Rear Transition Module
5-3
Caution
The total cable length for EIDE drives must not exceed 12 inches. Also,
if two drives are connected, they must be no more than six inches apart.
Use the SATA drive interface if longer cabling is required.
Serial ATA hard drive Interface
The use of the XVME 990-VR7 rear transition module, allows for connection to one or two SATA-150
drives
Table 5-2 shows pin out of SATA interface.
Fig. 5-2 SATA connector
Mating connector to connector on the XVME 990-VR7 is Molex 67489-9005
VMEbus
P2 Pin
Row z
Signal Name
on P2
SATA connector
on the XVME 990-
VR7
SATA Signal Name
Z1
SATA_TXP0
SATA1 pin-2
Tr
Z2
GND
SATA1 pin-1
GND
Z3
SATA_TXN0
SATA1 pin-3
Transmit -
Z4
GND
SATA1 pin-4
GND
Z5
SATA_RXN0
SATA1 pin-5
R
Z6
GND
SATA1 pin-7
GND
Z7
SATA_RXP0
SATA1 pin-6
Receive -
Z8
GND
Z9
SATA_TXP1
SATA2 pin-2
Tr
Z10
GND
SATA2 pin-1
GND
Z11
SATA_TXN1
SATA2 pin-3
Transmit -
Z12
GND
SATA2 pin-4
GND
Z13
SATA_RXN1
SATA2 pin-5
R
Z14
GND
SATA2 pin-7
GND
Z15
SATA_RXP1
SATA2 pin-6
Receive -
Summary of Contents for XVME-689-VR7
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