Keysight Technologies M9506A-BC1, Instruction Manual, Page: 9 / 96

M9506A-BC1 5-Slot AXIe Chassis with Integrated Controller User Guide 9
Introduction 1
M9506A Option BC1 at a Glance
The M9506A-BC1 is shipped with bumpers and two carry handles installed for
benchtop use (these remove for rack mounting). The front panel is shown below:
AXIe Embedded System Module (ESM) at a Glance
The ESM is installed in a half-height slot at the base of the chassis. It:
- tracks inserted modules and manages power requirements
- monitors chassis temperature and controls variable-speed chassis fans
- monitors module sensors and reports component failures to a system log
- acts as a Gigabit Ethernet switch; forwards frames along the backplane
- connects an external host PC to the chassis and integrated controller
- provides trigger routing between front panel trigger ports and backplane
parallel and star trigger lines to all modules.
- provides a 100 MHz clock reference to all modules, which can be locked to an
external 10 MHz clock source.
- provides two Gen 3 x8 PCIe cable ports, one Thunderbolt 3, & one LAN port.
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4
2
3
1
Left Fan
Assembly
On-Standby
switch with
Status LED
Chassis Backplane
The Embedded System Module (ESM) is in the bottom slot;
the other five slots are for instrument modules.
Slots
AXIe Zone 3
Right Fan
Assembly
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Provides PCIe and GbE interfaces,
clock and synchronization signals, and
power to installed modules
NOTE
The M9506A chassis is not compatible with the M9502A or
M9505A AXIe chassis ESM module. Nor is the M9506A ESM
compatible with the M9502A or M9505A AXIe Chassis.