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Chapter 1 Introduction
General Specifications
The Magma 4 Slot PCI to PCI Expansion System is a general-purpose
bus expansion chassis for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
local bus. The expansion chassis is fully compliant with the PCI Local
Bus Specification. The PCI expansion system consists of an expansion
bus cable (a shielded, high-speed cable), an expansion interface card,
an expansion motherboard and a rack-mount enclosure with a power
supply.
Item
Description
Backplane:
4 PCI slots (supports full or short-length PCI cards)
Enclosure:
19" Rack-mount Standard with drive bays
Dimensions:
(2U) 10" W x 2.570" H x 15.144" D
Weight:
5.3lbs or 2.40 kg
Construction
Aluminum and Steel
Cooling:
Two 13.2 CFM fans
Power Supply:
550W Silencer (auto-switching)
Standard Cable:
1-meter
MTBF:
100,000 hours
PCI Bus:
32-bit /33Mhz
PCI Local Bus
Specification:
Revision 2.2
PCI Bridge
Architecture Spec:
Revision 1.1
Interconnect
Bandwidth:
132 MB/sec (Theoretical Max. of PCI 33/32)
Operating
Environment:
0
º
to 50
º
C Operating Temperature
-20
º
to 60
º
C Storage Temperature
5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista/XP/2000/Server 2003
Mac OS X Version 10.4.x +
Linux Kernel 2.6.x +
Warranty:
1 Year Return to Factory
Available Options:
1.5-meter cable (PN: SUBCBL1.5HF)
PCI Host Card: for desktops (PN: PCIHIF68)
PCI Express Host Card for desktops (PN: PEHIFX1)
CardBus Host Card for laptops (PN CBH1F)
ExpressCard/54 or 34 for laptops (EC54 or EC34)
Pre-Installation Information
Before using the Magma expansion chassis you should perform the
following steps:
•
Inventory the shipping carton contents for all of the required parts