If it's embedded, it's Kontron. » Kontron User's Guide «AM4211Document Revision 1.0May 2012
ix AM4211www.kontron.comSafety RequirementsThe following safety precautions must be observed when installing or operating the AM4211. Kontron assumes
xAM4211www.kontron.comPrefaceHow to Use This GuideThis user's guide is designed to be used as step-by-step instructions for installation, and as
xi AM4211www.kontron.comAdvisory ConventionsSeven types of advisories are used throughout the user guides to provide helpful information or to alert y
xii AM4211www.kontron.comUnpackingFollow these recommendations while unpacking:• Remove all items from the box. If any items listed on the purchase or
xiii AM4211www.kontron.comRegulatory Compliance StatementsFCC Compliance Statement for Class B DevicesThis equipment has been tested and found to comp
xiv AM4211www.kontron.comLimited WarrantyKontron grants the original purchaser of Kontron's products a TWO YEAR LIMITED HARDWARE WARRANTY as desc
Chapter 1Product Descriptionwww.kontron.com1.1 Product Overview...21.2 What’s Included ...
2AM4211www.kontron.com1. Product Description1.1 Product OverviewThe AM4211 is an Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) from Kontron supporting the Cavium OCTE
3AM4211www.kontron.com1.2 What’s IncludedThis board is shipped with the following items: • One AM4211 AMC board;• One Quick Reference Sheet;• One low
4AM4211www.kontron.com1.4 Hot Swap CapabilityThe AMC supports Full Hot Swap capability as required by AMC.0 R2.0. It can be removed from or installed
iAM4211www.kontron.comRevision HistoryCustomer ServiceVisit our site at: www.kontron.com © 2011 Kontron, an International Corporation. All rights rese
5AM4211www.kontron.com1.5 Software SupportThe following table contains information related to software supported by the AM4211.Table 1-2: AM4211 Softw
Chapter 2Board Featureswww.kontron.com2.1 Block Diagram ... 72.2 System Core ...
7AM4211www.kontron.com2. Board Features2.1 Block DiagramFigure 2-1:Block Diagram
8AM4211www.kontron.com2.2 System Core2.2.1 Cavium OCTEON II CN6645• Ten(10) Cores at 1.1GHz• Up to 30 Billion MIPS64 instructions per second• 12 high-
9AM4211www.kontron.com2.3 eUSB StorageThe AM4211 supports one (1) Solid State Drive. It is a NAND flash disk module with a USB 2.0 interface. The modu
10 AM4211www.kontron.com2.4 SFP+ Front IOThe front SFP+ cage supports a multi-rate fiber SFP+ module.Table 2-1: SFP+ ConnectionSFP+ module is not prov
11 AM4211www.kontron.com2.6 Serial Rapid I/O (SRIO)AMC provides SRIO x4 interfaces only as per AMC.4 R1.0 fat pipe region on ports 4 to 7. The support
12 AM4211www.kontron.com2.8 SGMII / XAUIOne SGMII / XAUI interface, as per AMC.2 R1.0, is available on ports 8 to 11 in the fat pipes region.2.9 RS232
13 AM4211www.kontron.com2.11 AMC ConnectorTable 2-3: AMC Port AssignmentPort Region Connection0 GbE GbE eth01 GbE GbE eth12 Storage -3 Storage -4 Fat
14 AM4211www.kontron.com2.12 Front Panel LEDsFigure 2-3:Front Panel of AM42112.12.1 Hot Swap LED (Blue LED)The AM4211 board supports a blue Hot Swap L
Table of Contentsii AM4211www.kontron.comTable of ContentsSafety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 AM4211www.kontron.com2.12.3 Health LED (LED2)Table 2-6: Amber/Green LED2.12.4 SFP + LEDTable 2-7: Amber/Green LEDLED state DescriptionOFF Payload p
Chapter 3Chapter 3Installing the Boardwww.kontron.com3.1 Hot Swap Insertion Procedures...173.2 Hot Swap Extraction Procedure
17 AM4211www.kontron.com3. Installing the Board3.1 Hot Swap Insertion ProceduresThe AM4211 is designed for hot swap operation. Hot swapping allows the
18 AM4211www.kontron.comLED will be turned off. If the module FRU information is invalid or the carrier cannot provide the necessary payload power, th
19 AM4211www.kontron.com3.3 MemoryThe AM4211 has one memory channel connected to the Octeon processor. There is one SO-DIMM populated in an SO-DIMM s
20 AM4211www.kontron.com1 Connect the serial port on AM4211 front plate using the RS232 adapter, consult “RS232 Management Interface” section for mor
Chapter 4Thermal Considerationswww.kontron.com4.1 Thermal Monitoring ... 224.2 External Thermal Regula
22 AM4211www.kontron.com4. Thermal Considerations4.1 Thermal MonitoringTo ensure optimal operation and long-term reliability of the AM4211, all onboar
23 AM4211www.kontron.comTable 4-1:MMC Temperature Sensors ThresholdsTemperature values are measured with an accuracy of 1°C for the NPU and 3°C for th
24 AM4211www.kontron.com4.2.2.1 How to Read the DiagramThe diagram contains multiple curves displaying the thermal sensors temperature versus the prov
Table of Contentsiii AM4211www.kontron.com2.12 Front Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 AM4211www.kontron.com4.2.3 Airflow ImpedanceIn order to determine the cooling requirements of the AM4211, the airflow impedance of the module has b
26 AM4211www.kontron.comTable 4-2:Deviation of the Airflow Rate on the AM4211Inlet Velocity Deviation (%)CFM m/s LFM ZONE A ZONE B ZONE C ZONE D2.3 0.
