BPN-SAS2-846EL1 SAS Expander Backplane

In this article you find details about the BPN-SAS2-846EL1 SAS expander backplane.

Technical specifications

Backplane BPN-SAS2-846EL1 (front side)

Backplane	BPN-SAS2-846EL1
Interface	6Gb/s SAS (SAS-2)
Number of drive slots	24 x 3,5"
Compatible drives	SAS up uo 6Gb/s, SATA up to 6Gb/s
SAS Expander Chip	LSI SAS2X36 (source) Overview of LSI SAS Expander ICs
User guide	BPN-SAS2-846EL.pdf

Drive connections

Backplane BPN-SAS2-846EL1 (back side)

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

Server with BPN-SAS2-846EL1 backplane

• 4U AMD Dual-CPU SC846 Server (Version 2.0)
• 4U AMD Dual-CPU SC847 Server (Version 2.0)
• 4U Intel Dual-CPU SC846 Server (Version 3.2)
• 4U Intel Dual-CPU SC847 Server (Version 1.0)