Supero SAS 808TQ User Manual

Rev. 1.0

SAS 808TQ BACKPLANE

USER'S GUIDE

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Manual Revision 1.0

Release Date: April 12, 2007

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Safety Information and Technical Specifi cations

Table of Contents

SAS 808TQ BACKPLANE USER'S GUIDE

Contacting SuperMicro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................iv

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 . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . ...................... 1-1

Chapter 2: Jumper Settings and Pin Defi nitions

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

Front Connectors ............................................................................................ 2-1

2-2 Front Connector and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-2

2-3 Front Jumper Locations and Pin Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-3

Explanation of Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-3

FRONT LED INDICATORS . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. ...................... 2-4

Front Pane LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 2-4

2-4 Rear Connectors and LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-5

Rear SAS/SATA Connectors ... ... ... ... . .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. . ... ....................... 2-5

Rear LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... 2-5

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Contacting SuperMicro

Headquarters

Address: SuperMicro 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

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Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.

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