HighPoint Rocket 1600 series switch AICs/adapters provide enterprise-class NVMe storage connectivity and administrative capability and are suitable for use with a wide range of industry-standard x86 server and workstation platforms. These versatile, high-performance AICs and Adapters are equipped with our revolutionary PCIe Gen5 Switch Architecture and are capable of directly supporting up to eight NVMe SSDs, or as many as 32 NVMe devices via backplane connectivity.
NVMe media hosted by Rocket 1600 Switch AIC/Adapters will be automatically recognized by any OS platform with Native NVMe driver support. This makes them an ideal for businesses and organizations seeking to enhance critical workflows with flexible, robust and easily managed Gen5 NVMe storage performance.

The Rocket 1628A PCIe Gen5 NVMe Switch Adapter delivers up to 64GB/s of uncompromised Gen5 transfer bandwidth and can support up to eight U.2/U.3 or E3.S NVMe SSDs via four MCIO ports and cable to SFF-8639 or MCIO/SFF-8654/SFF-1002 UBM and VPP compliant backplane connectivity. The compact, robust LP-MD2 form-factor Adapter is broadly compatible with industry-standard server and workstation chassis. Integrated Suprise NVMe Add and Remove technology provides true Hot-Plug/Hot-Swap support, which enables administrators to add or remove SSDs while the host platform remains active. The integrated OOB (out-of-band) Management capability can significantly streamline service and maintenance workflows.