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Summary of Contents for Aurora PCI-SB StarFabric
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Page 1: Installation Guide
PCI-SB StarFabric ® PCI Interface Card ™ Installation Guide Part Number: 15-30009-00, Rev. A Manual Revision Date: June, 2002... - Page 2 Copyright © 2002, Aurora Technologies, Inc, A Carlo Gavazzi Group Company. All Rights Reserved. This publication is protected by Federal Copyright Law, with all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, translated, transmitted, or transcribed in any form...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Documentation Conventions ...........1-3 Regulatory Information ............1-3 Related Documents..............1-4 Comments & Suggestions ............1-4 Chapter 2. About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Introduction ................2-1 About the PCI-SB Card ............2-2 Features & Benefits ............2-2 Basic StarFabric Connectivity ..........2-4 Complex Large Scale StarFabric Connectivity ....2-5 PCI-SB Card in Detail .............2-6... - Page 4 Legacy PCI Bridge Expansion........... 2-21 High Reliability and PCI Expansion........2-22 High Availability and Scalability Switching...... 2-23 Chapter 3. Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Introduction ................3-1 Before You Begin..............3-2 Check the Shipping Contents..........3-2 Discharge Static Electricity..........3-3 Inspect the PCI-SB card.............
- Page 5 Contents (continued) Chapter 5. Warranty & Maintenance Information Warranty on Hardware & Software .........5-1 Standard Hardware Warranty Policy ........5-1 Standard Software Warranty Policy........5-1 Product Registration Form .............5-2 Appendix A . Cable & Port Requirements Introduction ................A-1 Cable & Port Pinouts ...............A-2 Cables .................A-2 RJ-45 Pin Layout ..............A-3 Appendix B .
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Page 7: About This Guide
About This Guide CHAPTER 1 About This Guide This guide describes Aurora Technologies’ PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card (PCI-SB) for the purpose of installing and operating the card. After reading this guide, you’ll understand: • The basic components and controls of the PCI-SB card. -
Page 8: Audience
Terminology used in this book Glossary, “Terms and Definitions.” Cable and pinout information Appendix A, “Cable & Port Require- ments.” Hardware specifications Appendix B, “Specifications.” The PVX Utility Appendix C, “About the PVX Utility.” PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 9: Documentation Conventions
Regulatory Information The PCI-SB card meets the following regulatory requirements: • FCC Class A • EN55022 • EN55024 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 10: Related Documents
About This Guide Related Documents Refer to the following documents for more information about StarFabric technol- ogy or using the Aurora Technologies PCI-SB card in your environment. • PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card QuickStart™ Guide • PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Data Sheet at www.auroratech.com. -
Page 11: About The Pci-Sb Starfabric Pci Interface Card
This chapter describes the components, features, and functionality of the PCI-SB card, including: • Basic components and functions of the PCI-SB card. • Features and benefits of the PCI-SB card. • Basic concepts of StarFabric Technology. • Sample applications for the PCI-SB card. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 12: About The Pci-Sb Card
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card About the PCI-SB Card The PCI-SB card (see Figure 1) interconnects legacy PCI hardware with StarFab- ric-enabled devices to design highly-scalable and reliable, next-generation PCI expansion topologies based on StarFabric® technology. PCI-SB PCI Interface Card FIGURE 1. - Page 13 About the PCI-SB Card High Availability • Link-by-link Cyclic Redundancy Checking • Fault detection and isolation Easy Support & Maintenance • Standard CAT5 shielded cabling • Standard RJ-45 interface jacks PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 14: Basic Starfabric Connectivity
Expansion Devices This enables a host device with a PCI-SB card installed to connect to many differ- ent types of StarFabric-enabled devices such as Aurora’s XP-SG Series PCI bus chassis or other StarFabric-enabled, application-specific devices such as card read- ers, cash registers, or item scanners. -
Page 15: Complex Large Scale Starfabric Connectivity
Device Using a Switch Fabric to Add StarFabric-enabled Devices FIGURE 3. StarFabric switching also enables more sophisticated expansion topologies such as path routing with increased classes of service, redundant links, and automatic failover. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 16: Pci-Sb Card In Detail
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card PCI-SB Card in Detail The PCI-SB card is a PCI 2.2 short form factor card. It easily installs into any 32- bit or 64-bit PCI expansion slot on a PCI 2.2 compliant motherboard (see Figure 4). -
Page 17: Pci-Sb Card Components
Two rows of Green LEDs (four lights per row) show the operational status of the PCI-SB card’s ports based on the four pairs of Low Voltage Digital Signalling (LVDS) wires in each link. Each LED represents one LVDS pair on each link. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 18 About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Table 3 shows the operational states for the PCI-SB card’s LEDs. LEDs Operational States TABLE 3. If LED is: This means... On (Green) LVDS pair is synchronized with traffic enabled Flashing LVDS pair is synchronized but traffic is disabled...
