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Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e User Manual

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LSI Corporation Confidential

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May 2010

MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide

Controller Installation

J4A5

LED Locate and Fault Indication
header

Ports 16-19

Ports 20-23

2x8-pin header

Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition. There is one LED
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 (there are no SAS expanders). Direct
attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected directly to each port.

NOTE: This header is used for RAID controllers with internal SAS ports only.

J4B2

x4 SAS Ports 12-15 internal
connector

SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives.

J5A1

x4 SAS Ports 16-19 internal
connector

SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives.

J5A2

Write pending LED header

2-pin connector

Connects to an LED that indicates when the data in the cache has yet to be written to the
storage devices. Used when the write-back feature is enabled.

J5B2

x4 SAS Ports 20-23 internal
connector

SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector

Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA 2 drives.

J5B3

Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART)
debugging

4-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

Table 1:

Jumpers and Connectors (Continued)

Jumper/

Connector

Type

Description

J4A5

PORT\16

PORT\23

+ve

-ve

k

a

J5A2

a

k

+ve

-ve