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Chapter 5
Switch Partition and Port
Configuration
Overview
The PES32NT24xG2 supports up to 8 active switch partitions. Each switch partition represents an inde-
pendent PCI Express hierarchy whose operation is independent of other switch partitions. A port may be
configured to operate in one of the following modes.
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Disabled
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Unattached
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Upstream switch port (i.e., upstream PCI-to-PCI bridge)
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Downstream switch port (i.e., downstream PCI-to-PCI bridge)
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Upstream switch port with DMA function
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Upstream switch port with NT function
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Upstream switch port with NT and DMA functions
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NT function
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NT with DMA function
Ports may be dynamically assigned to partitions, and the operating mode of a switch port may be
dynamically reconfigured without affecting in any way unrelated switch partitions.
Switch Partitions
A switch partition represents a logical container to which ports are attached. Each switch partition has an
associated ID. The PES32NT24xG2 supports 8 switch partitions with IDs 0 through 7.
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A port is attached to a switch partition by setting the Switch Partition (SWPART) field in the corre-
sponding Switch Port x Control (SWPORTxCTL) register to the ID of the partition to which the port
should be attached and setting the Mode (MODE) field in the SWPORTxCTL register to one of the
following modes.
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Upstream switch port
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Downstream switch port
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Upstream switch port with DMA function
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Upstream switch port with NT function
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Upstream switch port with NT and DMA functions
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NT function
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NT with DMA function
A port whose MODE field in the SWPORTxCTL register is set to disabled or unattached mode is not
associated with a switch partition. In these modes, the behavior of a port is unaffected by the state of any
partition.
The following terms are used throughout this document.
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An upstream port is a port attached to a partition and configured to operate in one of the following
modes:
• Upstream switch port
• Upstream switch port with DMA function
• Upstream switch port with NT function
• Upstream switch port with NT and DMA functions
• NT function
Summary of Contents for PCI Express 89HPES32NT24xG2
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