Installation guide

About the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card

2-22 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide

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.

FIGURE 14. PCI Host Bridge to Leaf Bridges for High Reliability

Root Bridge

PCI-SB Interface

Remote StarFabric Device

Link 0

Link 1

Link 0