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Chapter 5. 5.0—Server Bus Architectures

5. 5.0—Server Bus Architectures

Terms you’ll need to understand:

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
MicroChannel Architecture (MCA)
Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA)
VESA Local Bus (VLB)
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Northbridge and Southbridge
Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)
Super-I/O
Front Side Bus (FSB) and Back Side Bus (BSB)
Expansion slot
Data bus and Address bus
Bus-master
Plug-and-play (PnP)
Hot swap
Bandwidth
Interrupt lines
Signaling levels
Hot-Plug PCI
PCI Extended (PCI-X)
Throughput
Double Data Rate (DDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR)
Error Correcting Code (ECC)
PCI Express (PCIe)
Arapahoe
Isochronous data transfer
Form factor
Server I/O Module (SIOM)
Bottleneck
Fault tolerance
Hierarchical and Peer PCI buses
Intelligent Input/Output (I2O)


Techniques you’ll need to master:

Using software utility programs
Recognizing various bus interfaces, the reasons they were developed, and the differences between them
Explaining the use and technique of bus-mastering
Calculating the data throughput for a given processor
Explaining the development of the AGP port
Listing the features of the super-I/O controller
Understanding how ISA cards disrupt the plug-and-play process
Knowing the operating parameters of all proposed server components
Knowing which factors limit the maximum number of server board slots
Understanding how dual-voltage PCI expansion cards operate
Plugging hot-swap cards into the PCI system
Defining the hot-plug PCI hardware standard
Identifying the PCI-X 2.0 standard
Explaining PCI-X 266 and PCI-X 533 voltage signals
Listing PCI Express implementations
Describing the hierarchical PCI bus



  

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