3.PSAS 1 and 2 connectors

Supported by the ASUS PIKE card, these connectors are for the SAS signal cables for SAS hard disk drives that allows up to 6Gb/s of data transfer rate.

After installing the PIKE RAID card and SAS hard disk drives, ensure that the SAS signal cable is connected to the PSAS1 port to create a RAID configuration.

Also, ensure that the SGPIO_SEL1 jumper on the backplane is set to pins 2-3 (Default). Refer to 2.7 SATAII/SAS backplane cabling for details.

Z9PP-D24

PSAS1

ISATA1

Move ISATA1 cable to PSAS1 connector

Z9PP-D24 PSAS connectors

The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of SAS/SATA hard disks installed.

4.Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1)

This connector is used to connect to a hard disk drive active LED connector on the SCSI or RAID card.

Z9PP-D24

NC

ADD_IN_CARD-

ADD_IN_CARD-

NC

HDLED1

Z9PP-D24 Storage card actisvity LED connector

ASUS RS700-E7/RS4

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