Keysight M9037A PXIe, Startup Manual

Keysight M9037A PXIe Embedded Controller Startup Guide

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Controller Operating System

Controller Operating System

Your M9037A comes with the Microsoft Windows operating system pre-installed 

along with the latest version of Keysight's IO Libraries Suite. This section provides 

some general system configuration and preventative maintenance procedures 

that you, the customer, are responsible for. In general, the M9037A operates as 

any other PC, including remote desktop access.
The Windows operating system supplied with your M9037A is licensed for use on 

the hard drive mounted to the controller. If the hard drive is replaced, it may be 

your responsibility to purchase or relicense the operating system.

M9018 PXIe Chassis PCIe Link Configuration

This discussion is applicable when using the M9037A in an M9018A or M9018B 

PXIe Chassis. It does not apply for use with the M9019A or M9010A PXIe chassis, 

because they have a fixed configuration of 1x8 and 1x16 for their PCIe Link fabric.

PCIe link configuration

 refers to how the PXIe chassis PCIe Switch Fabric is 

configured to connect PCI Express signals between slot 1, the system controller 

slot, and the other chassis slots. For a review of the supported PCIe link 

configurations, please refer to the 

PXIe Chassis Family User Guide

 (available 

from the Windows 

Start

 button, then look under Keysight). 

For a detailed graphics, explaining the operation of the chassis PCIe data paths, 

see the 

Keysight PXIe Chassis Interactive Block Diagram

 at 

www.keysight.com/find/pxi-blockdiagram

.

Keysight’s M9037A embedded controller can boot and run with all of the PCIe 

switch fabric configurations supported by the M9018 chassis. The supported 

switch fabric configurations are:

- 1x8 Configuration 

— Referred to as 1x8, this configuration provides one x8 link 

from the M9037A embedded controller to the PCIe switch fabric. While the 

1x8 configuration will work with the M9037A, it is better suited for use with 

the M9021A system module which supports 8 PCIe lanes.

- 2x8 Configuration - 

Referred to as 2x8, this configuration provides two x8 links 

from the M9037A embedded controller to the PCIe switch fabric. The two x8 

links provide the highest performance I/O to the 18 chassis slots; therefore, 

the 2x8 configuration is recommended for use with the M9037A.

The default Administrator password is 

Keysight4u!

Keysight recommends that you change the password.