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32 chapter 2: hardware information, Dsan-dx storage card activity led connector, Dsan-dx sas connectors – Asus DSAN-DX User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

5. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1)

This connector is used to connect to a hard disk drive active LED connector

on the SCSI or RAID card.

DSAN-D

X

®

DSAN-DX Storage card activity LED connector

NC

ADD_IN_CARD-

ADD_IN_CARD-

NC

HDLED

4. SAS connectors

(7-pin SAS1, SAS2, SAS3, SAS4; Red)

(7-pin SAS5, SAS6, SAS7, SAS8; Blue)
This motherboard comes with eight (8) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Series

SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA). Each connector supports one device.

DSAN-D

X

®

DSAN-DX SAS connectors

SAS4

GND

RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4

GND

RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4

GND

SAS3

GND

RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3

GND

RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3

GND

SAS2

GND

RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2

GND

RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2

GND

SAS1

GND

RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1

GND

RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1

GND

SAS8

GND

RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN8

GND

RSATA_RXP8
RSATA_RXN8

GND

SAS7

GND

RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7

GND

RSATA_RXP7
RSATA_RXN7

GND

SAS6

GND

RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6

GND

RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6

GND

SAS5

GND

RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5

GND

RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5

GND

• These connectors function only when you install a PIKE RAID card.
• Connect the SAS hard disk drives to SAS connectors 1–4 (blue) when

installing a 4-port PIKE RAID card.