HP e720 User Manual
Advance e720 Accelerator
Card
User Guide
HP BladeSystem c-Class Type II
Mezzanine Card
Document No. 06-UG-1588 Revision: 1.B
September 2008
Table of contents AdvanceTM e720 Accelerator Card User Guide
Table of contents
Table of contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessing documentation online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Contacting technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Before you start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Hardware prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 How to get the driver software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 Card installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Features and general description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Troubleshooting - general guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 Solving the problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1.1 Finding the cause of the problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1.2 Contacting ClearSpeed Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 PCI configuration space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.4 Thermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.4.1 Temperature monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4.2 Temperature shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.5 Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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AdvanceTM e720 Accelerator Card User Guide Preface
Preface
The guide describes the features of the AdvanceTM e720 accelerator card and gives you
information on diagnostics, troubleshooting, and updating the firmware.
This guide also assumes that you have experience configuring Microsoft Windows XP, Red
Hat® Enterprise Linux, or SUSE® Linux.
Accessing documentation online
You can view or download the documentation related to the Advance e720 accelerator
board and associated software at:
http://support.clearspeed.com/documentation/
Contacting technical support
If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this
documentation, check the solutions knowledgebase or contact ClearSpeed support at:
http://support.clearspeed.com/
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Before you start AdvanceTM e720 Accelerator Card User Guide
See Card Installation
on page 6
Check your computer
meets requirements
for installation
See Hardware Prerequisites
You may need to refer to them to help you to
:
*
open the unit
Download the driver
See How to get the driver
software
on page 6
Make sure you have
a copy of the system
manufacturer’s
instructions
software
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Check your card
fits the site before
you attempt to
Refer to your manufacturer’s Installation
Step 5
Make sure you read
the procedures to
follow when handling
the card
install it
*
identify an available HP BladeSystem
on page 5
Guide.
Please refer to the Bibliography for further details.
c-Class Type II mezzanine connector
(Type II Mezzanine)
1 Before you start
This chapter gives you an outline on what to do before you install your Advance e720
accelerator board. We recommend that you read the steps outlined in
Figure 1.
Figure 1. Guidelines to follow before you install
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