1.1 Overview Description P5-2425-S/ P5-2425-D is a high density U.2 JBOF board to board design that include two switch ( PEX89088 ) controller boards , chassis , two CRPS power supplies , two ball bearings high CFM fans and 24 full heigh disk trays.
1.2 Specification Form Factor EIA-310D 2U form factor SFF8639 U.2 form-factor, suppor t single por t and SSD I/F dual ports NVMe drivesl PCIe Switch Board Broadcom PEX89088 Power Supply Two 800W 80 PLUS Titanium power supply 2U 19” 19” 480mm (W) x 3.5” 88mm (H) x 14.2” Dimension 360mm (D) System cooling...
Page 8
Introduction Specification Five QSFP-DD connectors Rear I/O per Two USB Type C port for terminal switch board RJ45 Ethernet 10/100 port, Blue button for power on/off/Mute function Buzzer beeping for critical events System Alarm (FANs, PSUs, over voltages and temperatures) Upstream bandwidth : One Upstream Port Connect : PCIe Gen5 x 16, 512 GT/s I/O Capability...
2.1 Components Description Front Panel : ※ different color of lights meaning White LED : Power on and drive present Blue LED : Drive access Red LED : link abnormal(Not Gen5 x2 /Gen5 x4) Left Side LED Blink indicate Right Side LED Blink indicate Left side fan abnormal Right side fan abnormal...
Components Description Rear Panel Rear Panel : Type-C connector QSFP-DD Connector Type-C connector (Reserved) Ethernet connector Power on/off/Mute Configurable Upstream Dedicated Upstream port / Downstream Port Dedicated Downstream port Device need support SRNS/SRIS Enclosure fan Enclosure fan Two PSU Power Dedicated Downstream port Device need support SRNS/SRIS Dedicated Upstream port...
Page 12
Components Description Rear Panel Enclosure Status LED Green : Enclosure Healthy Blue Green Blue Red : Fan Fail / Power Abnormal / over heat Blue Green Blue Enclosure Status LED Green : Enclosure Healthy Red : Fan Fail / Power Abnormal / over heat Blue LED : Upstream port Green LED :...
3.1 SSD Installation Guide STEP Remove the 24 bay JBOF enclosure from its packaging, and place the enclosure next to computer, server, or workstation. STEP Hold one of the U.2 drive trays from the enclosure and push its button downward for the release of the lever until the lever pops out.
Page 15
Installation guidelines SSD Installation Guide STEP Place a U.2 drive tray on a flat and level surface, and then attach the 2.5” U.2 NVMe SSD into the tray.
Page 16
Installation guidelines SSD Installation Guide STEP Adopt four of the screws provided, and fasten the U.2 NVMe SSD on the tray. Tighten each screw to fasten the U.2 NVMe SSD snugly to the drive tray. Do not tighten the screws overly. ※...
Page 17
Installation guidelines SSD Installation Guide STEP Inser t the U.2 drive module into the NS388P enclosure correctly until its lever appears to shut, and then press the lever to close until it clicks to ensure that the U.2 drive module is within the enclosure.
JBOF Connection Guide 3.2.1 P5-2425-S --- x4 mode Condition 1 : One host card connect to one JBOF C o n n e c t Q S F P - D D w i t h Q D D c a b l e to t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g position on 24 bay JBOF.
Page 19
JBOF Connection Guide P5-2425-S --- x4 mode Condition 2 : One host card connect to two JBOFs Connect QSFP-DD with QDD cable to the corresponding position on 24 bay JBOF. The way of connection for using one card marked by color show as below : QSFP-DD QSFP-DD...
Page 20
JBOF Connection Guide P5-2425-S --- x4 mode Condition 3 : Two host cards connect to one JBOF C o n n e c t Q S F P - D D w i t h Q D D c a b l e t o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g 24 bay JBOF position on .
Page 21
JBOF Connection Guide P5-2425-S --- x4 mode Condition 4 : Two host cards connect to two JBOFs Connect QSFP-DD with QDD cable to the corresponding position on 24 bay JBOF. The way of connection for using one card marked by color show as below : QSFP-DD QSFP-DD QSFP-DD...
3.2.2 P5-2425-D 2x2 Mode Condition 1 : Two host cards connect to one JBOF C o n n e c t Q S F P - D D w i t h Q D D c a b l e t o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g position on 24 bay JBOF.
Page 23
JBOF Connection Guide P5-2425-D --- 2x2 mode Condition 2 : Two host cards connect to Two JBOFs Connect QSFP-DD with QDD cable to the corresponding position on 24 bay JBOF. The way of connection for using one card marked by color show as below : QSFP-DD QSFP-DD QSFP-DD...
