Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server System SR1560SF TPS Hard Disk Drive Support
Revision 1.2
Intel order number D92959-006
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6.3.3.5 Hot-Swap SATA/SAS Drive Connectors
The backplanes provide three hot-swap SATA/SAS connectors, which provide power and
signals using a single docking connector. Each drive attaches to the backplane using one of
these connectors.
Table 32. SAS/SATA Hard Drive Connector Pin-out (J8N1, J6N1, J3N1)
Pin# Signal Description
SI Ground
S2 SAS#_TX_DP (# = 0…2)
S3 SAS#_TX_DN (# = 0…2)
S4 Ground
S5 SAS#_RX_DN (# = 0…2)
S6 SAS#_RX_DP (# = 0…2)
S7 Ground
S8 Not Used
S9 Not Used
S10 Not Used
S11 Not Used
S12 Not Used
S13 Not Used
S14 Not Used
P1 Not Used
P2 Not Used
P3 Not Used
P4 Ground
P5 Ground
P6 P3V3
P7 P5V
P8 P5V
P9 P5V
P10 Ground
P11 LED_SAS#_ACT_L (# = 0…2)
P12 Ground
P13 P12V
P14 P12V
P15 P12V
PTH0 Ground
PTY1 Ground
6.3.3.6 SATA/SAS Drive Control Connectors (Passive Backplane Only)
The passive backplane includes three drive control connectors. These are used to attach
SATA/SAS cables from the backplane to either the SATA ports on the server board, or to
SAS/SATA ports from an add-in card. Each drive control connector has the following pin-out.
Table 33. SATA/SAS Drive Control Connector Pin-out (J3C1, J4B2, J4A1)
Pin# Description
1 GROUND
2 SATA # TX_DP (# = 0,1,2)
3 SATA # TX_DN (# = 0,1,2)
4 GROUND
5 SATA # RX_DN (# = 0,1,2)
6 SATA # RX_DP (# = 0,1,2)
7 GROUND