There are eleven (11) PXI Express peripheral slots: slots 2 to 6 and 13 to 18. PXI Express peripheral slots can accept the following modules:

  • A PXI Express Peripheral with x8, x4, or x1 PCI Express link to the system slot or through a PCI Express switch.
  • A CompactPCI Express Type-2 Peripheral with x8, x4, or x1 PCI Express link to the system slot or through a PCI Express switch.
  • Each PXI Express or CompactPCI Express peripheral can link to Gen-3 8.0 GT/s x8 with the PCI Express interface, providing a maximum nominal single-direction bandwidth of 8 GB/s.
Figure 6. PXIe-1095 PCI Express Backplane Diagram