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6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide

August 2013

MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics

6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family

3.1.8.2

MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e RAID Controller – Board Layout and Jumper/Connector Information

This subsection provides the board layout and the connector information for the MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e
RAID controller.

The following figure shows the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e controller.

Figure 20 Card Layout for the MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e RAID Controller

NOTE

The J6A1, J6A2, and J6A3 connectors are behind the iBBU unit when
the unit is installed, but are still accessible.

The following table describes the jumpers and the connectors on the MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e RAID controller.

Table 14 MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e RAID Controller – Connectors

Connector

Description

Comments

J1A1

Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART) debugging

4-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J1A2

LSI Test header

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J1A3

Set Factory Defaults connector

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J1A4

IPMI-style I

2

C connector

3-pin connector.

Supports SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) over I

2

C over an internal I

2

C

backplane cable.

J1A5

Advanced Software Options Hardware
Key header

2-pin shielded header

Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features, which
include CacheCade, FastPath, Recovery, and SafeStore disk encryption.

J1B1

x4 SAS Ports 7 to 4

SFF-8088 x4 external mini SAS connector

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives, SATA drives, or a
SAS expander.

J2B1

Standard Edge Card connector

The RAID controller interfaces with the host system though a standard
edge card x8 PCIe 2.0 bus connection as defined in the PCIe
specification. This interface provides power to the board and to an I

2

C

interface connected to I

2

C bus one for IPMI.

J2B2

x4 SAS Ports 3 to 0

SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector

Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.

J6A1

Global Drive Fault LED header

2-pin connector

Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.

85062-00

Port

3-0

J1A1

J6B1

J6A1

J6B2

J1A2

J1A3

J1A5

Port

7-4

J1B1

J2B2

J6A2

J6A3

J1A4