Product Naming Convention - Add-on Cards/Modules

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Character (Set) Representation Options
Prefix Product Family         • AOC = Add On Card
1st Form Factor         • S = Standard PCIe
        • A = Advanced IO Module (AIOM)
        • AH = AIOM Hybrid
        • P = Proprietary
        • C = MicroLP
        • M = Super IO Module (SIOM)
        • MH = SIOM Hybrid
        • U = UIO
2nd Product Type/Speed         • G = GbE (1Gbps)
        • TG = 10GbE (10Gbps)
        • 25G = 25GbE (25Gbps)
        • 40G = 40GbE (40Gbps)
        • 50G = 50GbE (50Gbps)
        • 100G = 100GbE (100Gbps)
        • 200G = 200GbE (200Gbps)
        • 400G = 400GbE (400Gbps)
        • HFI = Host Fabric Interface (100Gbps)
        • IBE = IB EDR (100Gbps)
        • IBF = IB FDR (56Gbps)
        • IBQ = IB QDR (40Gbps)
        • INF = IB DDR (20Gbps)
3rd Chipset Model (optional)         • N = Niantec (82599ES)
        • P = Powerville (i350)
        • S = Sageville (X550)
        • F = Fortville (XL710/X710)
        • L = Lewisburg (PCH C620)
        • C = Columbiaville (E810) / Carlsville (X710-AT2/TM4)
        • CN = Connersville (E830)
        • L = Linkville (E610)
        • 6 = ConnectX-6
        • 7 = ConnectX-7
        • 8 = ConnectX-8
4th Chipset Manufacturer (optional)         • i or I = Intel
        • b or B = Broadcom
        • m or M = Mellanox
        • N = NVIDIA
5th Number of Ports         • 1 = 1 port
        • 2 = 2 ports
        • 4 = 4 ports
6th Connector Type (optional)         • C = QSFP28/QSFP56/QSFP112/QSFP-DD
        • Q = QSFP+
        • S = SFP+/SFP28
        • T = 10GBase-T
7th 2nd Connector Type (optional)         • G = 1x GbE RJ45
        • 2G = 2x GbE RJ45
        • 2T = 2x 10GbE RJ45



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Character (Set) Representation Options (NVMe AOC)
Prefix Product Family         • AOC = Add On Card
1st Interface Type         • S = Standard PCI-E
2nd Tray Height / Form Factor         • M = Proprietary size
        • L = Low Profile
        • H = Full Height
3rd Generation         • G3 = PCI-E Gen3
        • G4 = PCI-E Gen4
        • G5 = PCI-E Gen5
4th Number of Ports         • 2 = 2 ports
        • 4 = 4 ports
        • 8 = 8 ports
5th HBA Type and Connector         • E4 = Switch, Mini-SAS HD
        • E4R = Redriver, Mini-SAS HD
        • E4T = Retimer, OCuLink (PCI-E Gen3) or SlimSAS (PCI-E Gen4)
        • E2P = Switch, OCuLink
        • X4P = Switch, External Mini-SAS HD
        • X4T = Retimer, External Mini-SAS HD
        • M2 = Pass Thru and RAID HBA, M.2 M-Key Socket
        • H8M2 = Hybrid NVMe/SATA, M.2 M-Key Socket
        • SM2 = SATA, M.2 M-Key Socket
        • NM2 = NVMe, M.2 M-Key Socket
        • M2P = Switch, M.2 M-Key Socket
        • E1S = E1.S/E3.S Socket
6th Form Factor         • B/BW = BigTwin™ form factor (1U node height)
        • BW2 = BigTwin™ form factor (2U node height)
        • U = Ultra form factor
        • F = Unique form factor



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3808N

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Character (Set) Representation Options (Storage AOM)
Prefix Product Family         • AOM = Add On Module
1st Interface Type         • S = Standard PCIe
        • M = M.2
        • O = AIOM/OCP
        • P = Special Form Factor
2nd Chipset
(Optional)
        • SAS chip: 3616, 3818, 3908, 3916… etc.
        • 3616 = SAS3616
        • 3808N = SAS3808N
        • 3816 = SAS3816
        • 3908 = SAS3908
3rd Controller Type         • T = IT Mode
        • I = iMR Mode = iR Mode
        • M = MR Mode
        • N = No active controller
4th Generation         • 3 = PCIe Gen3
        • 4 = PCIe Gen4
        • 5 = PCIe Gen5
        • 6 = PCIe Gen6
5th Protocol Type         • N = NVMe
        • S = SAS
        • T = SATA
        • H = Hybrid/Tri-mode
6th Device Type
(Optional)
        • M = M.2
        • MB = M.2 Stack (back to back)
        • MS = M.2 Flat (side by side)
        • U = U.2
        • E = E1.S/E3.S
        • S = Switch
        • T = Retimer
        • D = Redriver
7th MB Platform
(Optional)
        • Reserved
8th Customer Code
(Optional)
        • OEM customer abbreviation



AOC-

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3108

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Character (Set) Representation Options (SAS AOC)
Prefix Product Family         • AOC = Add On Card
1st Form Factor         • U = UIO
        • S = Standard PCI-E
2nd Chipset         • 3808 = Broadcom 3808 chip
        • 3816 = Broadcom 3816 chip
        • 3908 = Broadcom 3908 chip
        • 3916 = Broadcom 3916 chip
        • 3008 = Broadcom 3008 chip
        • 3108 = Broadcom 3108 chip
        • 3216 = Broadcom 3216 chip
        • 3616 = Broadcom 3616 chip
        • 2208 = Broadcom 2208 chip
        • 2308 = Broadcom 2308 chip
3rd Card Form Factor         • L = Low-profile
        • R = Full-height Half-length
        • F = Full-height Full-length
4th Card Usage         • H = ROC high performance RAID card
        • L = Entry level HBA
        • MV = Marvel
5th Port Number         • 8 = 8 ports
6th Port Type         • iR = Full RAID support
        • e = HBA only (No RAID support / IT mode)
        • i = SW RAID (Minial RAID support / IR mode)



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Character (Set) Representation Options (Ultra AOC)
Prefix Product Family         • AOC = Add On Card
1st Form Factor         • UR = Ultra Riser for 1U
        • 2UR = Ultra Riser for 2U
2nd PCI-E Expansion Slots         • 8 = PCI-E x8
        • 6 = PCI-E x16
3rd NVMe Ports (Optional)         • N2 = Two NVMe ports
        • N4 = Four NVMe ports
        • N6 = Six NVMe ports
4th LAN Chipset Manufacturer         • i = Intel
        • m = Mellanox
        • b = Broadcom
5th Number of Ports         • 1 = One port
        • 2 = Two ports
        • 4 = Four ports
6th Controller Type         • G = GbE
        • X = 10GbE
        • T = 25GbE
        • Q = 40GbE
        • IE = InfiniBand EDR
7th Connector Type
Chipset Model
(Optional)
        • S = SFP+/SFP28
        • T = 10GBase-T
        • F = Fortville (XL710/X710)