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SAS Expander Card CK12803 ver. B0

 

User’s Manual

 

 

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CK12803 

 

28-port SAS Expander Card 

User’s Manual 

 

Version B0 

 

September / 01 / 2009 

Summary of Contents for CK12803

Page 1: ...anual 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw w w w c h e n b r o c o m CHENBRO CK12803 28 port SAS Expander Card User s Manual Version B0 September 01 2009 ...

Page 2: ...of third parties which may result from its use Trademark All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in this manual are property of their respective owners including but not limited to the following intel is trademark of intel Corporation LSI is trademark of LSI Corporation Adaptec is trademark of Adaptec Inc 3Ware is trademark of AMCC Corporation Areca is trademark of A...

Page 3: ... 5 Getting Start with SAS Serial Attached SCSI Expander Card 6 Unpacking and Checking the Contents 6 Technical Specifications 6 Introduction 7 About this Guide 7 Introducing the SAS Expander Card 7 Features 8 General 8 High Speed I O 8 Application 8 SAS Expander Card Hardware 9 SAS Expander Card Layout 9 HDD Failure LED Signal Connector 10 Firmware Setting Jumper 10 Mechanical Dimension 11 Mini SA...

Page 4: ...an R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw w w w c h e n b r o c o m Revision History Date Modifications Aug 01 2009 z First Release Sep 01 2009 z Update LED Indicating Information Page 9 z Add Mini SAS Input Port Usage Page 10 z Update SAS RAID Card Compatibility List Page 15 ...

Page 5: ...d to install replace or service this equipment z Never install this product in a wet environment z Position system cables and power cables carefully route system cable and the power cable and plug so that they cannot be stepped on or tripped over Be sure that nothing rests on your system component cables or power cable Conventions Used in this Manual The following conventions are used in this manu...

Page 6: ...ncludes the following items Item Description Quantity Picture SAS Expander Card ver B0 1 Mini SAS Cable 350mm 1 Quick Guide 1 Technical Specifications Mini SAS Ports Internal Input from SAS RAID Card 4 port 1x Mini SAS Internal Output to Backplane 16 port 4x Mini SAS External Input from Host 4 port 1x Mini SAS External Output to Storage Center 4 port 1x Mini SAS Number of Supported SAS SATA in dir...

Page 7: ...vides high performance high disk drive connectivity scalability and flexibility in various storage environments It is a valuable solution to other expansive and complex topologies The SAS expander is ideal for high availability scalable server clustering environments front end storage subsystems used in clusters SANs and NAS environments The CHENBRO SAS Expander is based on LSI SASX28 IC that enab...

Page 8: ... of 28 port SAS Expander Card Support HDD Failure Activity Indication and HDD ID Mapping Compatible with PCI Express 4X 8X 16X PCI slots on motherboard High Speed I O 1 5 Gbit s or 3 0 Gbit s operations Automatic negotiation of linking speed Application SAS SATA HDD NAS storage sever or enclosure Security system Video streaming editing workstation SAS expander card must be used only with SAS RAID ...

Page 9: ...I HDDs 6 CN04 Individual HDD Fault LED Connectors Indicates HDD faults refer to page 10 7 CN05 Function Reserved 8 CN9 Firmware Setting Jumper Firmware function selection refer to page 10 9 LED10 SAS Expander Status LED Green LED blinking indicates SAS Expander works ready 10 LD01 Internal Input Status LED Green LED blinking indicates internal input link activity Red LED indicates no signal connec...

Page 10: ...has failed or is in the Unconfigured Bad state In this configuration use one CK12803 connects up to 16 HDDs directly Side bands of both types of SAS connectors support the SGPIO interface HDD Failure LED Signal Connector CK12803 provides two modes to indicate HDD failure LED Connector CN04 is the cable direct attach configuration Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one HDD connected directly ...

Page 11: ...der Card CK12803 ver B0 User s Manual 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw w w w c h e n b r o c o m Mechanical Dimension ...

Page 12: ...des various cables for different interfaces which include the followings Connector Cable Type Host RAID Card Side Backplane Side P N Length A1 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 027 200 mm A2 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 028 350 mm A3 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 029 500 mm A4 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin Mini SAS SFF 8087...

Page 13: ... o m Chassis Assembly Example See below for the example of how the wiring to be performed Example for Host Application RM31616 LED Board SAS Expander Card Slim ODD adaptor board Slim FDD adaptor board Mini SAS cable SFF 8087 to SFF 8087 Mini SAS cable SFF 8088 to SFF 8088 Fan Signal cable BP to LED board Slim ODD power cable Slim FDD power cable SAS RAID Card External output to JBOD or other devic...

Page 14: ...265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw w w w c h e n b r o c o m Example for JBOD Application UEK External Output to Another JBOD Mini SAS BP LED Board Mini SAS cable SFF 8087 to SATA Mini SAS cable SFF 8088 to SFF 8088 Chassis power On Off PSU alarm mute switch cable Fan Signal cable BP to LED board SAS RAID Card ...

Page 15: ...rified Maximum Physical Drives Verified RAID Card Firmware Version SRCSASRB 32 32 1 40 32 0580 MegaRAID SAS 84016E 122 48 1 12 230 0598 MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP 240 48 1 40 42 0615 ARC 1680 128 48 V1 46 5445 256 48 5 2 0 16501 5805 256 48 5 2 0 16501 9690SA 128 48 FH9X 4 08 00 006 Rocket 4320 128 48 V1 2 17 19 Rocket 4321 128 48 V1 2 17 19 The maximum quantity of supported physical drives per SAS RAID...

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