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PCI-ENC8G-024U NVMe
2U24Bay JBOF
User's Manual
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  • Page 1 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual PCI-ENC8G-024U NVMe 2U24Bay JBOF User’s Manual Revision 1.2...
  • Page 2 With the exception of the user-swappable parts, do no attempt to disassemble or modify the ． enclosure. If this device appears to be malfunctioning, contact Serial Cables Customer Service. Do not drop the enclosures or any of its drive modules; dropping or mishandling of the enclosure ．...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Table of contents 1. Introduction Ov er vi ew … … … … … … … … … … …… … … … … … … … … …… … … … …… .… …… … … … … … … … … . … …...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    NTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview PCI-ENC8G-024U 2U24bay PCIe NVMe JBOF enclosure is designed to provide an external NVMe storage solution. The enclosure is equipped with two PCIe switch controllers, supporting a total of twenty-four (24) high-speed SFF-8639 NVMe SSDs. Each controller integrates the Avago Technologies ExpressFabric Capella 2 PCIe switch PEX9781 with eight external mini-SAS HD connectors, designed to provide PCIe expansion.

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    When any one of environmental sensors is abnormal or there is a drive status failure, the buzzer on the PCI-ENC8G-024U switch board will beep. To mute the buzzer, press the mute button near LAN port at the rear of the enclosure. Environmental sensors include:...

  • Page 6: Enclosure Setup

    HDD snugly to the drive tray. Do not overly tighten the screws. WARNING: Do not force the levers to close while you insert drive modules into the PCI-ENC8G-024U enclosure. If a lever does not close smoothly, draw out and insert the drive module again, and then press the...

  • Page 7: Components Location Definition

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 5. Insert the drive module into the PCI-ENC8G-024U enclosure correctly until its lever appears to shut, and then press the lever to close until it clicks to ensure that the drive module is within the enclosure.

  • Page 8: Switch Mode Selection

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 1. Slot location definition 2. PSU, FAN and PCIe switch board definition 2.4 Switch mode selection...
  • Page 9 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual User can utilize the CLI command interface to set the switch’s mode. The 2U24bay NVMe JBOF supports 3 modes: base mode, Two VR mode, Four VR mode. 1. Mode 1: Base mode, x16 configuration.
  • Page 10 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 2. Mode 2: Two VR mode, x16 configuration Bandwidth: PCIe switch board A: PCIe Gen3 x32 256GT/s PCIe switch board B: PCIe Gen3 x32 256GT/s NVMe SSD: Server 1 can assess NVMe SSDs in Slot 1 to 6.
  • Page 11 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 3. Mode 3: Four VR mode, x16 configuration Bandwidth: PCIe switch board A: PCIe Gen3 x32 256GT/s PCIe switch board B: PCIe Gen3 x32 256GT/s NVMe SSD: Server 1 can assess NVMe SSDs in Slot 1 to 3.

  • Page 12: Lcd Configurations

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 3. LCD configurations This technical manual provides, in quick reference form, procedures that use the built-in LCD panel to configure and operate the controller. The LCD provides a system of screens with areas for information, status indication, and menus.
  • Page 13 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 3.2 Function key definitions The main menu appears on the LCD screen as shown below: Use the UP/DOWN to move left and right and highlight a menu item. Press ENT to select the highlighted item. Press the UP/DOWN to browse the selection. Press ESC to return to the previous screen.

  • Page 14: Cli Manager

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 4. CLI M ANAGER This Command Line Interface (CLI) is provided for you to manage the NVMe controller functions. The CLI is useful in environments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not available.

  • Page 15: Start-Up Vt100 Screen

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 4.1 Start-up VT100 Screen By connecting a VT100 compatible terminal, or a PC operating in an equivalent terminal emulation mode, all CLI administration functions can be exercised from the VT100 terminal. There are a wide variety of Terminal Emulation packages, but for the most part they should be very similar.
  • Page 16 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Step 2: To ensure proper communications between NVMe JBOF controller and the VT100 Terminal emulation, please configure the VT100 Terminal emulation settings to the values shown below: For “Port”, select COM3 in this example. (Depend on which COM port used on Host) For “Baud rate”, select 115200.
  • Page 17 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Step 3: Configure Terminal emulation type, please configure the VT100 Terminal emulation settings to the values shown below: For “Terminal ID”, select VT100. Click OK when you have finished your selections.
  • Page 18 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Step 4: Setup is complete. Type “ver” [Enter] to check terminal, screen will print information shown below:...

