GM3 – Quad Gigabit Ethernet Rear I/O Card
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GM3 – Quad Gigabit Ethernet Rear I/O Card
The GM3 is a mezzanine card which is plugged onto CompactPCI® Serial CPU
boards to implement four Ethernet interfaces on the backplane.
The CompactPCI® Serial standard defines up to eight Ethernet interfaces, which
can be connected in a star or in full mesh architecture via the backplane. The GM3
is used to implement four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, which are led to the
backplane via CompactPCI® Serial connector P6. All four interfaces are controlled
by one Ethernet controller, which supports the IEEE 802.3x standard.
In addition, the GM3 also provides an mSATA SSD slot to provide mass storage to
the host.
The board is screened for operation in the extended temperature range of -40 to
+85°C.