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This document describes the LSI Logic LSI53C1000R PCI to Ultra160 SCSI
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This book is the primary reference and technical manual for the LSI Logic
LSI53C1000R PCI to Ultra160 SCSI Controller. It contains a complete
functional description for the product and includes complete physical and
electrical specifications.
This document was prepared for system designers and programmers
who are using this device to design an Ultra160 SCSI port for PCI-based
personal computers, workstations, servers, or embedded applications.
This document has the following chapters and appendixes:
•Chapter 1, Introduction, provides general information about the
LSI53C1000R.
•Chapter 2, Functional Description, describes the main functional
areas of the chip in greater detail, including the interfaces to the
SCSI bus and external memory.
•Chapter 3, Signal Descriptions, contains the pin diagram and signal
descriptions.
•Chapter 4, Registers, describes each bit in the operating registers,
and is organized by register address.
•Chapter 5, SCSI SCRIPTS Instruction Set, defines all of the
SCSI SCRIPTS instructions that are supported by the LSI53C1000R.
•Chapter 6, Specifications, contains the electrical characteristics and
AC timing diagrams.
•Appendix A, Register Summary, is a register summary.
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Conventions Used in This Manual
The word assert means to drive a signal true or active. The word
deassert means to drive a signal false or inactive.
Hexadecimal numbers are indicated by the prefix “0x”—for example,
0x32CF. Binary numbers are indicated by the prefix “0b”—for example,
0b0011.0010.1100.1111.
Revision Record
RevisionDateRemarks
1.06/2000Preliminary version
2.011/2000Final version
2.15/2001Changes to Chapter 3 and Chapter 6 concerning pinouts
2.26/2003Added instructions for setting the GPIO registers. Changed Vih (max) to
11.0 V in Table 6.10. In Table 3.1, changed GPIO[4:0] pins to “Pulled down
internally.”
This chapter provides a general overview on the LSI53C1000R PCI to
Ultra160 SCSI Controller. This chapter contains the following sections:
•Section 1.1, “General Description”
•Section 1.2, “Benefits of Ultra160 SCSI”
•Section 1.3, “Benefits of SURElink (Ultra160 SCSI Domain Validation)
Technology”
•Section 1.4, “Benefits of LVDlink Technology”
•Section 1.5, “Benefits of TolerANT® Technology”
•Section 1.6, “Summary of LSI53C1000R Benefits”
1.1General Description
The LSI53C1000R brings Ultra160 SCSI performance to host adapter,
workstation, and server designs, making it easy to add a
high-performance SCSI bus to any PCI system.
The LSI53C1000R supports a 64-bit or 32-bit, 66 or 33 MHz PCI bus.
The Ultra160 SCSI features implemented in the LSI53C1000R are:
double transition (DT) clocking, cyclic redundancy check (CRC), and
domain validation. These features comply with the Ultra160 SCSI
industry initiative.
DT clocking permits the LSI53C1000R to transfer data up to
160 Mbytes/s. CRC improves the integrity of the SCSI data transmission
through enhanced detection of communication errors. Asynchronous
Information Protection (AIP) augments CRC to protect all nondata
phases, providing complete end-to-end protection of the SCSI I/O.
SURElink™ domain validation technology detects the SCSI bus
LSI53C1000R PCI to Ultra160 SCSI Controller Technical Manual1-1
configuration and automatically tests and adjusts the SCSI transfer rate
to optimize interoperability. Three levels of Domain Validation are
provided, assuring robust system operation.
The LSI53C1000R has a local memory bus. This allows local storage of
the device’s BIOS ROM in flash memory or standard EPROMs. The
LSI53C1000R supports programming of local flash memory for BIOS
updates. The chip is packaged in a 456 Ball Grid Array (BGA). Figure 1.1
shows a typical LSI53C1000R board application connected to external
ROM or flash memory.
