Specifications
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Myrinet-2000-Serial port: 2.0+2.0 Gb/s at an HSSDC connector to a Myrinet Serial-Link cable
up to 10m in length.
Myrinet-2000-SAN port: The default data rate can be switched between SAN-2000 (2.0+2.0
Gb/s) and SAN-1280 (1.28+1.28 Gb/s) with a mechanical switch on the circuit board. The host
can over-ride the default data rate. The SAN port appears on the A link of the SAN connector
(refer to http://www.myri.com/myrinet/cables/m2m-cl.html for details); the B link is unused.
PCI Short card (switch positioned for SAN-2000 rate)
PCI Mezzanine card (switch positioned for SAN-2000 rate)
Physical dimensions: PCI Short Card: height 10.7cm, length 18.0cm, total thickness 2.5cm,
weight 120g.
Power (PCI Short card): The interface is powered from the 5V PCI power: 1.9A (9.5W)
maximum for the M3F-PCI64B-2; 2.2A (11.0W) maximum for the M3F-PCI64C-2.
Power (PCI Mezzanine card): The interface is powered from the 3.3V PCI power: ~4 Watts.
PCI Mezzanine Card (IEEE P1386.1).
Regulatory Approvals for the M3F- and M3S interfaces: Please see page 2.
Performance differences between PCI64B and PCI64C
Refer to http://www.myri.com/myrinet/performance/index.html for full details on the
application-level performance difference between the PCI64B and PCI64C interfaces.
Software Requirements
All Myricom software support for the PCI64 family of interfaces is based on the GM Myrinet
Control Program and the GM API. For details about GM, please refer to “The GM Message
Passing System” document available at http://www.myri.com/scs/GM/doc/gm_toc.html. Refer to
the “Guide to Software” for details of the available software and for installation instructions.
The MyriAPI software is not available for the PCI64 family of interfaces.