User's Manual (1.0b)

SC216 Chassis Manual
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Dual Port and Cascading Congurations
D-11 Single and Dual Port Expanders...................................................................D-11
Single Ports ................................................................................................... D-11
Dual Ports .....................................................................................................D-11
D-12 Failover ..........................................................................................................D-12
Single Host Bus Adapter ...............................................................................D-12
Single Host Bus Adapter Failover .................................................................D-12
Dual Host Bus Adapter ................................................................................D-12
Dual Host Bus Adapter Failover....................................................................D-12
D-13 Chassis Power Card and Support Cables ....................................................D-13
Chassis Power Card .....................................................................................D-13
Connectioning an Internal Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane ..................D-14
Supported Internal HBA Cables ....................................................................D-14
Connecting an External Host Bus Adapter to the Backplane ...................... D-16
Single External Host Bus Adapter ...............................................................D-16
Dual External Host Bus Adapter ..................................................................D-16
Supported External HBA to Backplane Cable ..............................................D-17
Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Single Channel Environment ............. D-18
Single HBA Conguration Cables .................................................................D-19
Connecting Multiple Backplanes in a Dual Channel Environment ...............D-20
Dual HBA Conguration Cables ....................................................................D-21
D-14 Supported Cascading Congurations ...........................................................D-22
Server System with Single SAS HBA ...........................................................D-23
Dual SAS HBA and Cascaded Conguration ...............................................D-24
Dual SAS HBA and Cascaded Conguration with Branching ......................D-25
Appendix E SAS2-216EL1/EL2 Backplane Specications
Overview of the SAS2-216EL1/EL2 Backplanes ............................................E-1
E-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ...................................................................................E-2
E-2 General Safety Guidelines ..............................................................................E-2
E-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................E-2
E-4 Introduction to the SAS2-216EL1/EL2 Backplane ..........................................E-3
E-5 Connectors ......................................................................................................E-4
E-6 Front Connector and Pin Denitions ............................................................... E-5
E-7 Jumper Locations and Settings.......................................................................E-6
Explanation of Jumpers ..................................................................................E-6
E-8 Front Connectors and LED Indicators ............................................................E-9