Figure 1.1Typical LSI53C1000R Board Application
68-Pin
SCSI
Connector
and
Terminator
Memory Control
Block
Flash ROM
Serial EEPROM
SCSI Data,
Parity, and
Control Signals
LSI53C1000R
64-Bit/66MHz
PCI to
Single Channel
Ultra160 SCSI
Controller
PCI Interface
PCI Address, Data, Parity
and Control Signals
Memory
Address/Data
Bus
GPIO/[1:0]
LVDlink™ technology is the LSI Logic implementation of Low Voltage
Differential (LVD). LVDlink transceivers allow the LSI53C1000R to
perform either Single-Ended (SE) or LVD transfers. The LSI53C1000R
integrates a high-performance SCSI core, a 64-bit/66 MHz PCI bus
master DMA core, and the SCSI SCRIPTS™ processor to meet the
flexibility requirements of Ultra160 SCSI standards. It implements
multithreaded I/O algorithms with minimum processor intervention,
solving the protocol overhead problems of previous intelligent and
nonintelligent adapter designs. Figure 1.2 illustrates a typical
LSI53C1000R system application.
Figure 1.2Typical LSI53C1000R System Application
PCI Bus
Interface
Controller
Processor Bus
Central
Processing
Unit
(CPU)
PCI Bus
Typical PCI Computer
System Architecture
LSI53C1000R PCI
to Ultra160 SCSI
Controller
One PCI Bus Load
PCI Graphic Accelerator
PCI Fast Ethernet
Memory
Controller
Memory
SCSI Bus
Fixed Disk, Optical Disk,
Printer, Tape, and Other
SCSI Peripherals
The LSI53C1000R is pin compatible with the LSI53C1020 PCI to
Ultra320 SCSI Controller. Proper board design, using LSI Logic
Design Considerations for the LSI53C1010R and LSI53C1030,
SEN S11019, allows seamless, low risk upgrade from the Ultra160
Ultra160 SCSI delivers data up to two times faster than Ultra2 SCSI.
Ultra160 SCSI is a subset of Ultra3 SCSI, which is an extension of the
SPI-3 draft standard. When enabled, Ultra160 SCSI performs
80 megatransfers/s, resulting in approximately double the synchronous
data transfer rates of Ultra2 SCSI. The LSI53C1000R performs 16-bit,
Ultra160 SCSI synchronous data transfers as fast as 160 Mbytes/s. This
advantage is most noticeable in heavily loaded systems, or large block
size applications such as video on-demand and image processing.
The Ultra160 data transfer speed is accomplished using DT clocking.
DT clocking refers to transferring data on both polarity edges of the
request or acknowledge signals. Data is clocked on both rising and falling
edges of the request and acknowledge signals. Double-edge clocking
doubles data transfer speeds without increasing the clock rate.
Ultra160 SCSI also includes CRC, which offers higher levels of data
reliability by ensuring complete integrity of transferred data. CRC is a
32-bit scheme, referred to as CRC-32. CRC is guaranteed to detect all
single bit errors, any two bits in error, or any combination of errors within
a single 32-bit range.
AIP is also supported by the LSI53C1000R, protecting all nondata
phases, including command, status, and messages. CRC, along with AIP,
provides end-to-end protection of the SCSI I/O.
SURElink domain validation provides 3 levels of integrity checking:
Basic (level 1), Enhanced (level 2), and Margined (level 3). Further
information on SURElink technology is available in Section 1.3, “Benefits
of SURElink (Ultra160 SCSI Domain Validation) Technology.”
An advantage of Ultra160 SCSI is that it significantly improves SCSI
bandwidth while preserving existing hardware and software investments.
The primary software changes required are to enable the chip to perform
synchronous negotiations for Ultra160 SCSI rates and to enable the clock
quadrupler. Ultra160 SCSI uses the same connectors as Ultra SCSI and
Ultra2 SCSI. Chapter 2, "Functional Description" contains more
information on migrating an Ultra SCSI or Ultra2 SCSI design to an
Ultra160 SCSI design.
1.3Benefits of SURElink (Ultra160 SCSI Domain Validation)
Technology
SURElink technology represents the very latest SCSI interconnect
management solution. It ensures robust and low risk Ultra160 SCSI
implementations by extending the Domain Validation guidelines
documented in the ANSI T10 SPI-3 specifications. Domain Validation
verifies that the system is capable of transferring data at Ultra160 speeds,
allowing it to renegotiate to lower speed and bus width if necessary.
SURElink technology is the software control for the manageability
enhancements in the LSI53C1000R PCI to Ultra160 SCSI Controller.
