Gigabyte GA-6UASV3 Manual - Page 22

Sgpio Sgpio Header, Hd_led

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14) SGPIO (SGPIO Header) SGPIO is stands for Serial General Purpose Input/Output which is a 4-signal (or 4-wire) bus used between a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and a backplane. Out of the 4 signals, 3 are driven by the HBA and 1 is driven by the backplane. Typically, the HBA is a storage controller located inside a server, desktop, rack or workstation computer that interfaces with Hard disk drives (HDDs) to store and retrieve data. Pin No. Definition 4 1 Load 2 Clock 3 Data 0 1 4 NC 15) HD_LED Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2-pin header. The HDD lights up whenever IDE device is active. Pin No. Definition 2 1 LED Active 2 NC 1 - 22 - Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation
14) SGPIO (SGPIO Header)
SGPIO is stands for Serial General Purpose Input/Output which is a 4-signal (or 4-wire) bus used be-
tween a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and a backplane. Out of the 4 signals, 3 are driven by the HBA and 1 is
driven by the backplane. Typically, the HBA is a storage controller located inside a server, desktop, rack
or workstation computer that interfaces with Hard disk drives (HDDs) to store and retrieve data.
15) HD_LED
Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2-pin header. The HDD lights up whenever
IDE device is active.
4
2
1
1
Pin No.
Definition
1
Load
2
Clock
3
Data 0
4
NC
Pin No.
Definition
1
LED Active
2
NC