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SAS3 12Gbps BP with Expander User Manual
Part Number
Description
2RAKVI000800
IW-RS212-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE
2RAKVI000900
IW-RS316-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE
2RAKVI000700
IW-RS424-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE
2RAKVI002300
IW-RS212-07 12BAY BP-EXP OCULINK MODULE
2RAKVI002400
IW-RS212-07 12BAY BP-EXP SLIMSAS MODULE
2RAKVI004000
IW-RS316-07 HYBRID OCULINK*8 BP
2RAKVI004100
IW-RS316-07 HYBRID SLIMSAS*8 BP
2RAKVI004200
IW-RS424-07 HYBRID OCULINK*8 BP
2RAKVI004300
IW-RS424-07 HYBRID SLIMSAS*8 BP
Cobra Series
02M and 07 Series
Supported Devices
Version: 0.9

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  • Page 1 SAS3 12Gbps BP with Expander User Manual Cobra Series 02M and 07 Series Supported Devices Part Number Description 2RAKVI000800 IW-RS212-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE 2RAKVI000900 IW-RS316-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE 2RAKVI000700 IW-RS424-02M SAS3 EXP BACK PLANE MODULE 2RAKVI002300...
  • Page 2 History Version Changes Date First draft 2017/2/16 Added Firmware Upgrade Procedures 2017/2/18 Added supported parts and wide-port operation 2017/2/20 mode for IW-RS212-02M Modify Fan Control contents 2017/2/21 Wording modification and Fan control behavior 2017/4/12 change. Added firmware upgrade through in band 2017/6/5 connection.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents Overview ..........................4 Jumper Settings ......................... 7 Connectors ........................8 29-pin SAS HDD connector ..................8 SFF-8639(U.2) Disk Connector ................. 9 SFF-8643 Mini-SAS connector: ................10 Oculink and SlimSAS Connector ................11 Power Receptacle ....................12 LED and Buzzer Behavior ....................14 Disk Bay LED ......................

  • Page 4: Overview

    1 Overview InWin’s 12G SAS3 Backplanes equipped with LSI 3x36R Expander provide an industry leading high performance and high stability of data transfer for storage server solution. The backplanes support state-of-the art SAS3 12Gbps HDD/SSD and also backward compatible with SAS 6Gbps, SATA 6Gps and SATA 3Gps HDD/SSD.
  • Page 5 Below the views of the backplane. IW-RS424-02M Top view Bottom view IW-RS424-07 Top View Bottom View...

  • Page 7: Jumper Settings

    2 Jumper Settings System indicators and buttons designed for chassis by connecting 2-wire cable from the front panel (if existed) to the jumpers on the backplane accordingly to facilitate the alarm system. The definitions of the Jumpers on the backplane are as below. Jumper Name Print Function ID_BUTTON...

  • Page 8: Connectors

    3 Connectors 3.1 29-pin SAS HDD connector There are totally 8 to 24 pcs of 29-pin SAS HDD/SSD connectors to accommodate 8 to 24 SAS HDD/SSDs for the enclosure.

  • Page 9: Sff-8639(U.2) Disk Connector

    3.2 SFF-8639(U.2) Disk Connector There are totally 4 pieces of SFF-8639 connectors to accommodate 4 SAS/SATA/NVMe SSDs. Please note that only xxx-07 equipped with SFF-8639 connectors for adapting SAS/SATA and NVMe hybrid design on specific disk slots. The so-called ‘hybrid’ meaning the disk slots support either SATA, SAS or NVMe disk at a time.

  • Page 10: Sff-8643 Mini-Sas Connector

    3.3 SFF-8643 Mini-SAS connector: The backplane is equipped with 2 to 3 pieces of SFF-8643 female mini-SAS connectors. 1 or 2 are for connecting to host (RAID card/ HBA card) and the other for connecting to extra enclosure (JBOD) via the cascade port. The upper ones –...

  • Page 11: Oculink And Slimsas Connector

    3.4 Oculink and SlimSAS Connector Oculinkx4 and SlimSASx4 connectors are for connecting backplane to NVMe host controllers such as RAID/HBA card for setting up NVMe SSD access in the enclosure. Please note that only IW-RS212-07 backplanes are equipped with Oculinkx4 or SlimSASx4 connectors on specific ports. And, each Oculinkx4 or SlimSASx4 link supports a PCIe x4 NVMe SSD connection.

  • Page 12: Power Receptacle

    3.5 Power Receptacle 6 to 10 pieces of 4-pin power receptacles (For -02M BP) to support most up to 50A (600W) power for providing stable power source for expander and disks. Users can then decide the number of power connector to connect according to the disk type being installed.
  • Page 13 2 pieces of 2x3 (for 5v DC)and 2 pieces of 2x4 (for 12v DC) power receptacles (For -07 BP) to support most up to 48A and 64A current per each for providing stable power source for expander and disks. Note that the power receptacle number varies across backplanes supporting different number of disk slots.

