MXH910 NTB Host Adapter
Gen3 PCI Express NTB Host Adapter
The MXH910 Gen3 PCI Express NTB Host Adapter is our high performance iPass x8 cable card for distributed processor subsystems. The MXH910 supports the PCI-SIG iPass cabling standard.
- Gen3 64 GT/s
- PCI Express iPass x8 Connector
- Supports PCIe Gen1, 2,and 3
- RDMA through PIO and DMA
- Clock isolation for CFC or SSC
- Low Profile Design
- Copper cables up to 5m
- Non-transparent bridging
- Flash configurable
- Link status LEDs
- Full Dolphin eXpressWare Software stack included
Product Data
Based on Microchip PCIe Switchtec technology, the MXH910 host adapter includes advanced features for non-transparent bridging (NTB ) and comes with a full license to the Dolphin eXpressWare software.
The MXH910 host adapter combines 64 Gbit/s performance with less than one microsecond latency, significantly improving overall inter-system communication. Inter-processor communication applications benefit from the high throughput and low latency.
The MXH910 supports both Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) and Programmed IO (PIO) transfers, effectively supporting both large and small data packets. RDMA transfers result in efficient larger packet transfers and processor off-load. PIO transfers optimize small packet transfers at the lowest latency. The combination of RDMA and PIO creates a highly potent data transfer system.
Dolphin’s eXpressWare software suite takes advantage of PCI Express’ RDMA and PIO data transfer scheme. Delivering a complete deployment environment for customized and standardized applications. The suite includes a Shared-Memory Cluster Interconnect (SISCI) API as well as a TCP/IP driver and SuperSockets software. The SISCI API is a robust and powerful shared memory programming environment. The TCP/IP driver and SuperSockets™ software remove traditional networking bottlenecks, allowing standard IP and sockets applications to take advantage of the high performance PCI Express interconnect without modification. The overall framework is designed for rapid development of inter-processor communication applications.
The MXH910 is carefully designed for maximum cable length and support copper cables up to 5 meters at full PCI Express Gen3 speed when connected to another MXH910 card. More information on cables for the MXH910.
For transparent use cases, please consider the MXH912 Gen3 Adapter card.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Link Speed | 64 Gb/s |
| Application Performance | 0.54 microsecond latency (application to application) < 100 nanoseconds cut through latency port to port > 6.5 Gigabyte/s throughput. |
| Active Components | Microchip PCI Express Gen 4.0 Switch with DMA |
| PCI Express | Base Specification 4.0 |
| Topologies | Point to Point |
| Cable Connections | One x8 iPass® PCI Express copper cable |
| Power Consumption | 12 Volt - 10.8 Watt typical, 24 Watt Max. 3.3VAUX - 1 mWatt typical, 99 mWatt Max |
| Mechanical Dimensions | Low profile -68.90 mm (2.71 inches) x 123.5 mm (4.86 inches) |
| Operating Environment | Operating Temperature: 0°C - 55°C Airflow : 350 LFM (@max ambient temperature) Relative Humidity: 5% - 95% (non-condensing) |
| Software | SuperSockets™ Berkley Sockets API Microsoft WinSock2/LSP support SISCI API TCP/IP Driver |
| Multicast groups | Max 16, default 4 |
| Regulatory | CE Mark FCC Class A RoHS UL94V-0 compliant |
| PCIe bracket | Full height plate installed Half height plate included |
| Configuration | Dip-switch configurable |
| Operating System | Windows Linux |
MXH910 - NTB - Non-Transparent Host MXH912 - Transparent Host