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FEMTO NET Card: Description

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 100+ meters from the host computer system. No additional programming and drivers are required. Any type of PCI Express peripherals can be used including audio, video, graphics, USB, FireWire, SATA, data-acquisition, and network cards.

Features

  • Backplane with 4 PCIe 3.0 x16 slots supporting 4 electrical configurations:
    • 4 slots: x8, x8, x4, x4
    • 3 slots: x16, x4, x4
    • 3 slots: x8, x8, x8
    • 2 slots: x16, x8
  • 32 or 64 GT/s data rate over fiber optic using 4 or 8 PCIe 3.0 lanes
  • Optical isolation
  • Standard pluggable QSFP+ transceivers
  • Digital monitor and diagnistic via Ethernet port
  • Backplane can be mounted in any standard ATX or microATX case
  • Operating temperature: -40° to +85° C

Cable length

  • Multi-Mode fiber optic transceivers and cable:
    • up to 100 m with AOC cable

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+ AOC – 1 pcs or 2 pcs (optional)

Ordering Info

  • H18: H18, H18-LP, no cable, $495USD
  • R34: R34, R34-IO, no cable, $995USD
  • S31-0: H18, H18-LP, R34, R34-IO, no cable, $1495USD

Part numbers for other configurations are listed in the datasheet. Please submit a request for quotation for the price and lead time information.

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