The CE4-PIANO is available in different stuffing options. Bottom-of-the-range, the board is equipped with a PCI to SATA controller chip and an on-board SATA hard disk (or SATA silicon state drive). This combination is a straightforward mass storage solution - plug and play.

For maximum flexibility, the CE4-PIANO can be optionally populated with up to three SATA port multipliers in addition, each offering five secondary ports. The first multiplier is mainly used to control the front panel eSATA connectors, the second port multiplier is engaged in on-board SATA, and the third multiplier is exclusively dedicated to rear I/O SATA.

Option SATA port multiplier 1:
Three eSATA connectors are available from the front panel for external attachment of SATA devices. Another two latching SATA connectors are provided for in-system usage together with this option.

Option SATA port multiplier 3:
Suitable for all situations where rear I/O SATA across J2 is required, either for back panel connectors and/or system internal SATA connectors, by means of a rear I/O transition module. Also useful in a scenario where one CE4-PIANO acts as a five port SATA master controller, with up to five bare CE4-PIANO cards as satellites (or slaves), equipped with a SATA drive only. A custom specific J2 SATA backplane will be needed in addition, with the CE4-PIANO master card working as SATA hub.

Most stuffing options mentioned are concurrently available. However, the maximum SATA data throughput is significantly limited by the CPCI backplane bandwidth. Hence, the maximum number of 16 SATA ports on a CE4-PIANO is merely provided for system flexibility.

• 3U Single Size Eurocard (100x160mm²)
• Front panel width 4HP (20.3mm)

• 32-bit J1
• 33/66MHz
• Suitable for CPCI backplanes with +5V or +3.3V VIO (J1 w/o key)

• PCI to SATA controller SiI3114, quad-port
• Up to 3 x SATA port multiplier SiI3726, one port to five-port expander each

• 3 x eSATA Receptacles available from front panel, derived from SATA port multiplier 1
• Individual F/P control LEDs green=link orange=activity

• Up to 5 SATA latching connectors in total
• 2 channels from SATA port multiplier 1
• 3 channels from SATA port multiplier 2
• Option on-board 2.5-inch SATA drive (connector directly wired to SiI3114 SATA controller)
• Option mezzanine storage module C20-SATA (1 or 2 drives), requires SATA port multiplier 2

• Option 5 port J2 rear I/O SATA channels, requires SATA port multiplier 3
• Additional rear I/O SATA port for satellite board configuration (slave mode, CE4-PIANO equipped with a disk drive only)

• RAID Firmware as supplied from Silicon Image
• BIOS Flash tool

Environmental Conditions

• Operating temperature: 0°C ... +70°C (hard disk option: tbd)
• Storage temperature: -40°C ... +85°C, max. gradient 5°C/min
• Humidity 5% ... 95% RH non condensing
• Altitude -300m ... +3000m
• Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
• Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz

• EN55022, EN55024, EN60950-1 (UL60950-1/IEC60950-1)
• 2002/95/EC (RoHS)