4.1 Start-up Tera term Screen PCIe switch board uses the USB por t as the serial por t interface. Please use the USB type A male to Type C male cable to connect PCIe switch board to PC and operation system will detect a new “USB Serial Device”.
CLI Command Start-up Tera term Screen 4.1.1 For the USB Serial Device STEP Install and launch Tera Term application. https://reurl.cc/qVjg00 STEP Open Tera Term and make a new connection, you will see the USB Serial Device(COM).
Page 29
CLI Command For the USB Serial Device STEP To ensure proper communications between PCIe switch board and the Tera Term Terminal emulation, please configure the Tera Term Terminal emulation settings to the values shown below : For “Port”, select COM3 in this example. (Depend on which COM port used on Host) For “Baud rate”, select 9600.
Page 30
CLI Command For the USB Serial Device STEP Setup is complete. Please press ENTER , and you will see the cmd> command show as below :...
CLI Command For the the telnet con-nection 4.1.2 For the Telnet Con-nection STEP Install and launch Tera Term application https://reurl.cc/qVjg00...
Page 32
CLI Command For the the telnet con-nection STEP Open windows Ethernet setting and press "Change adapter options". Enter here.
Page 33
CLI Command For the the telnet con-nection STEP Please enter the Ethernet properties. STEP Setting the IP address like the picture below :...
Page 34
CLI Command For the the telnet con-nection STEP Type the IP “192.168.100.200”(default) in the host option Select “Telnet” in service option, press “OK” to start the telnet con-nection. You will see the cmd command.
CLI Command This section provides detailed information about PCIe switch board’s CLI function. Please type in lower case for all of commands. Command Descriptions Show list of commands syspwr NVMe JBOF enclosure power ON/OFF control Ethernet IP configuration dhcp Ethernet DHCP function control setmac Set Ethernet MAC address Update MCU FW...
Page 36
CLI Command ? Command This command provides an on-line table of contents, providing brief descriptions of the supported command groups and built-in commands. Type “?” to get detail information about the CLI commands summary. Usage Example cmd>?
Page 37
CLI Command syspwr syspwr syspwr Command Switch board enclosure power control. This command allows users to remote power ON/OFF the Switch board. Usage syspwr on/off Example syspwr on...
CLI Command eth Command Ethernet IP configuration Shows the Ethernet port configuraiton , etc. MAC address, IP address, link status, gateway, MTU, DHCP. Usage Example cmd>eth...
CLI Command dhcp dhcp Command Ethernet DHCP function control Enable or disable DHCP function support for Ethernet port. Usage dhcp on/off Example cmd>dhcp on...
Page 40
CLI Command setmac setmac Command Setting the MAC address to the Ethernet To program any MAC address for testing purpose. The new MAC address will be applied af ter MCU reset or switch controller board power cycle. Usage setmac <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx> Example cmd>setmac 00:11:22:33:44:55...
Page 41
CLI Command fdl Command Update MCU FW Sending the new FWs via XMODEM. A few seconds for switch config or MCU FW updating. Usage fdl mcu Example cmd>fdl mcu...
Page 42
CLI Command lsd Command S h o w e n v i ro n m e n t a l i n f o , i n c l u d i n g te m p e r a t u re , FA N s , P S U s , voltages.
Page 43
CLI Command Example cmd>lsd Switch FAN is the FNA for PCIe switch Fan1/Fan2 are the FANs located in the rear of en-closure FAN sensor in two PSU The current measure per PSU 4 voltage sensors Two voltage sensors on blackplane 12Volts output monitoring per PSU...
Page 44
CLI Command dr Command Dump switch-specific registers. Usage dr <SW address> Example cmd>dr 0xfff00000...
Page 46
CLI Command portpwr spwr Command The command is for controlling the 12 volts power of each U.2 NVMe drive slot. Usage spwr <slot(1~24)> <on/off> Example cmd>spwr 8 on...
Page 47
CLI Command portrst srst Command To generate an around 350ms “L” duration in PERST# signals in U.2 slot. A channel means ePERST0# in U.2 Pin E5 for 1st PHY of dual port drives. B channel means ePERST1# in U.2 Pin E4 for 2nd PHY of dual port drives. Usage srst <slot(1~24)>...
Page 48
CLI Command pwrdis Command Set PWRDIS in U.2 as “H” or “L” state. Set pwrdis in slot pin3 level to high/low. Set PWRDIS to “H” state to disable SSD power. Set PWRDIS to “L” state to enable SSD power. Usage pwrdis <slot(1~24)>...
