SSI
ERP2U Power Supply Design Guide, V2.31
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STATUS
Required
PWOK is a power OK signal and will be pulled HIGH by the power supply to indicate that all the outputs are within
the regulation limits of the power supply. When any output voltage falls below regulation limits or when AC power
has been removed for a time sufficiently long so that power supply operation is no longer guaranteed, PWOK will
be deasserted to a LOW state. See Figure 4 for a representation of the timing characteristics of PWOK. The
start of the PWOK delay time shall be inhibited as long as any power supply output is in current limit.
Table 30: PWOK Signal Characteristics
Signal Type +5V TTL Compatible output signal
PWOK = High Power OK
PWOK = Low Power Not OK
MIN MAX
Logic level low voltage, Isink = 4 mA 0 V 0.4 V
Logic level high voltage, Isource=200 μA2.4 V 5.25 V
PWOK delay: Tpwok_on 200 ms 1000 ms
PWOK rise and fall time 100 μs
Power down delay: T pwok_off 1 ms
8.3 SMBus Communication STATUS
Optional
The serial bus communication devices for PSMI and FRU data in the power supply shall be compatible with both
SMBus 2.0 ‘high power’ and I2C Vdd based power and drive. This bus shall operate at 3.3V but tolerant of 5V
signaling. The SMBus pull-ups are located on the motherboard and may be connected to 3.3V or 5V.
Two pins are allocated on the power supply. One pin is the Serial Clock (PSM Clock). The second pin is used for
Serial Data (PSM Data). Both pins are bi-directional and are used to form a serial bus. The device(s) in the
power supply shall be located at an address(s) determined by addressing pins A0 and A1 on the power supply
module. The circuits inside the power supply shall derive their power from the 5VSB bus. Device(s) shall be
powered from the system side of the 5VSB or’ing device. No pull-up resistors shall be on SCL or SDA inside the
power supply. These pull-up resistors should be located external to the power supply.
8.4 Power Supply Management Interface STATUS
Optional
The PSMI device in the power supply shall derive its power off of the 5VSB output on the system side of the or’ing
device and grounded to ReturnS. It shall be located at an address set by the A0 and A1 pins. Refer to the PSMI
specification posted on the www.ssiforum.org website for details on the Power Supply Monitoring Interface
requirements. PSMI is a SMBus interface used to communicate power management information to the system.