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Kontron AM4204 User Manual

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AM4204
Document Revision 1.4 April 2010
Revision History
Rev. Index Brief Description of Changes Date of Issue
1.0 First Release June 2008
1.1 Rework on all chapter March 2009
1.2 Rework manual template October 2009
1.3 Fourth Release December 2009
1.4 Fifth Release; reworked chapter 5 April 2010
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Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Preventing Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Customer Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Advisory Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Regulatory Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
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Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
1. Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 What’s Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Board Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Hot Swap Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Software Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Board Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 System Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.1 Cavium OCTEON Plus 5650. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
2.3 USB Flash Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 SFP Front IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.7 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8 AMC Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.9 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.9.1 Hot Swap LED (Blue LED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
2.9.2 Out-Of-Service (OOS) LED (LED1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
2.9.3 Health LED (LED2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
2.9.4 SFP LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
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3. Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1 Hot Swap Insertion Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2 Hot Swap Extraction Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4 System access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4.1 RTM serial connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
3.4.2 Access over Ethernet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.4.3 Using SoL over AMC Port 0 on AM4204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3.5 Using the cfgtool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.5.1 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
4. Thermal Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.1 Thermal Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.2 External Thermal Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4.2.1 Forced Airflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
4.2.2 Thermal Characteristic Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
4.2.3 Airflow Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
4.2.4 Airflow Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
5. Software Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.1 MMC Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.1.1 Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
5.1.2 IPMI Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
5.1.3 OEM commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
5.1.4 Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5.1.5 E-Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5.1.6 Watchdog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
5.1.7 MMC Firmware Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
5.1.8 Updating MMC Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
5.1.9 MMC Firmware Update using kex-flashimage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
5.2 Bootloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.2.1 Power On Self Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
5.2.2 Bootloader shell and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
5.2.3 Bootloader Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
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5.3 Board Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.3.1 Switching between Firmware Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
5.3.2 Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
5.3.3 Cavium Linux BSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
5.3.4 WindRiver Linux BSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
5.3.5 Simple executive applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
5.3.6 Using the NFS Root FS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
A. Connectors Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
A.1 USB SSD Flash Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
A.2 SFP Front IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
B. Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1
B.1 Returning Defective Merchandise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-2
B.2 When Returning a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-3
C. Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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List of Figures

List of Figures
Figure 2-1: Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Figure 2-2: Front Panel of AM4204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Figure 4-1: Temperature Sensor Locations (AM4204 Top View, heat sinks not shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Figure 4-2: Operational Limits for the AM4204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Figure 4-3: AM4204 Impedance Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Figure 4-4: Thermal Zones of the AM4204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Figure 5-1: Kontron diagnostic status sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
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List of Tables

List of Tables
Table 1-1 Board Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table 1-2 AM4204 Software Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 2-1 SFP Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 2-2 SFP LED Significations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 2-3 AMC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 2-4 Hot Swap LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 2-5 Red LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 2-6 Amber/Green LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 2-7 Amber/Green LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 4-1 MMC Temperature Sensors Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 4-2 Deviation of the Airflow Rate on the AM4204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 5-1 Sensor list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 5-2 Kontron FRU info agent sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 5-3 Kontron IPMB-L Link sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 5-4 Kontron MMC FW upgrade status sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 5-5 Kontron reset sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 5-6 Kontron POST code value sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 5-7 Kontron user SW upgrade status sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 5-8 Voltage sensor thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 5-9 Power On Self Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 5-10 Bootloader POST Code values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 5-11 Bootloader environment variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table 5-12 Fabric Default Flash Sector to Image Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 5-13 Swapped Flash Sector to Image Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 5-14 On-board 128 MB NOR Flash layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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Before You Begin

Before handling the board, read the instructions and safety guidelines on the following pages to prevent damage to the product and to ensure your own personal safety. Refer to the "Advisory Convention" section in the Preface for advisory conventions used in this user's guide, including the distinction between Warnings, Cautions, Important Notes, and Notes.
• Always use caution when handling/operating the computer. Only qualified, experienced, authorized electronics service personnel should access the interior of the computer. The power supplies produce high voltages and energy hazards, which can cause bodily harm.
• Use extreme caution when installing or removing components. Refer to the installation instructions in this user's guide for precautions and procedures. If you have any questions, please contact Kontron Technical Support
WARNING
High voltages are present inside the chassis when the unit's power cord is plugged into an electrical outlet. Turn off system power, turn off the power supply, and then disconnect the power cord from its source before removing the chassis cover. Turning off the system power switch does not remove power to components.
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Preventing Electrostatic Discharge

