ExpressBox 16

ExpressBox 16 Basic is a sixteen slot PCI Express expansion chassis used to increase the number of high-speed PCI Express slots for servers and workstations. The unit attaches to the computer through an x8 or x16 PCIe interface card that extends PCI Express signals over a high-bandwidth cable to sixteen (16) PCIe slots in the external rack-mount enclosure. All cards are available to the host system and operate at PCIe 2.0 speed (aka PCIe Gen 2). It is designed around a heavy-duty 4U rack-mount enclosure containing sixteen (16) PCIe slots and consists of a choice of two interconnect links, x8 or x16, over a rugged 3 meter iPass cable. Two configurations are available: EB16-BX4 includes sixteen x4 PCIe Gen2 slots (with 850W power supply) and EB16-BX8 includes fourteen x8 slots and two x16 slots (850W, 1700W or 850W redundant power supply)