Intel SC5299WS User Manual

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Intel
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 Entry Server Chassis SC5299-E TPS 
Peripheral and Hard Drive Support 
Revision 3.1 
 
 
Intel order number D37594-005 
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The Intel
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 Entry Server Chassis SC5299-E is capable of accepting a single SAS hot swap 
backplane hard drive enclosure in place of the fixed drive bay. Both backplanes (expanded and 
non-expanded) have a connector to accommodate a SAF-TE controller on an add-in card. Each 
backplane type supports up to six 1-in hot swap drives when mounted in the docking drive 
carrier.  
4.3.2 
SAS Non-expander/Serial-ATA (SATA) Hot Swap Back Plane (HSBP) 
The Intel
®
 Entry Server Chassis SC5299-E 6HDD SATA HSBP is a monolithic printed circuit 
board. The architecture is based on the QLogic* GEM424 enclosure management controller and 
has support for up to six SATA drives.  
The Intel
®
 Entry Server Chassis SC5299-E 6HDD SATA HSBP supports the following feature 
set:  
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QLogic* GEM424 enclosure management controller 
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External non-volatile SEEPROMs  
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Three I
2
C interfaces 
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SATA and SATA-II extension compatible 
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Compliance with SATA Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosures (SAF-TE) specification, 
version 1.00 and addendum 
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Compliance with Intelligent Platform Management Interface 1.5 (IPMI)  
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Support for up to six 1.5GHz SATA drives 
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Hot-swap drive support 
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Temperature sensor 
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FRU EEPROM 
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Two 4-pin standard hard drive power connectors 
 
The following figure shows the functional blocks of the SATA HSBP: