Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel® C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures Cabling Guide for: Intel® C200 or C600 Series Chipset based Server Boards and Systems Intel RAID Controllers RS25FB044, RS25AB080, RS25DB080, RT3WB080, RS2VB080, RS2VB040, RS2SG244, RS2WG160, RS2BL080, RS2BL080DE, RS2BL040, RS2MB044, RS2WC080, RS2WC040, SRCSASJV, SRCSASRB, SRCSASLS4I, SRCSATAWB, SRCSASBB8I Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS25PB080, RMS25PB080N, RMS25PB040,
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures Revision History Date March , 2012 Revision Number 1.0 Modifications Initial release March 22, 2012 1.1 “S2600GL / S2600GZ cabling” updated April, 2012 1.2 “S2600GL / S2600GZ cabling” updated; S2600CP cabling July, 2012 1.3 “Cabling Overview of Major Hardware Configuration Types” updated; October, 2012 1.4 “S2400BB cabling” added.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures Error! No text of specified style in document. Contents 1. Enclosure Management Cabling List ................................................................................ 1 2. Cabling Overview of Major Hardware Configuration Types ............................................ 6 3. Hot-Swap Backplane Overview ........................................................................
1. Enclosure Management Cabling List This section introduces the cabling from server boards’ onboard RAID options, and from RAID add-in cards or RAID modules. Below table covers possible hardware configurations with selected server board, chassis, and backplane. Note: Rack server systems’ cables from server boards’ onboard RAID options have been defined in rack server systems’ Technical Product Specifications, Service Guide or Quick Installation Guide, and won’t be discussed in this document.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures S1200BTL / S1200BTS cabling Boards No backplane: 4 fixed 3.5" drives SATA-to-SATA cable FUP4X35HSBP SATA-to-SATA cable; & SGPIO cable (G2246100x) No backplane: 4 fixed 3.
S2600GL / S2600GZ cabling (Also fit other rack server systems) Boards chassis R1304; R1208 (all with 27 inch length) S2600GL and S2600GZ R2208; R2216; R2224; R2308; R2312 (all with 27 inch length) backplane FR1304HSBP F1U8X25HSBP FXX8X25HSBP in Bay 1 FXX8X25HSBP in Bay 2 FXX8X25HSBP in Bay 3 2 x FXX8X25HSBP (to expander) 2 x FXX8X25HSBP (Expander to HSBP) 3 x FXX8X25HSBP (to expander) 3 x FXX8X25HSBP (Expander to HSBP) F2U8X35HSBP Cabling from On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller AXXCBL1030MR7R Cabli
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures S2400BB Cabling Board Chassis Backplane Cabling From Onboard SATA/SAS Capable Controller R1208, R1304 (all 24" length) FR1304HSBP AXXCBL1030MR7R Cablin g from Mezza nine ROC add-in card NA F1U8X25HSBP AXXCBL550MRMR NA AXXCBL585MSMR NA FXX8X25HSBP in Bay 1 2x FXX8X25HSBP S2400 BB 4 R2208, R2216, R2224, R2308, R2312 (all 24" length) AXXCBL500MSMS & AXXCBL600MSMS AXXC
S2600CP cabling (Also fit other general purpose server systems) System or Backplane names.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures 2. Cabling Overview of Major Hardware Configuration Types This section provides an overview of how to make cabling with different RAID controllers, backplanes, with or without expander. Note: Before any cabling operation, please choose the target choice from the configurations below, then refer to the corresponding steps to make the successful cabling.
Configuration 1: RAID controller, backplane, drives RAID controller refers to one of below parts: Intel® Server Board’s onboard RAID controller Intel® RAID controller Intel® RAID module Backplane is listed in Hot-Swap Backplane Overview in Section 2 Drives refer to SAS drives and SATA drives Step 1: Choose a proper SAS/SATA cable between RAID controller and backplane.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures Step 2: Choose a proper drive fault LED management cable between RAID controller and backplane. Item 5 SAS/SATA port type on RAID controller SATA SAS/SATA port type on backplane SATA SGPIO Cables selected SGPIO Y cable (G10943xxx: 5-pin header on one end. 5-pin and 4-pin headers on the other end. For use with RMS2AF0x0,RMS2LL0x0, or onboard RAID.
Configuration 2: RAID controller, expander, backplane, drives RAID controller refers to one of below parts: Intel® Server Board’s onboard RAID controller Intel® RAID controller Intel® RAID module Expander refers to Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Backplane is listed in Hot-Swap Backplane Overview in Section 2 Drives refer to SAS drives and SATA drives Step 1: Choose a proper SAS/SATA cable between RAID controller and expander.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures Step 2: Choose a proper SAS/SATA cable between expander and backplane. Item SAS/SATA port type on backplane SAS/SATA cables type 11 SATA* Mini-SAS to SATA cable (G17758-xxx: with 5-pin SGPIO) 12 Mini-SAS Mini-SAS to mini-SAS cable SAS/SATA cable shape Note *: Only 1U rack 4 x 3.5’ backplane and Pedestal 4 x 3.5’ backplane have SATA ports.
