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SATAII/SAS backplane cabling

Front side

The front side of the SATIIA/SAS backplane faces the front panel when installed.

This side includes eight SATAII/SAS connectors for the hot swap drive trays.

Connect the SATAII/SAS HDDs

Connects the data cables

connected to the motherboard

Back side

The back side of the SATAII/SAS backplane faces the rear panel when installed.

This side includes the power connectors and SATAII/SAS interfaces for the

motherboard Serial ATA connectors or the SAS card.

Connects a 8-pin

plug from power

supply

SGPIO_SEL jumper:

pins 1-2 (Onboard)

pins 2-3 (Add-on card)