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Syncro CS 9286-8e Solution User Guide
November 2014

Chapter 2: Hardware and Software Setup

Syncro CS 9286-8e Two-Server Cluster Hardware Setup

The CVFM03 module comes preinstalled on the Syncro CS controller; however, the module is not included in the

following figure so that you can see all of the connectors and headers on the controller board.

Figure

3

and

Figure

4

show the controller with the CVFM03 module installed.

Figure

2 Syncro CS 9286-8e Jumpers and Connectors

In the figure, Pin 1 is highlighted in red for each jumper.

The following table describes the jumpers and connectors on the Syncro CS 9286-8e controller.

Table

1 Syncro CS 9286-8e Controller Jumpers

Jumper/

Connector

Type

Description

J1A4

External SFF-8088 4-port SAS connector

In the cabling figures later in this chapter, this connector is called the
"top" connector.

J1B1

External SFF-8088 4-port SAS connector

In the cabling figures later in this chapter, this connector is called the
"bottom" connector.

J1A1

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.

J1A3

Global Drive Fault LED header

2-pin connector

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

J2A1

Activity LED header

2-pin connector

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

J2A2

Advanced Software Options Hardware Key
header

3-pin header

Enables support for the Advanced Software Options features.

J2A4

I

2

O Mode jumper

2-pin connector

Installing this jumper causes the RAID controller to run in I

2

O mode.

The default, recommended mode of operation is without the shunt and

running in Fusion mode.

J4A1

Serial EEPROM

2-pin connector

Provides controller information, such as the serial number, revision, and
manufacturing date. The default is no shunt installed.

3_00922-01

J1A1 J1A3

J2A1 J2A2

J4A1

J4A2

J5A1

J6A1

J2A4

J2B1

J1A4

J1B1

J5B1

Ports

0 - 3

Ports

4 - 7