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Chapter 1
PCIE-6001 Installation and Use (6806800U73A)
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Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of PCIE-6001 card, its features and applications, its
hardware, standard compliance, and ordering information.
The Artesyn PCIE-6001 PCI Express payload card for the MaxCore™ platform provides up to
four independent SSDs, which can be directly attached to up to four CPUs on MaxCore server
cards. The PCIE-6001 card leverages NVMe technology, which is currently the fastest way to
attach an SSD to a CPU. The PCIE-6001 card is a carrier for COTS SSD modules with M.2 form
factor. M.2 modules are considered mainstream for data center and consumer market and they
deliver outstanding size/price/performance ratio.
The PCIE-6001 PCIE card is targeted for applications where high-speed storage is critical. This
card is best suitable for the following applications:
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Audio/video processing
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Cloud services
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High-performance computing
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Relational database systems
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Web hosting/caching/reverse proxy services
1.1 Features
The following are the main features of the PCIE-6001 card:
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Full length, full height PCIe card (312 mm x 111.15 mm) compatible with Artesyn
MaxCore™ platforms.
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Supports both AHCI and NVMe protocols.
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Switchable bandwidth to each M.2 socket.
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Contains four “M” keyed M.2 or NGFF sockets.
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Compatible with 4-lane, 8-lane, and 16-lane PCI Express 3.0 slots.
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Supports wide range of form factors (42 mm to 110 mm; both single and double-sided).