Note *: Only 1U rack 4 x 3.5’ backplane and Pedestal 4 x 3.5’ backplane have SATA ports. It’s not recommended to use expander between RAID controller and either backplane. Configuration 3: RAID controller, drives, no backplane Note: No drive fault LED function is supported in this configuration.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures 18 Mini-SAS SAS Mini-SAS to SAS cable (This cable doesn’t exist in Intel and user can order it from market.) Note *: Server system in this configuration needs to have power supply headers for SATA or SAS drives.
Configuration 4: RAID controller, expander, drives, no backplane Note: No drive fault LED function is supported in this configuration. RAID controller refers to one of below parts: Intel® Server Board’s onboard RAID controller Intel® RAID controller Intel® RAID module Expander refers to Intel® RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 Drives refer to SAS drives and SATA drives Step 1: Choose a proper SAS/SATA cable between RAID controller and expander.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures 21 22 Mini-SAS Mini-SAS SATA Mini-SAS to SATA cable (G30800-xxx ,no SGPIO) SAS Mini-SAS to SAS cable (This cable doesn’t exist in Intel and user can order it from market.) Note *: Server system in this configuration needs to have power supply headers for SATA or SAS drives.
3. Hot-Swap Backplane Overview Note: Before any cabling operation, please refer to the respective RAID module or RAID controller Tested Hardware and Operating System ® lists, in order to confirm their compatible Intel Server Boards or Systems. Supported Chassis Backplane P/N Description Disk drive slot view Cabling connector view A: 8 x 3.5' drive slots. 2U F2U8X35HSBP B: 2 x SFF8087 connectors including sideband SGPIO. C: I2C 5-pin header (not for SES enclosure management) A: 12 x 3.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures A: 8 x 2.5' drive slots. 1U F1U8X25HSBP B: 2 x SFF8087 connectors including sideband SGPIO. C: I2C 5-pin header (not for SES enclosure management) A: 4 x 3.5' drive slots. 1U FR1304HSBP B: I2C 5-pin header (not for SES enclosure management)* C: SGPIO 5-pin header D: 4 x SATA connectors A: 8 x 2.5' drive slots.
A: 4 x 3.5' drive slots. B: 4 x SATA connectors pedestal FUP4X35HSBP C: SGPIO 5-pin header. D: I2C 5-pin header (not for SES enclosure management)* A: 8 x 3.5' drive slots. pedestal FUP8X35HSBP B: 2 x SFF8087 connectors including sideband SGPIO. C: I2C 5-pin header (not for SES enclosure management) Note*: The I2C 5-pin headers on the backplanes listed in below table only support backplane firmware update function.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot -Swap Drive Enclosures FXX8X25HSBP or FUP4X35HSBP are present in one server chassis, user can use daisy chain topology to connect the I2C cables to these backplanes, so as to ensure a successful backplane firmware update among all the present backplanes at a time.
4. Connector Pinout Definition SATA Connector Shape SATA connector can support both SAS and SATA devices through backplanes. Below signal names are with respect to the host; the device connected to the host reverses the signal names. Transmit pins connect to receive pins on the other device. The SAS/SATA connector is keyed at pin 1.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server S ystems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures 36pin MiniSAS (SFF8087) Internal Connector with one SGPIO Connector Pin-out 20 Controller Connector Pin-out SFF-8087 Pin # Pin Definition A1 GND 7 Backplane Connector Pin-out Pin # Pin Definition GND A2 RX0+ 6 TX+ A3 RX0- 5 TX- B1 GND 4 GND B2 TX0+ 2 RX- B3 TX0- 3 RX+ B4 GND 1 GND A4 GND 7 GND A5 RX1+ 6 TX+ A6 RX1- 5 TX- A7 GND 4 GND B5
Controller Connector Pin-out SFF-8087 Pin # Pin Definition A18 GND 4 Backplane Connector Pin-out Pin # Pin Definition GND B16 TX3+ 2 RX- B17 TX3- 3 RX+ B18 GND 1 GND Port When SAS/SATA devices are directly connected to RAID controllers without backplanes, the RAID enclosure management feature is not supported. Thus, those miniSAS-to-miniSAS and miniSAS-to-SATA cables either with or without 8pin SGPIO signals inside are OK to be used.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures Controller Pinout SFF8087 Pin Definition A12 GND Backplane Pinout SATA Connector Pin Definition 7 GND A13 RX2+ 6 A14 RX2- 5 TX- B12 GND 4 GND B13 TX2+ 3 RX- B14 TX2- 2 RX+ B15 GND 1 GND A15 GND 7 GND A16 RX3+ 6 TX+ A17 RX3- 5 TX- A18 GND 4 GND B16 TX3+ 3 RX- B17 TX3- 2 RX+ B18 GND 1 GND Port Port 2 TX+ Port 3 Note: Intel® RAID E
5. Frequently Asked Questions 1. Does AHCI Capable SATA Controller support SAS device? Answer: No. The AHCI Capable SATA Controller only supports SATA device. 2. Does the AHCI Capable SATA Controller support expander device? Answer: No. Expander is a SAS device, which cannot be supported by AHCI Capable SATA Controller. 3.
Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Intel®C200 and C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures Answer: Check whether the targeted boot disks are connected through expander devices to the ports of On-board SATA/SAS Capable Controller.