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Page 19: Factory-Default Card Settings
For more details on gateway functionality, refer to StarGen user manuals at www.StarGen.com. See “PCI-SB Card Operating Modes” on page 2-11 for more details on the PCI-SB card’s operating modes. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 20: Windows, Linux, And Solaris X86 Support
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card For details on address routing traffic in legacy PCI bridge topologies or path rout- ing, refer to “Networking StarFabric Devices” on page 2-17. Windows, Linux, and Solaris x86 Support The PCI-SB card is currently supported on Microsoft® Windows 98® and 2000®, Linux®, and Solaris®... -
Page 21: Pci-Sb Card Operating Modes
Root Mode Bridge FIGURE 6. This mode of operation is used in legacy PCI bridge applications where traffic is address routed or routed based on a static address. The Root bridge is the upper- 2-11 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 22 About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card most bridge in the expansion bus topology. It provides the interface from the pri- mary bus to the switch fabric and all downstream or secondary StarFabric-enabled devices. The Root bridge initiates resets and enumerates (numerically identifies) all the downstream nodes configured as Leaf nodes in the switch fabric.
- Page 23 The Leaf expansion bridges are fully transparent and all PCI components on the second- ary buses are fully visible to the primary bus. 2-13 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 24 About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Gateway Gateway is the recommended operating mode for all Leaf nodes in a path routing application. In a path routing application, one PCI-SB card is configured as the Root bridge to provide resets and enumeration for the all the downstream nodes, as shown in Figure 8.
- Page 25 A PCI-SB card operating as a Leaf requires clocking and bus arbitration from an external source. Typically, you use a single board computer or a bus mastering device installed in a PCI slot on the remote device to provide clocking and bus arbi- tration. 2-15 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 26: How Starfabric Technology Works
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card How StarFabric Technology Works StarGen’s StarFabric® is an open switched interconnect technology that lets you design next generation voice, data, and video communications networks to expand the capabilities and flexibility of your existing PCI topology, as shown in Figure 9. -
Page 27: Networking Starfabric Devices
StarFabric PCI Bus Topology FIGURE 10. The PCI-SB card handles the entire interface with the switch fabric, so the legacy PCI buses and expansion chassis are unaware they are even part of the fabric. 2-17 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 28: Address Routing And Path Routing
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Address Routing and Path Routing There are two ways to interconnect StarFabric-enabled devices: • Address Routing • Path Routing Address Routing Application Address routing is the PCI-to-PCI bridge method similar to a typical legacy PCI environment. - Page 29 This means you can dynamically route traffic through the PCI topology on request or based on bandwidth requirements or the availability of a particular device, as shown in Figure 12. 2-19 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 30 About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card All StarFabric-enabled devices are identified at Remote StarFabric Device power-up and topology PCI-SB card remains static configured as Root bridge PCI-SB Interface Root Bridge A break in a link here means this topology reconfigures...
