a one-backplaneconfiguration:

the upper SCSI interface of the backplane connects to the SCSI/RAID card

a SCSI multi-mode terminator (LVD/SE) is connected to the lower SCSI interface of the backplane

Power connectors

(connect power plugs from the power supply)

Fan connector (for HDD fan)

SMBus connector (upper 6-1 pins)

(connects the SMB cable from the motherboard)

SMBus connector (lower 6-1 pins)

(connects the SMB cable to the second backplane)

68-pin SCSI connector

(connects the SCSI cable from the SCSI/RAID card)

68-pin SCSI connector

(with SCSI multi-mode terminator)

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