Features

‹ High Performance PCI Express Switch

– Thirty-two 2.5 Gbps PCI Express lanes

– Eight switch ports

– Upstream port configurable up to x8

– Downstream ports configurable up to x8

– Low-latency cut-through switch architecture

– Support for Max Payload Size up to 2048 bytes

– One virtual channel

– Eight traffic classes

– PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.1 compliant

‹ Flexible Architecture with Numerous Configuration Options

– Automatic per port link width negotiation to x8, x4, x2 or x1

– Automatic lane reversal on all ports

– Automatic polarity inversion on all lanes

– Ability to load device configuration from serial EEPROM

‹ Legacy Support

– PCI compatible INTx emulation

– Bus locking

‹ Highly Integrated Solution

– Requires no external components

– Incorporates on-chip internal memory for packet buffering and

queueing

– Integrates thirty-two 2.5 Gbps embedded SerDes with 8B/10B

encoder/decoder (no separate transceivers needed)

‹ Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Features

– Supports ECRC and Advanced Error Reporting

– Internal end-to-end parity protection on all TLPs ensures data

integrity even in systems that do not implement end-to-end

CRC (ECRC)

– Supports PCI Express Native Hot-Plug, Hot-Swap capable I/O

– Compatible with Hot-Plug I/O expanders used on PC and

server motherboards