Fully integrated in the SDMS™ (Storage Device Management System)
software solution, SURElink technology provides Domain V alidation at
boot time as well as throughout system operation. SURElink technology
extends to the Desktop Management Interface (DMI)-based System
Management components of the SDMS software solution, providing the
network administrator remote management capability.
SURElink domain validation provides three levels of integrity checking:
Basic (level1), Enhanced (level2), and Margined (level3). The basic check
consists of an inquiry command to detect gross problems. The enhanced
check sends a known data pattern using the Read and Write Buffer
commands to detect additional problems. Margined check verifies that the
physical parameters have some degree of margin. By varying L VD drive
strength and REQ/ACK timing characteristics, level 3 verifies that no errors
occur on the transfers. These altered signals are only used during the
diagnostic check and not during normal system operation. If errors occur
with any of these checks, the system can drop back to a lower transmission
speed, on a per-target basis, to ensure robust system operation.
1.4Benefits of LVDlink Technology
The LSI53C1000R supports LVD through LVDlink technology. This
signaling technology increases the reliability of SCSI data transfers over
longer distances than are supported by SE SCSI. The low current output
of LVD allows the I/O transceivers to be integrated directly onto the chip.
LVD provides the reliability of High Voltage Differential (HVD) SCSI without
the added cost of external differential transceivers. Ultra160 SCSI with LVD
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allows a longer SCSI cable and more devices on the bus, with the same
cables defined in the SCSI-3 Parallel Interface standard for Ultra SCSI.
LVD provides a long-term migration path to even faster SCSI transfer rates
without compromising signal integrity, cable length, or connectivity.
For backward compatibility to existing SE devices, the LSI53C1000R
features universal LVDlink transceivers that support LVD SCSI and SE
SCSI. This allows use of the LSI53C1000R in both legacy and Ultra160
SCSI applications.
1.5Benefits of TolerANT®Technology
The LSI53C1000R features TolerANT technology, which includes active
negation on the SCSI drivers and input signal filtering on the SCSI
receivers. Active negation causes the SCSI Request, Acknowledge,
Data, and Parity signals to be actively driven HIGH rather than passively
pulled up by terminators.
TolerANT receiver technology improves data integrity in unreliable
cabling environments where other devices would be subject to data
corruption. TolerANT receivers filter the SCSI bus signals to eliminate
unwanted transitions, without the long signal delay associated with
RC-type input filters. This improved driver and receiver technology helps
eliminate double clocking of data, which is the single biggest reliability
issue with SCSI operations. TolerANT input signal filtering is a built-in
feature of the LSI53C1000R and all LSI Logic Fast, Ultra, Ultra2, and
Ultra160 SCSI devices.
The benefits of TolerANT technology include increased noise immunity
when the signal transitions to HIGH, better performance due to balanced
duty cycles, and improved fast SCSI transfer rates. In addition,
TolerANT SCSI devices do not cause glitches on the SCSI bus at
power-up or power-down. This protects other devices on the bus from
data corruption. When used with the LVDlink transceivers, TolerANT
technology provides excellent signal quality and data reliability in real
world cabling environments. TolerANTtechnology is compatible with both
the Alternative One and Alternative Two termination schemes proposed
by the American National Standards Institute.
This section provides a summary of the LSI53C1000R features and
benefits. It contains information on SCSI Performance, PCI Performance,
Integration, Ease of Use, Flexibility, Reliability, and Testability.
1.6.1 SCSI Performance
The LSI53C1000R:
•Performs wide, Ultra160 SCSI synchronous data transfers as fast as
160 Mbytes/s using DT clocking.
•Supports CRC checking and generation in DT phases.
–Supports SE and LVD signals.
–Allows greater device connectivity and longer cable length.
–LVDlink transceivers save the cost of external differential
transceivers.
–Supports a long-term performance migration path.
•Bursts of up to 512 bytes across the PCI bus with an independent
896–920 byte FIFO.
•Handles phase mismatches in SCRIPTS without interrupting the
system processor.
•Includes an on-chip SCSI clock quadrupler that allows the chip to
achieve Ultra160 SCSI transfer rates with an input frequency of
40 MHz.
•Includes 8 Kbytes of internal RAM for SCRIPTS instruction storage.
•Supports 31 levels of SCSI synchronous offset in the
Single Transition (ST) mode and 62 levels in the DT mode.