VPX6600
USER
’S MANUAL
Acromag, Inc. Tel: 248-295-0310
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http://www.acromag.com
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https://www.acromag.com
3.17.1 Data Plane
The VPX6600 uses the Avago PEX8714 PCIe switch for its Data Plane
connection. The PCIe switch supports non-transparent bridging which allows
the VPX6600 to be used in multi-processor VPX systems that do not contain a
dedicated switch card.
3.17.2 Expansion Plane
The VPX6600 provides two PCIe fat pipe interfaces to be used as Expansion
Plane connections to adjacent slots in the system. The first Expansion Plane
connection uses PCIe lanes from the PEG interface on the CPU. The PEG
interface is traditionally used for external graphics but supports any PCIe
device.
The second Expansion Plane connection uses Flexible I/O from the PCH. The
interface can be configured to be a x4 PCIe connection or four individual SATA
III ports using switch SW1-2.
3.17.3 Control Plane
The VPX6600 uses the Intel i350 Quad Gigabit Ethernet Controller for the
Control Plane interface. The i350 is configured to generate two 1000BASE-BX
Gigabit Ethernet ports for the Control Plane and one 1000BASE-T port for
external Internet connections.
