Speaker
Mr
Heiko Körte
(N.A.T. GmbH)
Description
How can MTCA.4 systems benefit from the new features of PCI-ExpressFabric technology announced by Avago?
The Avago PEX9700 series switch chips with ExpressFabric technology offer an industry-suite of new features that dramatically improve performance while reducing power consumption and cost by 50% for the most demanding hyper-converged, NVMe, and rack scale systems.
Key Features:
* Enable Multi-Node cluster over PCIe Fabric
* Host-to-Host DMA
* Share I/O Among Multiple Hosts
* Dedicated x1 PCIe port for switch management
* Downstream Port Containment (DCP / eDPC)
* SSC Isolation and SRIS Clocking
* No Changes to Existing Standard Software & Drivers
Summary
This presentation discuss the new features of the Avago PCI-ExpressFabric Switches and how this can be implemented in MicroTCA.4 systems.
Primary author
Mr
Heiko Körte
(N.A.T. GmbH)