Artesyn PCIE-8120 Installation and Use (July 2014) - Manual (Page 17)

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Introduction
1.1 Features Summary
The PCIE-8120 is Octasic Digital Signal Processor (DSP) based PCI Express card for rack mount
server based installations in a telecom network environment. The PCIE-8120 media processing
accelerator enables high density voice and video processing to be integrated into a rack mount
server or other network appliances that feature standard PCI Express slots.
The following are PCIE-8120 hardware components and its features:
 Full height, full-length single slot PCIe add-in card with x4 PCIe interface.
 High performance media processing core, based on power efficient DSPs.
 Comprehensive voice and video processing firmware and programmers interface
included.
 Assembly variants with 4, 8 or 12 DSP building blocks.
 Optional 2 x GbE ports (RJ45) with network address translation (NAT) function for direct
network attachment providing server off load.
 Support for 720p and 1080p video conferencing (each DSP has 2 x 1Gb/s data path).
 Card can operate either from slot power or from an external connector for NEBS variant,
which requires 3.3V if operated through the slot.
 Power envelope of 75 Watts for > 4 DSP slot powered versions.
 Designed for NEBS level 3 and ETSI telecom standards compliance when used in a suitable
carrier grade enclosure that provides sufficient airflow.
1.2 Software Components
Following are the software components used to configure the PCIE-8120 card:
 The PCIE-8120 card support software.
 The Octasic Vocallo Media Gateway (MGW) application software.