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1. Adaptor Cards USER S MANUAL SAMTEC OPTICAL GROUP COVERING MAY 2013 PCIEA Series COPYRIGHTS TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS Terms of Use Disclaimer Patents Product names used herein are trademarks of their respective owners All information and material in this publication are property of Samtec Inc All related rights are reserved Samtec Inc does not authorize customers to make copies of the content for any use Use of this publication is limited to viewing the pages for evaluation or purchase No permission is granted to the user to copy print distribute transmit display in public or modify the contents of this document in any way The information in this publication may change without notice All materials published here are As Is and without implied or express warranties Samtec Inc does not warrant that this publication will be without error or that defects will be corrected Samtec Inc makes every effort to present our customers an excellent and useful publication but we do not warrant or represent the use of the materials here in terms of their accuracy reliability or otherwise Therefore you agree that all access and use of this publication s content is at your own risk Patents pending on technologies used within this product NEITHER SAMTEC INC NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING PRODUCING OR DELIVERING THIS PUBLICATION SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT OR2. condition is bolded for the host and underlined for the target Number Host Target Description Jumper installed Enables IDT reset from CPERST Jumper not installed Do not reset IDT on CPERST Jumper installed Connects CPERST and PERST Jumper not installed Isolates PERST from CPERST Jumper installed CWAKE is held low at cable connector Jumper not installed CWAKE is propagated Open No power supplied to cable connector Both Jumper installed on pins 1 and 2 Cable is powered by card generated 3 3 V Jumper installed on pins 1 and 3 Cable is powered by 3 3 V Aux PCle over Fiber AOCs that support sideband propagation will not work in this configuration If this option is required then the option NO Sidebands needs to be chosen when ordering the cables INSTALLATION Warning Adaptor Cards and Active Optical Cables are ESD sensitive Always AN take suitable precautions when installing cards and AOCs to prevent damage to these components Installing an Adaptor Gard 1 Power down the host system 2 Open the chassis per manufacturer s instructions 3 Identify an empty PCle9 x8 or x16 socket to use Note not all sock ets support x8 or x16 PCle lanes even though they have sockets It is recommended to check the system manual to confirm socket capabilities The adaptor cards will automatically reconfigure for lower lane counts however throughput will be reduced 4 Remove the
3. low Auxiliary Signal CWAKE is high Auxiliary Signal CWAKE is low IDT switch operating normally CPWRON CWAKE JI IDT switch is held in reset Aux 3 3 V power supply not present JE Green Aux 3 3 V power supply present Card generated 1 0 V 2 5 V and 3 3 V power rails are not stable at correct voltage Green Card generated 1 0 V 2 5 V and 3 3 V power rails are stable and at correct voltage Off No Link Amber Gen 1 speed 2 5 GT s physical link Green Gen 2 speed 5 0 GT s physical link Card Edge No Activity Activity Green Active data transfer through card edge connector No Physical Link negotiated Card Edge Link Speed Cable Link Width Green Physical link negotiated Link width corresponds to number of lit LEDs Card Edge No Physical Link negotiated Link Width Green Physical link negotiated Link width corresponds to number of lit LEDs x8 card shown x4 cards have only 4 LEDs for banks 10 and 11 ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS Front Bracket LEDs In addition there are two LEDs on the front bracket of the card These are labeled Link and Activity and their function is State Description Gen 1 speed 2 5 GT s physical link Gen 2 speed 5 0 GT s physical link Activity Active data transfer through cable CARD CONFIGURATION Jumper Headers There are several jumper connectors on the adaptor card Their stuffing is dependent on whether the card is a host or a target In the below table the shipped
4. PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS USE OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THIS PUBLICATION OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ITS CONTENT Copyright O 2013 Samtec Inc TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Product Features ato 5 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION oia aa T e nic eea mm 7 A A 7 Target Card Auxiliary Signal Isolation eeeee 7 ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS Danos ue TE m ATA AA AT 8 FOM Brackel RR isn kitsi Seoses 9 CARD CONFIGURATION Jumper re EEUU X 9 INSTALLATION Installing an Adaptor 10 Installing an Active Optical Cable 10 Installing a Copper Cable sem nn 11 Removing AOCs Copper 11 TECHNICAL INFORMATION Design Specifications 11 Ordering Information 11 PCle is a registered trademark of PCI SIG Note Samtec PCle over Fiber systems have successfully passed the PCI SIG9 Compliance Workshop 85 however as with all PCle9 based systems there is a risk of interoperability issues with specific systems Samtec recommends discussing your system with our Optical Group prior to final design Please contact pcie Osamtec com INTRODUCTION The PCIEA Series are PCI Expr
