The Advanced SerialRAID Adapters (type 4–P)

TheAdvanced SerialRAID Adapters (see Figure 1) are 40-MB-per-second Serial
StorageArchitecture (SSA), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) adapters that
serve as the interface between systems that use PCI architecture and devices that use
SSA. These adapters provide support for two SSAloops. Each loop can contain a
maximum of eight pairs of adapter connectors and a maximum of 48 disk drives. See
also “Rules for SSALoops”on page22.
1 Connector B2 5 Green light
2 Green light 6 ConnectorA1
3 Connector B1 7 Type-numberlabel
4 ConnectorA2
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Figure1. An Advanced SerialRAID Adapter Card (Type 4–P)
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