Storage Backplane Optional - Chenbro RM13310 User Manual

3-1 Storage Backplane Optional

RM133 support below backplane.
4 x 3.5" SATA 7-pin port to port passive backplane
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10 x 2.5" Mini SAS HD passive backplane
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10x 2.5" NVMe passive backplane
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All available SAS/SATA/NVMe compatible backplanes include the following common features:
12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SAS/SATA, and PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe
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SFF-8680 12Gb/s rated drive interface connectors, providing both power and I/O signals to attached devices
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SFF-8639 PCIe Gen3 x4 rated drive interface connectors, providing both power and I/O signals to attached devices
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Hot swap support for SAS/SATA/NVMe devices
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I2C interface from a 4-pin connector for device status communication to the BMC over slave SMBus
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LEDs to indicate drive activity and status for each attached device
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Funct ional it y
The microcontroller has a master/slave I2C connection to the server board BMC. The microcontroller is not an IPMB compliant device.
The BMC will generate SEL events by monitoring registers on the HSBP microcontroller for DRIVE PRESENCE, FAULT, and RAID
REBUILD in progress.
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