Expansion for Sun Blade Modular Systems
No Other Blades Can Keep Up
Magma launches industry’s first Express Module used to support Expansion Blade Chassis to augment the Sun Blade Modular Systems.
Magma’s EMX8 Host PCI Express Module connects to a family of Magma Expansion Blade Chassis via an iPass cable.
Magma offers a complete range of Expansion Blade Chassis for the PCI Express and PCI-X I/O fabric that allows the integration of any COTS I/O card.
Features and Benefits
• The ExpressModule is the enabler for attachment to a variety of Magma’s Blade Expansion Chassis
• ExpressModule (x8) Host connects to a family of Magma Blade Expansion Chassis via an iPass cable
• Magma offers a complete range of Blade Expansion Chassis for the PCI Express and PCI-X I/O fabric that allows the integration of any COTS I/O cards
• Allows customers to augment their I/O functional needs as well as add Blade compute engines without additional Blade Servers
• Each Magma Expansion chassis supports some or all of the following feature sets: Hot Swap capability, redundant power, and space for additional Hard Drives
Specifications
Conformance
ExpressModule Electromechanical Specification 1.0
Supports Hot Insertion/Removal
Front Panel LED Displays
LEDA Attention Indication
LED B Power Indication
DIP Switch
ON x4 Lane Traffic
OFF x8 Lane Traffic
Attention Switch
Module Attention Button
Hardware Requirements
Sun Blade 6000 Modular System
Sun Blade 6048 Modular System
Sun Blade 8000 Modular System
Physical Characteristics
Length 170mm (6.69 inches)
Width 21.5mm (0.85 inches)
Height 112mm (4.41 inches)
Power Requirements
Power Consumption
4.26W RMS typical
6.02W maximum
DC Voltage
+12V 0.42A maximum
+3.3V 0.28A maximum
Environmental
Ambient Temperature 0º to 50º C
Storage Temperature -20º to 60º C
Relative Humidity: 5% to 85% non-condensing
MTBF
53,000 Hours
Regulatory Compliance
FCC Class A Verified
CE Certified
UL/CIL Listed
RoHS Compliant
Supported Operating Systems
Solaris 10 01/07 Operation System
SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0_u4
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0_u3
Windows Server 2003+
Warranty
30 day money back guarantee
1 year return to factory
Expansion Blade Chassis
Magma offers a complete range of Expansion Blade Chassis for the PCI Express and PCI-X I/O fabric that allows the integration of any COTS I/O card.
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For 2 Slot PCI Express Blade Expansion (1U form factor) |
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For 4 slot PCI Express Blade Expansion (1U form factor) |
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For 4 slot PCI Express Blade Expansion (2U form factor) |
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For 6 slot PCI-X Blade Expansion (4U form factor) |
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For 7 slot PCI Express Blade Expansion (4U form factor) |
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For 7 Slot PCI Express Blade Expansion (4U form factor) |
Installation Guide, Warranty, Terms and Conditions
