Notes
PES16NT2 User Manual
1 - 1
April 15, 2008
®
Chapter 1
PES16NT2 Device Overview
Introduction
The 89HPES16NT2 is a member of the IDT PRECISE™ family of PCI Express® switching solutions
offering the next-generation I/O interconnect standard. The PES16NT2 is a 16-lane, 2-port peripheral chip
that provides high-performance switching and non-transparent bridging (NTB) functions between a PCIe®
upstream port and an NTB downstream port. The PES16NT2 is a part of the IDT PCIe System Interconnect
Products and is intended to be used with IDT PCIe System Interconnect Switches. Together, the chipset
targets multi-host and intelligent I/O applications such as communications, storage, and blade servers
where inter-domain communication is required.
Utilizing standard PCI Express interconnect, the PES16NT2 provides the most efficient high-perfor-
mance I/O connectivity solution for applications requiring high throughput, low latency, and simple board
layout with a minimum number of board layers. With support for non-transparent bridging, the PES16NT2 is
part of the IDT PCIe System Interconnect Products that target multi-host and intelligent I/O applications
requiring inter-domain communication. The PES16NT2 provides 64 Gbps (8 GBps) of aggregated, full-
duplex switching capacity through 16 integrated serial lanes, using proven and robust IDT technology. Each
lane provides 2.5 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions and is fully compliant with PCI Express Base speci-
fication 1.0a.
The PES16NT2 is based on a flexible and efficient layered architecture. The PCI Express layer consists
of SerDes, Physical, Data Link, and Transaction layers in compliance with PCI Express Base specification
Revision 1.0a. The PES16NT2 can operate either as a store and forward or cut-through switch depending
on the packet size and is designed to switch memory and I/O transactions. It supports eight Traffic Classes
(TCs) and one Virtual Channel (VC) with sophisticated resource management.
Figure 1.1 provides a functional block diagram while Figure 1.2 illustrates the architecture of the device.
Содержание 89HPES16NT2
Страница 14: ...DT List of Figures PES16NT2 User Manual viii April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 20: ...IDT Register List PES16NT2 User Manual xiv April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 32: ...IDT PES16NT2 Device Overview PES16NT2 User Manual 1 12 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 44: ...IDT Clocking Reset and Initialization Clock Operation PES16NT2 User Manual 2 12 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 50: ...IDT Link Operation PES16NT2 User Manual 3 6 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 62: ...IDT Power Management PES16NT2 User Manual 5 4 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 78: ...IDT SMBus Interfaces PES16NT2 User Manual 6 16 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 83: ...IDT NTB Upstream Port Failover PES16NT2 User Manual 7 5 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 84: ...IDT NTB Upstream Port Failover PES16NT2 User Manual 7 6 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 130: ...IDT Transparent Mode Operation PES16NT2 User Manual 9 44 April 15 2008 Notes...
Страница 284: ...IDT Non Transparent Mode Operation PES16NT2 User Manual 10 154 April 15 2008 Notes...