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Table 1

 describes the jumpers and the connectors 

on the SAS 8704ELP RAID Controller and the 
SAS 8708ELP RAID Controller.

Table 1

Jumpers and Connectors

Step 4

Install the RAID Controller

Insert the RAID controller in a PCI Express slot 
on the motherboard, as shown in 

Figure 2

. Press 

down gently, but firmly, to seat the card correctly 
in the slot. Secure the RAID controller to the 
computer chassis with the bracket screw.

Note:

Refer to the guide for your motherboard for 
information about the PCI Express slot.

Note:

This is a PCI Express x4 card, and it can operate 
in 4x, 8x, and 16x slots.

Figure 2 Installing the MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP 

RAID Controller

Step 5

Configure and Install the SAS Devices, SATA 
II Devices, or Both in the Host Computer Case

Refer to the documentation for the devices for any 
preinstallation configuration requirements.

Step 6

Configure and Install the SAS Devices, SATA 
II Devices, or Both in the Host Computer Case

 

Use SAS cables to connect the SAS RAID 
controller to SAS devices, SATA II devices, or 
both. See 

Figure 1

 to view the connector 

locations on the RAID controller.

Refer to the

 MegaRAID 1078 SAS RAID 

Controllers User’s Guide

 on the 

MegaRAID 

Universal Software Suite

 CD for detailed 

information about the SAS cables.

Step 7

Turn on the Power to the Computer

Reinstall the computer cover, and reconnect the 
power cords. Turn on the power to the computer. 
Make sure that the power is turned on to the SAS 
devices and the SATA II devices before or at the 
same time that the power to the host computer is 
turned on. If the power is turned on to the 
computer before it is turned on to the devices, the 
computer might not recognize the devices.

The firmware takes several seconds to initialize. 
During this time, the RAID controller scans the 
ports.

Jumper/
Connector Type

Description

J1

Cache Write Pend-
ing LED

2-pin connector.

The connector for the enclosure 
LED. It provides a signal that indi-
cates when the on-board cache 
contains data and a write from the 
cache to the hard drives is pend-
ing. Optional.

J2

On-board BIOS 
Enable

2-pin shielded header.

The optional BIOS function is 
enabled or disabled in software 
depending on the status of this 
jumper. 
No jumper: BIOS is enabled 
(default). 
Jumper: BIOS is disabled.

J3

Universal Asyn-
chronous 
Receiver/Transmit-
ter debugging

4-pin connector.

Reserved for LSI Logic use.

J5

Individual Fault 
LED header for 
eight SAS ports

16-pin connector.

Provides an LED interface individ-
ually to eight SAS ports. The LED 
indicates errors on particular ports.

J6

IPMI-style SMBus 
(System Manage-
ment)/I

2

C header

3-pin shielded header.

Provides enclosure management 
support.

J7

Board-to-board 
connector for bat-
tery backup unit 
daughter card

20-pin connector. 

Provides an interface to the daugh-
ter card that contains the battery 
backup unit.

J8

x8 SAS Ports 0–3

The x4 SAS connectors connect 
the cables from the RAID control-
ler to SAS or SATA II physical 
drives or to a SAS expander.

J9

x8 SAS Ports 4–7

1.

The SAS 
8704ELP RAID 
Controller does 
not contain this 
connector.

The x4 SAS connectors connect 
the cables from the RAID control-
ler to SAS or SATA II physical 
drives or to a SAS expander.

J10

Straps Default Boot 
Straps Controller

2-pin connector.

Loads the defaults in case the boot 
strap controller (the serial ROM 
that controls the memory and pro-
cessor speeds) becomes corrupt. 

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