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DISCLAIMER

DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO ANY OF ITS
PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY, FUNCTION, OR DESIGN.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DOLPHIN WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF USE) ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF DOLPHIN'S
PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE OR SERVICE PROVIDED. DOLPHIN'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR
THE PRODUCT BY THE PURCHASER.
Do not use information in this guide to design your own card, always reference the original PCI-SIG or VITA Specification for details.
LIFE SUPPORT POLICY
DOLPHIN INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS' PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT
DEVICES.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Dolphin is minimizing the amount of printed documentation and software CDs in its shipments; please download additional
documentation and software from www.dolphinics.com.

Terms and Acronyms

Important terms and acronyms used in this manual
AOC
Active Optical Cable. PCIe fiber cable assembly with SFF-8644 connector. Available from Dolphin, orderable part
number MSFCxxxM (where xxx is the length in meters).
CMI
Cable Management Interface. The 2-wire management interface for communication between subsystems
connected by a PCIe 3.0 cable. Details can be found in the PCI-SIG External Cabling Specification 3.0.
BMC
Microcontroller on the PXH822 used to manage card functionality and CMI communications.
eXpressWare
Dolphins software stack for PCIe clustering and IO. Please visit
Lane
One PCI Express Lane contains a differential pair for transmission and a differential pair for reception.
Link
A collection of one or more PCI Express Lanes providing the communication path between an Upstream and
Downstream Port.
MiniSAS-HD
Standard cable without CMI support. SFF-8644 connectors.
PCIe 3.0 cable
PCIe cable compliant to the new PCI-SIG External Cabling Specification 3.0. Support for CMI. SFF-8644
connectors.
Port
The PXH822 has four x4 ports, named P1, P2, P3, P4. The physical ports are identified by text on the Front panel
face plate.
Wake
A mechanism used by a downstream device to request the reapplication of main power when in the L2 Link
state.
PXH822 User's Guide – Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
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