VITA 46.4 PCI Express on the VPX Fabric Connector.PDF

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 6

2 VITA 46.4 Compliance ............................................................................................. 10

5 VITA 46.4 Plug-In Module Requirements ............................................................... 15

6 VITA46.4 Backplane Requirements ......................................................................... 17

7 Electrical Requirements ............................................................................................ 19

Table 1-1: VITA46.4 Related definitions ........................................................................... 8

Table 3-1: VITA46.4 Link Configuration ........................................................................ 11

Table 3-2: Example of x8, x4 and x1 links combinations ................................................ 11

Table 3-3: Example of x4 and x1 links combinations ...................................................... 12

Table 5-1: P1 Payload Connector Pin-out ........................................................................ 16

Table 5-2: P1 Payload Signal Definitions ......................................................................... 16

Table 6-1: Backplane J1 Connector Pin Assignments ...................................................... 17

Table 6-2: Backplane J1 Signal Definitions ..................................................................... 17

Table 9-1: VITA46.4 Module Capability Nomenclature .................................................. 21

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