Overiew of One Stop System Cable OSS-KIT-EXP-8000-2M Expansion Kit
The PCIe x8 Gen 2 expansion kit is used to extend the PCI Express bus from a host server to an external PCIe I/O board. The host adapter card inserts into a PCIe slot of the server. It then cables to a downstream target adapter card. The target adapter card inserts in the OSS Gen 2, 2-slot backplane. The I/O board then inserts in the other slot of the backplane.
The host adapter installs in the PCIe x8, or x16 slot of the host motherboard. It then cables to the target adapter card and installs in the appropriate slot of the 2-slot backplane. A third party I/O card installs in the second slot of the 2-slot backplane. The I/O card then appears to the host system as host of that system.
Gens 2 products operate at 5Gb/s per lane, or twice the bandwidth of Gen 1 produsts. Therefore, PCIe x8 Gen 2 products operate at 20Gb/s when inserted in a x8 or higher slot.
