Supermicro 6 Bay 2.5" SFF Hybrid Backplane (4x SAS/SATA + 2x NVMe for PCIe 3.0 x4)

Manufacturer: Supermicro
Part Number: BPN-SAS3-F418-B6N2
Type: Hybrid SAS/SATA/NVMe Hot-Swap Backplane
Platform: Supermicro FatTwin F418 Series

The Supermicro BPN-SAS3-F418-B6N2 is a 6-bay hybrid storage backplane designed for Supermicro FatTwin server nodes. It provides support for both traditional SAS/SATA storage and high-performance NVMe SSDs, allowing flexible storage configurations in enterprise, virtualization, cloud, and HPC environments.

Drive Support

• 6 x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays
• 4 x SAS3/SATA3 drive bays (Ports 0-3)
• 2 x Hybrid NVMe drive bays (Ports 4-5)
• Supports:
  • SAS HDDs and SSDs
  • SATA HDDs and SSDs
  • NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 SSDs

Interface Speeds

• SAS-3: Up to 12Gb/s
• SATA-3: Up to 6Gb/s
• NVMe: PCIe 3.0 x4 (up to 32Gbps per drive)

Backplane Connectivity

• 1 x Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8643) connector for SAS/SATA drives
• 2 x NVMe connectors for PCIe Gen3 x4 connectivity
• Sideband management connection for enclosure monitoring and drive status reporting

Hot-Swap Features

• Hot-swappable drive support
• Drive presence detection
• Drive activity LEDs
• Drive fault LEDs
• Enclosure management support

• 2 x onboard power connectors
• Enterprise-grade hot-swap backplane design
• Compact form factor designed specifically for FatTwin node trays
• Integrated controller logic for drive mapping and status monitoring
• Supports activity and fault LED indicators per drive bay

Compatible Chassis

• Supermicro CSE-F418 Series
• Supermicro FatTwin F418 Platforms
• Selected SYS-F618 Series systems
• Selected SYS-F628 Series systems

Compatible Server Nodes

• FatTwin compute nodes configured with 6-bay 2.5-inch storage options
• Multi-node FatTwin drawer assemblies

Compatible Storage Controllers

SAS / SATA Controllers

• Broadcom / LSI SAS HBAs
• LSI SAS3008
• LSI SAS3108
• Onboard SAS controllers
• Onboard SATA controllers

NVMe Controllers

• Motherboards with NVMe OCuLink support
• Motherboards with SlimSAS support
• PCIe NVMe adapter cards
• Direct PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe connections

SAS Drives

• 12Gb/s SAS SSDs
• 12Gb/s SAS HDDs
• Enterprise dual-port SAS SSDs

Example:

• Dell JR1HP / 0JR1HP 3.84TB SAS SSD
• Samsung PM1633a 3.84TB SAS SSD

SATA Drives

• 2.5-inch SATA SSDs
• 2.5-inch SATA HDDs

NVMe Drives

• U.2 NVMe SSDs
• Enterprise PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe SSDs
• Hot-swap NVMe SSDs supported by the host system

This backplane is designed specifically for FatTwin platforms and is generally not compatible with:

• Standard Supermicro 1U servers
• Standard Supermicro 2U servers
• Standard Supermicro 4U storage servers
• SC826 series chassis
• SC846 series chassis
• Generic rackmount server chassis

• 6 x 2.5" hot-swap drive support
• Hybrid storage architecture
• 4 x SAS3/SATA3 bays
• 2 x NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 bays
• SAS 12Gb/s support
• SATA 6Gb/s support
• Hot-swappable drives
• Enterprise storage deployment
• FatTwin platform compatibility
• Enclosure management and status LEDs

Supermicro BPN-SAS3-F418-B6N2 6-Bay 2.5" SFF Hybrid Backplane supporting 4 SAS/SATA drive bays and 2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 drive bays. Designed for Supermicro FatTwin F418 platform servers, this enterprise-class hot-swap backplane provides flexible support for SAS, SATA, and NVMe storage devices, making it ideal for virtualization, cloud, database, and high-performance computing environments. Compatible with SAS 12Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s, and NVMe Gen3 x4 storage solutions.