Back side

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

the upper SCSI interface of the backplane connects to the motherboard SCSI connector or 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

[SMB_IN1] (connects the SMB cable from the motherboard)

68-pin SCSI connector

(connects the SCSI cable from the

motherboard SCSI connector or

the SCSI/RAID card)

68-pin SCSI connector

(with SCSI multi-mode terminator)

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup