Specifications

G-4 Aurora Technologies
StarFabric
A next-generation switched interconnect technology that provides a univer-
sal, scalable, and highly-reliable switch fabric for data, voice, and video
communications networks.
StarFabric Bridge
An edge node that provides protocol translation. For example, the PCI-SB
and the PMC-SB cards act as bridges between a PCI bus and a switch fabric
running the StarProtocol.
StarProtocol (SP)
The switched-serial protocol used to transmit data across the StarFabric
switch fabric.
Switch Fabric
Refers to the switched-serial interconnect using the StarProtocol to transmit
data frames. This includes switches and edge nodes, and the links that con-
nect them together in the Switch Fabric.
XP-SG StarFabric PCI Expansion Chassis
Aurora Technologies’ two-slot or three-slot, PCI 2.2 compliant, expansion
chassis for StarFabric topologies.