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Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP User Manual

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MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family

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J5

Mode Select

2-pin
connector

If the firmware flashed onto the
board is corrupted, you need to
place a jumper on J5 (this holds the
CPU core in reset), so you can flash
the firmware. Remove the jumper
after you flash the new firmware.

No jumper: This is the setting during
normal operation (Mode 3). This is
the default.
Jumper: This holds the CPU core in
reset (Mode 0).

Note: The card does not function as

a RAID controller if this jumper
is mounted.

J6

IPMI-Style System
Management
SMBUS/I

2

C header

3-pin
connector

Provides support for enclosure
managements.

J7

Cache Write Pending
LED

2-pin
connector

Connector for enclosure LED.
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.

J8

LED Drive
Fault Connector
interface

16-pin
(8x2)
jumper

Provides LED interface individually to
eight SAS ports. The LED indicates
a drive fault on particular ports.

Table 3.4

SAS 8304ELP RAID Controller and SAS 8308ELP RAID
Controller – Jumpers and Connectors (Cont.)

Jumper Description

Type

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