Magma ExpressBox4 - 4 Slot PCI Express® Expansion System

Cost Effective Solution for Expanding I/O Capacity

Magma ExpressBox⁴ is a PCI Express to PCI Express Expansion chassis system that provides a simple, cost-effective solution for expanding the available PCI Express slots of workstations, servers and laptops. This allows for significant cost savings to organizations since it eliminates the need to invest in new computer hardware in order to be able to accommodate the growing need for I/O expandability.

Optimal Setup for Enhancing PCI Express I/O Capabilities

ExpressBox⁴ expansion solution provides 4 full-length PCI Express slots. This is a stand alone chassis in an industry standard enclosure with its own power supply. As an option, the PCI Express slots are equipped to be hot swappable. This chassis allows the flexibility to seamlessly expand I/O capabilities of servers and workstations utilizing the built-in transparency of PCI Express architecture.

Endless Application Options

ExpressBox⁴ is the box of choice when augmenting Blade Server capabilities by adding Blade compute engines built around ExpressBox⁴.

ExpressBox⁴ satisfies the ever increasing requirements of PCI Express I/O fabric in servers that capitalize on inherent PCI Express architecture for I/O virtualizations and workstations that implement VMware.

ExpressBox⁴ provides the basis for ‘carrier grade’ communication equipment built around the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA).

ExpressBox4 can accommodate up to 4 DSP PCI Express cards with a MacPro or MacBook Pro providing users with the capability to achieve full track counts in this configuration.

Easy Installation

ExpressBox⁴consists of a PCI Express Host Card, a cable and a chassis. Magma’s ExpressBox⁴ is automatically configured by the System BIOS making all of the slots transparent to the host computer.

Benefits

• Industrial solution for adding up to 4 PCI Express cards to one computer
• Allows for attachment to full-length PCI Express cards to computers with limited card space
• Power to individual PCI Express slots can be selectively turned off without powering down entire system
• Low profile host card allows for easy installation in low profile computers
• Supports peer to peer transfers between cards in slots