MXH932
User’s Guide –
Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
Page 13
Transparent Use Cases
The MXH932 card may be used as both a Host card and a Target card. A Host and Target card can be used as a pair or the Host card
can be used with a compliant Target device. The supported use cases and the DIP switch settings are summarized in section
Configuration and DIP Switches on page 11.
Use Case A - 1 Host
–
Single Expansion Configuration PCIe x16
The Host system has a MXH932 adapter configured for Host operation and a direct x16 link to a MXH932 configured for Target
operation. If you only need a x8 or x4 link, please configure according to use case B or C.
Host card ports
Target card ports
P1
P1
P2
P2
P3
P3
P4
P4
Table 4: Required x16 cabling
Always connect a cable from Port #x to Port #x
A failure connecting any of the cables will cause the link to re-train to x8 or x4.
Use Case B
–
1 Host
–
Single or Dual Expansion Configuration
–
PCIe x8
The host has a MXH932 adapter configured for Transparent Host operation and a direct x8 link is used to connect one or two
independent downstream target systems.
Host card ports
Target card 1 ports
Target card 2 ports
P1
P1
P2
P2
P3
P1
P4
P2
Table 5: Required x8 cabling
Figure 3: Use Case A
