Installation guide

PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide 2-9
PCI-SB Card in Detail
Factory-Default Card Settings
The PCI-SB card is factory-ready to operate as a Root bridge in an address-routed
legacy PCI application, or as a Root bridge in a path routed application.
This means the PCI-SB card is set to provide a bridge interface from the physical or
primary PCI bus in your topology to remote secondary StarFabric-enabled devices,
such as a PICMG expansion chassis or an XP-SG Series expansion chassis, as
shown in Figure 5.
FIGURE 5. Factory Default Operating Mode for the PCI-SB Card
You can connect up to two StarFabric-enabled remote devices from a single Root
bridge. The remote devices should be configured as Leaf bridges. Three or more
remote devices require a StarFabric-enabled switch in the topology and custom
software development using the Fabric Primitives Library (FPL).
You can also configure the PCI-SB as a gateway by disabling the bridge functional-
ity and developing custom software. 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 card
Five Meters Distance
Primary PCI Bus
Remote StarFabric
Device