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F608 - Side Card for RAID Systems

3U CompactPCI

This product has been discontinued.

The F608 is a 4HP SATA extension card for 3U Intel based CompactPCI single-board computers. It can be used in combination with the F14 and compatible CPU boards.

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F608 3U CompactPCI Side Card for RAID Systems
F608 configuration example with hard disk

Main Features

4/8 HP extension for 3U Intel SBCs F14, F15, F17, F18, F19P, F21P
4 SATA ports via J2 rear I/O
RAID 0, 1 and 5 support
CompactPCI PlusIO compliant
1 SATA hard-disk slot 2.5" on board
2 COMs via SA-Adapters
Optical isolation depending on SA-Adapter
Two optical Gigabit Ethernet interfaces via SFP as an option

Technical Data

Mass Storage

One serial ATA (SATA) port for onboard 2.5" hard-disk drive
- Transfer rates up to 150MB/s (depends on hard disk)
- RAID level 0/1 support (depends on CPU board)
Four serial ATA (SATA) ports via rear I/O
- Onboard SATA controller via one PCI Express lane from the chipset
- Port multiplier
- Transfer rates up to 150MB/s
- RAID level 0/1/5 support

UART

Two at front panel
Physical interface using SA-Adapter via 10-pin connector
RS232..RS422, isolated or not
Only full duplex operation for RS422
Data rates up to 230.4kbit/s
FIFO receive and transmit buffers for high data throughput
Handshake lines: full support; lines depend on SA-Adapters

USB

Two 2.0 host ports via rear I/O
Data rates up to 480Mbit/s

PCI Express

Two x1 links via rear I/O
Data rate 250MB/s in each direction (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)

Miscellaneous

CompactPCI J1 is assembled for increased mechanical stability and/or for power supply
CompactPCI J2 is used for rear I/O

Electrical Specifications

Supply voltage/power consumption:

+5V (-3%/+5%), 3.8A
+3.3V (-3%/+5%),0.8A

Mechanical Specifications

Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI specification for 3U boards
Mountable on right side of the CPU
Weight: 150g (w/o hard disk and SA-Adapters)

Environmental Specifications

Temperature range (operation):
- 0..+60°C
- Airflow: 1.0m/s
Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
Shock: 15g/11ms
Bump: 10g/16ms
Vibration (sinusoidal): 1g/10..150Hz

MTBF

1,944,987h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)

Safety

PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers

EMC

Conforming to EN 55022 (radio disturbance), IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD) and IEC 61000-4-4 (burst)

Software Support

Driver software can be found in the data sheet of the CPU board that you use.

Options

Mass Storage

Eight SATA ports via rear I/O (not compliant to PICMG 2.30 PlusIO)

I/O

Two USB on 4HP front
Two DVI on 4HP front instead of UARTs
Two DVI and two USB on 8HP front
Two DVI and two UARTS on 8HP front
Two SFP slots on 12HP front
- For optical 1000Base-LX or 1000Base-SX or copper Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- SFP not included
Two SFP slots, two DVI and two UARTs on 16HP front

Mechanical

4HP..16HP

Some of these options may only be available for large volumes.

Please ask our sales staff for more information.