Supero SAS-216A User Manual

Rev. 1.0

SAS-216A BACKPLANE

USER'S GUIDE

C6

C5

C47

C44

C420

C415

C327

C323

C253

C239

C201

C197

Y2

BZ1

C157

C224

C24

C247

C295

C298

C383

C399

C139

C153

C220

C244

C246

C249

C250

C280

C294

C297

C212

C213

D4

D9

D3

JP80

R7

R8

R608

R585

R365

R268

R281

R283

R431

R6

R267

R280

R282

R430

R273

R286

R287

R432

JP84

JP36

JP96

JP95

JP52

JP117

JP116

JP48

JP46JP110

JP109

JP10

JP13

U91

U88

JSM6

JSM2

JSM3

JSM4

JSM5

U53

U30

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BAR CODE

DESIGNED IN USA

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SAS IN#5

SAS IN#6

I2C#6

I2C#5

I2C#4

JP36

9072#2 RST
1-2:RST
2-3:NO RST

I2C#3

I2C#2

D9:ALARM#3

D4:ALARM#2

D3:ALARM#1

SUPER

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SAS-216A Backplane User's Guide

Manual Revision 1.0
Release Date: July 22, 2008

The information in this User’s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate.
The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document,
makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any
person or organization of the updates. Please Note: For the most up-to-date version of this

manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com.

Super Micro Computer, Inc. ("Supermicro") reserves the right to make changes to the product
described in this manual at any time and without notice. This product, including software, if any,
and documentation may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or
reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent.

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SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO
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HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE
COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, INTEGRATING, INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA.

Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa
Clara County in the State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall
be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Super Micro's total liability for
all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.

FCC Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely
to cause harmful interference, in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your
own expense.

California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials: This Perchlorate
warning applies only to products containing CR (Manganese Dioxide) Lithium coin cells. “Perchlorate
Material-special handling may apply. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”

WARNING: Handling of lead solder materials used in this
product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to
the State of California to cause birth defects and other
reproductive harm.

Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer, Inc., you may not
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Copyright © 2008 by Super Micro Computer, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America

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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 A Note to Users ............................................................................................... 1-2

Chapter 2 Jumper Settings and Pin Definitions

2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers ...................................................................... 2-1

Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-

1

2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions ............................................................... 2-2

2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Definitions ................................................... 2-3

Explanation of Jumpers .................................................................................. 2-

3

I2C and SGPIO Modes and Jumper Settings ................................................. 2-4

Front LED Indicators ....................................................................................... 2-

5

4-4 Rear Components, Connectors and LED Indicators ...................................... 2-6

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Web

Site:

www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacific

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web

Site:

www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone]

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Safety Information and Technical Specifications

Returning Merchandise for Service

A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be-

fore any warranty service will be rendered. You can obtain service by calling your

vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. When returning

to the manufacturer, the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the

outside of the shipping carton, and mailed prepaid or hand-carried. Shipping and

handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service

is complete.

For faster service, RMA authorizations may be requested online (http://www.

supermicro.com/support/rma/).

Whenever possible, repack the backplane in the original Supermicro box, using the

original packaging materials. If these are no longer available, be sure to pack the

backplane in an anti-static bag and inside the box. Make sure that there is enough

packaging material surrounding the backplane so that it does not become damaged

during shipping.

This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in

-

curred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration, misuse, abuse or improper

maintenance of products.

During the warranty period, contact your distributor first for any product problems.