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Page 31: Sample Applications
Legacy PCI Bridge Expansion Figure 13 shows a typical legacy PCI application where a PCI-SB card connects a primary PCI bus to an Aurora Technologies XP-SG expansion chassis to provide access to additional PCI slots in the remote StarFabric-enabled device. -
Page 32: High Reliability And Pci Expansion
About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card High Reliability and PCI Expansion Figure 14 shows another PCI Legacy application where a single PCI-SB bridge connects two remote StarFabric-enabled devices to increase the number and avail- ability of a topology’s expansion slots or remote StarFabric devices by building redundant links between the primary PCI bus and remote devices. -
Page 33: High Availability And Scalability Switching
Other Switch or Devices Other Switch or Devices Switch Fabric Remote StarFabirc Device PCI-SB Interface Root Bridge PCI-SB Card to Switching Fabric FIGURE 15. 2-23 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 34 About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card 2-24 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 35: Chapter 3. Installing The Pci-Sb Starfabric® Pci Interface Card
Setting DIP switches to control the operational behavior of the PCI-SB card. • Installing the PCI-SB card in the PCI slot of a device. • Reading LEDs to obtain the operational status of the PCI-SB card. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 36: Before You Begin
PCI-SB Card Shipping Contents FIGURE 16. Your shipment includes: • One PCI-SB card • One product CD-ROM • One QuickStart sheet If anything is missing from your shipment, contact Aurora Technologies at (508) 588-6110 or support@auroratech.com. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 37: Discharge Static Electricity
PCI-SB card, as shown in Figure 17. Use an Anti-Static Wrist Strap During Installation FIGURE 17. The strap protects the card from damage and prevents you from damaging the com- puter motherboard or other components during the installation process. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 38: Inspect The Pci-Sb Card
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Inspect the PCI-SB card Your PCI-SB card is configured for Root Bridge operation by default at the factory. If Root Bridge is the desired operation mode, just visually inspect the card to make sure it is configured as shown in Figure 18. -
Page 39: Steps To Install The Pci-Sb Card
Insert the card in a PCI slot in a device. Connect the CAT5 shielded cabling. Perform power-up sequence for remote devices and local device. Install hardware drivers. Verify operation and connectivity. Refer to the following sections for step-by-step details on these procedures. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 40: Configuring The Card For Root Or Leaf Operation
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Step 1 - Configuring the Card for Root or Leaf Operation Set the DIP switches on the PCI-SB card for Root or Leaf mode operation, as shown in Figure 19. Root Mode Setup Use these settings to con- figure a PCI-SB as Root. - Page 41 Test mode Test mode Test mode * For factory-use only by Aurora Technologies personnel. To use the PCI-SB card as a Gateway, set the DIP switches to Disable Bridge. Gateway functionality requires additional software development using StarGen’s Fabric Primitives Library. Refer to StarGen user docu- mentation for more details.
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Page 42: Shutting Down The Local And Remote Devices
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Step 2 - Shutting Down the Local and Remote Devices Follow these steps to power down the local and remote devices before installing the card: Shut down the local and remote device(s) according to their recommended shut- down procedures. -
Page 43: Installing The Pci-Sb Card
Installing PCI-SB Card in 32-bit or 64-bit Slots FIGURE 21. The motherboard should be PCI 2.2 compliant to install the PCI-SB card. The bus connectors on some PCI 2.1 or earlier 32-bit boards may not PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 44 Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card accommodate newer expansion cards. Make sure the card’s bus connector is pressed in until no gold is visible and the card is seated firmly in the expansion slot, as shown in Figure 22 and Figure 23.
- Page 45 Steps to Install the PCI-SB Card Fasten screw while holding the card firmly in place 64-bit PCI Expansion Slots Securing the PCI-SB Card in 64-bit Slot FIGURE 23. Replace the device’s cover. 3-11 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 46: Connecting The Cables
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Step 4 - Connecting the Cables Follow these steps to connect shielded straight-thru cables: Connect the Transmit (Tx) port on the local device to the Receive (Rx) port on the remote device, as shown in Figure 24. - Page 47 Link 0 Aggregating Dual Serial Links to Remote Chassis FIGURE 25. The link bundling application shown in Figure 25 requires path routing software. You develop custom software for path routing functionality in a 3-13 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 48 Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card StarFabric topology. Refer to StarGen user documentation for details on path routing functionality and programming. Figure 26 shows how to daisy-chain a Root bridge device with two StarFabric- enabled Leaf bridge devices for redundancy and high availability of remote sys- tems.
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Page 49: Powering Up The Local And Remote Devices
Power-up the local device. If the serial ports are synchronized, LEDs for the ports in use turn solid green and remain on. If the LEDs are flashing, this means links are synchronized, but cannot pass traffic. If this happens, refer to Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting.” 3-15 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 50: Installing Hardware Drivers
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Step 6 - Installing Hardware Drivers For the Linux or Solaris x86 OS: No driver installation is required. Proceed to Step 7, on page 3-21 to complete the installation. For Microsoft Windows OS: After powering up the local device, Windows automatically detects the PCI-SB card installed in your device and runs a wiz- ard to help you install a device driver for the new hardware. - Page 51 Click Next to tinue Select Next to Search for Driver FIGURE 29. Select Search for a better driver... and click Next to continue Step 2. with the driver installation as shown in Figure 29. 3-17 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 52 Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Select a media to obtain the driver and click Select Standard Bridge Driver and Click Next FIGURE 30. Select a location to search for the driver, as shown in Figure 30. Step 3.
