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I/o interfaces, Infiniband interface, Pci-x interface – Sun Microsystems PCI User Manual

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Chapter 1

Product Overview

3

I/O Interfaces

The IB-HCA includes the following interfaces:

Two 4x InfiniBand copper connectors

PCI-X 64-bit 133 MHz edge connector

InfiniBand Interface

The IB-HCA provides two 4x InfiniBand v1.1 connector (or ports) for external
copper cables and is IBTA specification 1.1-compliant.

PCI-X Interface

The PCI-X bus is a PCI-X version 2.2-compliant 64-bit 133 MHz interface. The
adapter can be either a master initiating the PCI bus operations or a slave
responding to PCI bus operations. The PCI/PCI-X bus can connect to a host CPU in
an HCA application.

LED Displays

Two InfiniBand ports connectors are located on the front panel of the adapter. Each
port has two LEDs, as shown in

FIGURE 1-2

. An explanation of the LEDs is given in

TABLE 1-1

.

TABLE 1-1

IB-HCA LEDs

Color

Meaning

Green

Physical Link – The physical link LED illuminates once the Tavor
driver is successfully attached to the port.

Amber

Logical Link – The logical link LED illuminates once the InfiniBand
port is in the Up state. This LED also blinks when there is traffic on
the port.