Back side

The back side of the SATA/SAS backplane faces the rear panel when installed. This side includes the power connectors, SATA/SAS interfaces for the motherboard Serial ATA connectors or the SAS card, an HDD fan connector, and SMBus connectors.

Power connectors

(connect power plugs from the power supply)

Fan connector (for HDD fan)

SAS HDD Activity LED connector (for PX4 model only)

SAS Port 0

SAS Port 1

SAS Port 2

SAS Port 3

Upper 6-1 pins (J1): SMBus connector (connects the SMB cable from the AUX_PANEL1 connector on the motherboard)

SATA/SAS backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments

The 6-pin jumper J3 allows you to define your desired SATA/SAS configuration. The picture below shows the location of jumper J3 with pins 1-3 and 2-4 shorted.

Refer to the table for the jumper settings and the appropriate ID# for each SATA HDD bay.

J3 setting

(1-3 shorted, 2-4 shorted)

Device

SATA/SAS ID

Drive Bay 1

ID0

Drive Bay 2

ID1

Drive Bay 3

ID2

Drive Bay 4

ID3

ASUS TS300-E5

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