I/o subsystem, 1 pci subsystem – Intel SDS2 User Manual

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Intel® Server Board SDS2

I/O Subsystem

Revision 1.2

Order Number: A85874-002

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4. I/O Subsystem

4.1 PCI Subsystem

The primary I/O bus for SDS2 DP Server Board is PCI, with three PCI bus segments. The PCI
buses comply with the PCI Local Bus Specification, Rev 2.2. The P32-A bus segment is directed
through the HE-SL North Bridge while the two 64bit segments, P64-B and P64-C, are directed
through the CIOB20 I/O Bridge. The table below lists the characteristics of the three PCI bus
segments.

Table 4. PCI Bus Segment Characteristics

PCI Bus Segment

Voltage

Width

Speed

Type

PCI Slots

P32-A

5 V

32-bits

33-MHz

Peer Bus

Slots 3 and 4 – Full Length

P64-B

3.3 V

64-bits

66-MHz

Peer Bus

Slots 1 and 2 – Full Length

P64-C

3.3 V

64-bits

66-MHz

Peer Bus

Slots 5 and 6 – Full Length

Note: When an add-in 33-MHz PCI card is plugged into a P64 bus segment, such as in the P64-
C slot 5, this reduces the bus speed for all devices attached to that bus segment, including the
on-board SCSI controller.

4.1.1

32-bit, 33-MHz PCI Subsystem

All 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI I/O for the SDS2 Server Board is directed through the HE-SL North
Bridge. The 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI segment created by the HE-SL is called the P32-A segment. The
P32-A segment supports full-length, full-height PCI cards and contains the following embedded
devices and connectors:

2D/3D Graphics Accelerator: ATI RAGE XL Video Controller

Two Network Interface Controller: Intel 82550 Fast Ethernet Controller

PCI Slots 3 and 4

CSB5 South Bridge (PCI-to-LPC bridge)

Each of the embedded devices above, except for the CSB5 South Bridge, is allocated a GPIO to
disable the device.

4.1.1.1

Device IDs (IDSEL)

Each device under the PCI hub bridge has its IDSEL signal connected to one bit of AD [31:16],
which acts as a chip select on the PCI bus segment in configuration cycles. This determines a
unique PCI device ID value for use in configuration cycles. The following table shows the bit to
which each IDSEL signal is attached for P32-A devices, and corresponding device description.

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