1-1

Safety Information and Technical Specifications

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

damage 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 backplane 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 A 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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2-1

Safety Information and Technical Specifications

Chapter 2

Jumper Settings and Pin Definitions

2-1 Front Connectors and Jumpers

Front Connectors

Upgrade Connectors: JP69, JP78

and JP115

I2C Connector #1 (JP37)

I2C Connector #2 (JP95)

I2C Connector #3 (JP52)

I2C Connector #4 (JP96)

I2C Connector #5 (JP116)

I2C Connector #6 (JP117)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Power Connectors (4-pin): JP10,

JP13, JP46, JP48 JP109, JP110

SAS IN#1 JSM1

SAS IN#2 JSM2

SAS IN#3 JSM3

SAS IN#4 JSM4

SAS IN#5 JSM5

SAS IN#6 JSM6

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

C6

C5

C47

C44

C420

C415

C327

C323

C253

C239

C201

C197

Y2

BZ1

C157

C224

C24

C247

C295

C298

C383

C399

C139

C153

C220

C244

C246

C249

C250

C280

C294

C297

C212

C213

D4

D9

D3

JP80

R7

R8

R608

R585

R365

R268

R281

R283

R431

R6

R267

R280

R282

R430

R273

R286

R287

R432

JP84

JP36

JP96

JP95

JP52

JP117

JP116

JP48

JP46JP110

JP109

JP10

JP13

U91

U88

JSM6

JSM2

JSM3

JSM4

JSM5

U53

U30

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+

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A1

BAR CODE

DESIGNED IN USA

SAS216A

REV:

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SAS IN#2

SAS IN#3SAS IN#4

SAS IN#5

SAS IN#6

I2C#6

I2C#5

I2C#4

JP36
9072#2 RST
1-2:RST
2-3:NO RST

I2C#3

I2C#2

D9:ALARM#3

D4:ALARM#2

D3:ALARM#1

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SAS-216A Backplane User's Guide

2-2 Front Connector and Pin Definitions

1. Upgrade Connectors

The upgrade connectors are designated JP69,

JP78 and JP115 are used for manufacturer's

diagnostic purposes only.

2. - 7. I2C Connectors

The I

2

C Connectors, designated JP37, JP95,

JP52, JP96, JP115 and JP116 are used to

monitor HDD activity and status. See the table

on the right for pin definitions.

I2C Connector

Pin Definitions

(JP37, JP95, JP52, JP96,

JP115 and JP116

Pin# Definition

1 Data

2 Ground

3 Clock

4 No Connection

Backplane

Main Power

4-Pin Connector

(JP10, JP13, JP46,

JP48, JP109 and JP110)

Pin# Definition

1

+12V

2 and 3

Ground

4

+5V

8. Backplane Main Power Connectors

The 4-pin connectors, designated JP10, JP13,

JP46, JP48, JP109 and JP110 provide power

to the backplane. See the table on the right for

pin definitions.

9. - 14. SAS IN Ports (Sideband included)

The SAS ports are used to connect the SAS

drive cables. The six SAS IN ports are des

-

ignated #JSM1 - #JSM6. Each port is also

compatible with SATA drives.

Sideband Definitions

(JSM1 - JSM6)

Pin # Definition Pin # Definition

A11

SGPIO:

SDIN

I2C:

Backplane
Addressing
(SB5)

B11 Controller ID

(SB6)

A12 SGPIO:

SDOUT

I2C: Reset
(SB4)

B10 GND (SB2)

A9 GND (SB3) B9 SGPIO:

SLOAD

I2C:SDA
(SB1)

A8 Backplane

ID (SB7)

B8 SGPIO:

SCLOCK

I2C:SCL
(SB0)

2-3

Safety Information and Technical Specifications

Chip Reset JP36 1-2 Reset, 2-3 No Reset (Not populated)

Chip Reset JP35 1-2 Reset, 2-3 No Reset (Not populated)

Buzzer Reset JP18

JP84 1-2 SGPIO, 2-3 I2C

JP80 I2C Addr - On C0, Off C2 (Not populated)

JP50 Chip Reset 1-2 Reset, 2-3 No Reset (Not populated)

