BPN-SAS2-826EL1 SAS Expander Backplane Information

In this article you find details about the BPN-SAS2-826EL1 SAS expander backplane.

Technical specifications

Backplane BPN-SAS2-826EL1 (front side)

Backplane	BPN-SAS2-826EL1
Interface	6Gb/s SAS (SAS-2)
Number of drive slots	12 x 3,5"
Compatible drives	SAS up to 6Gb/s, SATA up to 6Gb/s
SAS Expander Chip	LSI SAS2X28 (source) Overview of LSI SAS Expander ICs
User guide	SC826.pdf

Drive connections

Backplane BPN-SAS2-826EL1 (back side)

• All drive slots are connected by a single cable with the RAID controller:

Server with BPN-SAS2-826EL1 backplane

• 2U AMD Dual-CPU SC826 Server (Version 2.0)
• 4U AMD Dual-CPU SC847 Server (Version 2.0)
• 2U Intel Single-CPU SC826 Server (Version 3.0)
• 2U Intel Dual-CPU SC826 Server (Version 3.1)
• 4U Intel Dual-CPU SC847 Server (Version 1.0)