Product Information

The Technobox, Inc. P/N 10496 Single-site M.2 Conduction-cooled PCI Express SSD Adapter XMC provides a single M.2 cards on a single-wide XMC. The M.2 site supports standard card lengths of 30mm or 42mm or 60mm by 22mm wide. The retaining hardware is installed as specified by the customer.

Using an arbor press and correct tooling, end-users can remove the press-fit standoff and reposition it for shorter length M.2 devices. If an arbor press is not available, an optional hardware kit (P/N 8252) is available that includes a standoff, screw and round nut for a single-site. The kit can be installed without an arbor press. Four hardware kits are needed if users need to change all sites from 42mm to a 30mm length.

The M.2 card is directly connected to a 4-lane PCIe port. Only PCIe capable M.2 cards will work with this product. SATA is not supported. Each site is keyed for “M” keyed boards, in accordance with M.2 specifications.

Because M.2 cards can dissipate considerable power, P/N 10496 couples the M.2 to surface power planes, which in turn thermally couple to the VITA20 conduction-cooling features. Although this is a conduction-cooled XMC, it will also work with an air-cooled host providing four M.2 cards for massive or redundant storage. An optional adapter kit is available (P/N 6144).

For a version of P/N 10496 with a VITA 42 connector please consider P/N 10460.