Description

The ALLOY-1440WDMS5 is a PCI 100Base-FX WDM Network Adapter. It has an SC connector, and, paired with a ALLOY-1440WDMS3 card or other compatible WDM device, provides a maximum 20 kilometres range over a single core of singlemode fibre optic cable.

The ALLOY-1440WDMS5 is a 100Base-FX WDM Network Adapter which supports up to 20 kilometres range over a single core of singlemode fibre optic cable. The card is installed in a PCI bus slot, and has an SC type port connector. The card has a half height PCB, and is fitted with a low profile bracket to suit computers of this type. A half height bracket is also included in case the adapter is re-deployed to a low profile form factor PC.

The ALLOY-1440WDMS5 multiplexes send and receive datastreams over a single fibre core, utilising separate wavelengths (1310 and 1550nm). The Adapter must therefore be deployed with it's sister product, the ALLOY-1440WDM53, installed at the other end of the network link - or, alternatively, a compatible WDM device that can transpose the Rx and Tx datastreams (i.e. a Switch, Media Converter or similar with an compatible WDM port). This solution is typically used where all fibre cores are being utilised on existing laid fibre cable infrastructure, or to minimise the number of cores needing to be laid for new cable infrastructure.

The ALLOY-1440WDMS5 is a member of Alloy's 1440FX Series of PCI bus 100Base-FX Network Adaptors, designed for modern high reliability managed fibre networks. These adapters are compliant to PCI 2.2 and will support PCI buses with either 5V, 3.3V or dual voltage standard PCI, 64-Bit PCI or PCI-X slots. Utilising a Via 6105M Rhine chipset, 1440FX Series Adapters provide Advanced Management and Power Conservation features, and enable configuration of advanced features such as Priority Queuing to increase multimedia transfer speeds, VLAN tagging for security, TCP/UDP checksum offloading from the host CPU and adaptive interrupt handling to handle heavy network loads more efficiently. Advanced power management features include low power consumption from the 0.22 micron designed 6105M controller. The 1440FX series comprises both multimode, singlemode and singlecore/singlemode WDM models offering a variety of port connector type. Multimode fibre optic models support a maximum range of 2 kilometres, whilst singlemode models can be purchased with up to a maximum of 60 kilometres range. All models can support a PXE BootROM.

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