Product_Brief_PEX_8796_v1.2_27Jul12.pdf

PEX8796, PCI Express Gen3 Switch, 96 Lanes, 24 Ports ? PLX Technology, Page 1 of 5 24July12; v1.2 Highlights ? PEX8796 General Features o 96-lane, 24-port PCIe Gen3 switch - Integrated 8.0 GT/s SerDes o 35 x 35mm2, 1156-ball FCBGA package o Typical Power: 15.7 Watts ? PEX8796 Key Features o Standards Compliant - PCI Express Base Specification, r3.0 (compatible w/ PCIe r1.0a/1.1 2.0) - PCI Power Management Spec, r1.2 - Microsoft Windows Logo Compliant - Supports Access Control Services - Dynamic link-width control - Dynamic SerDes speed control o High Performance ? performancePAK ? Multicast ? Dynamic Buffer/FC Credit Pool - Non-blocking switch fabric - Full line rate on all ports - Cut-Thru with 150ns max packet latency - 2KB Max Payload Size o Multi-Host Fail-Over Support - 2 Configurable Non-Transparent ports - Failover with Non-Transparent port - Up to 6 upstream/Host ports with 1+1 or N+1 failover to other upstream ports o Quality of Service (QoS) - Traffic Class Queuing - Eight traffic classes per port - Weighted round-robin source port arbitration o Reliability, Availability, Serviceability ? visionPAK ? Per Port Performance Monitoring ? SerDes Eye Capture ? PCIe Packet Generator ? Error Injection and Loopback - 1 Hot-Plug port with native HP Signals - All ports Hot-Plug capable thru I2C - SSC Isolation on up to 24 ports - ECRC and Poison bit support - Data Path parity - Memory (RAM) Error Correction - Advanced Error Reporting - Port Status bits and GPIO available - JTAG AC/DC boundary scan The ExpressLane TM PEX8796 device offers Multi-Host PCI Express switching capability enabling users to connect multiple hosts to their respective endpoints via scalable, high bandwidth, non-blocking interconnection to a wide variety of applications including servers, storage systems, and communications platforms. The PEX8796 is well suited for fan-out, aggregation, and peer-to-peer applications.