Table 3.4

SAS 9280-8e and SAS 9280DE-8e RAID Controllers –

 

Connectors (Cont.)

 

 

 

 

Connector

Description

Comments

 

 

 

J1B1

x4 SAS Ports 0–3

SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS

 

 

connector

 

 

Connects the cables from the controller

 

 

to SAS drives or SATA II drives, or a SAS

 

 

expander.

 

 

 

J6A1

Global Drive Fault LED

2-pin connector

 

header

Connects to an LED that indicates

 

 

 

 

whether a drive is in a fault condition.

 

 

 

J6A2

SAS Activity LED header

2-pin connector

 

 

Connects to an LED that indicates drive

 

 

activity.

 

 

 

J6A3

Write-pending Indicator

2-pin connector

 

(dirty cache) LED

 

 

connector

Connects to an LED that indicates when

 

 

the data in the cache has yet to be

 

 

written to the storage devices. Used

 

 

when the write-back feature is enabled.

 

 

 

J6B1

Remote Battery Backup

20-pin connector

 

Unit connector

Connects the intelligent Battery Backup

 

 

 

 

Unit, LSIiBBU07, remotely to the RAID

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

J6B2

Battery Backup Unit

20-pin connector

 

connector

Connects the intelligent Battery Backup

 

 

 

 

Unit, LSIiBBU07, directly to the RAID

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

Figure 3.5 shows the jumpers and connectors on the SAS 9280-4i/4e controller.

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