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Preliminary Edition Printed in Taiwan June 2004

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Hardware Specification

SATA Backplane:
A power MOSFET to provide per disk power (5V and 12V) for each disk spin-up
control.
A uP to control the disk spin up function if LED board enable this function, set by a
DIP switch pin, and start from the lowest position backplane. (i.e. the top one
would be the latest to spin up.
5 fan connectors (3 pins): each support 12V current up to 750mA (max power
consumption: 9 watts)
A 4x3 jumper with 4-digit jumper cap is added to select either disk power or disk
activity for LED indication.
A design hook with a zero ohm resistor to conduct disk reserved pin (P11) to
disk activity LED. (Its for the case that the pin is defined for disk LED output)
Multiple SATA backplanes (up to 4) is cascaded by a connector to report fan, disk
and thermal signals:
1 thermal signal per SATA backplane reporting to LED module
4 disk activity (or present) signals per SATA backplane reporting to LED
module
5 fan speed signals (for all SATA backplane) reporting to LED module
A pre-charge circuit for surge current protection when a disk is plugged in.
2 standard big-4P (Molex device connector) power inlets

LED Module (for 2U/3U/4U)
1 power button and 1 reset button
1 buzzer for alerting and 1 alarm mute button (controlled by uP)
2 standard USB 1.1/2.0 ports
1 connector for RPS (Redundant Power Supply) fault event detection
1 connector with signal controlled by uP to mute RPS built-in audio alarm
1 connector with I
2
C signals as a design hook to support peripheral management
interface
1 connector to gather fan speed, disk activity, and thermal signals from SATA/SCSI
backplane by a FFC cable
Total 16 (4x4) LEDs for disk activity signal from 4 backplane
4 thermal signal inputs from 4 backplane (detected by uP)
Total 5 fans supported
5 mono LEDs: Power, LAN1, LAN2, HDD and Fan/Thermal event LEDs

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LED color: Power-Blue, LANs-Green, HDD-Amber, and Event-Red
DIP switch to specify thermal warning level (55 or 65 degC)
DIP switch to specify spin-up control for SATA backplane

Backplane Layout
Backplane Connectors
1 1 1 1
2 3 3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5
6 7
Backplane Connectors

(1) [SATA_HDD1 / SATA_HDD2 / SATA_HDD3 / SATA_HDD4] : Connect SATA HDD
(2) [JP1] : Connect next backplane LED connector
(3) [HDD1 / HDD2 / HDD3 / HDD4] : Connect SATA HBA
(4) [FAN1 / FAN2 / FAN3 / FAN4 / FAN5] : Fan connectors
(5) [CN1 / CN2] : Power connectors
(6) [JP2] : Connect LED board or connect another backplane
(7) [J1] : Choice present LED from HDD or SATA P11

Pin Assignment
[SATA_HDD1 / SATA_HDD2 / SATA_HDD3 / SATA_HDD4]
Pin Def. Pin Def. Pin Def. Pin Def. Pin Def.
S1 GND S6 B+ P1 N/C P6 GND P11 Reserved
S2 A+ S7 GND P2 N/C P7 +5V P12 GND
S3 A- P3 N/C P8 +5V P13 +12V
S4 GND P4 GND P9 +5V P14 +12V
S5 B- P5 GND P10 GND P15 +12V



SATA HDD Connector

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[HDD1 / HDD2 / HDD3 / HDD4]
Pin Def. Pin Def.
S1 GND S5 B-
S2 A+ S6 B+
S3 A- S7 GND
S4 GND

[FAN1 / FAN2 / FAN3 / FAN4 / FAN5]
Pin Def.
1 GND
2 +12V
3 Sensor

[CN1 / CN2]
Pin Def.
1 +5V
2 GND
3 GND
4 +12V

[JP1] / [JP2]
Pin Def. Pin Def. Pin Def.
1 +5V 12 GND 23 HDD_LED_C#_2U
2 +5V 13 Thermal_Sig_1U 24 HDD_LED_D#_2U
3 +5V 14 Thermal_Sig_2U 25 HDD_LED_A#_3U
4 GND 15 Thermal_Sig_3U 26 HDD_LED_B#_3U
5 GND 16 Thermal_Sig_4U 27 HDD_LED_C#_3U
6 GND 17 HDD_LED_A#_1U 28 HDD_LED_D#_3U
7 Fan1_Sensor 18 HDD_LED_B#_1U 29 HDD_LED_A#_4U
8 Fan2_Sensor 19 HDD_LED_C#_1U 30 HDD_LED_B#_4U
9 Fan3_Sensor 20 HDD_LED_D#_1U 31 HDD_LED_C#_4U
10 Fan4_Sensor 21 HDD_LED_A#_2U 32 HDD_LED_D#_4U
11 Fan5_Sensor 22 HDD_LED_B#_2U 33-34 Key-Pin





