Supero SAS 933TQ User manual

Rev. 1.0a
SAS 933TQ BACKPLANE
USER'S GUIDE
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Safety Information and Technical Specifications
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Safety Guidelines
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines ................................................................................... 1-1
1-2 General Safety Guidelines .............................................................................. 1-1
1-3 An Important Note to Users ............................................................................ 1-2
Chapter 2 Jumper Settings and Pin Definitions
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1
2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions............................................................... 2-2
2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions................................................... 2-4
Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-4
SAS Port Connections in I2C and SGPIO Settings ....................................... 2-6
Front LED Indicators ....................................................................................... 2-7
2-4 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators............................................................. 2-8
Rear Connectors ............................................................................................. 2-8
Rear LEDs....................................................................................................... 2-8
Locations of Rear Connectors and LEDs ....................................................... 2-9

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Chapter 1
Safety Guidelines
To avoid personal injury and property damage, carefully follow all the safety steps
listed below when accessing your system or handling the components.
1-1 ESD Safety Guidelines
Electric Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures
are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic
bag.
Handle the RAID card by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.
1-2 General Safety Guidelines
Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer, including the backplane.
Disconnect the power cable before installing or removing any cables from the
backplane.
Make sure that the backplane is securely and properly installed on the mother-
board to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
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1-3 An Important Note to Users
All images and layouts shown in this user's guide are based upon the latest PCB
Revision available at the time of publishing. The card you have received may or
may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual.
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+5V +12V GND GND
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Chapter 2
Jumper Settings and Pin Definitions
2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers
1. I2C Connector#1 JP37
2. I2C Connector#2 JP95
3. I2C Connector#3 JP52
4. I2C Connector#4 JP96
5. SideBand Connector#1 JP66
6. SideBand Connector#2 JP68
7. SideBand Connector#3 JP75
8. SideBand Connector#4 JP77
9. Upgrade Connectors: JP69 and
JP78
10. Chip: MG9072 (x2)
11. Fan Connectors: JP54, JP58,
JP60 and JP56
12. Power Connectors (4-pin): JP10,
JP13, JP46, and JP48
13. ACT_IN# 0 - 7
14. ACT_IN# 8 - 15
15. SAS Port #0 J5
16. SAS Port #1 J6
17. SAS Port #2 J7
18. SAS Port #3 J8
19. SAS Port #4 J10
20. SAS Port #5 J12
21. SAS Port #6 J14
22. SAS Port #7 J16
23. SAS Port #8 J22
24. SAS Port #9 J23
25. SAS Port #10 J24
26. SAS Port #11 J25
27. SAS Port #12 J26
28. SAS Port #13 J29
29. SAS Port #14 J30
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2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions
#2. MG9072 Chip
The MG9072 is an enclosure management
chip that supports the SES-2 controller and
SES-2 protocols.
SAS Activity LED Header
Pin Definitions (JP26)
Pin # Definition Pin # Definition
1 ACT IN#0 6 ACT IN#4
2 ACT IN#1 7 ACT IN#5
3 ACT IN#2 8 ACT IN#6
4 ACT IN#3 9 ACT IN#7
5 Ground 10 Empty
#1. Activity LED Header
The activity LED header, designated JP26 and
JP47, is used to indicate the activity status
of each SAS drive. The Activity LED Header
is located on the front panel. For the Activity
LED Header to work properly, connect using a
10-pin LED cable.
SAS Activity LED Header
Pin Definitions (JP47)
Pin # Definition Pin # Definition
1 ACT IN#8 6 ACT IN#12
2 ACT IN#9 7 ACT IN#13
3 ACT IN#10 8 ACT IN#14
4 ACT IN#11 9 ACT IN#15
5 Ground 10 Empty
#3 Fan Connectors
The 3-pin connectors, designated JP54, JP58,
JP60 and JP56, provide power to the fans. See
the table on the right for pin definitions.
Fan Connectors
(JP54, JP58, JP60,
and JP63)
Pin# Definition
1 Ground
2+12V
3 Tachometer
#4 I2C Connectors
The I2C Connectors, designated JP37, JP52,
JP95, and JP96, are used to monitor HDD
activity and status. See the table on the right
for pin definitions.
I2C Connector
Pin Definitions
(JP37, JP52, JP95,
and JP96)
Pin# Definition
1 Data
2 Ground
3 Clock
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#6 Sideband Headers
The sideband headers are designated JP66,
JP68, JP75 and JP77. For SES-2 to work
properly, you must connect an 8-pin sideband
cable. See the table to the right for pin defini-
tions.
Sideband Headers
(JP66, JP68, JP75 and JP77)
Pin # Definition Pin # Definition
2 Backplane
Addressing
(SB5)
1 Controller
ID (SB6)
4 Reset (SB4) 3 GND (SB2)
6 GND (SB3) 5 SDA (SB1)
8 Backplane
ID (SB7)
7 SCL (SB0)
10 No Connec-
tion
9 No Connec-
tion
Backplane
Main Power
4-Pin Connector
(JP10, JP13, JP46,
and JP48)
Pin# Definition
1+12V
2 and 3 Ground
4+5V
#5 Backplane Main Power Connectors
The 4-pin connectors, designated JP10,
JP13, JP46, and JP48, provide power to the
backplane. See the table on the right for pin
definitions.
#7 Upgrade Connectors
The upgrade connectors are designated JP69
and JP78.
#8 SAS Ports
The SAS ports are used to connect the SAS
drive cables. The 15 ports are designated #0
- #14. Each port is also compatible with SATA
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2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions
Explanation of Jumpers
To modify the operation of the backplane,
jumpers can be used to choose between
optional settings. Jumpers create shorts
between two pins to change the function
of the connector. Pin 1 is identified with
a square solder pad on the printed circuit
board. Note: On two pin jumpers, "Closed"
means the jumper is on and "Open" means
the jumper is off the pins.
Connector
Pins
Jumper
Setting
321
321
JP100
JP18
JP61 JP62
JP50
JP35
JP84
JP97
JP98
JP99
JP63 JP64