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A33606-PCI-60-6A SAS-2

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Page 1: ...A33606 PCI 60 6A SAS 2 Expander User Manual Version A ...

Page 2: ...by Astek Corporation All rights reserved Ver A CHANGE SHEET REV DATE DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE Preliminary Copy 1 15 14 Initial Release 0 2 1 13 14 Correct GPIO s nomenclature and sinking current for diode A 1 28 14 Updated Crypto Erase Function and pin descriptions ...

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Page 4: ...ent of the appropriate Astek officer is prohibited TECHNOLOGY LICENSES The hardware and or software described in this document are furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license REGULATOR COMPLIANCE Note The A33606 PCI has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These Li...

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Page 6: ...closure Services Header 16 The Enclosure Services Header provides connectivity for GPIO type enclosure services on J34 Additional information on SCSI Enclosure Services is located in the Other Connectors 16 Temperature Sensor Header 17 Fan Headers 17 Front Panel 19 Other Connectors 19 4 SCSI Enclosure Services SES 20 Temperature Elements 20 Voltage Sensor Elements 20 Cooling Elements 21 Power Supp...

Page 7: ...l mounting location for the board no signal or power pins are used The A33606 PCI 60 6A is also available without a PCI bracket for mounting directly to a chassis or with a 5 25 shell for mounting in a 5 25 bay on a traditional PC chassis The Astek expander SAS interface is compatible with the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI Specification revision 2 0 and the Serial ATA Specification revision 2 6 The fu...

Page 8: ... Insert the Expander card into the chassis The mounting holes are sized to support M3 or 4 40 hardware Board dimensions and mounting hole locations are defined in the Mechanical Specifications section Step 3 Attach a 4 pin power cable from the power supply to J13 shown below The A33606 PCI 60 6A utilizes 12V input power Step 4 Attach the SAS HBA or RAID Card to the expander card For internal conne...

Page 9: ...le Drives may also be attached using an SFF 8087 to SATA fanout cable Step 6 Power on the system Software Installation The A33606 PCI 60 6A does not require drivers or special software to operate the expander The standard drivers for your HBA RAID card contain the necessary support for expanders in the system Follow the recommended instructions for creating RAID arrays and disk arrays for the HBA ...

Page 10: ...ard using the A33606 PCI 60 6A expander card Cascaded Expanders Below illustrates how to connect 48 drives to an HBA RAID card using two A33606 PCI 60 6A expander cards The Daisy Chain port of the 1 st expander is connected to the Host port on the 2 nd expander Additional drives can be added to the SAS topology by adding more expanders to the system in the same manner A33606 PCI 60 6A Card HBA RAI...

Page 11: ...Installation Procedures Ver A Copyright 2014 by Astek Corporation All rights reserved 11 A33606 PCI 60 6A Card HBA RAID Card A33606 PCI 60 6A Card ...

Page 12: ...3606 PCI 60 6A Characteristics Board Outline The A33606 PCI 60 6A board outline is shown below Key interfaces are highlighted External iPass SFF 8088 Internal iPass SFF 8087 Input Power Enclosure Services Header SAS LEDs Front Panel LEDs RJ 11 Serial Port SAS LEDs Temp Sensor Expander Fan Connectors Heartbeat LED ...

Page 13: ...les may be utilized as long as they conform to the above pinout Heartbeat LED When the system is powered on and the expander chip is functioning properly the Heartbeat LED D9 will blink continuously External iPass SFF 8088 Two SFF 8088 ports are available on the front panel of the A33606 PCI 60 6A J1 and J2 Each port supports up to 4 lanes of SAS 2 6Gb s traffic The table below shows the pin assig...

Page 14: ... lane in the port Error One of the SAS lanes in the port has failed All SAS lanes in the port are working Front Panel LEDs A bi level LED for reporting general expander enclosure status and is located on the front panel The LED definition is below LED LED Color Location Powered Green Top Fault Yellow Bottom LED operation is defined below LED On Off Power The board and expander are powered up The e...

Page 15: ...l Name Pin Signal Name A1 GND B1 GND A2 RX0_P B2 TX0_P A3 RX0_N B3 TX0_N A4 GND B4 GND A5 RX1_P B5 TX1_P A6 RX1_N B6 TX1_N A7 GND B7 GND A8 SIDEBAND 7 B8 SIDEBAND 0 A9 SIDEBAND 3 B9 SIDEBAND 1 A10 SIDEBAND 4 B10 SIDEBAND 2 A11 SIDEBAND 5 B11 SIDEBAND 6 A12 GND B12 GND A13 RX2_P B13 TX2_P A14 RX2_N B14 TX2_N A15 GND B15 GND A16 RX3_P B16 TX3_P A17 RX3_N B17 TX3_N A18 GND B18 GND Each SFF 8087 inclu...

