PEX 8625 Interoperability Test Report Version 1.0 January 2010 Website: www.plxtech.com Technical Support: www.plxtech.com/support Copyright © 2010 by PLX Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved – Version 1.0 January, 2010 Table of Contents 1. PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. PRODUCT INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 1 3. SCOPE .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 3.1 Test Phases......................................................................................................................................... 1 3.2 Test Omissions and Assumptions ....................................................................................................... 1 4. PRETEST REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 2 4.1 Collateral ............................................................................................................................................. 2 4.2 Other Documentation .......................................................................................................................... 2 4.3 Software and Identification Information ............................................................................................... 2 4.4 System BIOS Settings ......................................................................................................................... 3 4.5 Physical Layout of RDK ....................................................................................................................... 4 4.5.1 Baseboard RDK ...................................................................................................................... 4 5. TEST DESCRIPTIONS AND PROCEDURES .............................................................................................. 5 5.1 Motherboards and System BIOS ........................................................................................................ 5 5.1.1 Visual Link-Up Tests ............................................................................................................... 5 5.1.2 Operating System Installation ................................................................................................. 5 5.1.3 Device Manager Detection Tests ........................................................................................... 5 5.1.4 Slot Tests ................................................................................................................................ 8 5.1.5 PLX PEX Device Editor Tests ................................................................................................ 9 5.1.6 MAC Operating System Detection ........................................................................................ 15 5.1.7 Redhat and Fedora Linux Operating Systems Detection ..................................................... 15 5.2 Endpoints ........................................................................................................................................... 15 5.2.1 Video Adapter Tests ............................................................................................................. 15 5.2.2 Ethernet Adapter Tests ......................................................................................................... 17 5.2.3 SCSI or Fibre-Channel HBA Tests ....................................................................................... 18 5.2.4 TV Tuner Cards .................................................................................................................... 19 5.3 WHQL DTM Certification ................................................................................................................... 21 5.4 Advanced Test Configurations .......................................................................................................... 23 5.4.1 Fully-Loaded Endpoint Configurations ................................................................................. 23 5.4.2 Fully-Load RDK with Expansion Board ................................................................................ 24 5.4.3 Virtual Switch Configurations ................................................................................................ 25 6. Test Results ................................................................................................................................................ 27 6.1 Attachment A – Software and Hardware Identification Information .................................................. 27 6.2 Attachment B – Motherboards and System BIOS ............................................................................. 28 6.3 Attachment C - Video Adapters ......................................................................................................... 30 6.4 Attachment D - Ethernet Adapters .................................................................................................... 31 6.5 Attachment E - SCSI/FC HBAs and TV Tuners ................................................................................ 32 6.6 Attachment F - WHQL Certification Results for PEX 8625 RDK ....................................................... 33 6.7 Attachment G – Advanced Tests ...................................................................................................... 34 7. Test Equipment ........................................................................................................................................... 36 7.1 Motherboards and System BIOS ...................................................................................................... 36 7.2 Endpoint Devices and Connectivity Kits ............................................................................................ 39 Figures Figure 1. General Layout of PEX 8625 Baseboard ............................................................................................. 4 Figure 2. Device Manager Detection of Switch ................................................................................................... 6 Figure 3. Routing Information of Switch Device .................................................................................................. 7 Figure 4. Vendor ID and Chip ID of PEX 8625 Switch ........................................................................................ 8 Figure 5. System Tree View of PEX 8625 Switch ............................................................................................... 9 Figure 6. Configuration Registers of PEX 8625 Switch ..................................................................................... 10 Figure 7. Memory-mapped Registers of PEX 8625 Switch ............................................................................... 11 Figure 8. EEPROM Editor of PEX 8625 Switch ................................................................................................ 12 Figure 9. I²C Adapter Detection in Device Manager .......................................................................................... 13 Figure 10. I²C Access of PEX 8625 Switch ....................................................................................................... 14 PEX 8625 Interoperability Test Report, Version 1.0 © 2010 PLX Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. ii Figure 11. Device Manager Detection of NVIDIA Video Card ........................................................................... 16 Figure 12. Device Manager Detection of Intel Network Card ............................................................................ 17 Figure 13. Device Manager Detection of LSI SCSI HBA ................................................................................... 18 Figure 14. Device Manager Detection of Emulex Fibre-Channel HBA ............................................................. 19 Figure 15. Device Manager Detection of Hauppauge TV Tuner ....................................................................... 20 Figure 16. Sample Launch Pad of WinTV Application ...................................................................................... 21 Figure 17. Sample DTM Test Selections ........................................................................................................... 22 Tables Table 1. Setting Virtual Switches with SW8 ...................................................................................................... 25 Table 2. Software and Hardware ID Information ............................................................................................... 27 Table 3. Test Results Matrix for Motherboards and System BIOS ................................................................... 28 Table 4. Test Results Matrix for Video Adapters ............................................................................................... 30 Table 5. Test Results Matrix for Ethernet Adapters .......................................................................................... 31 Table 6. Test Results Matrix for SCSI/FC HBAs and TV Tuners ...................................................................... 32 Table 7. WHQL Certification Results for PEX 8625 RDK .................................................................................