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SC-2170988. 1.1. 10/17
Switchtec PFX-L Fanout-Lite PCIe Gen3 Switch Family
PM8566, PM8565, PM8564, PM8563, PM8562, and PM8561
Ordering Information
Product Lanes Ports/NTBs
Virtual Switch
Partitions
Hot-Plug Controllers Package Ordering Number
PFX-L 96xG3 96 24/2 6
6
37.5 mm × 37.5 mm PM8566B-FEI
PFX-L 80xG3 80 20/2 6 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm PM8565B-FEI
PFX-L 64xG3 64 16/2 6 37.5 mm × 37.5 mm PM8564B-FEI
PFX-L 48xG3 48 12/2 6 27 mm × 27 mm PM8563B-F3EI
PFX-L 32xG3 32
8/2 4 27 mm × 27 mm PM8562B-F3EI
PFX-L 24xG3 24 6/2 3 27 mm × 27 mm PM8561B-F3EI
High-Speed I/O
• PCIe Gen3 8 GT/s
• Supports PCIe-compliant link training and manual PHY
configuration
Power Management
• Active State Power Management (ASPM)
• Software controlled power management
Chiplink Diagnostic Tools
• Extensive debug, diagnostics, configuration, and analysis
tools with an intuitive GUI
• Access to configuration data, management capabilities, and
signal integrity analysis tools (such as real-time eye capture)
• Connects to device over in-band PCIe or sideband signals
(UART, TWI, and EJTAG)
Evaluation Kit
The evaluation kit is a device evaluation environment supporting
multiple host and SSD interfaces. The following kits are available
for evaluating PFX, PSX, and PFX-L features using the populated
PSX 96xG3 device on the PM5461-KIT and the PSX 48xG3
device on the PM5462-KIT:
• PM5461-KIT—PSX/PFX/PFX-L 96/80/64xG3, 1-Slot, 16 HD
Evaluation Kit (PMC-2151996)
• PM5462-KIT—PSX/PFX/PFX-L 48/32/24xG3, 3-Slot
Evaluation Kit (PMC-2151645)
Example Application
Host Host
NVMe
SSD
NVMe
SSD
NVMe
SSD
x16
x16
x4 x4
