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12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controllers User Guide
October 2013
Chapter 3: MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Characteristics
12GB/s MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Family
J1B1 Individual PHY and drive fault indication
header
Ports 0 to 3
Ports 4 to 7
2x8-pin header
Connects to an LED that indicates whether a drive is in a fault condition.
One LED exists 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 (no SAS expanders
exist). Direct attach is defined as a maximum of one drive connected
directly to each port.
NOTE The J5A1 connector on the MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i RAID
controller is a single internal port connector.
J2B4 Standard edge card connector The interface between the RAID controller and the host system.
Along with the PCIe interface, this connector provides power to the
board and an I
2
C interface connected to the I
2
C bus for the Intelligent
Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
J3L1 Remote Battery Backup connector (on the
backside of the controller)
20-pin connector
Connects a remote LSIiBBU unit to the RAID controller.
J4B1 CacheVault Flash Module (ONFI) interface 70-pin connector
Connects the RAID controller to a flash module.
J5A1 Dual x4 SAS Port 0 through Port 7 internal
connector
Two SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD-4i internal connectors
Connects the controller by cable to SAS drives or SATA drives.
J5B1 LSI Test header 2-pin connector
Reserved for LSI use.
J6B1 Advanced software options hardware key
header
3-pin header
Enables support for selected advanced features, such as Recovery,
CacheCade®, FastPath, and SafeStore™ disk encryption.
Refer to the MegaRAID Advanced Services Hardware Key Quick
Installation Guide for more information.
Table 4 Jumpers and Connectors (Continued)
Jumper/
Connector
Type Description
B
-%
3257
3257
YH YH
DN