Supermicro BPN-SAS3-815TQ-N4 for SAS3/SATA3 and NVMe Drives (How to Set Jumpers?)

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Supermicro BPN-SAS3-815TQ-N4 for SAS3/SATA3 and NVMe Drives (How to Set Jumpers?)

Specification:

  • 1U
  • 4 standard SATA3 connectors for SAS3/SATA3 drives (JS0 SAS#0, JS1 SAS#1, JS2 SAS#2, JS3 SAS#3)
  • 4 OCuLink connectors for NVMe drives (CN1 NVMe#0, CN2 NVMe#1, CN3 NVMe#2, CN4 NVMe#3)
  • 8-pin SGPIO (Sideband) header (J28)
  • 2 power connectors (JPW3 and JPW4)
  • 1 power connector for SlimCD/FDD (+12V, G, G, +5V)
  • Fits into the CSE-813MF2TQC4-R407CB chassis

Setting Jumpers for NVMe Drive Support:

Settings for NVMe Device Mapping
Jumpers NVMe SSD drives connection NVMe cables
JP9 JP8 NVMe drive slots #1 ~ #4 VPP (from CPU1) VPP (from CPU2)
2-3 2-3 (NVMe slot #1 ~#4 all connected to either CPU1 or CPU2 (Default) CN1 NVMe #0 ---
2-3 1-2 (NVMe slot #1 ~#3 to CPU1, NVMe slot #4 to CPU2 CN1 NVMe#0 CN4 NVMe#3
1-2 2-3 (NVMe slot #1 ~ #2 to CPU1, NVMe slot #3 ~ #4 to CPU2 CN1 NVMe#0 CN3 NVMe#2
1-2 1-2 (NVMe slot #1 to CPU1, NVMe slot#2 ~ #4 to CPU2) CN1 NVMe#0 CN2 NVMe#1

* JP9, JP8 NVMe Devices CPU - MappingSettings (Default: 2-3 Pins)

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