Events

This one-day training event is suitable for systems architects and hardware or software designers currently using or thinking of starting designs with Microsemi’s PCIe Gen3 switches. During the day, you will be taken through the entire design cycle, from starting a hardware design, learning how to configure the switch, and using a host-based driver to access runtime dynamic features of the PFX switch.

Agenda

• 8:00— Continental breakfast and registration
• 9:00—Welcome/Switchtec update
• 9:15—Starting a hardware design 
• (5–10-minute break)
• 10:30—Configuring PFX for your platform
• 12:00—Lunch (provided on-site)
• 13:00—Understanding hot and surprise plug
• 14:30—Global address space and management through MRPC
• (5–10-minute break)
• 15:15—Open source driver and user space tool
• 16:00—Diagnostics and debug
• 16:30—Closing remarks, refreshments

Microsemi Switchtec™ PFX Fanout PCIe Switches provide the industry's highest-density, lowest-power PCIe switch for data center, communications, defense, and industrial applications.  With simple hardware configuration and advanced diagnostics and debug capabilities, the PFX enables PCIe solutions for a wide variety of systems, from JBOFs to general purpose applications requiring low power and high-reliability PCIe switching. Typical applications for the PFX include data center equipment, defense and industrial servers, workstations,test equipment, video production and broadcasting equipment, cellular infrastructure, access networks, metro networks, and core networking.

The Switchtec PFX family is comprised of switches from 24 lanes to 96 lanes, providing:

• The most flexible port bifurcation in the industry (from x2 to x16 lanes per port)
• The highest port and non-transparent bridge (NTB) density, with up to 48 ports and 48 NTBs
• The highest switch partition density (up to 24) for efficient use of system resources
• Advanced error containment and surprise-plug and unplug support to prevent system crashes
• Advanced diagnostics and debug features to identify, diagnose, and fix problems
• SRIS for cabled PCIe and lower-cost system designs

Arrow Boston Office address: 4 Technology Dr, Peabody, MA 01960
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