SMART PCIE-6001, Installation And Use Manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the PCIE-6001 card, its features, applications,
hardware, standard compliances, and ordering information.
The 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 leverages NVMe technology which is currently the fastest way to
attach an SSD to a CPU. The PCIE-6001 is a carrier for COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)
solid state drive modules with an M.2 form factor. M.2 modules are considered mainstream
for data center and consumer markets, delivering outstanding size/price/performance ratio.
The PCIE-6001 card is targeted for applications where high-speed storage is critical. This
card is best suited for the following applications:

Audio/video processing
 Cloud services

High-performance computing
 Relational database systems

Web hosting/caching/reverse proxy services
1.2 Features
The following are the main features of the PCIE-6001:
 Full length, full height PCIe card (312mm x 111.15mm) compatible with SMART EC
MaxCore platforms

Supports both AHCI (
Advanced Host Controller Interface)
and NVMe (
Non-Volatile
Memory Express)
protocols
 Switchable bandwidth to each M.2 socket

Four M-keyed M.2 or NGFF sockets
 Compatible with 4-lane, 8-lane, and 16-lane PCI Express 3.0 slots

Supports wide range of form factors (42mm to 110mm, single and double-sided)