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SK-SERIES BACKPLANE USER’S MANUAL P/N : 2RAKVI005301 Model:SK35-07 5BAY HYBRID OCULINK*2 BP MODULE Draft Version : V1.0 Model : SK-Hybrid BP Series User’s Manual PAGE 1 OF 16...
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Revision History Version Changes Date V1.0 Official Release 2021/07/23 Model : SK-Hybrid BP Series User’s Manual PAGE 2 OF 16...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview ......................4 Physical Outlook ........................4 Mechanical ........................... 5 Connector Locations and LED Indicators ............ 6 Bottom Connector and Pin Definitions .................. 7 Top Connectors and LED Indicators ..................8 Hardware Specification ................. 9 ...
Overview IN WIN backplanes (without Expander) are high performance and cost effective solution for supporting Intel Purley platform by adding NVMe support. The passive 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 supports NVMe SSD through OcuLink x4 connectors.
Top Connectors and LED Indicators Location SAS/U.2 Drive Number DISK1/ DISK2 SATA/SAS Disk or NVMe SSD #1/#2 DISK3/ DISK4/DISK5 SATA/SAS Disk #3/#4/#5 Location Hard Drive Power/Activity/Failure/Locate LEDs PD1/PD2/PD3/PD4/PD5 DISK1~DISK5 Power LED D1/D2/D3/D4/D5 DISK1~DISK5 Activity/Failure/Locate LED Model : SK-Hybrid BP Series User’s Manual PAGE 8 OF 16...
Hardware Specification HOST Facing Interface :SATA/OCulink DEVICE Facing Interface :SATA/SAS/NVMe Indicator : Indicator : Power LED PD1~PD5: Steady Blue –(When HDD is resent) Dual color(Green/Red) LED D1~D5 for Hard Disk Drive Status (Activity/Failure/Locate) Activity LED: Blinking Green (When HDD is Access) ...
LED Behavior Disk Bay LED Blue LED: Disk Insertion Indicator – Turned on whenever disk drive is properly installed. Green LED: Activity indicator – Stay off when idle and blinking (~8 Hz) whenever disk drive is being accessed. RED LED: Fail and Locate indicator –...
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For SAS application, The LEDs behave by following SGPIO signal coming through sideband bus inside the SFF-8643 cables. Please refer to Section 2 for SGPIO settings. 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 GREEN LEDs (for Activity) behave according to the signal from P11 (READY LED) of the disk connectors.
System Alarm LED There are two FAIL LED design on the Backplane to indicate Fan Fail and Over- Temperature. Lead 2.0mm 8-pin header CN1 to front panel for indicating system fault. Fan Fail: When any fan module RPM is lower than 75% of the expected speed the Fan Fail is triggered and the Fail LED blinks in 0.5Hz rate.
Smart Fan Control IN WIN’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 detected by a thermal sensor (RTB1) on the backplane. Thanks to Smart Fan Control feature the Fan connector (FAN1) on backplane support wide variety of PWM driven Fan modules being used in the enclosure.
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Firmware Upgrade The passive backplanes are planted Nuvoton M058 series MCUs for hosting disk LED indication, 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.
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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 : SK-Hybrid BP Series User’s Manual PAGE 16 OF 16...
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