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User Guide • PC7-FESTIVAL • CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU Board
Overview
The PC7-FESTIVAL is a rich featured high
performance 4HP/3U CompactPCI® PlusIO CPU
board, equipped with an Intel® Xeon® E3
familiy mobile workstation processor for
demanding applications. For scalability, the
PC7-FESTIVAL is also available with Intel®
Core™ processor.
The PC7-FESTIVAL front panel is provided with
two RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet jacks, two USB 3.0
Type-A receptacles, and two DisplayPort
connectors. In addition, a third USB Type-C
front panel receptacle is available as an option,
usable alternatively as (third) DisplayPort.
The powerful Xeon® E3-1500 v6 series
processor is accompanied by the CM238
mobile PCH, for a maximum of high speed I/O
resources (e.g. PCI Express®, SATA, USB).
On-board mass-storage solutions are based
on low profile mezzanine expansion cards,
which can accommodate up to two M.2 style
SSD modules (PCIe® Gen3 x4 and/or SATA
6G). Side cards for an 8HP assembly are also
available, providing front I/O and M.2 SSDs.
The PC7-FESTIVAL is equipped with up to
32GB DDR4 RAM with ECC support. Up to
16GB memory-down are provided for rugged
applications, and another 16GB are available
via the DDR4 ECC SO-DIMM socket.
The backplane connector J1 allows for up to
seven CompactPCI® Classic peripheral cards in
a system. The J2 connector complies with the
CompactPCI® PlusIO standard for high speed
rear I/O (fourfold PCIe®, SATA and USB2), or a
hybrid CompactPCI® Serial backplane.
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