XVME-6500
USER
’S MANUAL
Acromag, Inc. Tel: 248-295-0310
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http://www.acromag.com
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www.acromag.com
The SATA features support:
•
The
SATA hard disk drives, solid state drives (SSD), and CD‐
ROM/DVD‐ROM drives
•
IDE, AHCI, and RAID (0, 1, 5, and 10) modes
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Data transfer rates of up to 6.0Gbps (ports on the XBRD-9060)
•
Data transfer rates of up to 3.0Gbps (ports on the rear VME P2)
To configure SATA operation, refer to
The APTIO Haswell Core BIOS Manual
For Acromag Products.
3.9 General I/O
3.9.1 SMBus and I2C
The SMBus is connected directly to the PCH, and contains several devices
accessible at the addresses shown below to Table 3.9.1.a, SMBus Address
Table.
Table 3.9.1.a: SMBus Address Table
SMBus Address
Function
0x32
DIMMA Temp
0x34
DIMMB Temp
0xA0
ID EEPROM
0xA2
DIMMA SPD
0xA4
DIMMB SPD
0xA8
Lower XMC Site
0xAA
Upper XMC Site
3.9.2 Low Pin Count (LPC)
The LPC interface contains the onboard NCT6776D Super I/O device, which
supplies the serial ports and also outputs the Port80 Power On Self Test
(POST) codes to the dual 7-segment display.
For further information regarding the system BIOS and LPC interfaces, refer to
The APTIO Haswell Core BIOS Manual For Acromag Products.
3.9.3 Serial Ports
Four
16550‐compatible serial
ports are supplied by the NCT6776 Super I/O
chip:
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One RS-232 only, including RTS, CTS, DTR, and DSR control lines, is
available on the front panel's 26-pin connector.
•
One RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 (software selectable), with TX/RX signals
only is available on the VME P2 connector.
•
One RS-232 only, with TX/RX signals only is routed to the Expansion
Site connector to make the port available on the front panel via the
optional XBRD-9060.
