VPX6600
USER
’S MANUAL
Acromag, Inc. Tel: 248-295-0310
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http://www.acromag.com
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https://www.acromag.com
For further information regarding the system BIOS and LPC interfaces, refer to
Aptio Skylake Core BIOS Manual.
3.10.4 Serial Ports
Two 16550-compatible serial ports are supplied by the NCT6106 Super I/O
device. Both ports are software selectable between RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 and
are available on the P2 VPX backplane connector.
For further information regarding BIOS serial port configuration, refer to
Aptio
Skylake Core BIOS Manual.
3.10.5 USB
The Intel® CM236 PCH has one eXensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI)
controller to support the four USB 3.0 ports and the two USB 2.0 ports.
USB 3.0 ports support up to 5Gbps and USB 2.0 supports up to 480Mbps.
Note that EHCI mode is no longer supported, which may affect the installation
of some operating systems.
These USB features support:
•
USB hard disk drives, flash drives, floppy disk drives, and CD‐
ROM/DVD‐ROM drives
•
Super‐speed, high‐speed, full‐speed, and low‐speed USB
•
USB debug capability on any USB 3.0-capable port
Two of the USB 3.0 ports are available via the front panel of the VPX6600 for
air-cooled models only. The remaining 2 USB 3.0 ports and the two USB 2.0
ports are routed to the P2 VPX backplane connector.
For information on configuring specific USB ports see
Aptio Skylake Core BIOS
Manual.