4 serial port, 5 onboard sata interface, Serial port – ADLINK aTCA-9700 User Manual
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3.3.4 Serial
Port
Two serial ports are output to USB Mini-B connectors on the front panel for use as service
terminals. The port labeled IPMI is an "IPMC" debug port and the port labeled CPU" is
connected to COM 1 of the Super IO chip.
Serial Port Pin Definition (USB Mini-B)
PIN
Signal Name
In/Out
1 Signal
Ground
2
Transmitted Data (TxD)
Out
3 Received
Data
(RxD) In
4 Signal
Ground
5 Signal
Ground
3.3.5
Onboard SATA Interface
The aTCA-9700 has one 7-pin SATA connector reserved for onboard mounting of a Serial
ATA disk on module (DOM). The SATA connector pin list is shown as below.
SATA Pin Definition (7-pin)
Pin
Signal Names
1
GND
2
SATA0_TX-P
3
SATA0_TX-N
4
GND
5
SATA0_RX-N
6
SATA0_RX-P
7
GND
The aTCA-9700 is equipped with a SATA flash module (16GB, up to 128GB available)
which supports a SATA 3.0Gb/s interface with sustained read to 122MB per second and
sustained write up to 119MB per second.