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

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

3 2 1

3 2 1

C6

C5

C47

C44

C420

C415

C327

C323

C253

C239

C201

C197

Y2

BZ1

C157

C224

C24

C247

C295

C298

C383

C399

C139

C153

C220

C244

C246

C249

C250

C280

C294

C297

C212

C213

D4

D9

D3

JP80

R7

R8

R608

R585

R365

R268

R281

R283

R431

R6

R267

R280

R282

R430

R273

R286

R287

R432

JP84

JP36

JP96

JP95

JP52

JP117

JP116

JP48

JP46JP110

JP109

JP10

JP13

U91

U88

JSM6

JSM2

JSM3

JSM4

JSM5

U53

U30

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A1

BAR CODE

DESIGNED IN USA

SAS216A

REV:

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1

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2

5

6

SAS IN#2

SAS IN#3SAS IN#4

SAS IN#5

SAS IN#6

I2C#6

I2C#5

I2C#4

JP36
9072#2 RST
1-2:RST
2-3:NO RST

I2C#3

I2C#2

D9:ALARM#3

D4:ALARM#2

D3:ALARM#1

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18

19

16

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SAS-216A Backplane User's Guide

I2C and SGPIO Modes and Jumper Settings

This backplane can utilize I2C or SGPIO. SGPIO is the default mode and can be

used without making changes to your jumper. The following information details

which jumper must be configured to use SGPIO mode or restore your backplane

to I2C mode.

SGPIO Setting (Default)