Static electricity can harm system boards. Perform service at an ESD workstation and follow proper ESD procedure to reduce the risk of damage to components. Kontron strongly encourages you to follow proper ESD procedure, which can include wrist straps and smocks, when servicing equipment.
Take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD):
• When unpacking a static-sensitive component from its shipping carton, do not remove the component's antistatic packing material until you are ready to install the component in a computer. Just before unwrapping the antistatic packaging, be sure you are at an ESD workstation or grounded. This will discharge any static electricity that may have built up in your body.
• When transporting a sensitive component, first place it in an antistatic container or packaging.
• Handle all sensitive components at an ESD workstation. If possible, use antistatic floor pads and workbench pads.
• Handle components and boards with care. Don't touch the components or contacts on a board. Hold a board by its edges.
• Do not handle or store system boards near strong electrostatic, electromagnetic, magnetic, or radioactive fields.
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Safety Requirements

The following safety precautions must be observed when installing or operating the AM4204. Kontron assumes no responsibility for any damage resulting from failure to comply with these requirements.
WARNING
Due care should be exercised when handling the board due to the fact that the heat sink can get very hot. Do not touch the heat sink when installing or removing the board. In addition, the board should not be placed on any surface or in any form of storage container until such time as the board and heat sink have cooled down to room temperature.
ESD Equipment
This AMC board contains electrostatically sensitive devices. Please observe the necessary precautions to avoid damage to your board:
• Discharge your clothing before touching the assembly. Tools must be discharged before use.
• Do not touch components, connector-pins or traces.
• If working at an anti-static workbench with professional discharging equipment, please do not omit to use it.
WARNING
This product has gold conductive fingers which are susceptible to contamination. Take care not to touch the gold conductive fingers of the AMC Card-edge connector when handling the board. Failure to comply with the instruction above may cause damage to the board or result in improper system operation.
CAUTION
Laser light from fiber-optic transmission cables and components can damage your eyes. The laser components plugged into the switch are Class 1 laser components. Class 1 laser is considered incapable of producing damaging radiation levels during normal operation or maintenance. To avoid damaging your eyes and to continue safe operation in case of abnormal circumstances:
• Never look directly into the outlets of fiber-optic transmission components or fiber-optic cables with unprotected eyes.
• Never allow fiber-optic transmission path to operate until all the connections have been made.
Always fit protective plugs to any unused ports of the switch.
WARNING
Be careful when inserting or removing the AM4204. The SFP+ cage has sharp edges which might lead to injuries.
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Preface

How to Use This Guide

This user's guide is designed to be used as step-by-step instructions for installation, and as a reference for operation, troubleshooting, and upgrades.
For the circuits, descriptions and tables indicated, Kontron assumes no responsibility as far as patents or other rights of third parties are concerned.
The following is a summary of chapter contents:
• Chapter 1, Product Description
• Chapter 2, Board Features
• Chapter 3, Installing the board
• Chapter 4, Thermal
• Chapter 5, Software Setup
• Appendix A, Connector Pinout
• Appendix B, Getting Help
• Appendix C, Glossary

Customer Comments

If you have any difficulties using this user's guide, discover an error, or just want to provide some feedback, please send a message to: Tech.Writer@ca.kontron.com or problems as soon as possible and post the revised user's guide on our Web site. Thank you.
. Detail any errors you find. We will correct the errors
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Advisory Conventions

