CONTENTS
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600-2712 PCI Express Gen2 Expansion System User’s Manual
Revision 1.0, February 2015
CHAPTER 1
1.1
INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1-1
1.2
SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................1-3
1.3
STANDARDS ...................................................................................................................................1-4
1.4
ORDERING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................1-5
1.5
PCIE2-2712 MAJOR COMPONENTS..............................................................................................1-5
CHAPTER 2
2.1
THEORY OF OPERATION ..............................................................................................................2-1
CHAPTER 3
3.1
INSTALLING HBA IN HOST.............................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1
Connecting Expansion Systems to Host .............................................................................3-1
3.2
POWERING UP................................................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1
Installing Cards in Expansion Systems ...............................................................................3-1
3.3.2
Seating of PCIe Add-In Cards .............................................................................................2-1
CHAPTER 4
4.1
PCIE LINK ISSUES ..........................................................................................................................4-1
4.2
BIOS CONCERNS ...........................................................................................................................4-1
CHAPTER 5
5.1
INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................5-1
5.2
INSTALLATION IN HOST ................................................................................................................5-1
5.3
PCIE2-426/425 LEDS.......................................................................................................................5-1
5.4
MECHANICAL ..................................................................................................................................5-1
5.5
PCIE2-436/439 UPSTREAM ADAPTOR CARDS ............................................................................5-1
5.5.1
PCIe2-436/439 LEDs...........................................................................................................5-2
5.5.2
Mechanical ..........................................................................................................................5-2
5.5.3
PICe2-436/439 Output Swing, De-Emphasis and Receive Equalization.............................5-2
5.5.4
PCIe2-426/425 Output Swing, De-Emphasis and Receive Equalization.............................5-7
CHAPTER 6
6.1
CHASSIS FEATURES......................................................................................................................6-1
6.2
LINK INDICATION-LED DEFINITION PCIE2-462............................................................................6-2
6.3
CONNECTORS, HEADERS AND JUMPERS..................................................................................6-2
6.3.1
PCIe2-462 Jumpers and Headers .......................................................................................6-2
6.3.2
J27 "ENCL SW" Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector .........................................................6-2
6.3.3
J26 "SSI" SSI Auxiliary Signal Connector ...........................................................................6-2
6.3.4
Z2 "PNL LED" Front Panel LED Connector.........................................................................6-3
6.3.5
J30, J31, J33 Fan Connectors.............................................................................................6-3
6.3.6
J28, J29, J32 "THM1", THM2", THM2X" Thermistor Connectors........................................6-4
6.3.7
J35 "PLX I2C" PEX Device Editor Connector......................................................................6-4
6.3.8
J36 "ALTERA JTAG" JTAG Connector, J36 "XILINX JTAG" JTAG Connector, J19-J23
"JTAG", JTAG Bypass Jumper for Slots J1-15, J14-J18 "JTAG", JTAG Bypass Jumpers for
Slots J8-J12.........................................................................................................................6-4
