Installation guide

Installing the PCI-SB StarFabric® PCI Interface Card
3-14 PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card Installation Guide
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.
FIGURE 26. Daisy-Chaining StarFabric Devices
Rx
Tx Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Rx
Tx
Link 1
Link 1
Link 1
Link 0
Link 0
Link 0
Cable the devices as shown here:
Local Computer, Link 1 to Remote
Device 1, Link 1.
Remote Device 1, Link 0 to remote
Device 2, Link 1
Remote Device 2, Link 0 to Local
Computer, Link 0.