SUPERSERVER
5-11 Floppy, IDE, SATA and SAS Drive Connections
Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables:
•The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires.
•A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1.
•A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives. The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A, and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B.
Floppy Connector
The floppy connector is designated J22. See the table below for pin definitions.
Floppy Drive Connector
Pin Definitions (J22)
Pin# | Definition |
1 | Ground |
3 | Ground |
5 | Key |
7 | Ground |
9 | Ground |
11 | Ground |
13Ground
15Ground
17Ground
19Ground
21Ground
23Ground
25Ground
27Ground
29Ground
31 Ground
33 Ground
Pin # Definition
2 | FDHDIN |
4 | Reserved |
6 | FDEDIN |
8 | Index |
10 | Motor Enable |
12 | Drive Select B |
14Drive Select B
16Motor Enable
18DIR
20 STEP
22Write Data
24Write Gate
26 Track 00
28Write Protect
30Read Data
32 Side 1 Select
34 Diskette