  • Page 19: Cli Command

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual 4.3 CLI Command This section provides detailed information about NVMe JBOF enclosure’s CLI function. All the commands please type in lower case. • help Command This command provides an line-by-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the supported command groups and built-in commands.
  • Page 20 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual...
  • Page 21 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • netinfo Command This command provides detailed information of the Ethernet interface. Syntax JBOF>netinfo[Enter] Example: NBNS NetBIOS Name Service protocol – IPv4 Address – IP address of Interface Mask – Netmask mask Gateway – Default Gateway –...
  • Page 22 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • setip Command Set IP address and Subnet mask of the Ethernet interface. Syntax Usage: setip <interface> <ipv4/6 address> <ipv4mask/ipv6 prefix len> Example: Change Ethernet port IP address of interface eth0 to 192.168.0.8 setip eth0 192.168.0.8 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 23 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • setgw Command Set gateway IP address Syntax Usage: setgw <interface> <ipv4/6 address> <validTime> Example: Change gateway IP address of interface eth0 to 192.168.0.1 setgw eth0 192.168.0.1...
  • Page 24 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • setdns Command Set DNS IP address. Syntax Usage: setdns <interface> <x.x.x.x> Example: Change DNS server IP address of interface eth0 to 192.168.0.253 setdns eth0 192.168.0.253...
  • Page 25 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • dhcp Command DHCP client command. Syntax Usage: dhcp <interface> <on/off/renew/request/info> Example: dhcp eth0 on Example: dhcp eth0 off...
  • Page 26 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • setbios Command Set host's NetBIOS name. Syntax Usage: setbios <interface> <string> Example: setbios eth0 JBOF_01...
  • Page 27 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • if Command Ethernet interface enable/disable. Syntax Usage: if <interface> <down/up> Example: if eth0 down Example: if eth0 up...
  • Page 28 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • macinfo Command Check MAC statistics. Syntax Usage: macinfo Example: macinfo...
  • Page 29 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • ping Command ICMP client ping command. Syntax Usage: ping <stop> <if> <name/address> <n> <msDelay> Example: ping IP address 192.168.31.1 6 times Ping 192.168.31.1 6...
  • Page 30 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • showslot Command This command is for displaying link speed and link width information of a specific NVMe drive slot. Syntax Usage: showslot slot(D) Example: Show link speed and link width of slot 2, 3...
  • Page 31 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • ssdpwr Command This command is for controling the power of each NVMe drive slot. Syntax Usage: ssdpwr slot(D) on/off slot(D) : slot number shoule be 1 ~ 12 Example: There is one Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD installed in Slot02 and turn off power of Slot02...
  • Page 32 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • buz Command This command is for controlling the buzzer on the switch controller board. Syntax Usage: buz on/off Example: Turn on buzzer buz on Example: Turn off buzzer buz off...
  • Page 33 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • pos Command This command is for showing position information on the switch controller board in system. Syntax Usage: pos Example: Check controller board position...
  • Page 34 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • showport Command This command is for displaying link speed and link width information of all NVMe drive slots. Syntax Usage: showport <-t –b> -t: Top controller board, -b: Bottom controller board Example: Show link speed and link width of bottom controller board...
  • Page 35 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • setmode Command This command is for setting configuration of the switch controller board. Syntax Usage: setmode mode(D) option(D) mode 1 ~ 3 1 : Base mode 2 : 2 Virtual switch 3 : 4 Virtual switch...
  • Page 36 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • showmode Command This command is for showing the configuration of each switch controller board in the system. Syntax Usage: showmode Example: Show mode information of switch controller board in system (TOP and BOTTOM)
  • Page 37 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • ver Command This command is for showing the microcontroller firmware version of the switch controller board. Syntax Usage: ver Example:...
  • Page 38 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • lsd Command This command is for showing environmental conditions information of the NVMe JBOF system. Syntax Usage: lsd Example: lsd (Note: During test, PSU2 and System Fan 1,2 are not installed)
  • Page 39 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • showfan Command This command is for showing the fan speed information on the switch controller board. Syntax Usage: showfan Example: showfan...
  • Page 40 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual • showtemp Command This command is for showing the internal temperature of PCIe switch chip. Syntax Usage: showtemp Example: showtemp...

  • Page 41: Firmware Upgrade

    SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Firmware Upgrade Enter the firmware upgrade mode There are two ways to enter the firmware upgrade mode From LCD panel, select upgrade firmware option Or Before power on system, press and hold mute button ( ->...
  • Page 42 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Launch the firmware upgrade application and setting After launch application, select the “Com Port” used to upgrade firmware and the baud rate is 115200 then click connect Check the message to make sure device is connected.
  • Page 43 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Load firmware file Click “Load Hex File” button to select firmware file...
  • Page 44 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Begin to upgrade firmware process After load firmware file, click “Erase-Program-Verify” button to start upgrade process.
  • Page 45 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual Disconnect serial port and power cycle the system...
  • Page 46 SERIAL CABLES NVMe JBOF User’s Manual History Publication History Revision Date Description of Changes 2017/01/09 Original (Based on FW version 0.9.2S) 2017/08/31 Based on FW version 1.0.8A Refine CLI command portion. Minor changes, corrections. 2018/3/15 Add pictures and descriptions for accessories in package...

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