Dolphin IXH620 XMC User manual

Dolphin PCI Express
IXH620 XMC Adapter
Adapter card users guide
Version 2.07
Date: 30th November 2023

Table of Contents

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Quick install guide
Note: Static electricity from your clothes or work environment can damage your PCI Express adapter card or
your PC. Always wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap when the card is removed from the anti-static bag.
Configuring the IXH620
Copper cable connections
Fiber optic cable connections

Dolphin PCI Express IX product family overview
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PCI Express Adapter card - IXH620 XMC
IXH620 high level specification
•VITA 42.3 Short PCI Express XMC.
•PCI Express Gen2 5.0 Gbps pr lane signaling.
•One XMC P15 PCI Express Gen2 x8 host connection.
•One PCI Express Gen2 x8 Cable connection.
•Support for both NTB connection to other hosts and transparent connections to IO systems as a
transparent P2P device.
•PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2.1
•PCI Express External Cabling Specification, Rev. 1.0
•PIO and Direct DMA capabilities.
•Host clock isolation. Automatic support for host running CFC or SSC mode.
•Support for hot plugging of the PCI Express cable (NTB mode, SISCI, TCP/IP driver and
SuperSockets).
•Dual 128 KB EEPROM for configuration data.
•Boot up configuration from EEPROM. Optional Software utility for reprogramming of
EEPROM content.
•No PCI Express power domain isolation.
•Full SISCI, TCP/IP driver and SuperSockets compliance. Linux and Windows support.
•Power Consumption: 3,3 Volt - Max 7 Watt.
•Operating temperature: -10C - +60C
•Relative Humidity: 5% -95% non-condensing
•JTAG programming and test
•RoHS compliant
•CE Mark, FCC Class A compliant
•EN 55022,EN 55024-A1&A2, EN 61000-6-2
•UL94V-0 compliant

LEDs
Use cases
Use case A - Transparent IO - Upstream Host

Use case B - 2 node configuration –NTB Mode

Use case C - Switch configuration
Use case D –Transparent IO Downstream TARGET

Configuration and DIP-switches