FAN Connector

Power Connector

HDD_HBA Connector

FFC Cable Connector

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Default Jumper Setting (with * )
[J1]
Pin Function
1-2* Present Activity LED from HDD
2-3 Present Activity LED from SATA Pin-11

LED Module (for 2U/3U/4U) Layout

LED Module Connectors
Power LED (Blue)
HDD LED (Orange)
System Reset
Alarm Mute
Power Switch
LAN2 (Green)
LAN1 (Green)
Fan Fail LED (Red)


J5
J6 J1
J2
J3
J4
S1
BZ1
LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4
USB


[J1] : To USB Port of M/B
[J2] : To M/B Control and LED Connector
[J3] : Cascade to the top SATA/SCSI Backplane
[J4] : I
2
C Management Connector (Reserved)
[J5] : RPS (Redundant Power Supply) Fail Event Mute

HDD Access LED Jumper

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[J6] : PRS (Redundant Power Supply) Failure Alarm
[S1] : Temperature Monitoring Configure Switch
[BZ1] : Alarm Buzzer
[USB] : 2 USB Ports
[LED1 / LED2 / LED3 / LED4] : HDD LED Indicators

Pin Assignment
[J1]
Pin Def. Pin Def.
1 USB_Vcc 6 USB_Vcc
2 USB_D0+ 7 USB_D1+
3 USB_D0- 8 USB_D1-
4 GND 9 GND
5 Key-Pin 10 N/C

[J2]
Pin Def. Pin Def.
1 Reset+ 7 HDD_LED+
2 Reset_GND 8 HDD_LED-
3 PS_ON 9 LAN1_LED+
4 PS_ON_GND 10 LAN1_LED-
5 Power_LED+ 11 LAN2_LED+
6 Power_LED- 12 LAN2_LED-

[J3]
Pin Def. Pin Def. Pin Def.
1 +5V 12 GND 23 HDD_LED_C#_2U
2 +5V 13 Thermal_Sig_1U 24 HDD_LED_D#_2U
3 +5V 14 Thermal_Sig_2U 25 HDD_LED_A#_3U
4 GND 15 Thermal_Sig_3U 26 HDD_LED_B#_3U
5 GND 16 Thermal_Sig_4U 27 HDD_LED_C#_3U
6 GND 17 HDD_LED_A#_1U 28 HDD_LED_D#_3U
7 Fan1_Sensor 18 HDD_LED_B#_1U 29 HDD_LED_A#_4U
8 Fan2_Sensor 19 HDD_LED_C#_1U 30 HDD_LED_B#_4U
9 Fan3_Sensor 20 HDD_LED_D#_1U 31 HDD_LED_C#_4U
10 Fan4_Sensor 21 HDD_LED_A#_2U 32 HDD_LED_D#_4U
11 Fan5_Sensor 22 HDD_LED_B#_2U 33-34 Key-Pin


USB Connector

System Control
FFC Cable Connector

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[J4]
Pin Def.
1 Data
2 GND
3 Clock
4 Vcc

[J5]
Pin Def.
1 TTL
2 GND

[J6]
Pin Def.
1 TTL
2 GND

Default Jumper Setting (with * )
[S1]
DIP Function ON OFF
1 Monitoring BP Fan Q ty Setting 4* 5
2 Monitoring Temperature Setting 55 DegC* 65 DegC
3 SATA HDD Spin Up Simultaneously
ON
Sequential
Spin Up*

Backplane Assembly
The Chenbro 4-Port SATA Backplane can be assembly on Chenbro Storage Server
Chassis (RM117 / RM124 / RM215 / RM312 / RM414 / RM519), please refer to the Chassis
Installation Guide for the necessary information.

Note:
(1) Backplane bracket is needed when doing assembly.
(2) Backplane bracket and FFC cable are included in the Backplane Assy Kit.
(3) When doing multiple backplane integration, the FFC cable must be installed on the
backplane first. (See below for the details)


I
2
C Connector

RPS Fail Alarm

RPS Fail Mute

S1

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Figure-1 : FFC connector on LED module


Figure-2 : Push the lever to lock FFC cable


Figure-3 : Folding the LED Board FFC cable




FFC cable can be connected in
on way only. The contact pin
MUST face to White side of
connector.

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Relative Part Number List
Part No. Description Unit Remark
26-143124-001 BP to LED Module FFC Cable, 280mm (for 1U) Pcs
26-143215-002 BP to LED Module FFC Cable, 390mm (for 2U/3U/4U) Pcs
26-143215-001 BP to BP (Cascade) FFC Cable, 110mm Pcs
26-123215-001 Flat SATA Cable, 560mm (2 pcs/pack) Pack
26-123215-002 Flat SATA Cable, 700mm (2 pcs/pack) Pack
26-033219-002 USB Cable 2.0, 750mm, Universal Specification Pcs
26-033219-003 USB Cable 2.0, 600mm, Universal Specification Pcs
80-103215-101 4-port SATA BP with Anti-static Bag Pcs
84-311710-012 Assy 4-port SATA BP (30 pcs/carton) Carton