Event Master Devices - CXP Input/Output Card

4.15 CXP Input/Output Card

About the CXP I/O card

The CXP I/O card adds more flexibility for distributing video signals. The CXP I/O card can be used in an input or output slot of an E2/S3. The E2/S3 can then be connected by a CXP link cable to the CXP link connector of an EX expansion box.

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.

Note: The CXP I/O card is supported only with firmware version 7.0 or higher.

General

The CXP I/O card has a single CXP connector, which can support up to 12 10-Gbit channels.

The figure below illustrates the CXP I/O card's rear panel connector:

Features

Adds the ability of linked Event Master systems to extend up to eight links of input or output (slot dependent) to an EX chassis
Uses CXP cables for connectors
Can be converted to MTP fiber optic cable up to 300m
1x CXP (120G) connector

Specifications

CXP specification

CXP link-cable communication support

Communication can enabled or disabled per CXP link connector.
The maximum number communication links via CXP link cable in a system is six (6).
The unit ID of the EX must be unique.
The static IP address—if used—of the EX must be unique.

CXP link-cable communication limitations

An EX expansion box connected to an E2/S3 by a CXP link card must be connected as a slave only.
Users will not be able to update the Unit ID of the EX via CXP communication.
The unit ID must be updated via Ethernet communication.
Users will not be able to daisy chain EXs when the EX connected to E2 or S3 has CXP communication enabled.
Users will not be able to use the CXP I/O card with CXP communication enabled on the S3 when the system is an E2-to-S3 configuration.
The CXP I/O card on any slave units must use Ethernet communication.
EX web app will not be accessible.