Asus TS700-E9 Series - SATA;SAS Backplane Cabling

Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
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2.8.2 SATA/SAS backplane cabling
Thesystemcomeswithapre-installedSATA/SASbackplane.TheSATA/SASbackplane
hasfour22-pinSATA/SASconnectorstosupportSerialATAharddiskdrivesandSAShard
diskdrives.Thebackplanedesignincorporatesahot-swapfeaturetoalloweasyconnection
orremovalofSATA/SASharddisks.TheLEDsonthebackplaneconnecttothefrontpanel
LEDstoindicateHDDstatus.Seesection
1.7 LED information
for details.
Front side
ThefrontsideoftheSATA/SASbackplanefacesthefrontpanelwheninstalled.Thisside
includesfourSATA/SASconnectorsforthehot-swapdrivetrays.
EachSATA/SASconnectorislabeled(HDD1,HDD2,
HDD3,HDD4)soyoucaneasilydeterminetheir
counterpartconnectorsatthebacksideofthebackplane.
Refertothetableforreference.
Drive status LEDs
HDD1
HDD2
HDD3
HDD4
HDD1
HDD Device Front side connector Back side connector
HDD 1 HDD1 CON1
HDD 2 HDD2 CON2
HDD 3 HDD3 CON3
HDD 4 HDD4 CON4