Event Master Devices - Expansion Link Card

4.14 Expansion Link Card

About Expansion link

When event requirements exceed the capacity of a single unit in terms of input, output, or number of layers, multiple Event Master processors can be linked together through the Expansion Link cards.

CXP

CXP is a copper connector system specified by the InfiniBand Trade Association. It provides twelve 10 Gbit/s links suitable for single 100 Gigabit Ethernet, three 40 Gigabit Ethernet channels, or twelve 10 Gigabit Ethernet channels or a single Infiniband 12× QDR link. The connector has 4 rows, each of 21 pin, total 84 pins.

[Note 1]: The C is the Roman numeral for 100.

General

The Link card has 2 CXP connectors which can support up to 12 10-Gbit channels.

The figure below illustrates the Link card's rear panel connectors:

1	CXP connector — CXP 1
2	CXP connector — CXP 2

Features

Provide up to 12 10-Gbit channels
Depending on the Event Master processor model, two, one, or no slots are reserved at left side of the rear panel for Expansion Link cards.
E2 E2 Jr. S3–4K S3–4K Jr. EX
1, 2 NA^[9] 1 NA^[9] NA^[11]

E2	E2 Jr.	S3–4K	S3–4K Jr.	EX
1, 2	NA^[9]	1	NA^[9]	NA^[11]

Specifications

CXP Specification

[9] E2 Jr. and S3–4K Jr. do not have Link cards, but these models can be upgraded with Link cards, which would go into the same slots as the Link cards on the E2 and the S3–4K.

[11] The EX has two (2) Expansion Links, but they are not on a swappable card.