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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

 

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Host Card:

Low Profile PCI Express x8 host card

 

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Backplane:

2 PCIe slots (expandable to 4 or more by

 

 

 

chaining chases)

 

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Enclosure:

1U Rack-mount

 

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Dimensions:

14.26" W x 1.735" H x 16.41" D

 

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Weight:

5.2lbs or 2.40 kg

 

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Standard Cable Length:

3-meter iPass cable

 

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PCI Express Bus Specification

Revision 1.1

 

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PCI Local Bus Specification:

Revision 2.3

 

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PCI Bridge Architecture Spec:

Revision 1.2

 

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Interconnect Bandwidth:

4000 MB/sec or 4 GByte/sec

 

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Cooling:

Three 20mmx40mm, 12VDC, 6 CFM fans

 

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Power Supply:

200W auto-switching power supply

 

 

 

 

 

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MTBF:

53,000 hours

 

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Operating Environment:

0º to 50º C Operating Temperature

 

 

 

-20ºto 60º C Storage Temperature

 

 

 

5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing

 

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Operating Systems:

Windows XP/2000/Server 2003/Vista

 

 

 

Mac OS X version 10.4.x +

 

 

 

Red Hat Linux 9

 

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Warranty:

1 Year Return to Factory

 

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Available Options:

Hi Speed, 13.2 CFM Fan (PN:01-05052-01)

 

 

 

 

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