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12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide

April 2014

Chapter 3: MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics

12GB/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family

J1A10

Individual PHY and drive fault indication
header

Ports 4 to 7

2x4-pin header

Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.
One LED exists per port. When lit, each LED indicates the corresponding
drive has failed or is in the Unconfigured-Bad state.

The LEDs function in a direct-attach configuration (no SAS expanders
exist). Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected
directly to each port.

J1A11

Global hard disk drive (HDD) activity LED
header

2-pin connector

Connects to an LED that indicates activity on the drives connected to
the controller.

J1A12

LSI Test header

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J1B1

Advanced software options hardware key
header

3-pin header

Enables support for selected advanced features, such as Recovery,
CacheCade, FastPath, and SafeStore disk encryption.

Refer to the MegaRAID Advanced Services Hardware Key Quick
Installation Guide
for more information.

J1B2

SAS Port 0 through Port 3 external
connector

One SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD-4e external connector

Connects the controller by cable to an enclosure containing SAS drives
or SATA drives.

J2A1

SAS Port 4 through Port 7 internal
connector

One SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i internal connector

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.

J4A1

CacheVault Flash Module (ONFI) interface 80-pin connector

Connects the RAID controller to a flash module.

Table 5 Jumpers and Connectors (Continued)

Jumper/

Connector

Type

Description

B

-$

YH

YH

D

N