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Keysight M8050A High-Performance BERT Getting Started Guide
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Introduction
M9505A AXIe Chassis
The M9505A AXIe chassis is a modular instrument chassis that supports
complex and high density testing. The chassis provides five slots for
installing multiple AXIe based instrument modules such as the M8050A,
etc. Besides providing a frame for the installation of these instrument
modules, the M9505A AXIe chassis also provides power, a cooling system,
a PCIe Gen2 local data bus, a Gigabit LAN interconnect, and a USB and
PCIe connection for external host computer connectivity.
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Refer to the
Keysight M9505A AXIe Chassis Startup Guide
to get detailed
information about the AXIe chassis.
Figure 2
M9505A 5-slot chassis
NOTE
The USB connection is recommended when using a laptop or desktop PC
as an external controller. The PCIe connection is recommended for use
with a desktop PC as an external controller only.
NOTE
PCIe connectivity between the M9505A AXIe Chassis and an external
desktop PC controller is recommended when full channel plus large
waveforms need to be downloaded.