Magma EB7-x8, EB7R-x8, EBU user manual Introduction, General Specifications

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Chapter 1 Introduction

General Specifications

The Magma 7 Slot PCI Express® to PCI Express® Expansion System (Model EB7-x8) 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, a rack-mount enclosure containing a 7 slot PCIe expansion backplane, a power supply, and cooling fans. The EB7-x8 can be easily transformed into a host computer with 8 slots when a Root Complex card is installed in place of the expansion interface card in the chassis.

Item		Description
ƒ	Host Card:	Low Profile PCI Express x8 (8 lane)
ƒ	Backplane:	7 PCIe slots, 1 PCIe upstream or Root Complex
		slot
ƒ	Enclosure:	4U Black Rack-mount (All Steel)
ƒ	Dimensions:	19" W x 7" H x 17.7" D
ƒ	Weight:	24 lb or 11.804 kg
ƒ	Standard Cable Length:	3-meter iPass cable
ƒ	PCI Express Bus Specification	Revision 1.1
ƒ	PCI Local Bus Specification:	Revision 2.3
ƒ	PCI Bridge Architecture Spec:	Revision 1.2
ƒ	Interconnect Bandwidth:	4000 MB/sec or 4 GB/sec or 40 Gbps
ƒ	Cooling:	One 85.2 CFM fan
		One fan in power supply
ƒ	Power Supply:	Model EB7-x8 includes an auto-switching 500W
		supply
ƒ	MTBF:	53,000 hours
ƒ	Operating Environment:	0º to 50º C Operating Temperature
		-20ºto 60º C Storage Temperature
		5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing
ƒ	Operating Systems:	Windows XP/2000/Server 2003/Vista
		Mac OS X version 10.4.x +
		Red Hat Linux 9, Linux Kernel 2.6+
		Solaris and Open Solaris 2008.05
ƒ	Warranty:	1 Year Return to Factory
ƒ	Available Options:	ƒ	7-meter cable (PN: SUBCBL7IP)
		ƒ	Disk Drive Cage for up to seven 3.5”
			internal disk drives (PN: RDRIVECAGE)
		ƒ	PCIe card hold down kit (PN: RCHD7)
		ƒ	Rack-mount slide kit (PN: RSLIDES-XX)

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