Analysis of PCI Bus Activity Caused By 10G and RAID Cards

Background

This investigation is based on ideas from and work by Richard Hughes-Jones of Manchester University. Details here:

http://www.hep.man.ac.uk/u/rich/net/nic/GE_FGCS_v18.doc

Equipment

1) Twin Industries 64 bit PCI Active Extender Card w/switcheable bus isolation

http://www.twinhunter.com/catalog_detail.php?id=10

2) LogicPort Logic Analyzer (LOGICPORT)

http://www.web-tronics.com/loloanl.html

3) Dell Precision 420 PC

This PC, which only has 32 bit slots, was used for initial testing of the Logic analyzer and interface card.

Setup