Asus TS300-E5 User Guide - Page 46

2.9.2 SATA/SAS backplane connections A SATA/SAS backplane comes pre-installed in the TS300-E5/PA4 and TS300E5/PX4 model. 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 "1.6 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. (SAS Port 0) (SAS Port 1) (SAS Port 2) (SAS Port 3) Drive status LEDs Each SATA/SAS connector is labeled (SAS PORT0, SAS PORT1, SAS PORT2, SAS PORT3) so you can easily determine their counterpart connectors at the back side of the backplane. Refer to the table for reference. HDD Device HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 Front side connector SAS1 SAS2 SAS3 SAS4 Back side connector SAS Port 0 SAS Port 1 SAS Port 2 SAS Port 3 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware setup