InWin 3TO4 4BAY SATA BP MODULE User manual

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SATA PASSIVE BACKPLANE
USER’S MANUAL
P/N : 2RAKVI012000
Model：3TO4 4B AY SATA BP MODULE
Version : V1.0

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Revision History
Version
Changes
Date
V1.0
Official Release
2022/03/08

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview.........................................................................................................4
Physical Outlook................................................................................................................... 5
Connector Locations and LED Indicators....................................................6
Bottom Connector and Pin Definitions .................................................................................. 6
Top Connectors and LED Indicators ..................................................................................... 8
Hardware Specification .................................................................................9
LED Behavior ...............................................................................................10
Disk Bay LED.......................................................................................................................10
Smart FAN Speed Control ...........................................................................11
System Alarm.......................................................................................................................12
Firmware Upgrade .......................................................................................13

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Overview
The backplane is a high performance economical solution for users who has sufficient SAS host
ports on MB or RAID/HBA to accommodate 4 disks in the system.
The passive backplanes support state-of-the-art SAS 6Gbps HDD/SSD and also backward
compatible with SATA 6Gps and SATA 3Gps HDD/SSD.
Basically,4 SATA7P connector can support up to 4 disk bays.
The 2pcs of 1*4Pin-P5.08 power receptacles support up to 5V(10A)/12V(10A) current to satisfy
the power needs of fully loaded disk drives
The backplane is implemented with smart fan control feature to support wide variety of fan
modules by auto-calibrating the installed fan modules at system boot. This feature provides an
efficient way to control the thermal heat exhaustion by sensing the temperature in the enclosure.
The fan module speeds up and down upon the temperature rises and falls in the enclosure.
Along with the smart fan control feature, a system alarming feature is also implemented to alert
users in case Fan module failure and/or system overheat occurs by sounding the buzzer at the
same time. Users can then detect issue and take corresponding actions to resolve the issue
according to the failure type. As soon the issue disappears the alarm stops.

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Physical Outlook
TOP VIEW
BOTTOM VIEW

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Connector Locations and LED Indicators
Bottom Connector and Pin Definitions
SAS1~SAS4
Signal Name
Pin No.
SAS_RX_[p/n]
2/3
SAS_TX_[p/n]
5/6
SAS_GND
1/4/7
WP1/WP2
Power 4-Pin Connector
FAN1
FAN 4-Pin Connector
PIN #
Definition
PIN #
Definition
1
+12V
1
Ground
2
Ground
2
+12V
3
Ground
3
Tachometer
4
+5V
4
PWM Output
No
Description
No
Description
1
Host facing interface (SATA):SAS1~SAS4
5
FAN Connector:FAN1
2
Main Power Connector: WP1/WP2
6
FAN/TEMP Setting Header:CN1
3
Firmware Programming Header:JD1
7
SGPIO header:CN2
4
Mute_SW Connector:JB1
8
Alarm Buzzer:SUB1

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JD1
Firmware Programming Connector
JB1
Mute Button Connector
PIN #
Definition
PIN #
Definition
PIN #
Definition
2
ICE_CLK
1
VCC
1
Mute_Button +
4
ICE_DATA
3
#Key
2
Mute_Button -
6
ICE_RST
5
Ground
CN1
FAN/TEMP Setting Header
PIN #
Definition
PIN No#
Definition
2
PWM_SET1_-
1
PWM_SET1_+
4
PWM_SET2_-
3
PWM_SET2_+
6
TEMP_SET_-
5
TEMP_SET_+
[CN1 Function]
Setting Function
1-2 Short MAX. FAN RPM = 60%
3-4 Short MAX. FAN RPM = 80%
2-4 & 3-4 Short MAX. FAN RPM = 100%
[CN1 Function]
Setting Function
5-6 Open TEMP. ALARM < = 45℃
5-6 Short TEMP. ALARM < = 55℃
CN2
SGPIO 8Pin-Key#1 Header
PIN #
Definition
PIN No#
Definition
2
NC
1
#Key
4
SData_Out
3
Ground
6
Ground
5
SLoad
8
NC
7
SClock

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Top Connectors and LED Indicators
Location
SATA Drive Number
SAS1~SAS4
SATA Disk #1~#4
SAS1~SAS4
Signal Name
Pin No.
Signal Name
Pin No.
Signal Name
Pin No.
Signal Name
Pin No.
SAS0Tx[p/n]
S2/S3
SAS0Rx[p/n]
S5/S6
SAS1Tx[p/n]
S9/S10
SAS1Rx[p/n]
S12/S13
SAS_GND
S1/S4/S7/S8/S11/S14
Power_GND
P4/P5/P6/P10/P12
+3.3V&Charge
P1~P3
+5V&Charge
P7~P9
12V&Charge
P13~P15
READ_LED
P11
Location
Hard Drive Power/Activity/Failure/Locate LEDs
LED1~LED4
SAS1~SAS4 Power LED
D1/D2/D3/D4
SAS1~SAS4 Activity/Failure/Locate LED

