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X1012 User Guide

Overview

The X1012 NVMe+POE shield is specifically designed to offer a reliable power source and enhance storage capabilities for the Raspberry Pi 5.

POE (Power Over Ethernet) refers to the ability to provide DC power for IP-based network devices while transmitting data signals at the same time without affecting the standard Ethernet cabling infrastructure.

With its sleek and compact design, this shield allows for easy attachment of various M.2 SSD lengths (including 2280, 2260, 2242, and 2230) to your Raspberry Pi 5. It supports booting the operating system from your SSD, leading to quicker application launches, web serving, and file copying.

Important Notes

NVMe SSD Incompatibility List

We recommend avoiding the following NVMe SSD drives which is equipped with a Phison controller due to their proven incompatibility:

These specific models have demonstrated compatibility issues, and it is advisable to avoid them when considering NVMe SSD options for the X10xx series NVMe shield. You can run "lspci" command to check the controller brand of the SSD.

We confirm that the following SSDs are incompatible:

  • Micron 2200 256GB M.2 NVMe Gen3 x4, MODEL: MTFDHBA256TCH, The SSD is recognized but I cannot boot from it.

Also note:

  • Compatible with M.2 NVMe SSDs only, Not compatible with M.2 SATA SSDs, M.2 PCIe AHCI SSDs, or other M.2 non-NVMe devices
  • Older NVMe drives with less efficient flash media may not perform as well as newer drives
  • New NVMe SSDs are not partitioned and will need to be both partitioned and formatted when first connected to the Raspberry Pi before they will be accessed in the Explorer.
  • We get feedback from customers that Polaris Controller will also have compatibility problems. Please replace the other SSD test if it not work, whether it is compatible with the Raspberry Pi 5 does not depend on the X100X series boards
  • NVMEs using the MAP1202 controller may not support PCIe Gen 2, and must be forced to enable PCIe Gen 3 in order to be recognised. This is due to the fact that the controller is not backward compatible with PCIe Gen 2, and NVMEs using this controller will have compatibility issues, and are not recommended for use. Can refer to https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/644984347


PS: There is also feedback from buyers that even NVME SSDs with Phison controller are supported after updating the latest firmware. Please refer to go to: X1001#comment-4638

Features

For use with

Raspberry Pi 5

Key Features

POE

  • PoE Supported – Power over Ethernet for simplified installation
  • Fully isolated switched-mode power supply
  • Compatible with 802.3af/at Specifications
  • Supports 48V Auxiliary Adapter Supply
  • Input voltage: 37–57V DC, Class 4 device
  • Output power: 5VDC / 5A

NVMe

  • Accommodates various M.2 NVMe SSD form factors, including 2280, 2260, 2242, and 2230
  • Supports operating system booting from your SSD
  • Offers fast data transfer speeds with PCIe 2.0 5Gbps / PCIe 3.0 8Gbps
  • Does not compromise cooling performance and is fully compatible with the official active cooler
  • Features a blue LED indicator that displays power and drive status
  • Equipped with an integrated high-efficiency DC/DC step-down converter, providing up to 5A of power for your SSD
Technical Specification

Power supply: 35-57VDC powering over Ethernet or 40-57Vdc via Auxiliary power jack

Ports & Connectors:

  • PCIe connector - 16-pin pitch0.5mm
  • SSD connector - M.2 KEY-M 67P
  • AUX power jack - 5.5x2.1mm, Center positive(+)

PCIe cable length: 30mm

PCB Size: 87mm x 56mm

Matching Case

X1012 is compatible with P579-V2 case, though the case doesn't reserved port for the DC power of X1012. Because X1012 support POE, and DC jack is just an auxiliary power jack that non-essential.


User Manual

Hardware Installation


How to make it work

You need to do some configuration based on the current OS before the SSD can work, which is a basic requirement for RPi 5.

  1. Enable PCIe to make nvme ssd work, please refer to NVMe SSD boot with the Raspberry Pi 5
  2. Run the following command to tell the Pi that the X1012 POE is capable of 5A, so the USB current will get the full 1.6A
sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e
Add PSU_MAX_CURRENT=5000 at the end of the file that reads like this:

Press Ctrl-O, then enter, to write the change to the file.
Press Ctrl-X to exit nano (the editor).
Reboot your Raspberry Pi 5 to make the change take effect.

Introduction to Implementing Auxiliary Power on POE

Packing List

  • 1 x X1012 V1.2 NVMe with POE shield
  • 2 x PCIe FFC (30mm length, Provides a backup)
  • 10 x M2.5*5mm screws
  • 4 x M2.5*19mm F/F Spacer
  • 1 x M2.5* 7mm F/F Spacer (And two M2.5*5 screws to fix the 2230/2242/2260 SSDs)
  • 1 x CM2x3mm screw (sliver color, to fix 2280 SSD only)


Test & Reviews

Test Conditions

  • System board details: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 , 4G RAM
  • Interface board details: X1012 POE+NVMe Shield
  • Operation system: Raspberry Pi OS with desktop (Debian12 (bookworm), 64bit, Release date: October 10th 2023)
  • Storage details: Netac N930E-PRO M.2 NVMe 128GB


Testing the SSD speed from command line with dd

  1. To test the write speed, writing 1 GB of data in 10 blocks of 100 MB.
  2. To test the read speed, use dd to read our entire TestingFile file generated from the last command, in 10 blocks of 100 MB each.


Run at PCIe 2.0



Run at PCIe 3.0


As seen above, the final results with the dd command are:

  • Write speed: 389 MB/s at PCIe 2.0, 377MB/s at PCIe 2.0
  • Read speed: 730 MB/s at PCie 2.0, 700MB/s at PCIe 3.0


Testing disk drive read speed with hdparm

Run at PCIe 2.0, average read rate: 432 MB/s (3 samples)


Run at PCIe 3.0, average read rate: 849.5 MB/s (3 samples)


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