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USER MANUAL

PXIe-8238

Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Peripheral Module

This document provides reference information for PXI Express and the PXIe-8238 module.

Contents

Electromagnetic Compatibility Guidelines...............................................................................1
Related Documentation.............................................................................................................2
PXI Express Features................................................................................................................ 2

Benefits of PXI Express....................................................................................................2

PXIe-8238 Overview................................................................................................................ 3

Functional Overview.........................................................................................................3
Functional Description......................................................................................................3
National Instruments Software..........................................................................................4

Specifications............................................................................................................................ 5

Features............................................................................................................................. 5
Front Panel Dimensions.................................................................................................... 5
Electrical........................................................................................................................... 6
Physical............................................................................................................................. 7
Environmental...................................................................................................................7
Shock and Vibration..........................................................................................................8
Safety................................................................................................................................ 8

SFP+ Connectors Pinout......................................................................................................... 10
Worldwide Support and Services............................................................................................ 12

Electromagnetic Compatibility Guidelines

This product was tested and complies with the regulatory requirements and limits for
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) stated in the product specifications. These requirements
and limits provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the product is
operated in the intended operational electromagnetic environment.

This product is intended for use in industrial locations. However, harmful interference may
occur in some installations, when the product is connected to a peripheral device or test object,
or if the product is used in residential or commercial areas. To minimize interference with
radio and television reception and prevent unacceptable performance degradation, install and
use this product in strict accordance with the instructions in the product documentation.

Furthermore, any modifications to the product not expressly approved by National Instruments
could void your authority to operate it under your local regulatory rules.

Summary of Contents for PXIe-8238

Page 1: ...limits for electromagnetic compatibility EMC stated in the product specifications These requirements and limits provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the product is operated...

Page 2: ...C industry has improved the available bus bandwidth by evolving PCI to PCI Express PXI is now able to meet even more application needs by integrating PCI Express into the PXI standard By taking advant...

Page 3: ...ch to a PXI Express system via a high bandwidth low latency PXI Express backplane Gen2 x8 link With the 10Gb Ethernet it allows offloading data from a PXI Express system to an external storage solutio...

Page 4: ...ing user interfaces a complete ANSI C environment for building your test program logic and a collection of automated code generation tools as well as utilities for building automated test systems moni...

Page 5: ...x and support for more than two hundred devices on Linux with the NI DAQmx driver you now can create Virtual Instruments based on the Linux OS The NI VISA driver for Linux has improved instrument cont...

Page 6: ...6 02 mm 2 645 in 67 17 mm 2 296 in 58 32 mm 1 948 in 49 47 mm 0 000 in 0 00 mm 0 249 in 6 33 mm 0 612 in 15 54 mm NI PXIe 8238 ETH 0 LINK ACT LINK ACT SPEED SPEED ETH 1 Electrical Power Rail Typical V...

Page 7: ...tal Operating Environment Ambient temperature range 0 C to 55 C Tested in accordance with IEC 60068 2 1 and IEC 60068 2 2 Relative humidity range 10 to 90 noncondensing Tested in accordance with IEC 6...

Page 8: ...of the following EMC standards for electrical equipment for measurement control and laboratory use EN 61326 1 IEC 61326 1 Class A emissions Basic immunity EN 55011 CISPR 11 Group 1 Class A emissions E...

Page 9: ...ize Our Environmental Impact web page at ni com environment This page contains the environmental regulations and directives with which NI complies as well as other environmental information not includ...

Page 10: ...TD VeeT VeeR RS1 Rx_LOS RSO MOD_ABS SCL Tx_Disable SDA Tx_Fault VeeT 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 20 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Table 1 SFP Connector Signals Pin Symbol Name Description 1 VeeT Module Transmit...

Page 11: ...Receiver Ground 15 VccR Module Receiver 3 3 V Supply 16 VccT Module Transmitter 3 3 V Supply 17 VeeT Module Transmitter Ground 18 TD Transmitter Non Inverted Data Input 19 TD Transmitter Inverted Dat...

Page 12: ...hone support outside the United States visit the Worldwide Offices section of ni com niglobal to access the branch office websites which provide up to date contact information support phone numbers em...

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