Seven types of advisories are used throughout the user guides to provide helpful information or to alert you to the potential for hardware damage or personal injury. They are Note, Signal Paths, Jumpers Settings, BIOS Settings, Software Usage, Cautions, and Warnings. The following is an example of each type of advisory. Use caution when servicing electrical components.
Note:
Indicates information that is important for you to know.
Signal Path:
Indicates the places where you can find the signal on the board.
Jumper Settings:
Indicate the jumpers that are related to this sections.
BIOS Settings:
Indicates where you can set this option in the BIOS.
Software Usage:
Indicates how you can access this feature through software.
CAUTION
Indicates potential damage to hardware and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING
Indicates potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem.
ESD Sensitive Device:
This symbol and title inform that electronic boards and their components are sensitive to static electricity. Therefore, care must be taken during all handling operations and inspections of this product, in order to ensure product integrity at all times. Please read also the section "Special Handling and Unpacking Instructions".
CE Conformity:
This symbol indicates that the product described in this manual is in compliance with all applied CE standards. Please refer also to the section "Regulatory Compliance Statements" in this manual.
Disclaimer: We have tried to identify all situations that may pose a warning or a caution condition in this user's guide. However, Kontron does not claim to have covered all situations that might require the use of a Caution or a Warning.
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Unpacking

Follow these recommendations while unpacking:
• Remove all items from the box. If any items listed on the purchase order are missing, notify Kontron customer service immediately.
• Inspect the product for damage. If there is damage, notify Kontron customer service immediately.
• Save the box and packing material for possible future shipment.
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Regulatory Compliance Statements

FCC Compliance Statement for Class B Devices
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generated, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experience radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING
This is a Class B product. If not installed in a properly shielded enclosure and used in accordance with this User's Guide, this product may cause radio interference in which case users may need to take additional measures at their own expense.
Safety Certification
All Kontron equipment meets or exceeds safety requirements based on the IEC/EN/UL/CSA 60950­1 family of standards entitled, "Safety of information technology equipment." All components are chosen to reduce fire hazards and provide insulation and protection where necessary. Testing and reports when required are performed under the international IECEE CB Scheme. Please consult the "Kontron Safety Conformity Policy Guide" for more information.
CE Certification
The product(s) described in this user's guide complies with all applicable European Union (CE) directives if it has a CE marking. For computer systems to remain CE compliant, only CE-compliant parts may be used. Maintaining CE compliance also requires proper cable and cabling techniques. Although Kontron offers accessories, the customer must ensure that these products are installed with proper shielding to maintain CE compliance. Kontron does not offer engineering services for designing cabling systems. In addition, Kontron will not retest or recertify systems or components that have been reconfigured by customers.
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Limited Warranty

Kontron grants the original purchaser of Kontron's products a TWO YEAR LIMITED HARDWARE WARRANTY as described in the following. However, no other warranties that may be granted or implied by anyone on behalf of Kontron are valid unless the consumer has the express written consent of Kontron.
Kontron warrants their own products, excluding software, to be free from manufacturing and material defects for a period of 24 consecutive months from the date of purchase. This warranty is not transferable nor extendible to cover any other users or long- term storage of the product. It does not cover products which have been modified, altered or repaired by any other party than Kontron or their authorized agents. Furthermore, any product which has been, or is suspected of being damaged as a result of negligence, improper use, incorrect handling, servicing or maintenance, or which has been damaged as a result of excessive current/voltage or temperature, or which has had its serial number(s), any other markings or parts thereof altered, defaced or removed will also be excluded from this warranty.
If the customer's eligibility for warranty has not been voided, in the event of any claim, he may return the product at the earliest possible convenience to the original place of purchase, together with a copy of the original document of purchase, a full description of the application the product is used on and a description of the defect. Pack the product in such a way as to ensure safe transportation.
Kontron provides for repair or replacement of any part, assembly or sub-assembly at their own discretion, or to refund the original cost of purchase, if appropriate. In the event of repair, refunding or replacement of any part, the ownership of the removed or replaced parts reverts to Kontron, and the remaining part of the original guarantee, or any new guarantee to cover the repaired or replaced items, will be transferred to cover the new or repaired items. Any extensions to the original guarantee are considered gestures of goodwill, and will be defined in the "Repair Report" issued by Kontron with the repaired or replaced item.
Kontron will not accept liability for any further claims resulting directly or indirectly from any warranty claim, other than the above specified repair, replacement or refunding. In particular, all claims for damage to any system or process in which the product was employed, or any loss incurred as a result of the product not functioning at any given time, are excluded. The extent of Kontron liability to the customer shall not exceed the original purchase price of the item for which the claim exists.
Kontron issues no warranty or representation, either explicit or implicit, with respect to its products reliability, fitness, quality, marketability or ability to fulfil any particular application or purpose. As a result, the products are sold "as is," and the responsibility to ensure their suitability for any given task remains that of the purchaser. In no event will Kontron be liable for direct, indirect or consequential damages resulting from the use of our hardware or software products, or documentation, even if Kontron were advised of the possibility of such claims prior to the purchase of the product or during any period since the date of its purchase.
Please remember that no Kontron employee, dealer or agent is authorized to make any modification or addition to the above specified terms, either verbally or in any other form, written or electronically transmitted, without the company's consent.
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Chapter 1
Product Description
1.1 Product Overview....................................................2
1.2 What’s Included .....................................................2
1.3 Board Specifications ...............................................2
1.4 Hot Swap Capability ................................................4
1.5 Software Support....................................................5

