Hybrid backplane with expander б hybrid exp-bp (slimsas) module (22 pages)
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HYBRID BACKPLANE with EXPANDER (CUB) USER’S MANUAL P/N : 2RAKVI014601 Model:RS316-07 HYBRID-OCULINK EXP-BP MODULE Version : V1.2 Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 1 OF 23...
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Revision History Version Changes Date V1.0 Official Release 2021/02/18 V1.1 Revise host connectors pin definition and parts icon change. 2022/01/06 V1.2 Change NVMe connector type 2022/10/30 Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 2 OF 23...
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 8 * OcuLink (SFF-8621) connectors and 8* U.2 (SFF-8639) connectors to accommodate 8 * 2.5”NVMe SSDs...
Hardware Specification HOST Interface :MiniSAS HD/OCulink Hard Disk (SSD) Interface :SATA/SAS3/NVMe Indicator : Power LED *16 (DG1~DG16): Steady Blue (When HDD is resent) Dual color(Green/Red) LED *16 (LED1~LED16) for HDD Status (Activity/Fail/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 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.
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Basically, The LEDs behave following the SES control signal from RAID card when working in SAS/SATA mode. Below is the design SPEC of the Disk indicators. Green Red LED (Activity Priority SES Status Status Description (Error) (Hex) SES Control Power-On State (before SES client intervening) Forced Condition Empty slot or disk Cleared...
System Alarm There is a system error LEDs designed on the Backplane to indicate system Error including system Fan Fail and Over-Temperature. System Fail Indicator: JB3 is the jumper for system Fail Indicator. The System Fail indicator on the front panel connect to this jumper to indicate system fan fails or system overheat when it occurs.
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 two thermal sensors (RTB1/RTB2) on the backplane. Thanks to Smart Fan Control feature the Fan connectors (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3/FAN4) on backplane support wide variety of PWM driven Fan modules being used in the enclosure.
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Model : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 17 OF 23...
Firmware Upgrade Expander Chipset SAS35x36R Firmware Upgrade Description The SAS3 backplane equipped with firmware upgrade feature through serial console in case it is required. There are 2 firmware to be upgraded. One is Expander system firmware and another is system configuration data. They are not necessarily to be upgraded at the same time.
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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 (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 : RS316-07 Hybrid EXP-BP (CUB) User’s Manual PAGE 20 OF 23...
M058 Micro-controller Firmware Upgrade Description 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.
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. Management To manage backplane, users can connect a serial console cable to backplane or expander UART through RS232 COM port on system host.
Useful Console Commands Function Command help To list the usage of the CLI commands Show/Set the current date [ set <newdate(*)> ] Reset the expander reset [watchdog] Display phy info. phyinfox [ -i [(1 .. NumBpc] ] | -s -i : show phy info of BPC expander -s : show SES Array Device info of CSE BRC (bridge console only) Configuration update...
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