Overview

Figure 1-3. PCI Express* Lane Partitioning and Direct Media Interface Gen 2 (DMI2)

Port 0

Port 1

 

Port 2

 

 

Port 3

 

(IOU2)

 

(IOU0)

 

 

(IOU1)

 

DMI / PCIe

 

 

 

 

PCIe

 

PCIe

 

 

PCIe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction

Transaction

 

Transaction

 

 

Transaction

 

Link

Link

 

Link

 

 

Link

 

Physical

Physical

 

Physical

 

 

Physical

 

0…3

0…3

4…7

 

4…7

8…11

12..15

 

4…7

8…11

12..15

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

X4

DMI

Port 1a

Port 1b

Port 2a

Port 2b

Port 2c

Port 2d

Port 3a

Port 3b

Port 3c

Port 3d

 

X8

 

X8

 

X8

 

X8

 

X8

 

 

Port 1a

Port 2a

Port 2c

Port 3a

Port 3c

 

 

 

 

X16

 

 

X16

 

 

 

 

 

Port 2a

 

 

Port 3a

 

1.2.3Direct Media Interface Gen 2 (DMI2)

Serves as the chip-to-chip interface to the Intel® C600 Chipset

The DMI2 port supports x4 link width and only operates in a x4 mode when in DMI2

Operates at PCI Express* 1.0 or 2.0 speeds

Transparent to software

Processor and peer-to-peer writes and reads with 64-bit address support

APIC and Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) support. Will send Intel-defined “End of Interrupt” broadcast message when initiated by the processor.

System Management Interrupt (SMI), SCI, and SERR error indication

Static lane numbering reversal support

Supports DMI2 virtual channels VC0, VC1, VCm, and VCp

1.2.4Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI)

Compliant with Intel QuickPath Interconnect v1.1 standard packet formats

Implements two full width Intel QPI ports

Full width port includes 20 data lanes and 1 clock lane

64 byte cache-lines

Isochronous access support for Quality of Service (QoS), native 1 and 2 socket platforms - Intel® Xeon® processor E5-1600 and E5-2600 product families only

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Intel E5-2600, CM8062101038606, E5-4600 Direct Media Interface Gen 2 DMI2, Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QPI, Link