  • Page 14: Led And Buzzer Behavior

    4 LED and Buzzer Behavior 4.1 Disk Bay LED 3 LEDs for each bay to indicate HDD status and behaviors by illuminating in different color and format. Blue LED: Power Indicator. Turned on whenever disk drive is properly installed. Green LED: Activity indicator.
  • Page 15 Basically, The LEDs behave following the SES control signal from RAID card when working in SAS/SATA mode. Below is the design SPEC of the Disk indicators. Red LED Green LED Priority SES Status Status Description (Error) (Activity) (Hex) SES Control Power-On State (before SES client intervening) Forced Condition Cleared...
  • Page 16 Note: ⚫ Blink_1 : 50% On and then Off in a one second circle ⚫ Slow_Blink_1 : 50% On and then Off in a 2 seconds circle ⚫ ActFlash : Stay off while idle and fast flash upon I/O load Whenever working in NVMe mode, The RED LEDs behave following the VPP(Virtual Pin Port) over I2C Spec to illuminate.

  • Page 17: System Alarm Led

    4.2 System Alarm LED There is a system error LEDs designed on the Backplane to indicate system Error including system Fan Fail and Over-Temperature. System Fail Indicator: JB3 is the jumper for system Fail Indicator. The System Fail indicator on the front panel connect to this jumper to indicate system fan fails or system overheat when it occurs.

  • Page 18: System Id Led

    4.3 System ID LED ID LED is designed to locate enclosure when required. The system ID LED illuminates when a momentary ID Button is pressed and goes off when pressing it again.

  • Page 19: Smart Fan Control

    5. Smart Fan Control InWin’s Backplane is implemented Smart Fan Control feature by automatically detecting the existences of the Fan Modules and intelligently control the Fan RPM per the system temperature being sensed by 2 thermal sensors on backplane. Thanks to Smart Fan Control feature the 4 Fan connectors on backplane support wide variety of PWM driven Fan modules being used in the enclosure.
  • Page 20 How it works? 1. Fan module auto-calibration would launch in every system boot. The profile would then be recorded and used until next reboot. 2. Backplane starts fan calibration and calculates the corresponding PWM duty cycle for each level. There are totally 8 speed levels to be calculated and recorded.

  • Page 22: Firmware Upgrade

    6. Firmware Upgrade The SAS3 backplane equipped with firmware upgrade feature through serial console in case it is required. There are 2 firmware to be upgraded. One is Expander system firmware and another is system configuration data. They are not necessarily to be upgraded at the same time. Ether one can be upgraded independently when required.

  • Page 23: Out-Of-Band Through Serial Console

    6.1 Out-Of-Band through serial console InWin’s SAS-3 12Gps Backplane implements a serial UART port allowing users to conduct firmware upgrade through it. 1. Require a proprietary serial cable InWin made. Please note that the connector to Backplane varies depends on the backplane.
  • Page 24 5. Command “fdl 0 0 y” for system firmware upgrade in serial console. Sending system firmware through Xmodem.
  • Page 25 6. Command “fdl 1 0 y” in serial console for system configuration data upgrade. Sending system firmware through Xmodem. 7. Reset system by typing “reset” command in serial console or power cycle to make new firmware take effect.

  • Page 26: In Band Through Ses Command

    6.2 In Band through SES Command An option way to program firmware out of UART console is to leverage sg utilities going through In Band connection. No extra serial cable required. 1. Download sg utility. (For either Windows or Linux) http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.42_mw64exe.zip http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.42.tgz 2.
  • Page 27 sg_ses_microcode.exe -b 4k -m 7 -i 1 -I RS424-1.0.8.mfg SCSI1:1,112,0 iii. For Firmware upgrade use below the command sg_ses_microcode.exe -b 4k -m 7 -i 0 -I RS424-1.0.8.fw SCSI1:1,112,0 6. Power cycle backplane to make new firmware take effect.

  • Page 28: Management

    7. Management To manage backplane, users can connect a serial console cable to backplane or expander UART through RS232 COM port on system host. Refer to Section 6.1 for the details of the serial console cable and the console terminal setting. There are some useful commands for users to check expander status, conduct firmware update and debug issue when required.
  • Page 29 - 'config' subcommand displays phy event configuration - 'event' subcommand displays phy event counters - 'reset' subcommand resets all phy counters Display expander sasaddr [-d] SAS address ('-d': also show virtural ports address) Show POST info showpost Show MFG revision showmfg Show firmware revision...

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