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AM4211

Document Revision 1.0
May 2012

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1.0 First Release May 2012

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Table of Contents

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

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Table of Contents

1. Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.1 Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2 What’s Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.3 Board Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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 II CN6645. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

2.3 eUSB Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.4 SFP+ Front IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5 Gigabit Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.6 Serial Rapid I/O (SRIO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.7 PCIe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.8 SGMII / XAUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.9 RS232 Management Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.10 IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.11 AMC Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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2.12 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.12.1 Hot Swap LED (Blue LED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

2.12.2 Out-Of-Service (OOS) LED (LED1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

2.12.3 Health LED (LED2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

2.12.4 SFP + LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

3. Installing the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.1 Hot Swap Insertion Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3.2 Hot Swap Extraction Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.3 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.3.1 Memory List and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

3.4 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.5 System Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.5.1 Front Port Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

4. Thermal Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.1 Thermal Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4.2 External Thermal Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.2.1 Forced Airflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

4.2.2 Thermal Characteristic Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

4.2.3 Airflow Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

4.2.4 Airflow Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

5. Software Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5.1 MMC Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5.1.1 Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

5.1.2 IPMI Sensors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

5.1.3 Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

5.1.4 E-Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

5.1.5 Watchdog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

5.1.6 MMC Firmware Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

5.1.7 Updating MMC Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

5.1.8 Override AMC.0 R2 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

5.2 Board Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

5.2.1 Switching between Firmware Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

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5.3 Bootloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5.3.1 Bootloader shell and options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

5.3.2 Protected variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

5.3.3 NetConsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

5.3.4 Booting Embedded Linux firmware from eUSB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

5.3.5 U-boot memory configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

5.3.6 Network interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

5.3.7 Bootloader Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

5.3.8 Embedded Linux update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

5.4 Embedded Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5.4.1 Embedded filesystem and init script customizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

5.4.2 Access to NFS share from Cavium Embedded Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

5.4.3 eUSB Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

5.4.4 Booting over PCI (oct-remote-boot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

5.4.5 Onboard flash access within Cavium Embedded Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

5.4.6 Ethernet over Serial Rapid IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

5.5 Using CFGTOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5.5.1 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

5.6 Cavium Linux BSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

5.6.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

5.6.2 Install Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

5.6.3 Build. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

5.6.4 Simple executive applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

A. Connectors Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1

A.1 USB SSD Flash Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A.2 SFP+ Front IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A.3 Serial Port Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

B. Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-1

B.1 Returning Defective Merchandise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

B.2 When Returning a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-3

C. Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1

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Figure 2-1: Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Figure 2-2: AM4211 Quick Reference Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Figure 2-3: Front Panel of AM4211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Figure 3-1: Approved Memory List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Figure 4-1: Temperature Sensor Locations (AM4211 Top View, heat sinks not shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Figure 4-2: 100% Operational Limits for the AM4211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Figure 4-3: AM4211 Impedance Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Figure 4-4: Thermal Zones of the AM4211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

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Table 1-1 Board Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 1-2 AM4211 Software Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Table 2-1 SFP+ Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 2-2 SFP+ LED Significations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 2-3 AMC Port Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 2-4 Hot Swap LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 2-5 Red LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 2-6 Amber/Green LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 2-7 Amber/Green LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Table 4-1 MMC Temperature Sensors Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 4-2 Deviation of the Airflow Rate on the AM4211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 5-1 Sensor list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 5-2 Kontron FRU info agent sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Table 5-3 Kontron IPMB-L Link sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 5-4 Kontron MMC FW upgrade status sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Table 5-5 Kontron reset sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 5-6 Kontron user SW upgrade status sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Table 5-7 Voltage sensor thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 5-8 Fabric Default Flash Sector to Image Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Table 5-9 Swapped Flash Sector to Image Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Table 5-10 On-board 128 MB NOR Flash layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 5-11 Bootloader environment variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 5-12 Bootloader network interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 5-13 Embedded Linux MTD partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Table 5-14 SRIO MAC adress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Safety Instructions

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 and
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 AM4211. 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 the board and heat sink have cooled down. Remove the such time as
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 AM4211. 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 Pinouts

• 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: [e-mail]
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 section.

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 cables 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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1.1 Product Overview....................................................2

1.2 What’s Included .....................................................3

1.3 Board Specifications ...............................................3

1.4 Hot Swap Capability ................................................4

1.5 Software Support....................................................5

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1. Product Description

1.1 Product Overview

The AM4211 is an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) from Kontron supporting the Cavium OCTEON II CN6645
Network Service Processor. It is cost and performance competitive with other NSP AdvancedMC cards
featuring similar number of cores and process technology. The big advantage of the Cavium NSP is it’s broad
market acceptance and large ecosystem solution providers. It is also an excellent choice for future upgrade
to the existing Cavium OCTEON Plus AM42xx series offered by Kontron.