- Page 53 Windows searches for the driver in the selected location. Once it Step 4. finds the location of the driver, click Next as shown in Figure 31. Click Next to Continue the install Searching for the Hardware Driver FIGURE 31. 3-19 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 54 Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Click Finish to Click Finish to Complete the Complete the install install Complete the Driver Installation FIGURE 32. After Windows installs the driver. click Finish to complete the installation. Proceed to Step 7, on page 3-21 and verify that there is connectivity between the devices by viewing local components and remote components in the expansion bus.
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Page 55: Verifying Link Connectivity
Check the display for the PCI-SB card and expansion cards you installed, as shown in Figure 33. The local bridge components and the remote bridge compo- nents should appear in the list. 3-21 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 56: For Solaris X86
Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card For Solaris x86... Type sysdef -d at the (shell) system prompt, as shown in Figure 34. bash-2.03# sysdef -d PCI slots on the primary bus Node 'SUNW,Ultra-60', unit #-1 appear, first. Node 'packages', unit #-1 (no driver) -
Page 57: For Windows
Device Manager List of PCI Host Interface Links FIGURE 35. Check the list for the PCI-SB card and expansion cards. If you don’t see your PCI-SB card in the list, refer to Chapter 4, “Troubleshoot- ing.” 3-23 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 58 Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card 3-24 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 59: Chapter 4. Troubleshooting
This chapter provides troubleshooting information for problems you may encounter while installing or operating the PCI-SB card, including: • Determining the operational status of your PCI-SB card. • Performing troubleshooting procedures to support your PCI-SB card. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 60: Determining Operating Status
See Step 1 in Troubleshooting procedures. Check the DIP switch settings to ensure the card is configured correctly for bridge operation. See Step 7 in Trouble- shooting procedures. Determining Operational Status of PCI-SB Card FIGURE 36. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 61 Steps 4 & 5 in Troubleshooting procedures. Determining Normal Operating Status by Viewing LEDs FIGURE 37. If you encounter any of these error conditions, follow the troubleshooting proce- dures in “Troubleshooting the PCI-SB Card” on page 4-4. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 62: Troubleshooting The Pci-Sb Card
• Make sure you used straight-thru shielded cables to connect the PCI-SB card to remote devices. Do not use cross-over cables to connect the devices. • Reboot remote device; then reboot local device. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 63 Make sure the cable’s RJ-45 plugs are fully inserted in the RJ-45 jacks. • Check cabling to make sure you are using standard CAT5 straight-thru shielded cables. Do not use cross- over cables. • Reboot remote device; then reboot local device. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 64 Make sure the card is set for Bridge_Enabled, not Gateway operation. If you are unable to correct a problem after completing the troubleshooting procedures, contact Aurora Technologies at 508 588-6110, or sup- port@auroratech.com. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 65: Warranty On Hardware & Software
(2) years product repair, and driver upgrades. Standard Software Warranty Policy Aurora warrants that the physical media on which software is furnished will be free from defects in materials and workmanship, under normal use, for a period of (90) days from the date of shipment. -
Page 66: Product Registration Form
Warranty & Maintenance Information Product Registration Form Important! Please print, complete, and return this Product Registration Form to Aurora’s Cus- tomer Service and Support (CSS) Department at 508-588-0498. The information you provide here allows CSS to validate your warranty and inform you of software and hardware upgrades. -
Page 67: Appendix A . Cable & Port Requirements
This chapter contains information on cable and pinout specifications for the PCI-SB card, including: • The correct cable to use to connect a PCI-SB card to remote devices. • The pinout layout for each RJ-45 port on the PCI-SB card. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 68: Cable & Port Pinouts
The PCI-SB card uses standard Category 5 (CAT5) or better Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) straight-thru cables with RJ-45 connectors to attach to remote devices, as shown in Figure 38. RJ-45 Straight-thru Cable RJ-45 Connectors and Pin Layout FIGURE 38. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 69: Rj-45 Pin Layout
RJ-45 Jacks Transmit and Receive Signalling FIGURE 39. If you can’t determine whether or not your RJ-45 cable is a straight-thru cable or a cross-over cable, use an electronic cable tester to determine cable type. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 70 Cable & Port Requirements PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 71: Appendix B . Specifications
