Asus PIKE 2108 User Manual download pdf (Page 11)

ASUS PIKE 2108 1-3

1.3 Card layout

The illustration below shows the major components of the RAID card.

Front

1. SAS RAID card status LED (lights up and blinks to indicate that the card is

working normally)

2. BBU cable connector

Rear

1. ASUS PIKE interface-1: PCI-E Gen2 x8

2. ASUS PIKE interface-2: 8-port SAS signal with SGPIO interface*

* The SGPIO interface is used for visibility into drive activity, failure and rebuild

status, so that users could build high-performance and reliable storage

systems. Refer to the motherboard manual for detailed information about using

the SGPIO connectors on the motherboard.

1.4 System requirements

Before you install the PIKE 2108 SAS RAID card, check if the system meets the

following requirements:

• Workstation or server motherboard with a PIKE RAID card slot

• SAS or SATA hard disk drives

• Supporting operating system:

Windows

and Linux operating systems (refer to website for details)

• Other requirement:

- Appropriate thermal solution

- Certied power supply module

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Asus PIKE 2108 User Manual Page 11