TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview ....................... 4 Physical Outlook ....................... 4 Mechanical ........................5 Connector Locations and LED Indicators ........... 6 Connector/ LED Indicators....................6 Connector Pin Definitions....................7 Hardware Specification ................9 LED Behavior ....................10 Disk Bay LED ......................... 10 System Alarm LED ......................
Overview InWin 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.
Connector Locations and LED Indicators Description Description Host facing interface : NVME1~NVME4 FAN Connector : FAN1~FAN4 Host facing interface (SAS3) : CN1 M/S BP Selection Switch : S1 M/S Communication Connector : JB1 Firmware Programming Header : J D1 M058 Micro-controller : IC1 Main Power Connector P W1 :...
Hardware Specification HOST Facing Interface M iniSAS HD/OCulink : DEVICE Facing Interface S ATA/SAS/NVMe : Indicator : Indicator : Power LED PD1~PD4: Steady Blue –(When HDD is resent) Dual color(Green/Red) LED D1~D4 for Hard Disk Drive Status (Activity/Failure/Locate) Activity LED: Blinking Green (When HDD is Access) Locate LED : Blinking Red (When HDD Fail or Locate) Fail LED : Steady Red (When HDD Fail or Locate) Environment Control :...
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 –...
For NVMe application, The LEDs behave according to the VPP over I2C signals from NVMe host controllers through sideband bus of Oculink or SlimSAS cables. Whenever the NVMe host controller support VPP over I2C, the RED LEDs behave Locate, Fail and Rebuild signals following VPP signals on the I2C bus.
Fail LED stays steady on when both events triggered at the same time. 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 detected by two thermal sensors (RTB1/RTB2) on the backplane.
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spreading from 25 to 45 in 3.75 degree C step. ° C 4. In normal operation, when the system temperature changes to next level, the fan module would change speed accordingly. And, the Fan failure alarm would be triggered when the RPM of the Fan module is dropped lower than 75% of its expected speed.
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 : IW-RS216-07 Hybrid Backplane User Manual PAGE 15 OF 15...
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