Paper Title: Using Universal Backplane Management (SFF-TA-1005) to enable Tri-Mode Backplanes

Paper Abstract: UBM is a recently released standard from SNIA SFF for the management of SAS, SATA, and NVMe backplanes by storage controllers, chipsets, and switches. UBM provides a single industry standard design mechanism for backplanes to interoperate with the storage ecosystem in a single self-describing standard way reducing costs and development time within storage partner ecosystems. This session will serve to educate what the specification is, discus example backplane applications, and showcase how the UBM controller supports a range of host based interfaces.

Paper Author: Jeff Plank, Technical Director, Microsemi a Microchip Company

Author Bio: Jeff Plank joined Microsemi / Microchip as a Technical Director for RAID Solutions in January 2016. Jeff is the architect of the encryption RAID product portfolio for the Scalable Storage Business Unit, specializing in encryption for data at rest, secure products, and FIPS compliancy. Jeff has 20 years of storage related experience and holds key patents for encryption technology included in the Microsemi product offerings. Prior to joining Microsemi, Jeff began his career at Compaq Computer Corporation, followed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and PMC-Sierra. Jeff holds a Master of Software Engineering degree from Texas A&M University.