Technical Product Specification

Intel
®
Server System R1000EP Product Family TPS System Storage and Peripheral Options
Revision 2.0 Intel Order Number G67599-003 33
Figure 31. 3.5" Drive Hot-Swap Backplane Installation
Four hard disk drive interface connectors (see letter A) are mounted on the front side of each
back plane; each providing both power and I/O signals to the attached hard disk drives.
Figure 32. Hard Disk Drive Interface Front Connectors
On the backside of each backplane are several connectors. The following illustration
identifies each:
Label
Description
A
7-pin SATA/SAS I/O connectors
B
SMBus*-In cable connector – From Server board
C
SGPIO connector
D
Power connector
Figure 33. Hard Disk Drive Interface Rear Connectors
A – 7-pin SATA I/O Connectors: The backplane has four 7-pin SATA/SAS I/O connectors, one
for each hard drive. A single multi-connector cable is routed from the backplane to a four port