Chapter 2: Hardware setup
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Back side
The back side of SATA backplane faces the rear panel when installed. This
side includes the power connectors, SATA interfaces for the SATA RAID
card, and SMBus connectors.
SMBus connector (upper 6-1 pins)
(connects the SMB cable from the motherboard)
Fan connector (for HDD fan)
Power connectors
(connect power plugs
from the power supply)
CON2
CON4
CON6
CON8
The back side SATA connectors are
attached to the motherboard SATA
connectors via the supplied SATA
cables. Refer to the illustration on
the right for the location of the SATA
connectors. Refer to the table below
for the default SATA cable
connections.
SATA_RAID4
SATA_RAID3
Backplane Connected to
Controlled
ID
(on motherboard)
by
CON2
SATA_RAID1 Promise® 20319
CON4
SATA_RAID2 Promise® 20319
CON6
SATA_RAID3 Promise® 20319
CON8
SATA_RAID4 Promise® 20319
SATA_RAID2
SATA_RAID1
SATA RAID
controller
Power SMBus connector (lower 6-1 pins)
(connects the SMB cable from the power supply, when available)