Adaptable redriver design on drive backplane with universal backplane management controller

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

• detecting an event corresponding to a system powering up or a storage device being inserted into the backplane;
• in response to detecting the event, obtaining configuration information associated with a physical topology of the backplane, wherein the configuration information is associated with at least one of:
• a first bus between a storage controller and a redriver;
• a second bus between the redriver and the storage device;
• the backplane;
• and
• the storage device;
• searching, in a data structure based on the configuration information, for an optimized setting for the redriver;
• and
• activating, based on the optimized setting, the redriver by enhancing signals received via the first bus from the storage controller and sent via the second bus to the storage device and by enhancing signals received via the second bus from the storage device and sent via the first bus to the storage controller, thereby facilitating enhancement of signal integrity between the storage components in the backplane.

A backplane apparatus, comprising:

• a universal backplane management (UBM) controller component;
• a storage controller component;
• a redriver component;
• and
• a storage device,
• the UBM controller component to:
• detect an event corresponding to a system powering up or a storage device being inserted into the backplane;
• in response to detecting the event, obtain configuration information associated with a physical topology of the backplane, wherein the configuration information is associated with at least one of:
• a first bus between the storage controller component and the redriver component;
• a second bus between the redriver component and the storage device;
• the backplane;
• and
• the storage device;
• search, in a data structure based on the configuration information, for an optimized setting for the redriver component;
• and
• activate, based on the optimized setting, the redriver component by enhancing signals received via the first bus from the storage controller component and sent via the second bus to the storage device and by enhancing signals received via the second bus from the storage device and sent via the first bus to the storage controller component, thereby facilitating enhancement of signal integrity between the storage components in the backplane.