Amfeltec Squid 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board Hardware Manual

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Squid 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier
Board™ for M.2 SSD module
Hardware Manual
October 14, 2016
Revision 1.0
Amfeltec Corp.
www.amfeltec.com
Copyright
2016 Amfeltec Corp.
25 Valleywood Dr., Unit 2
Markham, ON L3R 5L9

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  • Page 1 Squid 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board™ for M.2 SSD module Hardware Manual October 14, 2016 Revision 1.0 Amfeltec Corp. www.amfeltec.com Copyright 2016 Amfeltec Corp. 25 Valleywood Dr., Unit 2 Markham, ON L3R 5L9...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents About this Document ........................1 Purpose ........................... 1 Feedback ......................... 1 Revision History ....................... 1 General Description ........................2 Introduction ........................2 Package Contents ......................2 Features ............................. 5 Features .......................... 5 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module interfaces connection..... 5 Installation ..........................
  • Page 3 Contents Tables Table 1: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 module LEDs ............8 Table 2: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 module connectors ........... 8 1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual Revision 1.0 Page iii...
  • Page 5: About This Document

    About this Document About this Document Purpose This document describes hardware installation, features, specification and operation of the Squid PCI Express Carrier Board™ for M.2 SSD module from AMFELTEC Corporation. Feedback AMFELTEC Corp. makes every effort to ensure that the information contained in this document is accurate and complete at time of release.
  • Page 6: General Description

    General Description General Description Introduction Squid PCI Express family is a series of PCI Express Carrier Boards designed for expansion of any desktop computer or embedded appliance. Squid family expands a motherboard’s PCI Express or USB slot with multiple full/half size MiniPCI Express or M.2 modules.
  • Page 7: Figure 1: 1U Pci Express Gen 3 Carrier Board For M.2 Ssd Module

    General Description Figure 1: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 SSD module Figure 2: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 SSD module (top). 1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.0 Page 3...
  • Page 8: Figure 3: 1U Pci Express Gen 3 Carrier Board For M.2 Ssd Module (Bottom)

    General Description Figure 3: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 SSD module (bottom) 1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.0 Page 4...
  • Page 9: Features

    Features Features Features Easy ‘Plug and Play” installation Supports any M.2 PCI Express add-in modules (M key) x4 PCI Express (Gen3) connection between motherboard and M.2 circuit One PCI express slot wide, 1U height PCI Express board; x4 or x1 upstream PCI Express (Gen 3) connection Supports PCI Express Gen 3 (8.0 Gbps) interface Meets PCI Express 2.1 and M.2 1.0 Specifications...
  • Page 10: Installation

    Installation Carrier board installation Following steps provide the exact sequence that needs to be followed in order to properly install the Amfeltec PCI Express Expansion Carrier Board: Turn OFF computer before installation Remove the chassis cover from the computer Locate an unused PCI express slot and remove the corresponding slot cover from computer...
  • Page 11: Hardware Description

    Hardware Description Hardware Description Board Layout Figure 5: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 module layout 1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.0 Page 7...
  • Page 12: Leds

    Hardware Description LEDs Ref. Name Color Usage SSD Active GREEN Activity indication from M.2 SSD module Table 1: 1U PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier Board for M.2 module LEDs Connectors Ref. Des. Type Usage J54, J55 connectors Connection to the x4 or x1 PCI Express Adapter Connector LED indication from M.2 SSD module M.2 connectors...
  • Page 13: Appendix A

    Appendix A: Appendix A: 1U Squid PCI Express Gen 3 Carrier board for M.2 SSD module, Hardware Manual, Revision 1.0 Page 9...
  • Page 14: Appendix B: Limited Warranty

    AMFELTEC Corporation does not warrant that the operation of the hardware, software or firmware products will be uninterrupted or error free. AMFELTEC products are not intended to be used as critical components in life support systems, aircraft, military systems or other systems whose failure to perform can reasonably be expected to cause significant injury to humans.

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