MXH930 User’s Guide –
Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
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DISCLAIMER
DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO ANY OF ITS
PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY, FUNCTION, OR DESIGN.
DO NOT USE INFORMATION IN THIS GUIDE TO DESIGN YOUR OWN PCI-SIG COMPLIANT PRODUCT, ALWAYS REFERENCE THE
ORIGINAL PCI-SIG SPECIFICAITON FOR DETAILS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DOLPHIN WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENT
IAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF USE) ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF DOLPHIN’S
PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE OR SERVICE PROVIDED. DOLPHIN’S MAXIMUM LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR
THE PRODUCT BY THE PURCHASER.
LIFE SUPPORT POLICY
DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS’ PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT
DEVICES.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Dolphin is minimizing the amount of printed documentation and software CDs in its shipments; please download additional
documentation and software from www.dolphinics.com.
Terms and acronyms
Important terms and acronyms used in this manual
AOC
A
ctive
O
ptical
C
able. PCIe fiber cable assembly available from Dolphin.
CMI
C
able
M
anagement
I
nterface. The 2-wire management interface for communication between subsystems
connected by a PCIe 3.0 cable. Details can be found in the PCI-SIG External Cabling Specification 3.0.
CMI Controller
Microcontroller on the MXH930 used to manage and implement the CMI communications.
eXpressWare
Dolphins software stack for PCIe clustering and IO. Please visit
for more information.
Host mode
The card is installed in a root complex / Host PC.
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.
PCIe 4.0 cable
Cable compliant to the preliminary PCI-SIG External Cabling Specification 4.0. Support for CMI.
Port
PCIe Cable port. The MXH930 has four x4 ports, named P1, P2, P3, P4. These ports can be merged to two x8
ports, or one x16 port. The physical ports are identified by text on the PCIe brackets.