CLI Command showport showport Command Show link status for each USP/DSP slot. Usage showport Example cmd>showport...
Page 50
CLI Command buz Command This command is for setting the buzzer of PCIe switch board. Buzzer control Usage buz <on/off/en/dis> Example cmd>buz on...
CLI Command ver Command Show on-board MCU and PCIe switch F/W information. Usage Example cmd>ver...
Page 53
CLI Command JBOF atlas2 (control board) Version One version 5 JB 088 1 2407 1 001 Serial Number Gen 5 88 lanes Warranty Period (Year/Month) atlas2 JBOF version (control board) Original Version 5 JB B X4 0 2407 1 001 Gen 5 Backplace Warranty Period...
Page 54
CLI Command sysinfo sysinfo Command Show system information Sysinfo command is for switch board enclosure diagnostic, it combines ver, lsd, showport command Usage sysinfo Example cmd>sysinfo...
CLI Command reset reset Command reset switch controller board MCU reset and the MCU will have PCIe switch power on reset. Usage reset Example cmd>reset...
5.1 Mcu firmware upgrade STEP Type "fdl mcu" on command line,you will see the picture in below. STEP Click on the file, scroll down to Transfer, and select "XMODEM"on the second frame,you will see the sent.
Page 58
Firmware Upgrade Mcu firmware upgrade STEP Makesure the file you sent is bin. (the latest version firmware please download on official websites.)
Page 59
Firmware Upgrade Mcu firmware upgrade STEP You will see this picture which means the firmware is already upgrading. Please reset the system when it complete, and you can enjoy the latest firmware.
5.2 Switch firmware upgrade Please contact Utran to get the password. STEP Download the "G4XTOOLS" on the website.
Page 61
Firmware Upgrade Switch firmware upg rade Connect the USB Type-C port(Reserved) STEP Open the G4XTOOLS file,there are two files named Windows / LINUX, select your system to get one of them in.Here will take Windows for example, click windows file.
Page 62
Firmware Upgrade Switch firmware upg rade STEP Download the .fw file on the website, and open CMD Command, replicate your .fw file, then go back to G4XTOOLS file. You can use cmd command to enter the specified path where your firmware file located in, and paste the .fw file you just replicated.
Page 63
Firmware Upgrade Switch firmware upg rade STEP Type >star t g4Xdiagnostics_x64.exe -sdb com "numder" on the last line.The numder filled in is depend on your device manager. You can see boardcom switch name after you press "enter".
Page 64
Firmware Upgrade Switch firmware upg rade STEP Type >dl -p ".fw file" -o 0x0 on the first line of the second paragraph. Do not shut down your device during the program update. ※ Restart it when update is complete, and the brand new firmware will be ready for enjoying.
b.1 P5-2425-S Slot 1-24 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 1 lane 0 lane 1 lane 2 lane 3...
Page 71
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 2 lane 4 lane 5 lane 6 lane 7 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 3 lane 8 lane 9 lane 10 lane 11...
Page 72
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 4 lane 12 lane 13 lane 14 lane 15 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 5 lane 16 lane 17 lane 18 lane 19...
Page 73
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 6 lane 20 lane 21 lane 22 lane 23 Eyescope Diagrams/ JBOF x 4 / slot 7 lane 24 lane 25 lane 26 lane 27...
Page 74
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 8 lane 28 lane 29 lane 30 lane 31 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 9 lane 32 lane 33 lane 34 lane 35...
Page 75
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 10 lane 36 lane 37 lane 38 lane 39 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 11 lane 40 lane 41 lane 42 lane 43...
Page 76
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 12 lane 44 lane 45 lane 46 lane 47 Eyescope Diagram / JBOF x 4 / slot 13 lane lane lane lane...
Page 77
Eyescope Diagram / JBOF x 4 / slot 14 lane lane lane 38 lane 39 Eyescope Diagram / JBOF x 4 / slot 15 lane lane lane lane...
Page 78
Eyescope Diagram / JBOF x 4 / slot 16 lane 28 lane 29 lane 30 lane 31 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 17 lane lane lane lane...
Page 79
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 18 lane lane lane lane Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 19 lane lane lane lane...
Page 80
Eyescope Diagram / JBOF x 4 / slot 20 lane lane lane 30 lane 31 Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 21 lane lane lane lane...
Page 81
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 22 lane lane lane lane Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 23 lane lane lane lane...
Page 82
Eyescope Diagrams / JBOF x 4 / slot 24 lane lane lane lane...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the PCI5-ENC24G-U2-1x4 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers