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PCIe x8 Gen3 Host Cable Adapter with PCIe Switch

Model: OSS-PCIe-HIB38-x8-DUAL

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Installation Guide

SKU: OSS-PCIe-HIB38-X8-DUAL

Summary of Contents for OSS-PCIe-HIB38-x8-DUAL

Page 1: ...PCIe x8 Gen3 Host Cable Adapter with PCIe Switch Model OSS PCIe HIB38 x8 DUAL www onestopsystems com Installation Guide SKU OSS PCIe HIB38 X8 DUAL ...

Page 2: ...4 x8 Cable Wire Connections Pin Outs 13 1 15 x8 Cable Signal Descriptions 14 2 Hardware Requirements 15 2 1 Hardware System Requirements 15 2 1 1 HIB38 x8 DUAL card Host and Target 15 2 1 2 PCIe Slot Motherboard Requirement 15 2 1 3 x8 iPass Cable 15 2 1 4 Expansion Chassis backplanes 16 2 1 5 ATX Power Supply 16 2 2 Software Requirement 16 3 Installation Procedures 17 3 1 Configure Dipswitches 17...

Page 3: ...y 23 3 7 Power ON the system 24 4 Verify Hardware 25 4 1 Target card LEDs 25 4 2 Host card LEDs 25 4 3 LED Indicators 26 5 Software Installation 27 6 How to Get More Help 28 6 1 Contacting Technical Support 28 6 2 Returning Merchandise 28 6 3 Online Support Resources 28 ...

Page 4: ...tip to help you CAUTION Used to indicate and prevent the following procedure or step from causing damage to the equipment WARNING Used to indicate and prevent the following step from causing injury DANGER or STOP Used to indicate and prevent the following step from causing serious injury or significant data loss Disclaimer We have attempted to identify most situations that may pose a danger warnin...

Page 5: ... may cause your installation to produce emissions that could interfere with other electronic equipment in the area of your system When Working Inside a Computer 1 Before taking covers off a computer perform the following steps 2 Turn off the computer and any peripheral devices 3 Disconnect the computer and peripheral power cords from their AC outlets or inlets in order to prevent electric shock or...

Page 6: ...s which can include wrist straps and smocks when servicing equipment You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge ESD When unpacking a static sensitive component from its shipping carton do not remove the component s anti static packaging material until you are ready to install the component in a computer Just before unwrapping the anti static packaging be s...

Page 7: ...ypical 11 watts Connector DUAL PCIe x8 Cable connector PCIe x8 Edge connector PCIe Switch PLX PEX8749 8 0 GT s 48 Lane PCI Express Gen 3 Switch DMA controller Bracket Standard and low profile brackets available With two LEDs on the bracket Operating Temperature 0 C to 50 C environment Operating Humidity 10 to 90 relative humidity non condensing Storage Humidity 5 to 95 relative humidity non conden...

Page 8: ...AL board OSS 386 The OSS 386 mezzanine slot connector is mainly for attaching a daughter card mezzanine card OSS 390 with additional two x8 PCIe cable connector to use a QUAD host card HIB38 x8 QUAD The HIB38 x8 QUAD card can only operate and use as a HOST card It cannot be used as TARGET card ...

Page 9: ...Cable sideband signals CPERST CPWRON CPRSNT CWAKE to be connected per the PCIe Cable specification Additional isolation of signal CE_PWRON card edge power control shall be provided by a physical switch This switch allows user to electrically isolate this signal from the card edge connector The target card and expansion unit are powered UP instantly upon turning ON the host computer 1 7 PLX PEX8749...

Page 10: ...CIe HIB38x8 DUAL 10 1 9 Board LEDs There are two LEDs on the HIB38 x8 They are located in the upper right of the board PWRGD Power good board has power CE LINK Card edge successful link with the card edge 1 10 Block Diagram ...

Page 11: ...he following settings 1 OFF 2 ON 3 OFF 4 ON 5 OFF 6 OFF Mode 2 Host Mode In this mode the SW1 dipswitch 1 is set to ON and the rest are OFF The card is ready to operate in Host mode and it must be plugged into computer s motherboard PCIe slot Use Gen3 x16 PCIe slot 1 ON 2 OFF 3 OFF 4 OFF 5 OFF and 6 OFF When the card dipswitch is configured as Host mode do not install the card in a target slot Ups...

Page 12: ... 21 GND Ground PERp1 Receiver differential pair Lane 1 22 GND Ground PERn1 23 PETp2 Transmitter differential pair Lane 2 GND Ground 24 PETn2 GND Ground 25 GND Ground PERp2 Receiver differential pair Lane 2 26 GND Ground PERn2 27 PETp3 Transmitter differential pair Lane 3 GND Ground 28 PETn3 GND Ground 29 GND Ground PERp3 Receiver differential pair Lane 3 30 RSVD Reserved PERn3 31 PRSNT2 Hot Plug p...

