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Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP User Manual

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MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics

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Table 3.3

SAS 8880EM2 RAID Controller – Jumpers and
Connectors

Jumper

Type Description

J1

Battery Backup
Connector

20-pin connector

Provides the interface to the battery
backup unit. The SAS 8880EM2 RAID
controller connects directly to the
LSIiBBU07.

J2

Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
debugging

4-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.
Note: This connector uses 3.3V LVTTL
levels and will be damaged if connected
to standard transceiver levels.

J5

BIOS Disable

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use.

J6

Board Default Debug

2-pin connector

Reserved for LSI use (default jumper).

J7

Cache Write Pending
LED

2-pin connector

The connector for the enclosure LED. It
provides a signal that indicates when the
on-board cache contains data and a
write from the cache to the hard drives is
pending. Optional.

J13

Global Drive Activity
header

2-pin connector

Indicates activity on the physical drives.
Operates at approximately 10mA at 3.3V.

J20

x4 SAS PORT B (Lanes
0-3)

The x4 SAS connectors connect the
cables from the RAID controller to SAS
or SATA II physical drives or to a SAS
expander.

J21

x4 SAS PORT A (Lanes
4-7)

The x4 SAS connectors connect the
cables from the RAID controller to SAS
or SATA II physical drives or to a SAS
expander.

J23

Debug connector

Reserved for LSI use.