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PCI-AD-X16HE-PS-MD User’s Guide – Serial Cables

Serial Cables PCI Express PCI-AD-X16HE-PS-MD Adapter

PCI-AD-X16HE-PS-MD Transparent Adapter users guide

Version 0.8 (Preliminary)

Date: 5

March 2018

Summary of Contents for PCI-AD-X16HE-PS-MD

Page 1: ...PCI AD X16HE PS MD User s Guide Serial Cables 1 Serial Cables PCI Express PCI AD X16HE PS MD Adapter PCI AD X16HE PS MD Transparent Adapter users guide Version 0 8 Preliminary Date 5th March 2018...

Page 2: ...PCI AD X16HE PS MD User s Guide Serial Cables 2...

Page 3: ...G AND REMOVING THE CABLE 8 Connecting the Cable 8 Disconnecting the Cable 9 STEP 6 VERIFY INSTALLATION LEDS 9 OPERATION 10 CONFIGURATION AND DIP SWITCHES 10 DIP Switch Bank Configuration 10 USE CASES...

Page 4: ...om www SerialCables com Terms and acronyms Important terms and acronyms used in this manual AOC Active Optical Cable PCIe fiber cable assembly CMI Cable Management Interface The 2 wire management inte...

Page 5: ...I Express Gen1 through Gen3 computers and IO systems auto detection The PCI AD X16HE PS MD supports transparent connections to IO systems Host and Target operation Quad SFF 8644 cable connector Cable...

Page 6: ...dge clock routing and quad edge target Operating Environment To maximize life time for the product and maintain the warranty please honor the specified operating temperature and make sure the specifie...

Page 7: ...forward it to the downstream PCI AD X16HE PS MD card CWAKE and CPOWERON is not supported using standard MiniSAS HD cables Active Optical Cables AOC The PCI AD X16HE PS MD card is compliant with active...

Page 8: ...taining the PCI AD X16HE PS MD Please follow your computer s or expansion chassis manual on how to install a PCI Express card The PCI AD X16HE PS MD Adapter card can be installed into any PCI Express...

Page 9: ...of the connector guides Step 6 Verify Installation LEDs The PCI AD X16HE PS MD comes with 4 bi color LEDs which show the corresponding cable port status according to Table 2 LED below The LEDs are vi...

Page 10: ...itch for the PCI AD X16HE PS MD It is used to configure the adapter card Please leave all undocumented DIP switches in the default position Table 3 DIP Switch settings shows all the various DIP switch...

Page 11: ...mode or four 3rd party expansion systems OPT1 Transparent ON OPT4 on to enable four x4 links Table 4 Use Case DIP switch settings Use Cases The PCI AD X16HE PS MD card may be used as both a Host card...

Page 12: ...eam target systems Connecting the cables for Single Node Dual expansion x8 link Connect the cables between the host and expansion as described above for x8 connectivity Connect the second expansion to...

Page 13: ...he firmware Identifying the Card The card has a label sticker with the serial number in the format PCI AD X16HE PS MD YY ZZZZZZ where YY denotes the card revision e g BB and ZZZZZZ denotes the seriali...

Page 14: ...t devsel latency 0 Memory at f7800000 64 bit non prefetchable size 4M Capabilities 40 MSI Enable Count 1 4 Maskable 64bit Capabilities 50 MSI X Enable Count 4 Masked Capabilities 5c Power Management v...

Page 15: ...2 hexadecimal values of the BB letters in the ASCII table with the production number 0x000000ff 00000255 in decimal lspci s 1 0 0 v grep E Subsystem Serial Capabilities a4 Subsystem Serial Cables Inte...

Page 16: ...r s Guide Serial Cables 16 Technical Information Simplified schematics The figure below shows the PCI AD x16HE PS MD simplified schematics Only the main functions are shown Figure 5 PCI AD X16HE PS MD...

Page 17: ...te a need for service via the CMI controller CMISDA Management interface data line Used for both initial link setup and sideband messages when used with CMI compliant cables CMISCL Management interfac...

Page 18: ...PWR TMS NC 9 TRST NC 3 3 PWR 10 3 3V aux Standby PWR 3 3 PWR 11 WAKE Wake up PERST Reset 12 NC GND 13 GND REFCLK Ref clock 14 PERp0 REFCLK Ref clock 15 PERn0 GND 16 GND PETp0 17 PRSNT2 PETn0 18 GND GN...

Page 19: ...lass A This does not ensure that it will comply with these standards in any random PC It is the responsibility of the integrator to ensure that their products are compliant with all regulations where...

Page 20: ...working conditions Damages which results from violating the specified operating or storage temperatures and airflow Damages caused by acts of nature e g floods storms fire or earthquakes Damage caused...