Jumper Jumper Setting Note

JP84 1-2 SGPIO Mode Setting

I2C Setting

Jumper Jumper Setting Note

JP84 2-3 I2C Setting

2-5

Safety Information and Technical Specifications

C6

C5

C47

C44

C420

C415

C327

C323

C253

C239

C201

C197

Y2

BZ1

C157

C224

C24

C247

C295

C298

C383

C399

C139

C153

C220

C244

C246

C249

C250

C280

C294

C297

C212

C213

D4

D9

D3

JP80

R7

R8

R608

R585

R365

R268

R281

R283

R431

R6

R267

R280

R282

R430

R273

R286

R287

R432

JP84

JP36

JP96

JP95

JP52

JP117

JP116

JP48

JP46JP110

JP109

JP10

JP13

U91

U88

JSM6

JSM2

JSM3

JSM4

JSM5

U53

U30

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+

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A1

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DESIGNED IN USA

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1

2

5

6

SAS IN#2

SAS IN#3SAS IN#4

SAS IN#5

SAS IN#6

I2C#6

I2C#5

I2C#4

JP36
9072#2 RST
1-2:RST
2-3:NO RST

I2C#3

I2C#2

D9:ALARM#3

D4:ALARM#2

D3:ALARM#1

Front Panel LEDs

LED STATE SPECIFICATION

D3 On Alarm #1

D4 On Alarm #2

D9 On Alarm #3

Front LED Indicators

C44

BZ1

C139

D4

D9

D3

R7

R8

R6

+

B1

A1

+

+

A

C

A

C

A

C

D9:ALARM#3

D4:ALARM#2

D3:ALARM#1

D4

D9

D3

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C100

C102

C107

C359

D103

D105

D107

D108

D109

D110

D119

D121

D19

D20

D23

D29

D30

D31

D32

D33

D37

D38

D39

D5

D6

D7

D8

D88

D100

D101

D102

D104

D106

D111

D118

D12

D120

D13

D14

D15

D18

D21

D22

D24

D25

D26

D27

D28

D40

D41

D42

D87

F16

F15

F14

F13

R510

R463

R84

R85

R149

R150

R164

R165

R173

R174

R175

R176

R177

R178

R179

R180

R181

R182

R213

R214

R215

R250

R251

R253

R428

R435

R457

R458

R459

R460

R461

R462

R464

R465

R466

R467

R468

R511

R512

R514

R83

R86

R87

R88

R89

R90

R95

R96

U24

RP6

J31

J34

J45

J35

J44

J3

J21

J20

J1

J43

J4

J37

J9

J28

J2

J33

J36

J18

J17

J15

J13

J11

U1

U66

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SAS #17

SAS #0

SAS #1

SAS #2

SAS #3

SAS #4

SAS #6

SAS #7

SAS #8

SAS #9

SAS #10

SAS #11

SAS #12

SAS #13

SAS #14

SAS #15

SAS #16

SAS #18

SAS #19

SAS #20

SAS #21

SAS #22

SAS #23

FAIL#0 ACT#0

FAIL#1

ACT#1

FAIL#2

ACT#2

FAIL#3 ACT#3

FAIL#4 ACT#4

FAIL#5

ACT#5

FAIL#6

ACT#6

FAIL#7

ACT#7 FAIL#8

ACT#8

FAIL#9

ACT#9

FALI#10

ACT#10

FAIL#11

ACT#11

FAIL#12

ACT#12

FAIL#13

ACT#13

FAIL#14

ACT#14

FAIL#15

ACT#15

FAIL#16

ACT#16

FAIL#17

ACT#17

FAIL#18

ACT#18

FAIL#19

ACT#19

FAIL#20

ACT#20

FAIL#21

ACT#21

FAIL#23 ACT#23

FAIL#22

ACT#22

4-4 Rear Components, Connectors and LED Indicators

Rear SAS/SATA Connectors

Rear

Connector

SAS Drive

Number

Rear

Connector

SAS Drive

Number

SAS #0 SAS/SATA HDD #0 SAS #12 SAS/SATA HDD #12

SAS #1 SAS/SATA HDD #1 SAS #13 SAS/SATA HDD #13

SAS #2 SAS/SATA HDD #2 SAS #14 SAS/SATA HDD #14

SAS #3 SAS/SATA HDD #3 SAS #15 SAS/SATA HDD #15

SAS #4

SAS/SATA HDD #4

SAS #16

SAS/SATA HDD #16

SAS #5 SAS/SATA HDD #5 SAS #17 SAS/SATA HDD #17

SAS #6 SAS/SATA HDD #6 SAS #18 SAS/SATA HDD #18

SAS #7 SAS/SATA HDD #7 SAS #19 SAS/SATA HDD #19

SAS #8 SAS/SATA HDD #8 SAS #20 SAS/SATA HDD #20

SAS #9 SAS/SATA HDD #9 SAS #21 SAS/SATA HDD #21

SAS #10 SAS/SATA HDD #10 SAS #22 SAS/SATA HDD #22

SAS #11 SAS/SATA HDD #11

SAS #23 SAS/SATA HDD #23

SAS #12

SAS #13

SAS #9

SAS #15

SAS #11

SAS #7

SAS #3

SAS #5

SAS #14

SAS #10

SAS #6

SAS #2

SAS #1

SAS #8

SAS #4

SAS #0

SAS #20

SAS #21

SAS #17

SAS #23

SAS #19

SAS #22

SAS #18

SAS #16

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Safety Information and Technical Specifications

Rear LED Indicators

Rear LED Hard Drive Activity Failure LED

SAS #0 D12 D5

SAS #1 D22 D23

SAS #2 D40 D37

SAS #3 D102 D107

SAS #4 D13 D6

SAS #5 D24 D29

SAS #6 D41 D38

SAS #7 D104 D108

SAS #8 D14 D7

SAS #9 D25 D30

SAS #10 D42 D39

SAS #11

D106 D109

SAS #12 D15 D8

SAS #13 D26 D31

SAS #14 D87 D88

SAS #15 D111 D110

SAS #16 D18 D19

SAS #17 D27 D32

SAS #18 D100 D103

SAS #19 D118 D119

SAS #20 D21 D20

SAS #21 D28 D33

SAS #22 D101 D105

SAS #23 D120 D121

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SAS-216A Backplane User's Guide

Disclaimer (cont.)
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aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to per­form be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic
property damage. Accordingly, Supermicro disclaims any and all liability, and should
buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra-hazardous applications, it does so
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