Key Features of the MegaRAC MG9081:

• Low-cost single chip solution
• 2 SGPIO / 1 SES-2 channel(s), up to 8 drives
• IPMI Support
• USB/IPMI Firmware Upgrade
• TQFP-48 (9mm x 9mm)
• Cascade Support - up to 32 drives

The MegaRAC® MG9081 Enclosure Management Controller (EMC) helps optimize backplane layout with the latest enclosure management technologies. Highly integrated and space-optimized, this chip features an integrated internal oscillator, measures only 9 x 9 mm, and does not require the usual plethora of components that drive backplane costs upward, such as external crystal, flash memory, regulator, EEPROM, LED Driver, FRU, or transceivers. This can bring significant savings, depending on project design and configuration. In addition, reducing the number of components on the backplane makes for simpler and cleaner designs, which improves time to market (TTM).

The MegaRAC MG9081 EMC manages LED patterns for up to eight SAS/SATA drives, providing drive activity, Fail/Rebuild and Locate signals. A single controller supports SGPIO, SES2, and IPMI/IPMB without using any companion chip. It can be utilized in a multitude of designs, managing LEDs for systems feature anywhere from six to thirty-two drives. As many as 32 configurations are already available from AMI.

AMI offers a variety of hardware and software tools for firmware upgrade and configuration via IPMI or USB. A convenient USB2.0 utility provides status monitoring, diagnostics and firmware upgrade independent of the system BMC controller.