5. blanking plate corresponding to the identified PCle socket 9 Insert the adaptor into the socket ensuring that the card is well seated 6 Secure the card with the removed screw from step 4 7 Close the chassis 8 When powering up ensure a cable is connected and the downstream device is powered up first Installing an Active Optical Cable 1 Ensure that upstream and downstream systems are powered down 2 Identify the host end and target end of the AOC The host end should be installed in the upstream port and the target end should be installed in the downstream port 3 Based on step 2 insert the correct end of the AOC fully into the chosen port Note The port housing is polarized and the connector can only be inserted one way 4 Ensure the latch mechanism interlocks with the cutouts in the port housing samiec INSTALLATION Installing a Copper Cable 1 Ensure that upstream and downstream systems are powered down 2 Copper cable connectors are identical and no care needs to be taken with where each end needs to be plugged 3 Ensure the latch mechanism interlocks with the cutouts in the port housings Removing AOCs Copper Cables 1 Both cable types have a latching mechanism to prevent accidental removal The latching mechanism needs to be released prior to removal a For optical cables this is achieved by squeezing the ridged lever on the end closest to the fiber entry b For copper cables this is ac
6. ess Gen 2 Compliant Switch Adaptor Cards designed to optimize performance for PCle9 over Fiber Applications enabling links up to 300 m in length In addition to supporting optical links PCle over copper cable is also supported allowing use of cost effective copper cables for links up to 7 m Mates with PCIEO Series Samtec active optical cable assemblies PCle x4card PCle x8 card samlet INTRODUCTION Product Features e PCle Base Spec 2 1 Gen 1 2 5 GT s compliant Gen 2 5 0 GT s compliant e Low profile card available with full size or low profile bracket e Supports copper cables up to 7 m in length e Supports Samtec Active Optical Cables PCIEO Series up to 300 m e Enables Spread spectrum Clock Support e Supports PCle auxiliary signaling CPWRON CPERST CPRSNT CWAKE Diagnostic LEDs link speed and width power sideband status FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The block diagram of the adaptor card is shown in Figure 1 PCIEA 8G2 H 01 shown TT Auxiliary Signal Indicators OpteCouplers Target Card Only 2 Power LEDs Ew E 25MM Clock e Link Width LEDS LITTLE IDT PCIE ERE EH MONADA Switch Figure 1 Adaptor Card Functional Block Diagram samjag FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION Data Path The cards are based on a 24 lane 6 port IDT PCle switch of which only 16 lanes are used for the x8 cards and only 8 for the x4 cards The other lanes are powered off to minimize p
7. hieved by pulling the green plastic release latch TECHNICAL INFORMATION Design Specifications PCIEA Series cards have been designed to meet the following parameters Unit Min Notes TS KS KA NN E a s s A fame m o wm meme 8 am heane Ordering Information PCle Adaptor Cards Product Category Speed x4 channel device 462 x8 channel device Type Host Card H Target Card For more information visit www samtec com active optics or contact Samtec s Optical Group at optics samtec com All designs specifications and components are preliminary and subject to change without notice fec ler gt E b os SUDDEN SERVICE
8. ower consumption PortO is connected to the card edge connector and Port8 is connected to the PCle External Cabling opecifications compliant x8 cable connector Port8 lanes are reversed for maximum RF performance Port0 and Port8 are configured as follows for the host and target modes Ports Host Mode Target Mode Clocking The two 100 MHz clocks for the switch are supplied by an on board PCle Base Spec 2 1 compliant frequency generator This generator also supplies the constant clock source that drives the PCle cable connector for the host card and the PCle edge connector for the target mode Reset At power up the card is held in reset until the on board generated voltages are stable and the auxiliary signal PERST is disabled Target Card Auxiliary Signal Isolation The target card can be identified by the four optocouplers situated above the cable cage These provide electrical isolation for the auxiliary signals when a copper cable is used to extend the PCle bus ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS Diagnostic LEDs Diagnostic LEDs are included on both host and target adaptor cards Their functions are described in the below table LED State Description Auxiliary Signal CPERST is high CPERST Auxiliary Signal CPERST is low generating reset Auxiliary Signal CPRSNT is low downstream system is connected CPRSNT Auxiliary Signal CPRSNT is high Auxiliary Signal CPWRON is high power good Auxiliary Signal CPWRON is
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