CyClone 600-2712 User manual

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Copyright 2015 by Cyclone Microsystems, Inc.
600-2712
PCIEXPRESSEXPANSION
SYSTEM
USER’S MANUAL

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CHAPTER 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................1-3
1.3 STANDARDS ...................................................................................................................................1-4
1.4 ORDERING INFORMATION............................................................................................................1-5
1.5 PCIE2-2712 MAJOR COMPONENTS..............................................................................................1-5
CHAPTER 2
2.1 THEORY OF OPERATION ..............................................................................................................2-1
CHAPTER 3
3.1 INSTALLING HBA IN HOST.............................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Connecting Expansion Systems to Host .............................................................................3-1
3.2 POWERING UP................................................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Installing Cards in Expansion Systems ...............................................................................3-1
3.3.2 Seating of PCIe Add-In Cards.............................................................................................2-1
CHAPTER 4
4.1 PCIE LINK ISSUES..........................................................................................................................4-1
4.2 BIOS CONCERNS ...........................................................................................................................4-1
CHAPTER 5
5.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................5-1
5.2 INSTALLATION IN HOST ................................................................................................................5-1
5.3 PCIE2-426/425 LEDS.......................................................................................................................5-1
5.4 MECHANICAL..................................................................................................................................5-1
5.5 PCIE2-436/439 UPSTREAM ADAPTOR CARDS............................................................................5-1
5.5.1 PCIe2-436/439 LEDs...........................................................................................................5-2
5.5.2 Mechanical ..........................................................................................................................5-2
5.5.3 PICe2-436/439 Output Swing, De-Emphasis and Receive Equalization.............................5-2
5.5.4 PCIe2-426/425 Output Swing, De-Emphasis and Receive Equalization.............................5-7
CHAPTER 6
6.1 CHASSIS FEATURES......................................................................................................................6-1
6.2 LINK INDICATION-LED DEFINITION PCIE2-462............................................................................6-2
6.3 CONNECTORS, HEADERS AND JUMPERS..................................................................................6-2
6.3.1 PCIe2-462 Jumpers and Headers.......................................................................................6-2
6.3.2 J27 "ENCL SW" Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector.........................................................6-2
6.3.3 J26 "SSI" SSI Auxiliary Signal Connector ...........................................................................6-2
6.3.4 Z2 "PNL LED" Front Panel LED Connector.........................................................................6-3
6.3.5 J30, J31, J33 Fan Connectors.............................................................................................6-3
6.3.6 J28, J29, J32 "THM1", THM2", THM2X" Thermistor Connectors........................................6-4
6.3.7 J35 "PLX I2C" PEX Device Editor Connector......................................................................6-4
6.3.8 J36 "ALTERA JTAG" JTAG Connector, J36 "XILINX JTAG" JTAG Connector, J19-J23
"JTAG", JTAG Bypass Jumper for Slots J1-15, J14-J18 "JTAG", JTAG Bypass Jumpers for
Slots J8-J12.........................................................................................................................6-4

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6.4 CHASSIS COOLING........................................................................................................................6-6
6.4 CHASSIS POWER...........................................................................................................................6-6
6.5.1 1250W Power Supply Option ..............................................................................................6-6
6.5.2 2180W/3240W Power Supply Options...............................................................................6-7
6.6 LIGHT LOADING..............................................................................................................................6-7
6.7 POWER CONSIDERATION.............................................................................................................6-8
CHAPTER 7
7.1 REFERENCE MANUALS.................................................................................................................7-1
APPENDIX A - Warranty and Service
A.1 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................... A-1
A.2 HARDWARE.................................................................................................................................... A-1
A.3 SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE.......................................................................................................A-1
A.4 EFFECTIVE PEROID OF WARRANTY .......................................................................................... A-1
A.5 REPAIRED OR REPLACEMENT PRODUCT (OUT-OF-WARRANTY).......................................... A-1
A.6 SERVICE POLICY........................................................................................................................... A-2
APPENDIX B - Server Safety Information

