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  • Page 1 PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual Version 1.1 May 2010 Website: www.plxtech.com Technical Support: www.plxtech.com/support Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved – Version 1.1 May 3, 2008...
  • Page 2 © 2010 PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. PLX Technology, Inc. retains the right to make changes to this product at any time, without notice. Products may have minor variations to this publication, known as errata. PLX assumes no liability whatsoever, including infringement of any patent or copyright, for sale and use of PLX products.

  • Page 3: A T M

    This document contains PLX Confidential and Proprietary information. The contents of this document may not be copied nor duplicated in any form, in whole or in part, without prior written consent from PLX Technology, Inc. PLX provides the information and data included in this document for your benefit, but it is not possible to entirely verify and test all the information, in all circumstances, particularly information relating to non-PLX manufactured products.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Parallel Hot-Plug Controller Attention Button (S3) ............19     Midbus probe footprints (JP1 – JP2) ..................19     2.5V Header (JP3) ........................20   PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 5 Figure 2-2. PCI Express up to 5GT/s Gen 2 Connections ................5   Figure 2-3. Use mini-SAS Connector for NT Function Setup..............6   Figure 2-4. PEX 8612-AA RDK Reference Clock Circuit ................. 7     Figure 2-5. PEX 8612-AA RDK Reset Circuit ................... 7 Figure 2-6.
  • Page 6   Table 3-13. Pin assignment of J3 ......................22 Table 3-14. Pin assignment of J4 ......................22  ...

  • Page 7: General Information

    1. General Information The PLX PEX 8612-AA RDK is a Rapid Development Kit based on the PEX 8612, a 12-lane, 3-port PCI Express Gen 2 switch. The PEX 8612-AA RDK provides a complete hardware and software development platform that facilitates getting designs up and running quickly, lowering risk and reducing time-to-market. This RDK allows the upstream port of the PEX 8612 to be directly plugged into a system board’s x8 or x16 PCI Express connector, or...

  • Page 8: Pex 8612 Features

    PCI Express Card Electromechanical (CEM) Specification, Revision 2.0 PCI ExpressCard CEM r2.0) PCI Express Mini Card Electromechanical (CEM) Specification, Revision 1.1 (PCI ExpressCard Mini CEM r1.1) PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 9: Pex 8612-Aa Rdk Features

    Up to three port link status indicator LEDs for visual inspection of link speed and status  Voltage level monitoring circuit for 1.0V and 2.5V power to the PEX 8612 PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 10: Pex 8612-Aa Rdk Hardware Architecture

    PEX 8612-AA RDK PCI Express Interfaces The PEX 8612-AA RDK is designed around the PEX 8612, a 3-port, 12-lane Gen 2 switch, and is based on the form factor specified in the PCI Express CEM 2.0 Specification. The PEX 8612-AA RDK offers four PCI Express (PCIe) interfaces: a x8 PCI Express edge connector (P1), two x16 PCI Express slots (SLOT 1 and SLOT 2;...

  • Page 11: Configuration Modules And Receptacle Cm1

    Configuration Module Receptacle CM1 is a 200-pin high-speed Mezzanine Connector. It is soldered on the PCB of PEX 8612-AA RDK. It directly connects to lane 4 to lane 7 of the PEX 8612, lane 0 to lane 3 of SLOT 2, and lane 0 to lane 3 of 4x mini-SAS connector IP1.

  • Page 12: Pci Express Card Edge Connector P1

    Depending on the port configuration, port 1 at connector SLOT 2 can be a downstream port, upstream port or an NT port. By default, the PEX 8612-AA RDK sets this port to be the x4 link downstream port 1. Power is provided...

  • Page 13: Reference Clock Circuitry

    Reference Clock Circuitry The PEX 8612-AA RDK reference clock circuitry contains a one-to-four differential clock fan out buffer (U2) from SpectraLinear (CY28400-2). The clock fan out buffer supports four 100 MHz PCI Express reference clocks with the option for constant frequency and spread spectrum outputs. When the RDK is plugged into a PCI Express slot...

