Enclosure Management Cabling for Pedestal Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures

Enclosure Management Cabling for Pedestal Systems with Hot-Swap Drive Enclosures
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6. Connecting Fault LED Control Cables
Only non-expander backplanes (AXX6DRV3GR and AXX4DRV3GR) require Fault LED control cables.
Important: Only one Fault LED control cable – either SES or SGPIO depending on the RAID controller – must be
connected to a backplane. Do not connect both SES and SGPIO cables to the same backplane. This may result in
unexpected behavior including RAID array failures.
The following matrix describes the connectors and cables for connecting Fault LED control cables.
RAID Controller
Expander Backplanes:
AXX6DRV3GEXP or AXX4DRV3GEXP
Non-Expander Backplanes:
AXX6DRV3GR or AXX4DRV3GR
Onboard SATA Embedded
RAID (ICH10R)
Not supported.
SATA RAID controllers are not supported
with SAS expander backplanes.
Server board connector: SATA_SGPIO, black
Backplane connector: SGPIO, black
Cable: 4-pin SGPIO
AXXROMBSASMR
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID module connector: SES, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES
AXX4SASMOD
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID module connector: SAS_SGPIO, black
Backplane connector: SGPIO, black
Cable: 4-pin SGPIO
Note: With AXX6DRV3GR, fault LEDs for slots 4
and 5 are always blinking.
SRCSATAWB, SRCSASRB
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID card connector: J6, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES
Note: RAID FW 420 or higher is required.
SRCSASJV
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID card connector: J2, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES
Note: RAID FW 312 or higher is required.
SRCSASBB8I, SRCSASLS4I
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID card connector: J7, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES
SASMF8I
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
RAID card connector: J9, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES
SASUC8I
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
Fault LED control with non-expander backplanes
is not supported.
SASWT4I
SAS in-band.
No Fault LED control cable needed.
Fault LED control with non-expander backplanes
is not supported.
SRCSAS144E
SAS in-band.
No drive LED control cable needed.
Enclosure management not supported with
passive backplanes/midplanes. Do not connect
SES cable.
SRCSAS18E
SAS in-band.
No drive LED control cable needed.
RAID card connector: J18, white
Backplane connector: SES, white
Cable: 3-pin SES