Specifications APPENDIX B Introduction This chapter contains information on specifications for the PCI-SB card, including: • Hardware specifications. • Physical specifications. • Environmental specifications. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 72: Hardware, Physical, & Environmental
Five meters from the PCI-SB card to other StarFabric-enabled devices. Interconnect Bandwidth 2.5 Gbps or 5.0 Gbps full duplex Certification Approved for: • FCC Class A, CE, UL 1950 • EN55022 • EN55024 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 73: Physical
Failure) The SG2010 requires +3.3V for core power at the chip level. Some older computer systems cannot supply +3.3V. Make sure your computer sup- ports this voltage requirement before installing the PCI-SB card. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 74 Specifications PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 75: Introduction
• How to use PVX to troubleshoot StarFabric-enabled devices in your topology. The PVX Utility is a Stargen product supplied by Aurora Technologies on the CD-ROM that shipped with your Aurora Technologies Host Interface Card. If you need additional information or support for the PVX Utility after reading this appendix, refer to the StarGen user documentation at www.stargen.com or contact StarGen. -
Page 76: Ms-Dos User Interface
StarFabric and view configuration information about the devices by pointing and clicking at them. You can launch the scan option from the menu bar or by pressing Alt-S from inside the PVX interface window. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... -
Page 77: Fabric Primitives Library
This section describes how to run PVX and use some of the PVX tools to monitor and diagnose problems with StarFabric devices your topology. Aurora Technologies recommends you do not use PVX Utility tools or options without first developing a good understanding of the implications of executing these options in your PCI topology. - Page 78 Command Prompt form Windows 2000 or Start -> Programs -> MS-DOS. Prompt from Windows 98. At the MS DOS prompt, type the drive location of the CD-ROM followed by pvx and press Return to run the PVX Utility, as shown in Figure 41. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 79 Using the PVX Utility Type pvx at the MS-DOS prompt to launch PVX Uility.t Launching PVX from the MS-DOS Window FIGURE 41. The PVX Utility splash screen and prompt appear, as shown in Figure 42. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 80 Click OK at the prompt to open the utility. The PVX Utility interface window appears as shown in Figure 43. From this window, you can launch the debugger or select another tool from the menu bar. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 81: Toggling Between User Modes
Scan tools. Command mode This mode displays a command line prompt used to execute commands to view or test StarFabric devices in the topology, as shown in Figure 44. You type in new PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 82 Command Mode in PVX Utility FIGURE 44. Scroll mode This mode displays scroll bars in the current window so you can easily navigate through screens of information using a scroll bar, as shown in Figure 45. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 83 Using the PVX Utility Scroll bars appear on the outside edges of current window Scroll Mode in PVX Utility FIGURE 45. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 84: Using The Command Line Debugger
Commands & Descriptions” on page C-13 for a list of commonly used commands and descriptions. To Run the Debugger: Select Tools -> Debug from the menu bar as shown in Figure 46. Type Alt-D from the user interface window. Running Debugger Tools FIGURE 46. C-10 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 85 Discovering Devices in the StarFabric FIGURE 47. A scrolling list of all the StarFabric-enabled devices in your topology appears, along with other important topology information, as shown in Figure 48 on page C-12. C-11 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 86 Use the scroll bars to navi- gate through the list Scrolling List of Discovered StarFabric-enabled Devices FIGURE 48. Use the scroll bar on the right side of the window to navigate through the information. C-12 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 87 PCI bus in list form. test None Executes a diagnostic test on the local StarFabric card. help None Launches online Help file. [filename.ext] Turns on logging to a file. unlog None Turns off logging. C-13 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 88: Scanning For Starfabric Devices
Type Alt-S from the user interface window. Selecting the Scan Tool FIGURE 49. A scrolling list appears showing all the components attached to the primary PCI bus over the StarFabric, as shown in Figure 50 on page C-15. C-14 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 89 Point and click on a device or component in the list or press the Space bar while a device or component is highlighted to display details on that device or compo- nent, as shown in Figure 51 on page C-16. C-15 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 90 About the PVX Utility Left window shows devices and components on the PCI bus. Right window shows the details for selected device or compo- nent. Scanning Device Information in Detail FIGURE 51. C-16 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 91: Tiling And Cascading User Interface Windows
