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EB3600-P | Chapter 9 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Chapter 9 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1.
What is the size of the PCI Express Host Card?
Answer: The host interface is standard half height/half length. Length: 7 inches (17.78 cm) Height:
2.25 inches (5.72 cm)
2.
Does the host card contain an onboard switch?
Answer: The host interface card uses low latency retimers (no switch) for cable interfacing,
resulting in a lower latency than competitive switch based solutions.
3.
What is the cable interface?
Answer: Magma has designed a special Gen 3 cable with improved signaling characteristics over
previous generation cables. This x8 or x16 cable interface allows true 0 bit error rate transmission for
ultimate performance at Gen 3 signaling rates.
4.
What length is the host cable?
Answer: The initial release cable will be 1 meter
5.
How many boards are supported in the expansion chassis?
Answer: For the ExpressBox 3600-10, up to 10 peripherals are supported. For double wide (GPU)
usage, up to 9 GPUs are supported). For the ExpressBox 3600-5, up to 5 peripherals or GPUs are
supported.
6.
What types of GPUs are supported?
Answer: Any PCI Express supported GPU may be used. The ExpressBox 3600 supports NVIDIA Tesla,
GeForce and Quadro GPUs and full access to all GPUs is provided at the rear of the chassis. AMD
FirePro and Intel Phi co-processors are supported
7.
What type of cooling is provided for peripheral boards?
Answer: The chassis provides N+ 1 redundant cooling fan. 4 fans are supplied, each with 175 cfm.
8.
Are there any imitations to the types of boards that can be used in the ExpressBox 3600?
Answer: Although optimized for double wide GPU modules, any PCI Express board may be used
within the system. The ExpressBox 3600 support Gen 3, Gen 2 and Gen 1 boards of any data width
(x1/x4/x8/x16)
9.
What size is the enclosure?
Answer: The enclosure is 16.8” (42.7 cm) wide x 22.125 (56.2cm) deep x 7” (17.8 cm) high (4U)
10.
How are the power supplies configured?
Answer: Up to 4 1200W replaceable AC input PSUs may be configured, for a total of 4800W, or
3600W at N+1 redundant
11.
How many PCI Aux cables are provided for peripheral/GPU use?
Answer: Nine pairs of PCI AUX cables are supplied with the system, with each slot being supported
by two 8-pin PCI AUX connectors. Total cable pairs: 18.
12.
Can I use iPass cable?
Answer: The EB3600-P x16 host card is Gen3 and it has different cable ports and will NOT accept
i-Pass cable. The x16Gen2 host card can be used with the EB3600-P chassis but performance will
train down to Gen2.
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