1. Product Description

1.1 Product Overview

The AM4204 is an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) from Kontron supporting both multi-core processor and10GbE technologies enabling intelligent network services. The AM4204 AMC is cost competitive with other Ad-vancedMC cards, optimized for layer 4 to 7 data and security processing, targeting access and service provid-ers with 3G/4G BTS, RNC, xGSN and Media Gateways.
The AM4204 provides 4x 1GbE ports to the front and software configurable Interfaces to the Fabric side (PCIe,4x 1GbE or XAUI). AMC GbE on Ports 0 and 1 are connected to the processor for boot support and management.

1.2 What’s Included

This board is shipped with the following items:
• One AM4204 AMC board
• One Documentation & Drivers disk
If any item is missing or damaged, contact the supplier.

1.3 Board Specifications

Table 1-1: Board Specifications
Features Description
Multicore Processor Unit
Memory
Flash Memory
USB SSD Flash Module
• Cavium Octeon Plus CN5650-600 BG1217-NSP-G
• Socketless
• 2 or 4 Gigabyte DDR2 Memory support with ECC (2GB standard)
• 18 JEDEC standard 60ball FBGA (x8) DDR2 SRAM Devices
• 800MHz data rate
• Socketless
• 128MB Flash Memory
• Boot sector protection
• NAND flash memory.
• Single Port USB 2.0 interface
• Capacities: 4GB and 16GB
• Package: Low Profile Package
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Features Description
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller Intel 82571EB
Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller
IPMI
I/O Interfaces
Standards Compliance
Mechanical Characteristics
Operating Voltages
Operation Power
Temperature
Humidity
Altitude
• PCIe x4 interface to processor
• 2 1000Base-BX (Serdes) interfaces to AMC connector
• Serial-over-LAN Support via SMB
• IPMI 1.5 compliant
• Voltage and Temperature Sensors
• ATCA LED control
• FRU data storage for AMC
• Firmware Update handling for field upgrades, rollbacks and watchdog functions
• Front: 4 SFP cages to support multi-rate copper and fiber SFP modules
• AMC TCLKA support
• AMC FCLKA input with 100MHZ without SSC
• AMC Port 0 and Port 1: 1000Base-BX
• AMC Port 4 to Port 7: Configurable x4 PCIe Root Complex or target mode
• AMC port 8 to port 11 : 1000Base-BX or 10G-Base-BX4 (XAUI)
• AMC Port 15: RS232 (proprietary mapping)
• This board is compatible to the following standards:
• AMC.0 R2.0 Advance Mezzanine Card Base Specification
• AMC.1 R2.0 PCI Express and Advance Switching
• AMC.1 Type 4
• AMC.2 R1.0 AMC Gigabit Ethernet
• AMC.2 Type 4 E2
• AMC.2 Type 5 E2
• IPMI v1.5.
• IEEE 802.3
• The AM4204 is RoHS compliant.
• 4HP single Mid-size AMC Module
• Board is compliant with AMC.0 R2.0
• Management: 3.3V +/-0.3V
• Payload: 10VDC to 14VDC
• Management: 500mW max., 400mW typ.
• Payload: 36W max., 29W typ.
• This board is designed for operation from 5°C to 70°C ambient air temperature with forced convection.
• Operating @ 10 CFM: 5°C to 45°C
• Operating @ 15 CFM: 5°C to 65°C
• Short term operating @ 25 CFM: -5°C to 75°C
• Non-Operating: -40°C to 70°C
• The board is designed to meet Bellcore GR63, Section 4.1
• Operating: 15%-90% (non-condensing) at 55°C
• Non-Operating: 5%-95% (non-condensing) at 40°C
• The board is designed to meet the following requirements according to Belcore GR-63, section
4.1.3:
• Operating: 4000 m (13123 ft) (GR63 4.1.3), may require additional cooling above 1800m (5905ft)
• Non-Operating: 15000 m (49212 ft)
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Features Description
• The board is designed to meet the following requirements according to EN 300 019, Telcore GR­63 and IEC 60068:
• Operating:
• 5 Hz to 200Hz 0.2G, 5mm/s (sinusoidal)
• 5 Hz to 100Hz: 0.1G @ 0.1 Octave/minute (sinusoidal)
Vibration
• Non-Operating (packaged enclosure):
• The board is designed to meet the following requirements according to EN 300 019, Telcore GR-
• Operating:
Shock
Safety
Electromagnetic Compatibility
ETSI/NEBS requirements • This board is designed to meet NEBS Level 3, Earthquake Zone 4
• 3G, 11ms Shock
• Non-Operating
• 18G, 6ms Shock
• 1000mm/all edges and corners Free Fall (packaged)
• 100mm/all edges and corners Free Fall (unpackaged)
• CB report to IEC 60950-1, complies with EN/CSA/ UL 60950-1.
• The board is designed to meet the following flammability requirement (as specified in Telcordia
• UL 94V-0/1 with Oxygen index of 28% or greater material
• The board is designed to meet or exceed of the following specifications/requirements (assuming
• FCC 47 CFR Part 15, (USA)
• EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (Europe)
• EN55022 (Europe)
• EN55024 (Europe)
•CISPR22
• VCCI (Voluntary Japan Electromagnetic Compatibility requirement)
• EN 300 386, Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements for Public Telecommunication
• Telcordia GR-1098
• 5 Hz to 100Hz: 1G @0.1 Octave/minute (sinusoidal)
• 0,02 m²/s³ ASD, 5-10Hz +12dB/oct, 10-50Hz 0dB/oct, 50-100Hz -12dB/oct (random)
• 5 Hz to 200Hz 2G, 5mm/s (sinusoidal)
• 0,02 m²/s³ ASD, 5-10Hz +12dB/oct, 10-50Hz 0dB/oct, 50-100Hz -12dB/oct (random)
• 5 Hz to 20 Hz: 0.01g²/Hz (random)
• 20 Hz to 200 Hz: -3dB/octave (random)
63 and IEC 60068:
GR-63-CORE):
an adequate carrier/chassis):
Network Equipment; Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Requirements

