Magma's ExpressBox 16 is the simplest solution to seamlessly increase the number of PCI Express® slots available to your server or workstation. ExpressBox 16 expands one host PCIe® slot to sixteen slots by extending PCI Express signals over a high-bandwidth x8 or x16 connection to an external Magma enclosure.

ExpressBox 16 consists of a pair of interface cards (x8 or x16) an iPass cable and a 4U rack-mount expansion chassis. The Magma expansion chassis is automatically configured by the System BIOS with the expansion slots appearing transparently on the host computer.

Benefits:

• Industrial solution for adding up to sixteen PCI Express slots to one computer
• Attach full-length PCI Express cards computers with limited card space
• Daisy chain or fan out multiple expansion chassis to one computer
• Low profile host card allows for easy installation in low profile computers

• Easy "Plug and Play" installation
• Supports peer-to-peer transfers between cards in the expansion chassis to provide full bandwidth potential among I/O cards
• LEDs on backplane indicate: active link speed (Gen 1 or Gen 2) partial or complete lane training
• Industrial 4U rack-mount enclosure
• Four dedicated cooling fans with thermistor-controlled fan speeds to reduce unnecessary noise
• Multiple power supply options with auxiliary power connectors to support cards requiring more than 75 Watts

• Sixteen Slot PCI Express Expansion System
• Card Hold Down Bar
• Cooling Fans
• Power Supply
• PCI Express Card Slot Openings
• Interconnect To Computer
• Power Cord Socket
• 3m iPass Cable
• PCI Express Link Cards

Technology

• PCI Express Bus Specification Revision 2.0
• PCI Bridge Architecture Revision 1.2
• PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3

Backplane
EB16-BX8

• (17) PCI Express slots
• 1 slot dedicated for host link card
• 14 slots x8 PCIe
• 2 slots x16 PCIe

Cable

• 3-meter iPass

Interconnect Bandwidth

• 40Gbps (PCIe x8 Link Gen 2)
• 80Gbps (PCIe x16 Link Gen 2)

Host Card Power Consumption
x8 PCIe

• 1.2A @ +3.3V (3.96 watts)

x16 PCIe

• 1.5A @ +3.3V (5 watts)

System Cooling

• (4) 77 CFM Fans - Hot Swappable

Power Supply

• 850 Watt 1700 Watt or 850 Watt Redundant
• 100-240 VAC 47-63 Hz Power Input
• 12V @ 60Amps
• 3.3V @ 33 Amps

MTBF
850W standard power supply

• 185600 hours

1700W dual standard power supply

• 106600 hours

850W redundant power supply

• 720000 hours

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows
• Mac OS X
• Linux
• Solaris