The AM4211 is a 10 GbE card with one 10 Gb Ethernet port on front panel using a SFP+ cage and software
configurable Interfaces to the Fabric side (one PCIe/SRIO on ports 4 to 7 and one PCIe/SGMII/XAUI on ports
8 to 11).

Two Gigabit Ethernet Ports are connected to ports 0 and 1 of the AMC connector.

A debug port is accessible via a low profile serial port connector on front plate or AMC port 15 of Extended
Option Region. Two different UART can be routed at the same time in two differents places (ex: CPU UART0 to
front, CPU UART1 to rear).

An eUSB mezzanine that has a capacity of up 16 GB is available for storage.

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1.2 What’s Included

This board is shipped with the following items:

• One AM4211 AMC board;

• One Quick Reference Sheet;

• One low profile serial port to D-sub (female) adapter cable (1016-6698);

• One Documentation & Drivers disk;

If any item is missing or damaged, contact your supplier.

1.3 Board Specifications

Table 1-1: Board Specifications

Features Description

Multicore Processor Unit

Memory

Flash Memory

eUSB Storage • Single Port USB 2.0 interface

Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Controller

IPMI

I/O Interfaces

• CN6645 Cavium OCTEON II processor capable of supporting 10 Cores at 1.1 GHz

•Socketless

• 1 to 32 GB DDR3 Memory support with ECC

• Up to 1333 MHz ECC SO-DIMM

•128MB NOR Flash

• Boot sector protection

• Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller Broadcom BCM5482

• SGMII interface to processor

• 2 1000Base-BX (Serdes) interfaces to AMC connector

•IPMI 2.0 compliant

• Voltage and Temperature Sensors

• ATCA LED control

• FRU data storage for AMC

• Firmware Update handling for field upgrades, rollbacks and watchdog functions

• Front: 1 SFP+ cage to support multi-rate fiber SFP+ modules

• Front: low profile connector for RS232 access to Processor

• AMC TCLKA and TCLKC support

• AMC FCLKA input with 100MHz

• AMC Port 0 and Port 1: 1000Base-BX

• AMC port 4 to 7 : Configurable PCIe Gen 2 5 GT/s x4 or SRIO x4 Level I (up to 3.125 GBaud)

• AMC port 8 to 11: PCIe Gen2 5GT/s x4, XAUI or SGMII

• AMC Port 15: RS232 (proprietary mapping)

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Features Description

This board is compliant to the following standards:

• AMC.0 R2.0 Advance Mezzanine Card Base Specification

• AMC.1 R2.0 PCI Express and Advance Switching

Standards Compliance

Mechanical
Characteristics

Operating Voltages

Operation Power

Temperature

Humidity

Altitude

Shock & Vibration

Safety

Electromagnetic
Compatibility

• AMC.2 R1.0 Ethernet Specification

• AMC.4 R1.0 Serial RapidIO Specification

• MTCA.0 R1.0 Micro Telecommunication Computing Architecture Base Specification

• IPMI v2.0.

• RoHS compliant.

• 4HP single Mid-size AMC Module

• Management: 3.3V +/-0.3V

• Payload: 10VDC to 14VDC

• Management: 0.495 W max., TBD W typ.

• Payload: 40 W max., TBD W typ.

• Operates from -5°C to 55°C ambient air temperature with forced convection. Based on B.4.
chassis.

• Operating @ 8 CFM: up to 25°C

• Operating @ 11.4 CFM: 26°C to 40°C

• Operating @ 18.0 CFM: 41°C to 55°C

• Non-Operating: -40°C to 85°C

• Designed to meet Bellcore GR-63, Section 4.1

• Operating: 5%-93% (non-condensing) at 40°C

• Non-Operating: 5%-93% (non-condensing) at 40°C

• Designed to meet the following requirements according to Belcore GR-63, section 4.1.3:

• Operating: -300 m to 4,000 m (13123 ft) (GR63 4.1.3), may require additional cooling
above 1800m (5905ft)

• Non-Operating: -300 m to 14,000 m (45931.2 ft)

• Designed to meet EN 300 019 and Telcore GR-63

• Designed to meet NEBS Level 3, Earthquake Zone 4

• Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC

• Complies with IEC/EN/CSA/ UL 60950-1

• The board meets flammability requirement, as specified in Telcordia GR-63

• UL 94V-0/1 with Oxygen index of 28% or greater material

• Meets or exceeds the following specifications (assuming an adequate chassis):

• EMC Directive 2004/108/EC

• EN55022; EN55024; CISPR22; VCCI

• EN 300 386

• FCC 47 CFR Part 15

•Telcordia GR-1089

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 AM4211.