1.4 Hot Swap Capability

The AMC supports Full Hot Swap capability as required by AMC.0 R2.0. It can be removed from or installed in the system while it is on (without powering-down the system). Please refer to the AMC.0 R2.0 specification for additional details.
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1.5 Software Support

The following table contains information related to software supported by the AM4204.
Table 1-2: AM4204 Software Specification
Specifications
• The system supports IPMI version 1.5 for board level management (AMC.0).
• Support for accessing serial interfaces of Octeon with Serial Over LAN (SOL) as per IPMI version 2.0
• Support for IPMI over LAN (IoL) on e1000 Ethernet port
General
Bootloader
Operation System
• Support for onboard IPMI event log (SEL)
• Reliable field upgrades for all software components, including boot loader and IPMI firmware
• Optional Dual boot images with roll-back capability.
• Software development kit based on Cavium cnusers SDK
• Offline Diagnostic software for running diagnostics tests
U-Boot
• Power On Self Test
• multi image support
• loadable bootimage via e1000 and Octeon Ethernet ports (bootp/tftp)
• loadable boot image via PCI Express (boot from RAM)
• loadable boot image from onboard flash and flash disk connected via USB (boot from flash, boot from filesystem)
• reliable field upgradable
• KCS interface to MMC
• serial console support
• Linux Operating system on Octeon processor
• Wind River Platform for Network Equipment 2.0 (PNE 2.0) Linux Edition board support package
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Chapter 2
Board Features
2.1 Block Diagram ........................................................ 7
2.2 System Core ........................................................... 8
2.3 USB Flash Module.................................................... 8
2.4 SFP Front IO ........................................................... 9
2.5 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller................................. 9
2.6 IPMI ..................................................................... 10
2.7 Power Supply.......................................................... 10
2.8 AMC Connector ....................................................... 10
2.9 Front Panel LEDs ..................................................... 11

