Magma EMX8 Host PCI Express Module

Magma launches industry’s first Express Module used to support Expansion Blade Chassis to augment the Sun Blade Modular Systems. Magma’s EMX8 Host PCI Express Module connects to a family of Magma Expansion Blade Chassis via an iPass cable. Magma offers a complete range of Expansion Blade Chassis for the PCI Express and PCI-X I/O fabric that allows the integration of any COTS I/O card. Features and Benefits The ExpressModule is the enabler for attachment to a variety of Magma’s Blade Expansion Chassis ExpressModule (x8) Host connects to a family of Magma Blade Expansion Chassis via an iPass cable Magma offers a complete range of Blade Expansion Chassis for the PCI Expressand PCI-X I/O fabric that allows the integration of any COTS I/O cards Allows customers to augment their I/O functional needs as well as add Bladecompute engines without additional Blade Servers Each Magma Expansion chassis supports some or all of the following feature sets: Hot Swap capability, redundant power, and space for additional Hard Drives