Page 13: ...8 PETp2 PERp2 9 PETn2 PERn2 10 GND GND 11 PETp3 PERp3 12 PETn3 PERn3 13 GND GND 14 CREFCLK PWR 3 3V 15 CREFCLK PWR 3 3V 16 GND PWR 3 3V 17 RSVD PWR RTN 18 RSVD PWR RTN 19 SB_RTN PWR RTN 20 CPSRNT CWAKE 21 CPWRON CPERST 22 GND GND 23 PETp4 PETp4 24 PETn4 PERp4 25 GND GND 26 PETp5 PERp5 27 PETn5 PERn5 28 GND GND 29 PETp6 PERp6 30 PETn6 PERn6 31 GND GND 32 PETp7 PERp7 33 PETn7 PERn7 34 GND GND NC Not...

Page 14: ...nal of x pair CREFCLK Cable REFerence CLocK Provides a reference clock from the host system to the remote system SB_RTN Return path for single ended signals from remote systems CPRSNT Cable Present Indicates the presence of a device beyond the cable PWR Power Provides local power for in cable redriver circuits Only needed on long cables Power does not go across the cable PWR_RTN Po Provides local ...

Page 15: ... or two x8 iPass cable s a When connecting two external expansion unit you need two x8 iPass cable 5 OSS Expansion chassis with Gen3 backplane or OSS expansion backplane and power supply one or two expansion unit 2 1 1 HIB38 x8 DUAL card Host and Target A pair of HIB38 x8 DUAL card Target and Host cards 2 1 2 PCIe Slot Motherboard Requirement For Host Adapter card Use a server computer motherboard...

Page 16: ... on all products Here is the web link https www onestopsystems com The HIB card has custom pin out that unique to OSS and only OSS Target adapters will work in the upstream slot of our expansion backplanes 2 1 5 ATX Power Supply If you are using an OSS backplane with the HIB38 x8 DUAL card you need a power supply unit to provide power A standard ATX power supply will work with the boards 2 2 Softw...

Page 17: ...low are photos to help you identify between Target card and Host card Target Card set the Dipswitches to 1 OFF 2 ON 3 OFF 4 ON 5 OFF 6 OFF Host Card set the Dipswitches to 1 ON the rest are OFF 3 2 Install HIB Host card Power down the host computer first before installing the host card Do not install the host card while the computer is ON Install the HIB38 x8 DUAL host card into the available PCIe...

Page 18: ...ard in the Upstream PCIe slot Do not plug in the target card while expansion unit or the expansion backplane is ON as this can damage the board Turn OFF the unit first before installing the card The HIB Target card will only work in the OSS backplane Upstream slot It will not function in the downstream slot or the end point slot of the backplane ...

Page 19: ...t backplanes showing where the locations of the Upstream slot 3 4 Install PCIe card Plug in your third party PCIe card in the expansion backplane Use the downstream slot on the OSS backplane See photos below for the location of the downstream slot end point slot on the backplane ...

Page 20: ...le to the Top external connector port Do not use the bottom port of the card Make sure the cable is firmly latched in to the cable connectors of the card 3 5 2 Connect Cable to Host card Plug in the other end of the two cables to the Host card If you are only connecting a single cable for one expansion unit you can use either the top or bottom port of the host card ...

Page 21: ...s The OSS HIB38 x8 Dual card works in a pair one host card and target card The HIB38 x8 car is designed to work and will only operate properly in an OSS expansion backplane The HIB38 x8 Dual card target is not compatible on different brand or another backplane The HIB38 X8 Dual target card will not work on a different backplane Connecting the HIB38 X8 Dual host card directly to unknown end point d...

Page 22: ...B38x8 DUAL 22 One Expansion unit The cable on the host side Host Computer can be connected to either top or bottom external cable connector The cable on the target side OSS Expansion Unit can be only attached to the top connector ...

Page 23: ... Connect ATX Power Supply If you are using an expansion chassis the power supply is already part of the unit You can skip this step If you are using an expansion backplane plug in the ATX power supply cable into the 24pin ATX power connector on the OSS board Connect power to the PSU and turn the switch to ON position ...

Page 24: ...ring ON the Host system it will send a sideband signal to the Target card triggering the expansion system to turn ON If the expansion unit or the HIB card are not powering ON check the link cable make sure it is firmly connected The target and host card must be fully seated in the PCIe slot in order to work correctly Check the Dipswitch is set correctly on each card ...

Page 25: ...id green o Gen2 Blinking frequency 2Hz o Gen1 Blinking frequency 1Hz o NOTE 1 Hz means it blinks one time per second Therefore 25 would be once every 4 seconds and 2Hz would be twice a second 4 2 Host card LEDs If you have two expansion units that are attached the two LINK LED will be illuminated 1 Bracket LED Solid green Gen 3 or Blinking green Gen 2 Blinking frequency 2Hz Gen1 Blinking frequency...

Page 26: ...One Stop Systems OSS PCIe HIB38x8 DUAL 26 4 3 LED Indicators Green Successful link between host and target Red Fatal error on PCIe switch Indication of faulty connection No LED No power No link ...

Page 27: ...One Stop Systems OSS PCIe HIB38x8 DUAL 27 5 Software Installation No software or driver is required for the Host Adapter card ...

Page 28: ...mber and your return address on the shipping label when you return the item s for service Please note that One Stop Systems WILL NOT accept COD packages so be sure to return the product freight and duties paid Ship the well packaged product to the address below Attention RMA ________ One Stop Systems 2235 Enterprise Street 110 Escondido CA 92029 USA It is not required though highly recommended tha...

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