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1. e RM21508B RM21600 RM21706 RM21804 RM22300 RM22500 RM23212 RM23424 RM24302 RM31212B RM31300 RM31408 RM31616 RM41100 RM41416B RM41500 RM41648 RM42200 RM51224B RM51424 RM51924B RM91250 SR105 SR106 SR107 SR108 SR109 SR110 SR209 SR214 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 6 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO I Introduction About this Guide The UEK user s manual provides the information for functions capabilities configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the SAS expander card Introducing the SAS Expander Card SAS expander card expands one SAS address to a number of additional ports It is an optimal device for usage in data centers Distinct point to point connections SAS Host z E d ps 24x SAS Se SATA HDDs zn SAS HBA RAID Card Storage Center Sie 24x SAS Output to SATA HDDs Device The CHENBRO 28 port 36 port SAS expander card provides high performance high disk drive connectivity scalability and flexibility in various storage environments It is a valuable solution to other expansive and complex topologies The SAS expander is ideal for high availability scalable server clustering environments front end storage subsystems used in clusters SANs and NAS environments The CH2. Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Application Example Dual Domain BP HOST1 SAS RAID Card HOST2 SAS RAID Card 4 Er We a Internal Dual Expander Mini SAS cables UEK External Mini SAS cable LED Board 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 16 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Compatible SAS RAID Cards Maximum FF Verified RAID Card Model Number Physical Drives Pirna are Version per Controller intel Se ne O SEN adaptec men Im E 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 17 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Compatible Power Supplies Manufacturer Model me Was EA Minimum system requirements to apply UEK 4x HDDs amp 2x Fans EA Q Refer to Chenbro website www chenbro com for compatible PSU update information 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 18
3. Email info chenbro com tw 8 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual UEK Hardware Mini SAS SFF 8087 Connector Internal Input from SAS RAID Card CE5 6 Output to SAS SATA II HDDs or Backplane 36 port SAS Expander only 8 Power Connector 24 pin power connector from power supply 9 Power LED signat connector Output to chassis power LED mo n CE1 4 Output to SAS SATA II HDDs or Backplane 28 port amp 36 port SAS Expander Mini SAS SFF 8087 Connector Power On Off signal connector Input from chassis power switch Mounting Holes Fix UEK on chassis Mini SAS Cable Connector Type SFF 8087 lt a SFF 8088 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 9 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Device LED Definition The following picture shows the relations between LED and device connector LED6 indicates HDD status on CD3 TCO FPR CCC CRESTS ke 4 TE Ei FW nen A d gt i a RARA D H T LED3 indicates CE2 status T E 5 E i E Hek DUDO ur a A WW E a OL Wa a E p E g e Maes PB gc a FERN D 1 u m ER amp a 5 Poy a LED2 indicates CE1 status ea 1 gr e u LED1 indicates CB1 status t oO k Se wg KE DOL kk DN a4 1 688 a gr en 4 WW LED5 indicates H
4. DD status on CD2 LED4 indicates HDD status on CD1 LED7 indicates HDD status on CD4 LED8 indicates HDD status on CD5 36 port SAS Expander Only LED9 indicates HDD status on CD6 36 port SAS Expander Only Green LED blinking indicate the data transferring Firmware Setting Jumper Jumper set on pin 1 amp 2 Enable the upgraded firmware version Default setting Default setting Jumper set on pin 2 amp 3 Enable the original firmware version 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 10 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 CHEN R RO User s Manual Installing Into Chassis 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 11 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Dual SAS Expander Kit M2 5 Standoff amp screws M3 Standoffs amp screws Mechanical Dimension Units mm 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 12 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO I Mini SAS Cables The Mini SAS backplane provides most benefits to users using the same backplane to support various SAS SATA RAID card via different conversion cables Chenbro provides various cables for dif
5. ENBRO SAS Expander is based on LSI SASX28 SASX36 IC that enables the connection of multiple drive devices in directly attached SAS or SATA Each expander PHY performs SAS and SATA transfer rate at 3 0 Gbit s or 1 5 Gbit s with individual configurations The SAS expander IC supports the Serial SCSI Protocol SSP SATA Tunneling Protocol STP and Serial Management Protocol SMP Those are based on SAS protocol and described in the SAS standard v1 0 and V1 1 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 7 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO M Features General e Flexible SAS Expander card application The supported HDD a ty is 16 24 32 40 or 48 pcs e Fit all chassis with standard MB I O window and mounting hole e Bundled power switch board provides the convenient power On Off control solution High Speed I O e 1 5 Gbit s or 3 0 Gbit s operations e Automatic negotiation of linking speed Application e SAS SATA HDD NAS storage sever or enclosure e Security system e Video streaming editing workstation SAS expander card must be used only with SAS RAID card such as LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP The supported HDD quantity is depended on the capability of the SAS RAID card in the system 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392
