MG Series Backplane Controllers

MG Series Backplane Controllers

A backplane is a compute/storage server subsystem with a series of hot-pluggable connectors (or slots) that allow a server to access multiple drives with various industry-standard control interfaces such as SGPIO for SAS/SATA and VPP/SHP/NPEM/UBM for NVMe storage.

The AMI MG series of controllers allows customers to design a backplane that supports all existing standard interfaces/protocols, as well as SAS/SATA, NVMe U.2/U.3 and EDSFF drives. Multiple controllers can be cascaded to support up to 32 Drives.

MG Series Features

Low-cost single-chip solution
Ready to use, no firmware programming required
Supports LED/drive management through UBM/VPP/SHP/NPEM/SGPIO
Supports IBPI specifications (SFF8489)
Supports up to 3 LEDs per drive slot
Provides LED notifications for activity, fail/rebuild, and locate for each drive
Cascade as many as 4 controllers to support up to 32 drives
Firmware upgradable through SMBUS from host BMC
Diagnostics and firmware update tools available for Windows and Linux
Available in QFN-64, TQFP-48 and VBGA 144-pin packages

Which Backplane Controller is Right for You?

AMI provides several unique backplane controller designs in the MG9xx Series:

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AMI MG Series Backplane Controller Product Matrix

The MG9xxx Backplane Controller series from AMI provide LED and drive management for SAS/SATA/NVMe drives.

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