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Chapter 1 Introduction

General Specifications

The Magma 2 Slot PCI Express® to PCI Express® Expansion System is
a general-purpose bus expansion chassis for the Peripheral Component
Interconnect Express (PCIe) local bus. The expansion chassis is fully
compliant with the PCI Express Local Bus Specification. This system
consists of a PCI Express host card, a 3-meter iPass cable, the 2-slot
PCIe expansion chassis and a set of rack-mount brackets.
Item Description
Host Card: Low Profile PCI Express x8 host card
Backplane: 2 PCIe slots (expandable to 4 or more by
chaining chases)
Enclosure: 1U Rack-mount
Dimensions: 14.26" W x 1.735" H x 16.41" D
Weight: 5.2lbs or 2.40 kg
Standard Cable Length: 3-meter iPass cable
PCI Express Bus Specification Revision 1.1
PCI Local Bus Specification: Revision 2.3
PCI Bridge Architecture Spec: Revision 1.2
Interconnect Bandwidth: 4000 MB/sec or 4 GByte/sec
Cooling: Three 20mmx40mm, 12VDC, 6 CFM fans
Power Supply: 200W auto-switching power supply
MTBF: 53,000 hours
Operating Environment: 0º to 50º C Operating Temperature
-20º to 60º C Storage Temperature
5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing
Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/Server 2003/Vista
Mac OS X version 10.4.x +
Red Hat Linux 9
Warranty: 1 Year Return to Factory
Available Options:
Hi Speed, 13.2 CFM Fan (PN:01-05052-01)