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Appendix C: Backplanes
C.4 Cascading Configurations
Cascading Backplanes with SAS RAID and HBA Controllers
The BPN-SAS3-946LEL1 can be cascaded to a second BPN-SAS3-946LEL1 backplane and
an AOM-S3108M-H8L-P SAS RAID, AOC-S3108L-H8IR SAS RAID, AOC-S3008L-L8E HBA,
or AOM-S3008-L8-SB HBA controller using the primary and secondary expander components
of the backplane. Note that the connectors are located on the undersides of the boards in
the following illustrations.