Cabline CA-II Plus Connectors
The Cabline CA-II connectors on the DPU Controller enable connectivity to an additional
PCIe x16 bus in addition to the PCIe x16 bus available through the golden-fingers. The
Cabline CA-II Plus connectors allow connectivity to flash cards and NVMe SSD drives.
Specific applications have an interest in direct connectivity to the far end of the Cabline
CA-II cables, through the two 60-pin Cabline CA-II connectors, directly to the
motherboard, in order to cut the insertion loss and/or the additional space associated
with a PCIe x16 Flash Auxiliary Board.
The Cabline CA-II connectors mate with two 60-pin Cabline CA-II cables that can be
distinguished by their black or white external insulators and connector pinouts. The black
Cabline CA-II cable mates with the DPU Controller's component (top) side, whereas the
white Cabline CA-II cable mates with the DPU Controller print (bottom) side. The Cabline
CA-II cables are offered in three standard lengths; 150mm and 350mm. For connector
pinouts, please refer to Cabline CA-II Plus Connectors Pinouts.
Integrated BMC Interface
The DPU Controller incorporates an onboard integrated NIC BMC and an Ethernet switch.
The BMC becomes available once the host server powers up the card. The NIC BMC can
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