Intel 31244 PCI-X User Manual

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The Intel

®

 IQ31244 PCI-X to Serial ATA Controller Evaluation Platform Board (IQ31244) is an 

Intel

® 

 80321 I/O processor-based design using a PCI-X bridge, four Intel SATA controllers, and 

Intel

®

 82546EB Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller.

The main application for this customer reference board is external storage. The primary function of 
this system is to translate between a disk or network interconnect and SATA. It will also be used to 
demonstrate iSCSI and basic NAS functionality.

 shows the block diagram of this customer reference board.

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Intel

®

82546

SATA

Connectors

PCI-X

Bridge

PCI-X Expansion Slot

Network

Port

Network

Port

H

DDR

SSP*

JTAG Port

Compact Flash Connector

JTAG

H

I

2

C

SATA

Connectors

SATA

Connectors

Secondary PCI-X

Primary PCI-X

PBI

SATA

Connectors

Rotary
Switch

HEX
Disp

UART

Flash

RJ-11

Bus

Arbiter

Logic

Buzzer

DDR

Memory

(DIMM)