Patent ID: 7275935

Claim:
A backplane connection for computer storage chassis, said storage chassis comprising at least one HDD ( 10 ) and at least one SAS BHA ( 14 ), comprising: at least one backplane board ( 30 ); at least one daughter board ( 33 ); a high speed connection ( 37 ), said high-speed connection implemented on one edge of the backplane board being disposed to communicate between said backplane board and said daughter board, wherein said backplane board is coupled to said HDD said backplane board has a first high-speed terminal for connecting to a high-speed receptacle, said daughter board is coupled to said HBA, said daughter board has a second high-speed terminal for connecting to a high speed plug, said daughter board comprises a plurality of general-purpose I/O ports, and a predetermined number of Serial Attach SCSI (“SAS”) expanders for enabling multi-HDD support.