Overview INWIN’s 12G SAS3 Backplanes equipped with Broadcom 35x36R 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 4 * SlimSAS (SFF-8654) connectors and 4* U.2 (SFF-8639) connectors to accommodate 4 * 2.5”NVMe SSDs...
LED1/5/9 DISK1/5/9 Activity/Failure LED DG2/6/10 DISK2/6/10 Power LED LED2/6/10 DISK2/6/10 Activity/Failure LED DG3/7/11 DISK3/7/11 Power LED LED3/7/11 DISK3/7/11 Activity/Failure LED DG4/8/12 DISK4/8/12 Power LED LED4/8/12 DISK4/8/12 Activity/Failure LED Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 10 OF 23...
JM1 SMBUS Connector for external SMBUS control function. I2C Header (JM2) for external I2C control function. VPP over I2C (JS1~JS4) Header for NVMe status LED indication. Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 11 OF 23...
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. Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 12 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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 13 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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 14 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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 15 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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 16 OF 23...
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Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 17 OF 23...
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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 18 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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 19 OF 23...
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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. Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 20 OF 23...
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 : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 21 OF 23...
(Page14) 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. Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 22 OF 23...
- '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 Model : RS212-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 23 OF 23...
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