Table 1-2: AM4211 Software Specification

Specifications

• The system supports IPMI version 2.0 for board level management (AMC.0).

• Support for onboard IPMI event log (SEL)

General

Bootloader

Operating System

• Reliable field upgrades for all software components, including boot loader and IPMI firmware

• Optional Dual boot images with roll-back capability.

• Offline Diagnostic software for running diagnostic tests

U-Boot

• Power On Self Test

• Loadable boot image from onboard flash

• Reliable field upgradable

• KCS interface to MMC

• Serial console support

Linux Operating System is based on Cavium SDK 2.2.0 (2.6.32).

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2.1 Block Diagram ........................................................ 7

2.2 System Core ........................................................... 8

2.3 eUSB Storage ......................................................... 9

2.4 SFP+ Front IO.......................................................... 10

2.5 Gigabit Ethernet...................................................... 10

2.6 Serial Rapid I/O (SRIO)............................................. 11

2.7 PCIe...................................................................... 11

2.8 SGMII / XAUI.......................................................... 12

2.9 RS232 Management Interface .................................... 12

2.10 IPMI ..................................................................... 12

2.11 AMC Connector ....................................................... 13

2.12 Front Panel LEDs ..................................................... 14

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2.1 Block Diagram

Figure 2-1:Block Diagram

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2.2 System Core

2.2.1 Cavium OCTEON II CN6645

• Ten(10) Cores at 1.1GHz

• Up to 30 Billion MIPS64 instructions per second

• 12 high-speed SERDES, flexibly configured in blocks of 4 (referred to as QLM)

• XAUI, SGMII, PCIe or SRIO depending on QLM

• 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.

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2.3 eUSB Storage

J8

J6

J5

J4

JP1

TS2

TS1

TS3

Serial Port Connector
SFP+ Connector

DDR3 Memory Socket SO-DIMM ECC

eUSB Flash Connector
AMC Gold Fingers

J3
J4
J5
J6
J8

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Connectors

Reserved

JP1

Jumper Settings

Symbols Chart

Hot Swap

Out of Service

Healthy

Serial Port (RJ45)

LEDs Signification available on back.

Cavium Advanced Mezzanine Card

Top Side Sensor
SO-DIMM Sensor
Cavium Internal Sensor

TS1
TS2
TS3

Temperature Sensors

J3

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SFP+

The AM4211 supports one (1) Solid State Drive. It is a NAND flash disk module with a USB 2.0 interface. The
module is connected to a 2x5 header (refers to J6 on showed in Figure 2-2) on the AM4211 board.

Figure 2-2:AM4211 Quick Reference Sheet

Signal Path:

USB Flash Module Connector is located close to the heatsink and the memory socket.

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2.4 SFP+ Front IO

The front SFP+ cage supports a multi-rate fiber SFP+ module.

Table 2-1: SFP+ Connection

SFP+ Connection

1 10 GbE XAUI

SFP+ module is not provided with the AM4211 and has to be obtained separately. The SFP+ uplink port is
compliant to the Enhanced 8.5 and 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable Module “SFP+” MultiSource
Agreement (MSA), February 16th 2007, and the Improved Pluggable Formfactor MSA, February 26th 2007.
An application note with a list of SFP+ modules successfully operated by Kontron in the AM4211 is available
upon request.

CAUTION LASER LIGHT!

Do not look into the laser beam!
The SFP+ module is fitted with a class 1 or 1M laser. To avoid possible exposure to
hazardous levels of invisible laser radiation, do not exceed maximum ratings.

The SFP+ port has a bi-color green/amber LED with the following signification:

Table 2-2: SFP+ LED Significations

LED Signification

Green on Link 10Gbit

Green blink Activity 10Gbit

Amber on Link 1000Mbit

2.5 Gigabit Ethernet

Two Gigabit Ethernet Ports are connected to ports 0 and 1 of the AMC connector.

Signal Path:

Two Gigabit Ethernet Ports are connected to ports 0 and 1 of the AMC connector.

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