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Sas 8480e raid controller – jumpers and connectors, Table 3.7 – Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP User Manual

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Table 3.7

SAS 8480E RAID Controller – Jumpers and
Connectors

Jumper Description

Type

Comments

J2

DIMM Socket

Socket

Holds cache memory module.

J3

SAS Ports 0–3

x4 SAS
ports

A SAS 4x connector that connects to
physical drives and expanders.

J4

GND connector

1-pin
connector

Reserved for LSI Logic internal use.

J5

Write pending
indication LED

2-pin
connector

The connector for the enclosure
LED. When lit, the LED indicates the
on-board cache contains data and a
write from the cache to the hard
drives is pending. Optional.

J6

Firmware
initialization
mode 0 or 3 select

2-pin
connector

No jumper: Optional BIOS is
enabled by the firmware.
Jumper: The optional BIOS is
disabled.

J7

On-board BIOS
enable

2-pin
connector

The optional BIOS function is
enabled or disabled in software
depending on the status of this
jumper.
No jumper: BIOS enabled (default)
Jumper: BIOS disabled

J8

Universal
Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
(UART) debugging

4-pin
connector

Reserved for LSI Logic internal use.

J9

SAS Ports 4–7

x4 SAS
ports

SAS 4x connector that connects to
physical drives and expanders.

J11

Keyed I

2

C connector 3-pin

connector

Provides support for enclosure
management.
Reserved for LSI Logic internal use.

J12

Unkeyed I

2

C

connector

3-pin
connector

Provides support for enclosure
management.
Reserved for LSI Logic internal use.