S31: 64 GT/s PCIe Gen 3 Over Fiber Optic Expansion System
The S31 Gen3 64GT/s PCIe Expansion System allows operation of 4 PCIe x1, x4, x8, or x16 Gen1/Gen2/Gen3 add-in cards over fiber optic cable at distances up to 500 meters from the host computer system. No additional programming and drivers are required. Any PCI Express cards can be used, including audio, video, graphics, USB, FireWire, SATA, data-acquisition, and network cards.
S31
R34
H18
QSFP Cable
Features
- Backplane with 4 PCIe Gen 3 x16 slots supporting the following configurations:
- slot 1: 1 port x4, 1 port x8, 2 ports x4
- slot 2: 1 port x4, disabled when slot 1 uses 8 lanes
- slot 3: 1 port x8, 1 port x16, 2 ports x4, 2 ports x8, 4 ports x4
- slot 4: 1 port x8, 2 ports x4, disabled when slot 3 uses 16 lanes
- Slots support bifurcation and hot-plug
- 32 or 64 GT/s data rate over fiber optic using 4 or 8 PCIe Gen 3 lanes
- Optical isolation
- Standard pluggable QSFP+ transceivers, AOCs and DACs
- Digital monitor and diagnostics via Ethernet port
- Backplane can be mounted in any standard ATX or microATX case
- Configurable fan profiles
- Operating temperature: -40° to +85° C
Cable type and length
- Single cable routes 4 PCIe Gen 3 lanes with 32 Gb/s data rate
- Cable Types:
- QSFP AOC
- QSFP DAC
- MPO/MPT
- LC-LC (4 PCIe lanes optically multiplexed into a single cable)
- Fiber Optic Rotary Joint (FORJ)
- Multi-mode AOC cable length:
- up to 100 m
- LC-LC multi-mode fiber optic cable length:
- OM1 up to 40 m
- OM2 up to 100 m
- OM3 up to 350 m
- OM4 up to 550 m
- LC-LC single-mode fiber optic cable length:
- up to 1 km
Data transfer performance depends on cable length:
S31 system includes
- H18: host adapter – 1 pcs
- H18-LP: low profile bracket for H18 host adapter – 1 pcs
- R34: remote backplane– 1 pcs
- R34-IO: I/O shield for R34 backplane– 1 pcs
- QSFP+ transceivers or AOC – 1 pcs or 2 pcs (optional)
Ordering Information
For ordering information visit: S31 order page