Select Windows -> Tile from the menu bar to tile different screens so you can view more than one screen at a time. Select Windows -> Cascade from the menu bar to overlay screens one after the other. C-17 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 92 About the PVX Utility C-18 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 93: Glossary
If the communication were synchronous, each party would be required to wait a specified interval before speaking. Most commu- nications between computers and devices are asynchronous. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide... - Page 94 The data is usually on its way to or from the hard disk drive or some other peripheral device. Bundled Link Refers to card interface that has multiple links to another device to increase the bandwidth or provide higher reliability between devices. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 95 Synonym for board. A printed-circuit-board that you can insert into a com- puter to give it added capabilities. For example, the PCI-SB card enables leg- acy PCI devices to communicate with StarFabric-enabled devices. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 96 STP cables from one device to another to create a chain of devices. Discovery Refers to the StarProtocol’s process of identifying StarFabric-enabled devices connected to the Switch Fabric. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 97 Root bridge. Dual High-Speed Serial Links Refers to pair of RJ-45 serial connectors on an Aurora Host Interface Card (such as the PCI-SB or PMC-SB cards) that support data transmission speeds up to 622 Mbps.
- Page 98 Refers to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. This is an orga- nization that develops standards for networking (including Ethernet and Token Ring protocols). For example. IEEE 1596.3 is a standard used in for Low Voltage Differential Signalling (LVDS). PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 99 A unit of measure consisting of 1,024 bytes. LAN (Local Area Network) A network used within a confined physical area such as the floor of a build- ing, in contrast to a WAN (Wide Area Network). Ethernet is a LAN. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 100 But with LVDS, data storage is distinguished only by posi- tive and negative voltage values, not the voltage level, so data can travel over greater lengths of wire while maintaining a clear and consistent data stream. PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 101 Generic name for any edge node or switch that supports the StarProtocol. Operating Mode(s) The Aurora Technologies PCI-SB and PMC-SB cards have two operating modes when configured for bridge operation: Root and Leaf. The device con- taining the primary PCI bus is typically configured for Root bridge operation.
- Page 102 CPU. PMC-SB Card Refers to the Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect form factor card from Aurora Technologies that enables legacy PCI systems to interface with next-generation StarFabric technology. PCI 1.1 Refers to the PCI SIG PCI specification that addresses the need for increased bandwidth of PCI devices.
- Page 103 An eight-wire modular telephone jack. It is similar to the RJ-11 plug used for modem interfaces, but the RJ-45 connector acts as an interconnect cable between computers, such as connecting a host system and a remote device. G-11 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 104 Serial Link(s) Refers to interface ports or connectors that transmit data one bit at a time. The opposite of a serial link is a parallel port or link that transfers several bits concurrently. G-12 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 105 Switch Fabric Refers to the switched-serial interconnect using the StarProtocol to transmit data frames. This includes switches and edge nodes, and the links that con- nect them together in the Switch Fabric. G-13 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
- Page 106 Used with the transmission flow of data in the switch fabric to indicate a direction flow toward the Root bridge. XP-SG StarFabric PCI Expansion Chassis Aurora Technologies’ two-slot or three-slot, PCI 2.2 compliant, expansion chassis for StarFabric topologies. G-14 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide...
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Page 107: Index
INDEX Lights About this manual status light Applications samples 2-21 Modes Audience Leaf 2-13 operating modes 2-11 Cables Root 2-11 Category 5 cables connecting 3-12 Navigating this document daisy-chain 3-14 redundant links 3-13 Configure Operating modes operating mode configure Connectivity verify 3-13 Conventions... - Page 108 Index (continued) Specifications environmental hardware physical Status normal operating status Status Indicator Light description Terminology glossary terms Troubleshooting 4-1, A-1, C-1 operating status procedures Warranty information IX-2 PMC-SB StarFabric PCI Mezzanine Card Installation Guide...
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