MXH94x / MXH95x Transparent Adapter User’s Guide –
Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
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Terms and acronyms
Important terms and acronyms used in this manual
BMC
Board Management Microcontroller on the adapter card.
eXpressWare
Dolphins software stack for PCIe clustering and IO. Please visit
http://www.dolphinics.com/software
for
more information.
FireFly™
Optical fiber solution for PCIe over cable from Samtec Inc
Transparent Host mode
The card is installed in a root complex / Host PC and configured for Transparent operation.
Transparent Hot Add
Attaching an IO Expansion system after the server is booted.
Target mode
The card is installed in an expansion chassis or backplane for Transparent IO expansion.
Lane
One PCI Express Lane contains a differential pair for transmission and a differential pair for reception.
Link
A collection of one or more PCI Express Lanes providing the communication path between an Upstream
and Downstream Port.
NTB mode
The card is configured for Non Transparent Bridge operations. Requires Dolphin eXpressWare or custom
NTB drivers.
Port
PCIe Cable port. The adapter card, depending on the model, has up four x4 ports, named P1, P2, P3, P4 or
up to two x8 ports, named P1 and P2. The physical ports are identified by text on the PCIe brackets.
