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SXC-LOOP

CompactPCI® Serial

PCI Express® External Cabling • PCIe Gen3 x8 Target System Adapter

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SXC-LOOP
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SXC-LOOP • PCI Express® External Cabling • Target System Adapter
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SXC-LOOP

CompactPCI® Serial • PCI Express® External Cabling • Target Side Adapter
Enables PCIe Based Peripheral Cards in a CompactPCI® Serial Target System


Most computer systems are based on the PCI Express® standard as a high speed backbone for interconnection of peripheral components with a host CPU. Typically all PCI Express® based devices are located closely in a common enclosure.

The PCI-SIG PCI Express® External Cabling Specification for Gen1 and Gen2 data transfer rates addresses extended applications, such as split-systems or I/O expansion by means of a suitable copper cable, available e.g. for a x8 PCI Express® link, up to 7m length. When used with an AOC (Active Optical Cable), distances of up to 300m can be bridged between host and target systems. Beyond the PCI-SIG cabling specification, the Samtec PCIEO series of AOC addresses also Gen3 speed up to 100m.



The SXC-LOOP is a target system adapter card for PCIe x8 external cabling. The SXC-LOOP fits into the system slot of a CompactPCI® Serial target system backplane. The on-board packet switch is used to replicate two PCI Express® Gen3 x8 links across a 3-slot CompactPCI® Serial backplane. Thus, two CompactPCI® Serial 'fat pipe' slot cards in a target system can be controlled by the remote host system CPU, with a transfer rate of up to 64Gbps, suitable e.g. for NVMe based SSD mass storage boards or GPU cards.

The advantages of PCI Express® compared e.g. to 10Gbps Ethernet are higher data transfer speed at lower latency, and primarily merging distributed subsystems virtually into a single PCI Express® based computer assembly.


SXC-LOOP • Active Optical Cable (AOC) Attached

SXC-LOOP • Active Optical Cable (AOC) Attached


The SXC-LOOP allows to control a CompactPCI® Serial target (downstream) system by a remote host CPU via PCI Express® external cabling. The host (upstream) system may be any computer with a PCI Express® external cabling adapter, not necessarily a CompactPCI® Serial system.

Being mainly a powerful PCI Express® packet switch, the SXC-LOOP is organized similar to a CompactPCI® Serial system slot controller card, however restricted to the PCI Express® resources of the CompactPCI® Serial backplane.



The SXC-LOOP is linked to the host system by a PCI Express® x8 front panel cabling connector (upstream), and delivers two PCI Express® links to its backplane connectors (downstream), for two CompactPCI® Serial 'fat pipe' peripheral cards in a target system. Both links/slots on the CompactPCI® Serial backplane are organized as Gen3 x8, for demanding boards such as SSD mass storage, GPU or FPGA cards, or high resolution camera I/O. With the SXC-LOOP, PCI Express® based devices in the target system can be controlled by the remote host system CPU in an identical manner as its local resources.

SXC-LOOP - Typical Application


SXC-LOOP - Typical Application

Feature Summary

General
  • PCI Express® external cabling target side adapter
  • PICMG® CompactPCI® Serial (CPCI-S.0) system slot controller (PCIe resources only)
  • Single Size Eurocard 3U 100x160mm2, front panel width 4HP
  • cPCI-S Backplane connectors P1, P2, P5 for 2 PCI Express® Gen3 links
  • Peripheral slots organized x8/x8
  • Clamshell available for extremely rugged applications e.g. ATR & conductive cooled assembly (CCA)
Cabling
  • PCI Express® External Cabling Specification x8 connector 68-pos. (front panel)
  • Full sideband support
  • Suitable for CompactPCI® Serial target systems to be controlled by a remote host
  • Split-systems, hybrid systems, or system expansion applications
  • Suitable for any host system with PCI Express® x8 external cabling host adapter
  • Copper cable assemblies 0.5m to 7m length available
  • PCIe® Gen2 active optical cable assemblies (AOC) up to 300m length available (Samtec)
  • PCIe® Gen3 active optical cable assemblies (AOC) up to 100m length available (Samtec)
  • AOC half cable assemblies available iPassT to MTP male/female (Samtec)
  • PCIe Gen3 x8 allows for up to 64Gbps bandwidth
  • PCIe Gen2 x8 allows for up to 40Gbps bandwidth
Special Features
  • Gen3 PCI Express® 24-lanes packet switch on-board
  • Upstream port Gen3 x8 (to host system)
  • Two downstream ports Gen3 x8 (to backplane)
  • CompactPCI® Serial peripheral slots organized x8/x8 Gen3
  • Recommended 3-slot backplane (system slot + two 'fat pipe' slots)
Applications
  • For lowest latency at fastest speed connected systems
  • Distributed computing - host to target system hierarchy
  • Peer to peer computing - special TCP/IP stack (Dolphin) available
  • Split-systems, hybrid systems, or system expansion applications
  • Direct host to target device connection (e.g. PCIe® sed remote NVMe mass storage)
  • Recommended 3-slot backplane (system slot + two 'fat pipe' slots)
  • Mating host system adapter board available for CompactPCI® Serial (SX5-STREAM)
Regulatory
  • Long term availability
  • Rugged solution (coating, sealing, underfilling on request)
  • RoHS compliant 2002/95/EC
  • Commercial and industrial temperature range
  • Humidity 5% ... 95% RH non condensing
  • Altitude -300m ... +3000m
  • Shock 15g 0.33ms, 6g 6ms
  • Vibration 1g 5-2000Hz
  • MTBF 77.9 years
  • EC Regulations EN55022, EN55024, EN60950-1 (UL60950-1/IEC60950-1)


SXC-LOOP - Simplified Block Diagram

SXC-LOOP - Simplified Block Diagram
Ordering Information
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SXC-LOOP w. Clamshell

SXC-LOOP w. Clamshell (Option)
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