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7 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: OSS 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. 1m and 2m cable
lengths are selected at order time.
4.
What length is the host cable?
Answer: Both 1m and 2m cable lengths are supported.
5.
How many boards are supported in the expansion chassis?
Answer: For the ExpressBox 3450, up to 5 peripherals are supported. For double wide (GPU) usage, up to 4 GPUs are supported.
6.
What types of GPUs are supported?
Answer: Any PCI Express supported GPU may be used. The ExpressBox 3450 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 a N+1 redundant cooling fan. 2 fans are supplied, each with 185 cfm.
8.
Are there any imitations to the types of boards that can be used in the ExpressBox 3450?
Answer: Although optimized for double wide GPU modules, any PCI Express board may be used within the system. The ExpressBox
3450 support Gen 3, Gen 2 and Gen 1 boards of any data width (x1/x4/x8/x16).
9.
What size is the dimension?
Answer: The enclosure is 8.5” Wide x 7.25” High (4U) x 20” Deep high (4U).
10.
How are the power supplies configured?
Answer: Up to 2 1200W hot swappable AC input PSUs may be configured, for a total of 2400W redundant at 120V. The PSUs are
rated for 1500W at 240V operation, for a total of up to 3000W.
11.
How many PCI Auxiliary cables are provided for peripheral/GPU use?
Answer:
9 (6+2 pin) PCIe Auxiliary
power connectors.
12.
Can I use iPass cable?
Answer: The EB3450 x16 host card is Gen3 and it has different cable ports and will NOT accept an i-Pass cable. The x16 Gen2 Host
card can be used with the EB3450 chassis but performance will train down to Gen2
13.
How many Fans are available? What is the CFM of the fan?
Answer: Two replaceable fans. Each fan 185 CFM.
14.
What is Express IO Manager Ethernet interface ?
Answer: Express I/O Manager provides an Ethernet interface to monitor the status of the components on the backplane and the
items in the chassis from any location with either direct or Internet access via SNMP (simple network management protocol). The
following may be monitored/selected via the Express Manager Software. Traps may be configured to alarm at specified threshold
values.
Internal Temperature monitoring
Fan speed adjustment
Clear Alarm button monitoring
Power Supply #1 Status
Power Supply #2 Status