Overview InWin’s 12G SAS3 Backplanes equipped with Broadcom 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. The backplane has 8 * OcuLink (SFF-8621) connectors and 8* U.2 (SFF-8639) connectors to accommodate 8 * 2.5”NVMe SSDs...
LED1~4 DISK1~DISK4 Activity/Failure LED DG5~DG8 DISK5~DISK8 Power LED LED5~8 DISK5~DISK8 Activity/Failure LED DG9~DG12 DISK9~DISK12 Power LED LED9~12 DISK9~DISK12 Activity/Failure LED DG13~DG16 DISK13~DISK16 Power LED LED13~16 DISK13~DISK16 Activity/Failure LED Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 9 OF 23...
DBG/UART (JC3) Use for firmware upgrade and debugging purpose. JD1/JD2 Header for Programming MCU Firmware. JM1 connector for Fan speed control connected between Motherboard and backplane. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 10 OF 23...
When SGPIO Jumper setting is enabled the LEDs behave according to the SGPIO signals. When SGPIO is disabled, the RED LEDs (for Locate and Fail) do not behave while the Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 11 OF 23...
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NVMe disks. For example, NVMe1 and NVMe2 LED management signal is form NVMe1 connector’s sideband I2C bus, NVMe3 and NVMe4 LED management signal is from NVMe3 connector’s sideband I2C bus and …etc. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 12 OF 23...
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: 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 Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 13 OF 23...
1 short beep stands for Fan Fails 2 short beeps stand for Over-Temperature Press Mute Button to disable buzzer beeps and will be retriggered when either system error occurs again. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 14 OF 23...
6. When an external PWM source joins, the output PWM duty is determined by comparing the internal calculated PWM and external PWM and then select whichever is higher as the output PWM to the fan modules. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 15 OF 23...
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Please note that the connector to Backplane varies depends on the backplane. The 07 series backplane UART port is redesigned with smaller form factor. 2. Require a host with a serial COM port. 3. Connect serial cable between Backplane and host. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 17 OF 23...
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4. Configure serial port setting as 115200, N, 8, 1. 5. Command “fdl 0 0 y” for system firmware upgrade in serial console. Sending system firmware through Xmodem. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 18 OF 23...
Fan speed control and system fail alarm. These MCUs are preprogrammed in manufacturing. In most cases, the MCUs are not required to reprogram unless there is issue needed to fix. How to upgrade firmware? Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 19 OF 23...
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1. Require Nuvoton ARM Cortex-M0 programming tool. Nu-Me or Nu-Link and install Nuvoton ICP Programming tool software. 2. Connect Nu-Link USB end to a host and the SWD end to Backplane ICE connector for each MCU. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 20 OF 23...
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3. Make sure device is connected and select the binary file being programmed and then click on Start button to program firmware. 4. Please refer to http://www.nuvoton.com/resource- files/NuLink_Adapter_User_Manual_EN_V1.01.pdf for more details. Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 21 OF 23...
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SAS address ('-d': also show virtural ports address) Show POST info showpost Show MFG revision showmfg Show firmware revision Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (COBRA) User’s Manual PAGE 23 OF 23...
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