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1. PCIe2-2712 Block Diagram.................................................................................................1-2
Figure 1-2 PCIe2-2712 Front View Open .............................................................................................1-7
Figure 1-3 PCIe2-2712 Top View with HBA..........................................................................................1-8
Figure 1-4 PCIe2-2712 Top View .........................................................................................................1-9
Figure 5-1. PCI2e-426 LEDs..................................................................................................................5-3
Figure 5-2 PCIe2-426 Physical Configuration.......................................................................................5-3
Figure 5-3 PCIe2-436 LEDs..................................................................................................................5-4
Figure 5-4 PCIe2-436 Physical Configuration.......................................................................................5-4
Figure 5-5 PCIe2-425 LEDs..................................................................................................................5-5
Figure 5-6 PCIe2-425 Physical Configuration.......................................................................................5-5
Figure 5-7 PCIe2-439 LEDs..................................................................................................................5-6
Figure 5-8 PCIe2-439 Physical Configuration.......................................................................................5-6
Figure 6-1 PCIe2-462 Physical Configuration.......................................................................................6-1
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1-1 Physical/Environmental Characteristics ..............................................................................1-3
Table 1-2 3240W N+1 Redundant Power Supply Characteristics.......................................................1-3
Table 1-3 2180W N+1 Redundant Power Supply................................................................................1-4
Table 1-4 1250W Power Supply Characteristics.................................................................................1-4
Table 3-1 Installing PCIe Add-In Cards...............................................................................................3-1
Table 3-2 Slot Capabilities...................................................................................................................3-2
Table 4-1. PCIe Link Issue ...................................................................................................................4-1
Table 4-2 Link LED Indication..............................................................................................................4-2
Table 5-1 PCIe2-426 or PCIe2-425 Power Requirements ..................................................................5-1
Table 5-2 PCIe2-426 Default DIP Switch Configuration......................................................................5-7
Table 5-3 PCIe2-425 Default DIP Switch Configuration......................................................................5-7
Table 6-1 SSI Auxiliary Signal Connector............................................................................................6-3
Table 6-2 Front Panel LED Connector ................................................................................................6-3
Table 6-3 Fan Connectors...................................................................................................................6-3
Table 6-4 J36 ALTERA JTAG Connector............................................................................................6-4
Table 6-5 J37 SILINX JTAG Connector...............................................................................................6-5
Table 6-6 Jumpers...............................................................................................................................6-5
Table 6-7 Headers...............................................................................................................................6-6
Table 6-8 1250W Power Supply Minimum Loading.............................................................................6-7
Table 6-9 2180W/3240W Power Supply Minimum Loading ................................................................6-8
Table 6-10 PCIe2-462 Power Requirements.........................................................................................6-8
Table 6-11 PCIe2-426/425 Power Requireemnts..................................................................................6-8
Table 6-12 Power Supplied Per PCIe Slot.............................................................................................6-8

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INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The Cyclone Microsystems PCIe2-2712 is a PCI Express (PCIe) Gen2 Expansion System that supports
the addition of up to ten PCI Express I/O cards to a single host computer. Most host computers contain
few PCI Express slots making them poorly suited for building complex systems requiring many
different I/O boards and co-processor resources. The PCIe2-2712 Expansion System has been designed
for applications requiring multiple PCIe I/O and co-processing resources.
PCIe2-2712 system is composed of three elements: a PCI Express Host Bus-to-Cable Adapter, an
Expansion cable, and an Expansion Chassis. The PCIe2-2712 system can be configured with either a x8
or a x16 interface between the host computer and the expansion backplane. For the x8 configuration, a
PCIe2-425 Host Bus-to-Cable Adapter card is inserted into a host computer’s x8 PCIe Gen2 slot. A x8
PCIe external cable links the PCIe host to the expansion chassis. For the x16 configuration, a PCIe2-
426 Host Bus-to-Cable Adapter card is inserted into a host computer’s x16 PCIe Gen2 slot. A x16 PCIe
external cable links the PCIe host to the expansion chassis. The expansion chassis is populated with a
ten slot x8 switched backplane, an up-stream cable adapter (either x8 or x16), and, optionally, a system
monitor board. All expansion slots use open back x8 connectors which accommodate full length cards
with a x1, x4, x8, or x16 PCIe interface. The backplane and add-in cards are cooled by four 77 CFM
fans. The PCIe2-2712 is avaliable with either a 3240 W or 2180 W N+1 redundant power supply in a
5U chassis, or a 1250 W standard ATX supply in a 4U chassis.
The PCIe-2712 Expansion System supports 160 or 80 Gb/s bi-directional traffic to and from the host
system. The system utilizes low latency PCIe Bus repeaters and non-blocking PCI Express switches for
excellent peer-to-peer I/O bandwidth. For host computers with modern BIOSs, the PCIe2-2712
Expansion System is recognized by the host system upon boot-up, requires no hardware specific
drivers, and is entirely host operating system independent.
PCI Express is a high performance, general purpose I/O inter-connect defined for a wide variety of
computing and communication platforms. Key PCI attributes, such as its usage model, load-store archi-
tecture, and software interfaces are maintained, whereas its parallel bus implementation is replaced by a
serial interface. PCI Express take advantage of recent advances in point-to-point inter-connects, switch-
based technology, and packetized protocol to deliver new levels of performance.