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Hardware Specification
HOST Interface ：SATA-7P
Hard Disk (SSD) Interface ：SATA/SAS
Indicator ：
Power LED (LED1~LED4) : Blue –(When HDD is resent)
Dual color(Green/Red) LED D1~D4 for Hard Disk Drive Status (Activity/Fail/Locate)
Activity LED: Green (When HDD is Access)
Fail/Locate LED : Red (When HDD Fail or Locate)
Environment Control :
PWM FAN Connector (FAN1) for Cooling system.
Temperature Sensor (RT1) Monitor HDD bay inside temperature.
Buzzer (BZ1) for Over-temperature and FAN fail alerting.
High Speed Connector
SATA7P Connector *4 (SATA-P1~SATA-P4)
4 SATA connector connectors are directly wired to the 29-pin disk (SAS1~SAS4)
connectors.
SFF-8680 SAS29PIN Connector *4 (SAS1~SAS4) for SATA/SAS Disk.
Power Connector/Signal Control Header：
P5.08mm Disk Drive Power Connector*2 (WP1~WP2).
CN1 Header for FAN Speed and overheat temperature alarm configuration.
CN2 Header for SGPIO Cable connection from Mother Board to Backplane.
JB1 Connector for Mute SW cable connection from Front Panel to Backplane.
JD1 Header for Programming MCU Firmware.
JS1 Header for SGPIO Enable/Disable Selection.

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LED Behavior
Disk Bay LED
Blue LED:
Disk Insertion Indicator –
Turned on whenever disk drive is properly installed.
Green LED:
Activity indicator –
Stay off when idle and blinking (~8 Hz) whenever disk drive is being accessed.
RED LED:
Fail and Locate indicator –
Turned steady on when disk failure occurs. Blinking (1 Hz) when locating Disk, RAID rebuild
and RAID consistent check.
The LEDs behave by following SGPIO signal coming through customized cable. When
SGPIO Jumper setting is enabled the LEDs behave according to the SGPIO signals. When
SGPIO is disabled, the RED LEDs (for Locate and Fail) do not behave while the GREEN
LEDs (for Activity) behave according to the signal from P11 (READY LED) of the disk
connectors.

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Smart FAN Speed Control
IN WIN’s Backplane is designed with Smart Fan Control feature by automatically detecting the
existences of the Fan Modules and intelligently control the Fan RPM per the system
temperature being detected by single thermal sensor on the backplane.

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IN WIN’s Backplane is implemented Smart Fan Control feature by automatically detecting
the existences of the Fan Modules and intelligently control the Fan RPM per the system
temperature being detected by a thermal sensor (RT1) on the backplane.
Thanks to Smart Fan Control feature the Fan connector (FAN1) on backplane support wide
variety of PWM driven Fan modules being used in the enclosure.
System Alarm
Fan Fail:
When the Fan RPM is lower than 75% of the expected speed the Fan Fail alram goes ON.
And it would go off when the issue is resolved or disappeared.
Overheat:
When the system temperature at the backplane area is going beyond 45°C or 55°C
(according to TEMP ALARM setting) the Temp Fail alarm would be turned ON. And would
be turned off when temperature is going under 44°C or 54°C.
Note:
When the system alarm is triggered, the Buzzer beeps along with it and stops
beeping when alarm is disappeared.
1 short beep(B—B—B) stands for Fan Fails
2 short beeps(BB—BB—BB) stand for Over-Temperature
Press Mute Button to disable buzzer beeping and will be retriggered when either
failure occurs again.

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Firmware Upgrade
The passive backplanes are planted Nuvoton M058 series MCUs for hosting disk LED
indication, Fan speed control and system fail alarm. These MCUs are preprogrammed in
manufacturing. In most cases, the MCUs are not required to reprogram unless there is issue
needed to fix.
How to upgrade firmware?
1. Require Nuvoton ARM Cortex-M0 programming tool. Nu-Me or Nu-Link and install
Nuvoton ICP Programming tool software.
2. Connect Nu-Link USB end to a host and the SWD end to Backplane ICE connector for
each MCU.

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3. Make sure device is connected and select the binary file being programmed and then
click on Start button to program firmware.
4. Please refer to http://www.nuvoton.com/resource-
files/NuLink_Adapter_User_Manual_EN_V1.01.pdf for more details.