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Safety Information and Technical Speciﬁ cations Table of Contents SAS 808TQ BACKPLANE USER'S GUIDE Contacting SuperMicro ..................................................................................................iv 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 ............................................................................ 1-1 Chapter 2:

Jumper Settings and Pin Deﬁ nitions 2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1 Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1 2-2 Front Connector and Pin Deﬁ nitions ............................................................... 2-2 2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Deﬁ nitions ................................................... 2-3 FRONT LED INDICATORS ........................................................................ 2-4 Explanation of Jumpers ..............................................................................

2-3 Front Pane LEDs ........................................................................................ 2-4 2-4 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................. 2-5 Rear SAS/SATA Connectors ...................................................................... 2-5 Rear LED Indicators ................................................................................... 2-5 iii

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SAS 808TQ Backplane User's Guide Contacting SuperMicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390 Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525 Email: sales@supermicro.nl (General Information) support@supermicro.nl (Technical Support) rma@supermicro.nl (Customer Support) Asia-Paciﬁ c Address: SuperMicro, Taiwan 4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

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