6. PECHICAHONS neunten nennen 6 Compatible CHENBRO Chassis 6 e tee Eed e EE 7 ADOBE NIS GE nennen ee nee nee ern een 7 Introducing the SAS Expander Card 7 FEIU ES 2 200 ee ee eee ee nee re 8 ET e een ee ee erh 8 e ee e E O E 8 ele e e EE 8 Gf Gg ee ee ee ee 9 DEVICE LEQ DENION EE 10 Firmware Setting Jumper 10 Installing Into Chassis 11 DUal SASEXDANGEr AN EE 12 MECHANICAL DIMENSION ee nee E re ee ee 12 MINAS CIDOS o e A EENEG 13 Chassis Assembly Example 15 Application Example 4U Chassis 15 Application Example Dual Domain PP 16 Compatible SAS RAID Cards 17 Compatible Power Supplies 0 cccccccccccccccsccccssscccessscecessseecessseeccesseecessseeceesseeceesaeeseesseeceesseeseeaees 18 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 3 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Revision History Dec 8 2008 First Release Feb 20 2009 Update compatible SAS RAID cards amp Mini SAS Cable List 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 4 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO I Safety Information Read the installation instructions before connecting to the power source Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install replace or service
7. Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO Ba CHENBRO Universal Expander Kit User s Manual Version At February 20 2009 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 1 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO Ba Copyright Copyright 2008 CHENBRO Micom Co Ltd All rights reserved Unless otherwise indicated all materials in this manual are copyrighted by CHENBRO Micom Co Ltd All rights reserved No part of this manual either text or image may be used for any purpose other than internal use within purchasing company Therefore reproduction modification in any form or by any means electronic mechanical or otherwise for reasons other than internal use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission CHENBRO Micom Co Ltd reserves the right to make improvement and modification to the products indicated in this manual at any time Specifications are therefore subject to change without prior notice Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However CHENBRO Micom Co Lid assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use Trademark All registered and unregistered trademarks and company names contained in this manual are property of their respective
8. ferent interfaces which include the followings A SFF 8087 to SFF 8470 4 SATA to SFF 8087 KL Le E F ws SFF 8484 to SFF 8087 SFF 8088 to SFF 8088 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 13 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Table of Mini SAS cable solution Mini SAS Infiniband Multilane SFF 8087 36pin zZ Length Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 027 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 028 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 029 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin 26H113215 030 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin SATA 7Pin x4 26H113215 010 Mini SAS SFF 8087 36pin D 450 mm 500 mm D ini Wide Port SAS SATA 7Pin x4 26H113215 009 650 mm 750 mm 26H113215 026 26H113325 003 860 mm 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 14 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Chassis Assembly Example Application Example 4U Chassis SAS RAID Card 28 port UEK External m Mini SAS cable Internal Mini SAS cables External Output t Another JBOD LED Board S h 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 15
9. owners including but not limited to the following intel is trademark of intel Corporation LSI is trademark of LSI Corporation Technical Support CHENBRO works hard to offer our customers maximum performance from our chassis But in case you have any problem with our product you can find supports from the following resources Web Support Detail information of our products is in our website You can find technical updates installation guides FAQs technical specifications and more Our web address is www chenbro com Email Support You can also fill out the technical support form at our Technical Support page You technical issue inquiries will be sent directly to our support professionals Phone Support You can also contact CHENBRO HO or branch office for immediate support their contact Information is as following CHENBRO HQ CHENBRO Europe B V CHENBRO Micom USA Inc Tel 886 2 8226 5500 Tel 31 40 295 2045 Tel 1 909 947 3200 Fax 886 2 8226 5423 Fax 31 40 295 2044 Fax 1 909 947 4300 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 2 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual Contents COPY E 2 PUA le ET E 2 TECHNICAL SUDDON EE 2 EE 3 REVISION TE de EE 4 Safety Information 5 Conventions Used in this Manual 5 Getting Start with UEK Universal Expander kt 6 Unpacking and Checking heContentes 6 Technical S
10. this equipment Never install this product in a wet environment e Position system cables and power cables carefully route system cable and the power cable and plug so that they cannot be stepped on or tripped over Be sure that nothing rests on your system component cables or power cable Conventions Used in this Manual The following conventions are used in this manual Note Icon Provides more information on the current topic Important Icon Provides important information on the current topic that must not be overlooked 15Fl No 150 Jian Yi Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 82265500 Fax 886 2 82265392 Email info chenbro com tw 5 Universal Expander Kit ver A1 User s Manual CHENBRO I Getting Start with UEK Universal Expander Kit Thanks for purchasing Chenbro UEK This section covers unpacking and identifying components Unpacking and Checking the Contents The complete package includes the following items Item Description Quantity EE 28 port or 36 port SAS Expander s Power switch board bracket 6 32 Screw Technical Specifications 28 port support 16x HDDs internal connection SAS Expander 36 port support 24x HDDs internal connection 24 pin PSU connector Power Switch Board 2 pin power LED cable pin header 2 pin power switch cable pin header Mechanical Dimension Refer to Page 11 Power Dissipation 12 Watts Compatible CHENBRO Chassis
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