  • Page 14: Hot-Plug Circuits

    C bus and external I/O expander devices. The PEX 8612-AA RDK implements Hot-Plug control circuitry for SLOT 1 and SLOT 2. SLOT 1 uses the on-chip parallel Hot-Plug controller while SLOT 2 uses the Serial Hot-Plug control capability through the I C and I/O expander.

  • Page 15: Serial Hot-Plug Controller Circuits

    PCI Express connector SLOT 2. Serial EEPROM The PEX 8612-AA RDK contains an 8-pin DIP socket for a serial EEPROM (U17). The board is populated with a blank On Semi CAT25080LI-G 32-Kbit device. The CAT25080LI-G device can directly interface to the PEX 8612.

  • Page 16: I 2 C Interface

    Power Distribution The PEX 8612-AA RDK has two sources of DC power. The first source is the card edge connector (P1). The x8 connector provides up to 2.1A at 12V and 3.0A at 3.3V from the PCI Express edge card connector it plugs in. The power from P1 is intended to power the PEX 8612, and the on-board electronic components.

  • Page 17: Led Indicators

    LED Indicators The PEX 8612-AA RDK provides a number of LED indicators including power-on indication, PEX 8612 port link status indication, Hot-Plug LED indication, fatal error indication, event/error indication, and voltage level monitoring indications. Table 2-1 below provides a quick explanation of the various board indicators.

  • Page 18: Port Link Status Indication (D18 - D20)

    Port Link Status Indication (D18 – D20) The PEX 8612-AA RDK provides up to three green color link status LEDs, D18 to D20, to indicate its port 0, 1, and 5 link states. LED on, off, and three blinking patterns cover all five states of port link status. (See...

  • Page 19: Pex_Inta Interrupt Indication (D23)

    PEX 8612 Voltage Level Monitoring (D10 – D11) The PEX 8612-AA RDK provides voltage level monitoring circuit to monitor the 1 volt and 2.5 volt power to the PEX 8612. The circuit contains an Intersil multiple voltage supervisory ISL6132, two bi-color LEDs, D10 and D11, and various value resistors.

  • Page 20: On-Board Connectors, Switches, And Jumpers

    3. On-Board Connectors, Switches, and Jumpers DIP Switches The PEX 8612-AA RDK contains nine user controllable DIP switches (SW1-SW8) for selecting the slot ID for the serial Hot-Plug, enable/disable Hot-Plug signals, enable/bypass the serial Hot-Plug and parallel Hot-Plug, upstream port select, port configuration, NT upstream port select, I C address settings and test mode settings.

  • Page 21: Parallel Hot-Plug Signal And Control (Sw3)

    Figure 3-4. Switch SW4 Default Settings Switch SW4 is for PLX internal test only. Changing the settings for SW4 is not recommended. PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 22: Upstream Port Select (Sw5)

    Port Configuration and NT Upstream Port Select (SW6) default STN0_PCFG1 RSV_6 RSV_9 NT_USPT_SEL0 ON NT_USPT_SEL1 ON NT_ENABLE# HIGH Figure 3-6. Switch SW6 Default Settings PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 23: Test Mode Select (Sw7)

    All PEX_PORT_GOOD pins are used for port link status outputs OFF,OFF,ON,ON PEX_PORT_GOOD and GPIO pins are programmed for different functions (see the PEX 8612 Data Book for details) OFF,OFF,ON,OFF PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 24: I 2 C Address And Other Mode Select (Sw8)

    C Slave Address ON,ON,ON ON,ON,OFF PEX 8612 I C Address bits[2:0]. ON,OFF,ON Default setting is 000b. ON,OFF,OFF OFF,ON,ON OFF,ON,OFF OFF,OFF,ON OFF,OFF,OFF PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 25: Push-Button Switches

    Serial Hot-Plug Controller Attention Button (S2) The PEX 8612-AA RDK provides a manual switch S2 for the attention button to the serial Hot-Plug circuit. When pushed and released, the switch generates an active low pulse to the Attention Button Input of the serial Hot-Plug controller.

