Asus DSAN-DX - Manual (Page 52)

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5. Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pin HDLED1)
This connector is used to connect to a hard disk drive active LED connector
on the SCSI or RAID card.
DSAN-D
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DSAN-DX Storage card activity LED connector
NC ADD_IN_CARD- ADD_IN_CARD- NC
HDLED
4. SAS connectors
(7-pin SAS1, SAS2, SAS3, SAS4; Red)
(7-pin SAS5, SAS6, SAS7, SAS8; Blue)
This motherboard comes with eight (8) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Series
SCSI and Serial ATA (SATA). Each connector supports one device.
DSAN-D
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DSAN-DX SAS connectors
SAS4
GND
RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN4
GND
SAS3
GND
RSATA_TXP3
RSATA_TXN3
GND
RSATA_RXP3
RSATA_RXN3
GND
SAS2
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN2
GND
SAS1
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
GND
RSATA_RXP1
RSATA_RXN1
GND
SAS8
GND
RSATA_TXP8
RSATA_TXN8
GND
RSATA_RXP8
RSATA_RXN8
GND
SAS7
GND
RSATA_TXP7
RSATA_TXN7
GND
RSATA_RXP7
RSATA_RXN7
GND
SAS6
GND
RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN6
GND
SAS5
GND
RSATA_TXP5
RSATA_TXN5
GND
RSATA_RXP5
RSATA_RXN5
GND
• These connectors function only when you install a PIKE RAID card.
• Connect the SAS hard disk drives to SAS connectors 1–4 (blue) when
installing a 4-port PIKE RAID card.