One Stop Systems
OSS-521 Gen4 BP
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PCIe Card Installation
Plug in your PCIe card one at a time. Use any available downstream slots (slot#1, 2,3,4,5,6,7 and or 8) on the backplane. Be
certain all cards are fully seated in the slot. If your card requires extra power, use appropriate aux power cable supplied by the
vendor.
There are 7 Downstream slots (slots 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7) and one option slot (slot 8) on the backplane.
Slot# 8 is an option slot. It can be configured to operate in either downstream or upstream mode.
OSS-521 backplane configured with one Upstream slot and 8 downstream slots.
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You can populate all downstream slots with an endpoint device or your selected PCIe cards.
OSS-521 backplane configured with two Upstream slots (SLOT 0 and SLOT 8).
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Use Slots# 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for your endpoint device.
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The slot 0 and 8 will operate in an Upstream mode and will only work with an OSS HIB card configured as
target.
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Powering UP the unit
Plug in the power to the expansion unit.
Plug in the power to the host computer.
Flip the power supply switch to ON position on the expansion unit.
Press the main power switch on the host computer.
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Before powering UP or turning ON the Host computer, make sure the Host adapter card is seated properly in
a x16 Gen3 / Gen4 PCIe slot and the cables are firmly connected.
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Upon powering up the Host computer, it will initialize a link between the target and the host. The Link LED
on both target and host cards will illuminate as solid green.
