Enclosure Management Cabling for Intel C200 Series Chipset and Intel C600 Series Chipset Based Server Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures

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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.
SATA Connector Pin-out
Pin #
Signal
Description
1
GND
Ground
2
TX0+
Transmitter differential pair
3
TX0-
Transmitter differential pair
4
GND
Ground
5
RXD-
Receiver differential pair
6
RXD+
Receiver differential pair
7
GND
Ground
On Intel
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C200 or C600 Series Chipset based Server Boards and Systems, all MiniSAS (SFF8087) internal connectors are 36pin which
includes 8pin SGPIO signals. The miniSAS-to-miniSAS and miniSAS-to-SATA cables must include the 8pin SGPIO signals, otherwise
cannot support RAID enclosure management function.