Gen5 PCIe Switching Technology
HighPoint’s Rocket 7600 and Rocket 1600 Gen5 NVMe Switch & RAID AIC/Adapter series incorporates Broadcom’s state-of-the-art PCIe Switching technology to fully utilize x16 lanes of Gen5 host bandwidth, direct from the CPU. This unique architecture enables each AIC/Adapter to maximize transfer performance for up to 8 independent device channels, minimize latency, facilitate consistent, robust I/O throughput, and support as many as 32 NVMe devices via backplane connectivity.
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Gen5 NVMe Switch AICs & Adapters
Rocket 1608A - PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2x4 NVMe Switch AIC
Feature | Description |
Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
Port Count | 8x NVMe Ports |
Connector Type | M.2 |
Device & Form factor | 2242, 2260, 2280 |
Cooling | Full-Length Aluminum Heatsink with cooling fan |
Ext. Power Connector | Yes (uses PCIe Standard 2x3 Power Connector) |
AIC Form factor | Full-Height, Single-Width |
Operating System Support | Compatible with all operating systems that have native NVMe driver support |
FRU | Yes (stores VPD data) |
Hardware Secure Boot | Yes |
OOB Managament | No |
Synthetic Hierarchy | Yes |
Rocket 1628A - PCIe Gen5 x16 to 4-MCIOx8 NVMe Switch Adapter
Feature | Description |
Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
Port Count | 8x NVMe Ports |
Connector Type | MCIO (SFF-1016 8x) |
Device & Form factor | U.2/U.3, E3.S |
Cooling | Full-Length Aluminum Heatsink |
Ext. Power Connector | No |
Adapter Form factor | LP-MD2, Single-Width |
Operating System Support | Compatible with all operating systems that have native NVMe driver support |
FRU | Yes (stores VPD data) |
Hardware Secure Boot | Yes |
Hot-Plug & Hot-Swap | Yes |
OOB Managament | Yes |
Synthetic Hierarchy | Yes |
Rocket 7608A - PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2x4 NVMe RAID AIC
Feature | Description |
Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
Port Count | 8x NVMe Ports |
Connector Type | M.2 |
Device & Form factor | 2242, 2260, 2280 |
Cooling | Full-Length Aluminum Heatsink with cooling fan |
Ext. Power Connector | Yes (uses PCIe Standard 2x3 Power Connector) |
AIC Form factor | Full-Height, Single-Width |
Operating System Support | Windows & Linux |
FRU | Yes (stores VPD data) |
Hardware Secure Boot | Yes |
OOB Managament | No |
Synthetic Hierarchy | Yes |
RAID Support | Single, RAID 0, 1, 10 |
HighPoint Advanced Feature Suite | Yes |
Rocket 7628A - PCIe Gen5 x16 to 4-MCIOx8 NVMe RAID Adapter
Feature | Description |
Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
Port Count | 8x NVMe Ports |
Connector Type | MCIO (SFF-1016 8x) |
Device & Form factor | U.2/U.3, E3.S |
Cooling | Full-Length Aluminum Heatsink |
Ext. Power Connector | No |
Adapter Form factor | LP-MD2, Single-Width |
Operating System Support | Windows & Linux |
FRU | Yes (stores VPD data) |
Hardware Secure Boot | Yes |
Hot-Plug & Hot-Swap | Yes |
OOB Managament | Yes |
Synthetic Hierarchy | Yes |
RAID Support | Single, RAID 0, 1, 10 |
HighPoint Advanced Feature Suite | Yes |