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System Configuration Controller (Ubox)
6 System Configuration
Controller (Ubox)
The Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800/2800 Product Families contain a system
configuration controller (Ubox).
Figure 6-1 provides a Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800/2800 Product Families block
diagram including the Ubox.
6.1 Introduction
The Ubox is a system configuration agent organized as a number of modular utilities.
Some of the different utilities include Intel SMI, scratch registers, test and set
registers, Flash ROM interface, CSR bridge, interval timer, VLW, Lock, exception, and
interrupts. It receives and sends Intel QuickPath Interconnect transactions to the rest
of the local Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800/2800 Product Families and through the
Rbox port shared with a Bbox.
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Figure 6-1. Intel Xeon Processor E7-8800/4800/2800 Product Families Block Diagram
Core
3
Core
2
Core
4
Core
5
Core
6
Core
7
Core
8
Core
9
Cbox (LLC Coherence Engine)
Rbox
(Router)
30M Last Level Cache (L3 Cache)
Sbox
(Caching Agent 2)
Bbox
(Home
Agent 1)
Bbox
(Home
Agent 2)
Mbox
(Memory
Controller)
Mbox
(Memory
Controller)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
Sbox
(Caching Agent 1)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
Pbox
(Physical
Layer)
4 Intel® QPI links
Dual Intel
®
SMI
Channels
Dual Intel
®
SMI
Channels
Wbox
(Power Controller)
Ubox
(System Config
Controller)
Core
1
Core
10