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Santa Clara County in the State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.
Designed for port extension, high performance peer-to-peer transfers, and error isolation. In contrast to retimer and redriver NVMe AOC solutions, the AOC-SLG3-4E2P is capable of enabling hot-plug without the use of a Vpp header. Ideal for near-line cache storage solutions.
You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. When returning the AOC-SLG3-4E2P card to the manufacturer, the RMA number should be promi- nently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton, and the shipping package is mailed prepaid or hand-carried.
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AOC-SLG3-4E2P Expansion Card User's Guide Table of Contents Preface About this User's Guide ....................iii About this Expansion Card.................... iii An Important Note to the User ..................iii Returning Merchandise for Service ................iv Contacting Supermicro ....................v Chapter 1 Overview Overview ......................1-1 Technical Specifications ..................
Overview Congratulations on purchasing your expansion card from an acknowledged leader in the industry. Supermicro products are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. For product support and updates, please visit our website at http://www.supermicro.com/...
Chapter 2: Hardware Components Chapter 2 Hardware Components Expansion Card Layout and Components Figure 2-1. AOC-SLG3-4E2P The AOC-SLG3-4E2P is a low-profile 4-port expansion card with an aggregate performance of 6.4 GB/s. The following pages describe the components and set- tings for the AOC-SLG3-4E2P.
AOC-SLG3-4E2P Expansion Card User's Guide Major Components The following are the major components that make up the AOC-SLG3-4E2P ex- pansion card: Figure 2-2. AOC-SLG3-4E2P Layout AOC-SLG3-4E2P Component Description NVMe Connector NVMe0 NVMe Connector NVMe1 NVMe Connector NVMe2 NVMe Connector NVMe3...
NVMe Connectors There are four NVMe connectors on the expansion card. Together these connectors provide a transfer rate speed of up to 25.6 GB/s. Figure 2-3. NVMe Connectors AOC-SLG3-4E2P Component Description NVMe connector, designated NVMe 0 NVMe connector, designated NVMe 1...
AOC-SLG3-4E2P Expansion Card User's Guide Front Jumper Location and Settings Figure 2-4. Front Jumpers Explanation of Jumpers Connector To modify the operation of the backplane, Pins jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function Jumper of the connector.
Chapter 3: Installation Chapter 3 Installation Static-Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To avoid dam- aging your expansion card, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD. Precautions •...
Installing the Expansion Card Depending upon which motherboard is used and which slot in the motherboard is selected, a riser card may or may not be required to install the AOC-SLG3-4E2P. This is the procedure for installation: 1. Once the system is fully powered down, remove the power cords from the rear of the power supply, and remove the system cover.
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Chapter 3: Installation Expansion Card NVMe Backplane Connector (Source) Connector (Target) SFF-8643 SFF-8643 SFF-8643 OCuLink OCuLink SFF-8643 OCuLink OCuLink Figure 3-1. Cable Types 4. Using the above chart, verify that the cable provided is appropriate for the expansion card connectors and the backplane connectors. Note that the MiniSAS HD to OCuLink cables and the OCuLink to MiniSAS HD cables may physically look the same but are wired differently and may not work if the wrong cable is used.
AOC-SLG3-4E2P Expansion Card User's Guide Installing and Uninstalling NVMe Drivers If the operating system doesn’t have a native NVMe driver already installed, refer to the instructions that came with your NVMe drive(s) and follow the manufacturer's recommended steps for installing or uninstalling the NVMe driver.
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AOC-SLG3-4E2P Expansion Card User's Guide (Disclaimer Continued) The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilities or systems, aircraft, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency com- munication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage.
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