Specifications

About StarFabric Connectivity
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Root & Leaf Operation
As a bridge or gateway, the SG2010 has two operating modes:
• Root
• Leaf
These operating modes control how StarFabric resets are done and how StarFabric-
enabled devices are identified in the fabric.
ROOT OPERATION
Setting the SG2010 bridge/gateway to Root operation means it is responsible for
enumerating or assigning Fabric Identification Numbers (FIDs) to all the StarFab-
ric-enabled devices in the switch fabric, as shown in Figure 14 on page 21.
Only one StarFabric device can be configured as Root in your application. The PCI
bus locally attached to the StarFabric Root bridge is always considered the primary
PCI bus in your application. The Root device is considered upstream from all other
StarFabric-enabled devices in the switch fabric. All other PCI buses connected to
the StarFabric over StarFabric bridge interfaces are considered secondary or down-
stream PCI buses.