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PCI-SIG® Presents:
I/O Virtualization Interactive Technology Assessment

Thursday, April 27, 2006
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, California

Overview

This one-day training event will provide attendees with a good understanding of the specifications under development within the PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization (IOV) Workgroup. The IOV Workgroup is focused on three areas of specification:

1) Address Translation Services (ATS): ATS enables I/O Endpoints to interoperate with platform-specific Address Protection and Translation Table (ATPT) technology to improve platform performance.

2) Single Root (SR) I/O virtualization and sharing: Whether a client, server, storage controller, etc. customers are requesting standard methods to share a PCI Endpoint without sacrificing performance. This specification will cover the configuration, resource allocation, error / event / interrupt handling, etc. required to deliver an interoperable solution.

3) Multi-Root (MR) I/O virtualization and sharing: Blade technology for servers, storage, etc. is a high-growth area within the industry with strong customer interest and expectations. PCI-SIG member companies have requested specifications to cover how multiple blades can share an I/O Endpoint. This specification covers all that aspects of the MR problem space required to deliver an interoperable solution including configuration, isolation, routing, and many more topics.

This event represents an opportunity for all PCI-SIG members to provide feedback and guidance to the specifications while they are being developed and all are encouraged to attend.

Member On-line Registration

Online registration is now closed.

On-site registration is available for PCI-SIG Members only.  Be sure to show up at the Santa Clara Convnetion Center at 7:30am for on-site registration.

This is a free training event for all PCI-SIG members, one of the many PCI-SIG membership benefits.

Agenda:

7:30am Registration
8:30am Architectural Overview (Mike Krause, Renato Recio)
9:30am Alternative RID Interpretation (Krause)
10:00am AM Break
10:15am Single Root Resource Allocation (Recio)
10:45am Single Root Configuration (David Kahn, Steve Glaser)
11:15am Multi-Root Resource Allocation (Recio)
11:45am Lunch
12:30pm Address Translation Services (David Wooten, Mark Hummel)
2:00pm Multi-Root (Chris Petty, Kahn)
3:30pm PM Break
3:45pm Error, Interrupt, Event Handling for both Single Root and Multi-Root (Eric DeHaemer)
4:45pm Migration (Doug Freimuth)
5:15pm Q&A (All presenters)
5:30pm Closing remarks / Summary / Next steps (Krause, Recio)

Event Venue

The IOV Training Day will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center:

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, California 95054
Tel: (408) 748-7000
URL: www.santaclara.org/conventioncenter

For additional information, please contact us at administration@pcisig.com or 503.291.2569.