Page 16: ... LED Sink Crypto Erase 9 GND 10 GPIO4 11 GND 12 HDD Fault LED 2 13 GND 14 No Connect 15 GND 16 Power Fail 1 1 5V tolerant input 2 A 220 current limiting resistor is included on the A33606 PCI 60 6A Therefore an external current limiting resistor is NOT required Power Fail Input The Power Fail Input is a 5V tolerant input dedicated to indicate that a Power Failure has occurred Many times this indic...

Page 17: ...Sink pins are used for the Crypto Erase Function Please refer to Section 5 for more details on both the Crypto Erase function and these special purpose pins Temperature Sensor Header An external temperature sensor can be connected to J39 The table below shows the pinout of the temp sensor connector Pin Signal Name 1 Temp 2 Temp This header is designed work with remote diode sensors or diode connec...

Page 18: ...ircuitry to determine if a fan is attached to the connectors This information is reported through SCSI Enclosure Services J20 and J33 do not have this capability The table below shows the pinout of the fan connectors J33 Heatsink Fan Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12VDC 3 Tachometer J14 J15 J20 External Fan Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12VDC 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Speed Control The fans ...

Page 19: ...al port Other Connectors Other connectors not listed above are reserved for Astek use or for future use J1 Daisy Chain Port J2 External Host Port J42 Serial Port Board Status LEDs Bottom Left Yellow System Fault LED Top Right Green Power On LED J1 Status LEDs Bottom Left Yellow Fault LED Top Right Green Activity LED J2 Status LEDs Bottom Left Yellow Fault LED Top Right Green Activity LED ...

Page 20: ...s to the T10 SCSI Enclosure Services SES 2 specification Temperature Elements SES will monitor and report on 3 temperature sensors Expander Temperature PCB Temperature External temperature Thresholds for high and low temperature limits can be set through SES If a temperature threshold limit is exceeded the expander will report a failure through SES and illuminate the ERROR LED on the front panel T...

Page 21: ...ans that can be monitored and controlled through SES The intent is for these three connectors to be used for external fan control monitoring If one of these fans stops running the expander will NOT report a failure NOR illuminate the ERROR LED on the front panel Power Supply Element The expander will monitor the status of the Power Supply connected to pin 8 of the Enclosure Services Header When if...

Page 22: ...is asserted for 150msec 0 100 msec the Crypto Erase Function Starts 8 GPIO3 LED Sink 3 3V Tolerant Open Drain Digital I O No Pull Up is on this pin Cathode of external diode is attached to this pin Can sink up to 8mA max and external circuitry must current limit to 8mA The following table describes the blinking pattern that GPIO3 can provide by sinking current from the cathode of an external diode...

Page 23: ...anitization Command 1 Key Erase Use REQUEST SENSE Key Erase Done No Successful End Send Sanitization Command 2 Block Erase Block Erase Service Action Command 0x48 per SBC 3 Section 5 24 2 3 Implemented per SBC 3 Section 4 11 Use REQUEST SENSE Block Erase Done No Start LED blinking Disable SAS Interface Operation Disable Write Protection Latch LED on Failed 1 s timeout Repeat up to 3 times Successf...

Page 24: ...tions Min Typ Max Unit Input High Voltage VIH 2 0 3 6 V Input Low Voltage VOL 0 0 8 V Input High Current IIH VIN 3 3V 1 uA Input Low Current IOL VIN 0V 1 uA Electrical Characteristics of GPIO3 Open Drain Output Pin Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit Max Voltages 0 3 6 V Current Sink IOL 6 mA Output Low Voltage VOL IOL 6mA 0 4 V High Level Output Current IOH VOUT 3 3V 0 1 20 uA ...

Page 25: ...pecifications Operating Conditions Temperature 0 C to 55 C Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Storage Conditions Temperature 45 C to 55 C Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Airflow The A33606 PCI 60 6A contains a heatsink and fan for cooling the expander chip No additional cooling is required CAUTION Do not operate the A33606 PCI 60 6A card if the fan stops operating Mechanical Specifications A33606 PCI...

Page 26: ...s reserved Ver A The A33606 PCI 60 6A does not utilize signals or power from the PCI PCI X or PCIe bus The PCI socket provides a mechanical location to store the A33606 PCI 60 6A in a chassis The card should be installed in a system by following the system manufacturer s recommended procedures ...

Page 27: ...n a fault state A fault is indicated by illuminating the yellow LED on the front panel of the board Verify the expander is running by a blinking heartbeat LED D9 The LED is located above the Daisy Chain port J1 Verify the fan on the expander heatsink is running When connections are made to a port the green LED associated with the port should flicker and blink to indicate that communications are oc...

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