12 Intel® RAID Controller RS2WG160 Hardware User’s Guide
J1B3 Premium Features
Hardware Key header
2-pin header. Enables support for selected pre-
mium features, which include Snapshot, Super
Sized Cache, FastPath, and Full Disk Encryption.
J1C1 IPMI-style I2C
connector
3-pin connector. Supports SES (SCSI enclosure
services) over I2C through an internal I2C back-
plane cable
J1L1 Remote Battery Backup
connector (on the back-
side of the controller)
20-pin connector.Connects the intelligent Battery
Backup Unit remotely to the RAID controller.
J2B1 x4 SAS Ports 0-3 inter-
nal connector
SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con-
nects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives.
J2B2 x4 SAS Ports 4-7 inter-
nal connector
SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con-
nects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives.
J2D1 Standard edge card
connector
The RAID controller interfaces with the host system
though a standard edge card. This interface pro-
vides power to the board and an I2C interface
connected to the I2C bus for IPMI.
J3B1 x4 SAS Ports 8-11 inter-
nal connector
SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con-
nects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives.
J4A1 Module CPLD 1x8-pin connector. Reserved for factory use.
J4A2 Activity LED header 2-pin connector. Connects to an LED that indicates
activity on the drives connected to the controller.
J4A3 Global drive fault LED
header
2-pin connector. Connects to an LED that indicates
whether a drive is in a fault condition.
J4A4 LED Locate and Fault
Indication header
Ports 8-11
Ports 12-15
2x8-pin connector. Connects to an LED that indi-
cates whether a drive is in a fault condition. There
is one LED 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
(there are no SAS expanders). Direct attach is
defined as a maximum of one drive connected
directly to each port.
J4B2 x4 SAS Ports 12-15
internal connector
SFF-8087 x4 internal mini SAS connector Con-
nects the controller by cable to SAS/SATA drives.
J5A2 Write pending LED
header
2-pin connector. Connects to an LED that indicates
when the data in the cache has yet to be written to
the storage devices. Used when the write-back fea-
ture is enabled.
J5B3 Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
(UART) debugging
4-pin connector Reserved for factory use.
Jumper Type Description