Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations Table of Contents Contacting Supermicro ........................................................................................v Returning Merchandise for Service ...................................................................vi Overview of the SAS-216EL1/EL2 Backplanes ................................................vii Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines 1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1 1-2 General Safety Guidelines ..............................................................................
1-1 1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-2 Chapter 2 Jumper Settings and Pin Defi nitions 2-1 Rear Components, Connectors and Jumpers ................................................ 2-1 Rear Components and Connectors ................................................................ 2-1 2-2 Rear Connector and Pin Defi nitions ............................................................... 2-2 2-3 Rear Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions ................................................... 2-3 Explanation of Jumpers ..................................................................................
2-3 2-4 Front Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................ 2-5 2-5 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-7 Chapter 3 Dual Port and Cascading Confi gurations 3-1 Single and Dual Port Expanders .................................................................... 3-1 Single Ports ..................................................................................................... 3-1 Dual Ports .......................................................................................................
3-1 3-2 Failover ............................................................................................................ 3-2 Single Host Bus Adapter ................................................................................. 3-2 Single Host Bus Adapter Failover ................................................................... 3-2 Dual Host Bus Adapter .................................................................................. 3-2 Dual Host Bus Adapter Failover ................................................................. 3-2 3-3 Chassis Power Card and Support Cables ......................................................
3-3 Chassis Power Card ....................................................................................... 3-3 Connectioning an Internal Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane .................... 3-4 Supported Internal HBA Cables ...................................................................... 3-4 Connecting an External Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane ........................ 3-6 Single External Host Bus Adapter ................................................................. 3-6 Dual External Host Bus Adapter .................................................................... 3-6 Supported External HBA to Backplane Cable ................................................
3-7 Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Single Channel Environment ............... 3-8 Single HBA Confi guration Cables ................................................................... 3-9 Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Dual Channel Environment ............... 3-10 iii