User`s manual

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Appendix D: SAS-936EL Backplane Specications
Connecting an External Host Bus Adapter to the
Backplane
This backplane supports external Host Bus Adapters. In this conguration, the HBA
and the backplane are in different physical chassis. This allows a JBOD (Just a
Bunch Of Drives) conguration from an existing system.
HBA
(Host Bus Adapter)
Power Card
Single External Host Bus Adapter
HBA
(Host Bus Adapter)
Power Card
HBA
(Host Bus Adapter)
Dual External Host Bus Adapter
CBL-0200L
External HBA Cable
CBL-0200L
External HBA Cables
SEC_J2
SEC_J1
SEC_J0
PRI_J2
PRI_J1
B3
B2
B1
A3
A2
A1
PRI_J2
PRI_J1
A3
A2
A1
SEC_J2
SEC_J1
SEC_J0
PRI_J2
PRI_J1
B3
B2
B1
A3
A2
A1
PRI_J2
PRI_J1
A3
A2
A1