2. Board Features

Cavium CN5650 600MHz
Temp.
Sensor
Edge Connector
FRONT LEDs
LED Control
SFP Transceiver
Cage Port 1
Handle Switch
IPMB-L
I2C
0 1
8
9 10 11
SFP Transceiver
Cage Port 2
SFP Transceiver
Cage Port 3
SFP Transceiver
Cage Port 4
4
FRU Data EEPROM
5
6
7
Dual GbE Controller
up to 4GB
DDR2
RAM
128MB
Flash
15
CLK
RS232
PCIe x4
PCIe PCIe PCIe PCIe
XAUI/GE
XAUI/GE
XAUI/GE
PCIe
EEPROM
Power
IPMI/
Clocking
Control
Clocking
Serial
2G USB
NAND
FLASH
USB
I2C
SFP Control/Status
TCLKA
FCLKA
QLM0
QLM1
XAUI/GE
QLM3
QLM2

2.1 Block Diagram

Figure 2-1: Block Diagram
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2.2 System Core

2.2.1 Cavium OCTEON Plus 5650

• 12x MIPS64 R2 Cores; 600Mhz
• Up to 14.4 Billion MIPS64 instructions per second• 16 high-speed SERDES, flexibly configured in blocks of 4
• Flexible combinations of PCI Express x4, x8, XAUI (10GE), SGMII (GbE/2GbE)
• Integrated coprocessors for application acceleration, including: Packet I/O processing, QoS, TCP Acceleration; Support for IPsec, SSL, SRTP, WLAN and 3G/UMB/LTE security (includes DES, 3DES, AES­GCM, AES up to 256, SHA1, SHA-2 up to SHA-512, RSA up to 8192, DH, KASUMI); and Compression/ Decompression with up to 10Gbps throughput and highest compression ratios.

2.3 USB Flash Module

The AM4204 supports Solid State Drive. It is a NAND flash disk module with a USB 2.0 interface. The module is socketed on a 2x5 header attached to the AM4204 PCB. Here are the main features:
• Many available sizes
• Mean-Time Between Failures (MTBF) of 5 millions hours
• 5 Years Useful Life under specific conditions
• Read throughput of 28MB/second
• Write throughput of 20MB/second
• I/O Operations per second of 100 (4KB random 2 Read + 1 Write)
• 5V operating voltage
• 0 to 70 Celsius operating temperature
Signal Path:
USB Flash Module Connector is located into the heatsink.
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2.4 SFP Front IO

The four front SFP cage support multi-rate copper and fiber SFP modules. The ports are numbered on the front panel overlay
Table 2-1: SFP Connections
SFP Connection Octeon Block
1 GbE eth 6 PKO/IPD port 16, QLM3 GMX1 index 0
2 GbE eth 7 PKO/IPD port 17, QLM3 GMX1 index 1
3 GbE eth 8 PKO/IPD port 18, QLM3 GMX1 index 2
4 GbE eth 9 PKO/IPD port 19, QLM3 GMX1 index 3
SFP modules are not provided with the AM4204 and have to be obtained separately. The SFP uplink ports are compliant to the Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver MultiSource Agreement (MSA), Sept. 14th
2000. An application note with a list of SFP modules successfully operated by Kontron in the AM4204 is
available upon request.
CAUTION LASER LIGHT!
Do not look into the laser beam! The SFP modules are fitted with a class 1 or 1M laser. To avoid possible exposure to hazardous levels of invisible laser radiation, do not exceed maximum ratings.
Each SFP port has green LED with the following signification:
Table 2-2: SFP LED Significations
LED Signification
Green on Link 1Gbit
Green blink Activity 1Gbit

2.5 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller

A dual Gigabit Ethernet controller is connected to PCIe port 2 of the Octeon Processor. The two GbE lines are connected to ports 0 and 1 of the AMC connector.
Signal Path:
The two GbE lines are connected to ports 0 and 1 of the AMC connector.
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2.6 IPMI

