Intel® Server System R1000SPO Product Family TPS
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The front side of the backplane includes 4 x 29-pin drive interface connectors, each capable of supporting
12 Gb SAS or 6 Gb SAS/SATA. The connectors are numbered 0 thru 3. Signals for all four drive connectors
are routed to a single multi-port mini-SAS HD connector on the back side of the backplane.
Label Description
A
HDD_0
B
HDD_1
C
HDD_2
D
HDD_3
Figure 34. 4 x 3.5” Drive Hot-Swap Backplane – front view
On the backside of the backplane are several connectors. The following illustration identifies each.
Label
Description
A
Power connector
B
SAS/SATA Ports 0-3 Mini-SAS HD cable connector
C
I2C connector
Figure 35. 4 x 3.5” Drive Hot-Swap Backplane – rear view
A
– Power Connector – The backplane includes a 2x2 connector supplying power to the backplane. Power is
routed to the backplane via a power cable harness from the Power Supply Modules.
B
– Multi-port Mini-SAS Cable Connector – The backplane includes one multi-port mini-SAS cable
connector providing data signals for four SAS/SATA drives on the backplane. A cable can be routed from
matching connectors on the server board or add-in SAS/SATA RAID cards.
C
– I2C Cable Connector – The backplane includes a 1x3 cable connector used as a management interface
to the server board.