Disclaimer; Terms And Acronyms - Dolphin MXH94 Series User Manual

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Terms and acronyms

Important terms and acronyms used in this manual
BMC
eXpressWare
FireFly™
Transparent Host mode
Transparent Hot Add
Target mode
Lane
Link
NTB mode
Port
MXH94x / MXH95x NTB Adapter User's Guide – Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
Board Management Microcontroller on the adapter card.
Dolphins software stack for PCIe clustering and IO. Please visit
for more information.
Optical fiber solution for PCIe over cable from Samtec Inc
The card is installed in a root complex / Host PC and configured for Transparent operation.
Attaching an IO Expansion system after the server is booted.
The card is installed in an expansion chassis or backplane for Transparent IO expansion.
One PCI Express Lane contains a differential pair for transmission and a differential pair for reception.
A collection of one or more PCI Express Lanes providing the communication path between an
Upstream and Downstream Port.
The card is configured for Non Transparent Bridge operations. Requires Dolphin eXpressWare or
custom NTB drivers.
PCIe Cable port. The adapter card, depending on the model, has up four x4 ports, named P1, P2, P3,
P4 or up to two x8 ports, named P1 and P2. The physical ports are identified by text on the PCIe
brackets.
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