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Figure 1-1. PCIe2-2712 Block Diagram
PCI-to-PCI
Bridge Link
PCIe2
96 Lanes
PCI-E 401
Host PCI Express
System
Switch
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
Host Bus
Adapter
J9
J6
J4
J8
J12
J10
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
System Monitoring Card
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 x8 Slot
PCIe2 Upstream
Adapter Card
J2
J3
J7
J1
J11
J5
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 or x16
Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 Gen2
x8 or x16
PCI Express Cable
PCIe2-462
x16 Cable -
PCIe2-426
x8 Cable -
PCIe2-425
x16 PCIe2-436
x8 PCIe2-439

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1.2 SPECIFICATIONS
The specifications in Table 1-1 detail the PCIe2-2712 Expansion System chassis including the PCIe2-
462 expansion backplane, PCIe2-436 or PCIe2-439 Upstream Cable adapter and chassis/power supply.
The chassis also includes Four 77 CFM fans.
Table 1-1. Physical/Environmental Characteristics
Table 1-2. 3240W N+1 Redundant Power Supply Characteristics
Height 8.75 inches (5U Chassis)
7 inches (4U Chassis)
Width 17 inches
Depth 27 inches
Weight 80 lbs (5U chassis)
50 lbs (4U chassis)
Operating Temperature 0 to 50 Degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity 0% to 95% (non-condensing)
Storage Temperature -20 to 70 Degrees Celsius
Voltage 90-264 VAC
Frequency 47-63 Hz.
Input Current 45A (115 VAC), 22.5A
(240 VAC)
Maximum Inrush Current 30A (115 VAC), 15A
(230 VAC) per Module
Total DC Output 3240W
DC Output Specs Output Voltage Output Current
Min Output Current Max
+5V 1 24
+12V 6 263
-12V 0 1.5
+3.3V 1 24
+5VSB 0.1 4

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Table 1-3. 2180W N+1 Redundant Power Supply
Table 1-4. 1250W Power Supply Characteristics
1.3 STANDARDS
PCI Express Base Specification Revision 2.0
PCI Express Card Electro Mechanical Specification 2.0
PCI Express External Cabling Specification 2.0
Voltage 90-264 VAC
Frequency 47-63 Hz.
Input Current 30A (115 VAC), 15A
(230 VAC)
Maximum Inrush Current 30A (115 VAC), 15A
(230 VAC) per Module
Total DC Output 2180W
DC Output Specs Output Voltage Output Current
Min Output Current Max
+5V 1 24
+12V 6 178
-12V 0 1.5
+3.3V 1 24
+5VSB 0.1 4
Voltage 90-264 VAC
Frequency 47-63 Hz.
Input Current 15A (100 VAC),
7.5A (240 VAC)
Maximum Inrush Current 50A (115 VAC),
100A (230 VAC)
Total DC Output 1250W
DC Output Specs Output Voltage Output Current
Min Output Current Max
+5V 0 25
+12V 0.6 104
-12V 0 0.5
+3.3V 0 25
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1.4 ORDERING INFORMATION
The expansion system is avaliable with one or three meter cable, standard or low profile panels on the
Host Bus adapter (PCIe-426), 1250W, 2180W or 3240W power supply, and the optional Chassis
Monitor board.
1.5 PCIE2-2712 MAJOR COMPONENTS
• 600-R2051 4 U Chassis
• 600-R2032 5U Chassis
• PCIe2-462 Expansion Backplane
• x16 Cable Version
> x16 Cable - 1 or 3 meters
> PCIe2-436 x16 upstream card (installed on PCIe2-462 Backplane)
> PCIe2-426 x16 HBA
Cyclone Part Numbers
600-2712-1-12SA Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 1250W
Power Supply (4U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-3-12SA Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 1250W
Power Supply (4U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-1-21SA Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 2180W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-3-21SA Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 2180W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-1-32SA Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 3240W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-3-32SA Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 3240W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x16 host link
600-2712-1-12SB Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 1250W
Power Supply (4U chassis) x8 host link
600-2712-3-12SB Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 1250W
Power Supply (4U chassis) x8 host link
600-2712-1-21SB Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 2180W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x8 host link
600-2712-3-21SB Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 2180W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x8 host link
600-2712-1-32SB Expansion System with 1 meter cable and 3240W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x8 host link
600-2712-3-32SB Expansion System with 3 meter cable and 3240W
Power Supply (5U chassis) x8 host link

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• x8 Cable Version
> x8 Cable - 1 or 3 meters
> PCIe2-439 x8 upstream card (installed on PCIe2-462 Backplane)
> PCIe2-425 x8 HBA
• Optional Cyclone CM027 System Monitor Board
• Optional Rack Mount Glide Rails and Rack Mount Ears