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May 7, 2009
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Device Overview
The 89HPES8T5A is a member of IDT’s PRECISE family of PCI
Express switching solutions. The PES8T5A is an 8-lane, 5-port periph-
eral chip that performs PCI Express Base switching. It provides connec-
tivity and switching functions between a PCI Express upstream port and
up to four downstream ports and supports switching between down-
stream ports.
Features
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High Performance PCI Express Switch
– Eight 2.5Gbps PCI Express lanes
– Five switch ports
– Upstream port is x4
– Downstream ports are x1
– Low-latency cut-through switch architecture
– Support for Max Payload Sizes up to 256 bytes
– One virtual channel
– Eight traffic classes
– PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.1 compliant
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Flexible Architecture with Numerous Configuration Options
– Automatic lane reversal on all ports
– Automatic polarity inversion on all lanes
– Ability to load device configuration from serial EEPROM
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Legacy Support
– PCI compatible INTx emulation
– Bus locking
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Highly Integrated Solution
– Requires no external components
– Incorporates on-chip internal memory for packet buffering and
queueing
– Integrates eight 2.5 Gbps embedded SerDes with 8B/10B
encoder/decoder (no separate transceivers needed)
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Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Features
– Internal end-to-end parity protection on all TLPs ensures data
integrity even in systems that do not implement end-to-end
CRC (ECRC)
– Supports ECRC and Advanced Error Reporting
– Supports PCI Express Native Hot-Plug, Hot-Swap capable I/O
– Compatible with Hot-Plug I/O expanders used on PC mother-
boards
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Power Management
– Utilizes advanced low-power design techniques to achieve low
typical power consumption
– Supports PCI Power Management Interface specification (PCI-
PM 1.2)
– Unused SerDes are disabled.
– Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Speci-
fication, Revision 2.0 (ACPI) supporting active link state
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Testability and Debug Features
– Built in Pseudo-Random Bit Stream (PRBS) generator
– Numerous SerDes test modes
– Ability to read and write any internal register via the SMBus
– Ability to bypass link training and force any link into any mode
– Provides statistics and performance counters
Block Diagram
Figure 1 Internal Block Diagram
5-Port Switch Core / 8 PCI Express Lanes
Frame Buffer
Route Table
Port
Arbitration
Scheduler
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
Mux / Demux
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
(Port 0)
(Port 2)
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
Mux / Demux
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
Mux / Demux
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
(Port 3)
(Port 5)
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
Mux / Demux
(Port 4)
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
Mux / Demux
89HPES8T5A
Data Sheet
8-Lane 5-Port
PCI Express Switch