Chapter 1 introduction, General specifications – Magma PCIe Expansion System EB2R User Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction
General Specifications
The Magma 2 Slot PCI Express® to PCI Express® Expansion System is 
a general-purpose bus expansion chassis for the Peripheral Component 
Interconnect Express (PCIe) local bus. The expansion chassis is fully 
compliant with the PCI Express Local Bus Specification. This system 
consists of a PCI Express host card, a 3-meter iPass cable, the 2-slot 
PCIe expansion chassis and a set of rack-mount brackets. 
Item
Description
Host Card:
Low Profile PCI Express x8 host card
Backplane:
2 PCIe slots (expandable to 4 or more by 
chaining chases) 
 Enclosure:
1U
Rack-mount
Dimensions:
14.26" W x 1.735" H x 16.41" D
Weight:
5.2lbs or 2.40 kg
Standard Cable Length:
3-meter iPass cable
PCI Express Bus Specification
Revision 1.1
PCI Local Bus Specification:
Revision 2.3
PCI Bridge Architecture Spec:
Revision 1.2
Interconnect Bandwidth:
4000 MB/sec or 4 GByte/sec
Cooling:
Three 20mmx40mm, 12VDC, 6 CFM fans
Power Supply:
200W auto-switching power supply
 MTBF:
53,000
hours
 Operating
Environment:
0º to 50º C Operating Temperature 
-20º to 60º C Storage Temperature 
5% to 85% Relative Humidity, Non-condensing 
 Operating
Systems:
Windows XP/2000/Server 2003/Vista 
Mac OS X version 10.4.x + 
Red Hat Linux 9 
Warranty:
1 Year Return to Factory
 Available
Options:
Hi Speed, 13.2 CFM Fan (PN:01-05052-01)