  • Page 26: Header (Jp3)

    This 2-pin header provides the mechanism for 2.5 volt measurement, which is for PLX use only. For regular RDKs, no header will be assembled and instead a wire will be used to connect pin 1-2 of JP7. PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 27: Jtag Header (Jp4)

    Reference Clock Header (J2) (See Section for details) Table 3-12. Pin assignment of J2 Pin # Signal name RefClkp (+) RefClkn (-) PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 28: Probe Mode Input Header (J3)

    This is for PLX use only. Table 3-14. Pin assignment of J4 Pin Number Signal Name In Schematics SPARE2_O SPARE1_IO STRAP_RESERVED16 PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 29: Bill Of Materials/ Schematics

    4. Bill of Materials/ Schematics PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 31: Pex 8612-Aa Rdk Hardware Reference Manual - Version 1.1

    Dip Switch, 2-pos, half pitch SMT, dual in line SW2-SW4, CKN1362-ND ITTCANON TDA04H0SK1 Dip Switch, 4-pos, half pitch, SMT, dual in line CKN1364-ND PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 32 Cap, Ceramic 0.001uF,16V 490-1261-1- Murata SMT 0201 2KD01D X7R, 10% C93- GRM033R61A10 Cap, Ceramic, 490-3166-1- Murata SMT, 0201 C94,C107- 3KA01D 0.01uF,X5R,10V 10% C109 PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 33 Res. 1/16W, 33 ohm 5% SMT 0402 R12,R15-R16, R19-R20, R9-R10,R13- Panasonic ERJ-2RKF49R9X Res. 1/16W, 49.9 ohm 1% SMT 0402 R14,R17-R18, R21-R22, PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 34 Panasonic Res. 1/10W, 51K ohm 5% SMT, 0603 ERJ-3GEYJ513V Yageo 90C6031A1242F Res. 1/10W, 12.4K ohm, 1% SMT, 0603 R91,R94 America KHFT PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 35 Panasonic ERJ-6GEYJ151V Res. 1/18W, 390 ohm 5% SMT 0805 R68-R71, P390ACT-ND THROUGH-HOLE COMPONENTS A26528-05- 103240-5 Header, 2x5, 100mil pitch 2x5 th PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 36 Res. 1/10W, 1 K ohm, 5% SMT, 0603 R125 Panasonic ERJ-3GEYJ472V Res. 1/10W, 4.7K ohm, 5% SMT, 0603 R101 SMT 0603 R73,R99 PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 37 Jumper shunts, for 0.1" hdr. 2-pin JP3(1-2) PEX 8612 RDK Customer Name Product Name 91-0099-102-B April 5, 2010 PLX Part # Date PEX 8612-AA RDK Hardware Reference Manual – Version 1.1 Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved...
  • Page 38 Reset Express Slots Converters Circuit LEDs DIPSWITCHES INTERFACE PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com www.plxtech.com www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 39 RX3n_IP1 TX3n_IP1 TX3- RX3- I_PASS_26CKT_75783_0036 I_PASS_26CKT_75783_0036 FCI84517_10x20 FCI84517_10x20 PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com www.plxtech.com www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 40 RX31p TX31n ITP15 ITP15 ITP16 ITP16 RX31n PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. RX31n ITP1-ITP16 are probe holes 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 The hole size of GP1-4 should be www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 41 TX7n_P1 {2} PRSNT2# PERn7 x8 PCI Express Contr x8 PCI Express Contr PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 42 SW DIP-2 SW DIP-2 Default Setting of SW2: 1: off (disable MRL#_S) 2: off (disable Serial HP) PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 43 PWRLED_B# GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN 4.7K 4.7K BUTTON_B#_I PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. BUTTON_B#_I {8} SW PUSHBUTTON SW PUSHBUTTON 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 44 GREEN TV11 TV11 TV16 TV16 DR_14 5V_A GREEN GREEN TV12 TV12 TV17 TV17 DR_15 PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.3VCC CMD15-22SRUGC CMD15-22SRUGC GREEN GREEN TV13 TV13 TV18 TV18 DR_16 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085...
  • Page 45 RX39n RX39n MICTOR 38 MICTOR 38 REXT_4 PEX8612AA_19X19 PEX8612AA_19X19 PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 www.plxtech.com www.plxtech.com...
  • Page 46 PEX8612AA_19X19 2.5VCC TP3 marks with 2.5V TP2 marks with GND TP4 marks with GND PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 870 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085...

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