Reference Design

PB3132-2ESATA300

SteelVine Reference Board Key Features

PCI-Express to 2-port External Serial ATA (eSATA) Host Bus Adapter • 2 External SATA II
ports (3 Gbps)

The PB3132-2ESATA300 reference board maximizes the performance of two external • x1 lane PCI-Express
host connection
SATA ports, providing high performance connectivity for SteelVine® Storage Processors,
• Supports Port
industry standard SATA port multipliers or direct attached drives. Built on the high-speed Multipliers with FIS
based Switching
SiI3132 SteelVine controller this reference design connects two 3 Gbps external Serial
• Support for RAID 0,
ATA (eSATA) device ports to a single lane PCI-Express host connection and includes
1 when single
support for FIS based port multiplier switching. drives are attached

• Support for RAID 0,

The PB3132-2ESATA300 effectively leverages
the high bandwidth of PCI-Express, allowing
manufacturers to take full advantage of the
speed and plug-and-play convenience of external
SATA (eSATA).
The external SATA ports on the PB3132-
2ESATA300 reference board have a bandwidth
of 3 Gbps per port, making them ideal for con-
necting multi-drive storage solutions like those
based on the SiI4726 and SiI4723 SteelVine®
Storage Processors, or storage solutions based
on industry standard SATA port multipliers such
as the SiI3726.
The PB3132-2ESATA300 is compatible with 1, 10, 5 when
Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating sys- attached to a Port
tems. A Silicon Image software RAID driver Multiplier
enables RAID 0 (FAST), 1 (SAFE) and BIG
(drive spanning) when single drives are con- • Drivers for
nected to the (two) eSATA ports. When con- Windows, Linux &
nected to a port multiplier, RAID 0 (FAST), 1 Macintosh
(SAFE), 10 (SAFE & FAST) and BIG (drive
spanning) are supported, as well as RAID 5
using a Silicon Image software RAID driver.
The PB3132-2ESATA300 reference board allows
manufacturers to get to market quickly with a
pre-certified design built on Silicon Image's
proven SteelVine controllers. Complete mechani-
cal and electrical design files, gerber files, BOMs,
schematics, user documentation, and drivers are
available upon request.

PB3132-2ESATA300
PB3132-2ESATA300
Features

Support for FIS Host Interface Features Power Requirements

Based Port • Interface Type: PCI-Express x1 lane • +3.3V +/- 9%, .6A (max) from the PCI-
• Voltage: 3.3V bus supported Express Connector
Multipliers
• Compliance: PCI-Express Specification,
The PB3132-2ESATA300 sup- Revision 1.1 System Requirements:
ports port multipliers using FIS
• Intel Pentium, Celeron, Xeon or equivalent for
based switching. Traditional Device Interface Features Windows or Linux
SATA controllers only support
• Interface Type: External Serial ATA Gen2m • G5 for Macintosh
CMD based switching which
• Speed: 3.0 GB/s • An available PCI-Express compliant slot
can only access a single drive
• Compliance: Serial ATA revision 2.5 • An available external SATA device
at a time, limiting performance
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
to that of the drive being
Physical Specifications
accessed. The PB3132-
• Ports: Two (2) External SATA device ports Agency Pre-Certifications
2ESATA300 supports FIS
based switching which • Physical Dimensions: PCI-Express x1 low pro- • FCC (B), VCCI, ICES-003
accesses multiple drives file form factor [L] 4.5" (11.4 cm) by [H] 2.5"
simultaneously, effectively (6.4 cm) Software Features
aggregating the bandwidth • External Cable Length: Maximum 2 meters
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003,
of the drives. (using standard external Serial ATA cables)
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux,
Macintosh OS X 10.4.x (or later)

PB3132-2ESATA300

CMD based switching

FIS based switching

Silicon Image, Inc.

1060 E. Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
T 408.616.4000
F 408.830.9530
www.siliconimage.com

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Part Number: PB-3132-2ESATA300 SiI-PB-52 rev1 09/02/09