Model : SK-Hybrid BP Series User’s Manual
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Overview
IN WIN backplanes (without Expander) are high performance and cost effective solution for
supporting Intel Purley platform by adding NVMe support.
The passive backplanes support state-of-the-art SAS3 12Gbps HDD/SSD and also backward
compatible with SAS 6Gbps, SATA 6Gps and SATA 3Gps HDD/SSD. The backplane supports
NVMe SSD through OcuLink x4 connectors.
Basically, A 7-pin SATA connector and Oculink x4 share a U.2 connector(Disk#1) to support
either 6Gps SATA drive or x4 NVMe SSD. One single SFF-8643 miniSAS connector can support
up to 4 disk bays, says Disk#2 to Disk#5. 1 of them(Disk#2) is so called Hybrid that further
supports NVMe SSD via Oculink x4 connector.
There is a Fan connector on backplane to support enclosure cooling system. It is implemented
with smart fan control feature to support wide variety of fan modules by auto-calibrating the
installed fan modules at system boot.
Physical Outlook