The AM4204 supports an intelligent hardware management system based on the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Specification 1.5. It provides the ability to manage the power, cooling and interconnect needs of intelligent devices, to monitor events and to log events to a central repository.
The MMC (“Module Management Controller”) controls all hotswap and E-Keying processes required by ATCA. It activates the board power supply and enables communication with the AMC carrier and the RTM. The MMC manages the Ethernet switch E-Keying and the baseboard ATCA feature. The controller is connected to the IPMC of the ATCA carrier board via IPMB-L bus.
All voltages and currents on the base board are monitored by the MMC, including the management and AMC supply. Three temperature sensors on the board make sure that thermal conditions are met:
• Temp CPU (Cavium Internal Sensor)
• Temp Dual GE (i82571EB Ethernet Controller Internal Sensor)
• Temp Outlet
For more information on the thermal design and management, consult the “Thermal Consideration” section.

2.7 Power Supply

• Payload input voltage range from 10V to 14V
• Management input voltage range from 3.3V +/- 0.3V
• PoL converter 5.0V, 3.3V early, 3.3V, 1.8V, VTT, 1.2V, 1.1V, 1.0V
• Power up/down sequence controlled by CPLD

2.8 AMC Connector

Table 2-3: AMC Connector
Port Region Connection Octeon Block
0 GbE GbE eth0 -
1 GbE GbE eth1 -
2 Storage - -
3 Storage - -
4 Fat Pipe PCIe Port 0 (Lane 0) -
5 Fat Pipe PCIe Port 0 (Lane 1) -
6 Fat Pipe PCIe Port 0 (Lane 2) -
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Port Region Connection Octeon Block
7 Fat Pipe PCIe Port 0 (Lane 3) -
8 Fat Pipe XAUI lane0 or GbE eth2/octeth0 PKO/IPD port 0, QLM1 GMX0 index 0*
9 Fat Pipe XAUI lane1 or GbE eth3/octeth1 PKO/IPD port 1, QLM1 GMX0 index 1*
10 Fat Pipe XAUI lane2 or GbE eth4/octeth2 PKO/IPD port 2, QLM1 GMX0 index 2*
11 Fat Pipe XAUI lane3 or GbE eth5/octeth3 PKO/IPD port 3, QLM1 GMX0 index 3*
12 Extended - -
13 Extended - -
14 Extended - -
15 Extended RS232 -
17 Extended - -
18 Extended - -
19 Extended - -
20 Extended - -
TCLKA Clock From Backplane -
TCLKB Clock - -
TCLKC Clock - -
TCLKD Clock - -
FCLKA Clock PCIe Reference Clock -
* When XAUI is used, the Octeon Block for the connection will be PKO/IPD port 0, QLM1 GMX0 index 0.
Note:
The GbE interfaces on ports 8 to 11 are named eth2 to eth5 in the operating system and octeth0 to octeth3 in the bootloader.

2.9 Front Panel LEDs

Figure 2-2: Front Panel of AM4204
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2.9.1 Hot Swap LED (Blue LED)

The AM4204 board supports a blue Hot Swap LED mounted on the front panel. This LED indicates when it is safe to remove the Module. The on-board MMC drives this LED to indicate the hot swap state but is controlled by the carriers IPMC or the MicroTCA carrier manager. The following states are possible:
Table 2-4: Hot Swap LED
LED state Description
OFF Module is in M3 or M4 state, normal state when module is in operation.
ON Module is ready for hot swap
Short blink Module is in M5 state (Deactivation Request) or in M6 state (Deactivation in progress)
Long blink Activation in progress.

2.9.2 Out-Of-Service (OOS) LED (LED1)

Table 2-5: Red LED
LED state Description
1) The bootup handshake between FUM and MMC is not finished or failed
ON
Blinking The FUM is programming the MMC due to a f irmware update or a rollback
OFF The MMC is operational
2) The firmware update is in progress and the new MMC firmware image is copied to the FUM
3) power denied from ShMgr

2.9.3 Health LED (LED2)

Table 2-6: Amber/Green LED
LED state Description
OFF Payload power down
Green Health OK
Amber Health Error (Critical)
Application Defined
May be controlled by application using PICMG API

2.9.4 SFP LED

Table 2-7: Amber/Green LED
LED state Description
Green On Link 1000 MBit
Green Blinks Activity 1000 Mbit
Amber On Link 10/100 Mbit
Amber Blink Activity 10/100 Mbit
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