Chapter 5Chapter 5Software Setupwww.kontron.com5.1 MMC Firmware... 285.2 Board Firmware...
28 AM4211www.kontron.com5. Software Setup5.1 MMC FirmwareThe Module Management Controller (MMC) is a crucial component of any AMC module. Besides acti
29 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.2 IPMI SensorsThe MMC includes many sensors for voltage or temperature monitoring and various others for pass/fail type si
30 AM4211www.kontron.com4 IPMBL State C3h (OEM Kontron)6Fh (Sensor Specific)For additional information, refer to section Kontron IPMB-L LinkOff
31 AM4211www.kontron.com18 Vcc +3.3V SUS02h (Voltage)01h (Threshold Based)Voltage on 3.3v suspend (management) power supplySensor is only readable whe
32 AM4211www.kontron.com33 Mod SFP 25h (Entity Present)08h (Sensor specific)The sensor shows presence or absence of SFP. No event is generated.Offset
33 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.2.1 OEM Sensor Description5.1.2.1.1 Kontron FRU Info AgentTable 5-2:Kontron FRU info agent sensorEvent/Reading type codeSe
34 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.2.1.2 Kontron IPMB-L Link5.1.2.1.3 Kontron MMC Firmware Upgrade StatusTable 5-3:Kontron IPMB-L Link sensorEvent/Reading ty
Table of Contentsiv AM4211www.kontron.com5.3 Bootloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.2.1.4 Kontron Reset5.1.2.1.5 Kontron User SW UpgradeStatusTable 5-5:Kontron reset sensorEvent/Reading type codeSensor type
36 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.2.2 Sensor ThresholdsFollowing table shows sensor thresholds for voltagesTable 5-7:Voltage sensor thresholds5.1.3 Field Re
37 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.4 E-KeyingE-Keying has been defined in the AMC.0 Specification to prevent board damage, prevent wrong operation, and verif
38 AM4211www.kontron.com5.1.7 Updating MMC FirmwareUpdating the MMC is possible in 2 different ways depending on the operating system running on the m
39 AM4211www.kontron.comAfter Linux startup, the flash is divided into 8 partitions (mtd0-mtd7) associated to the physical addresses as shown in the A
40 AM4211www.kontron.comHowever, the command must be invoked with appropriate bridging parameters set. E.g. on an AT8404 carrier with the AM4211 insid
41 AM4211www.kontron.comTable 5-11: Bootloader environment variablesName Type Descriptionboardmacaddr VarContains the default base MAC address for the
42 AM4211www.kontron.comThere are 3 different types of bootloader environment variables:•Script: The variable is a set of consecutive (more simple) bo
43 AM4211www.kontron.comEnvironment changes are stored in the bootloader environment sectors. In case of failure (e.g. power loss), default setting ar
44 AM4211www.kontron.com# ./my_nc 192.168.100.2The U-Boot shell should be accessed5.3.4 Booting Embedded Linux firmware from eUSB deviceFollow these i
List of FiguresvAM4211www.kontron.comList of FiguresFigure 2-1: Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45 AM4211www.kontron.com5.3.6 Network interfacesThe following table represents the logical u-boot network interfaces related to their physical Cavium
46 AM4211www.kontron.comOCTEON CN6645-AAP pass 1.2, Core clock: 1100 MHz, IO clock: 800 MHz, DDR clock: 533 MHz (1066Mhz data rate)Base DRAM address u
47 AM4211www.kontron.com5.4 Embedded Linux5.4.1 Embedded filesystem and init script customizationsThe embedded Linux file system on the AM4211 is an i
48 AM4211www.kontron.comPower cycle the PCIe Host board. 2 On the PCIe Host board, use <lspci> and validate that the AM4211 is present in the di
49 AM4211www.kontron.com5.4.6 Ethernet over Serial Rapid IOLinux has an Ethernet device for each of the four standard Rapid IO mailboxes. The followin
50 AM4211www.kontron.com [--set|-s][--cycle|-c][--nofru|-n] [--debug|-d] -h Show possible settings available
51 AM4211www.kontron.com [23] Port 4-7 = Target PCIe, Port 8-11 = Disable ( BOOT_PCIE ) [24] Port 4-7 = Target PCIe, Port 8-11 = Target PCIe ( B
52 AM4211www.kontron.comCore 2 : 100%Core 3 : 100%Core 4 : 100%Core 5 : 100%Core 6 : 100%Core 7 : 100%Core 8 : 100%Core 9 : 100%======================
53 AM4211www.kontron.comTo set this setting, the [-s|--set] option has to be appended.-X | --core <0-100%>This option configures the Maximum pow
54 AM4211www.kontron.com-n | --nofruThis option prevent FRU data update when changing an interface.-d | --debugThis option sets the debug level. If th
List of Tablesvi AM4211www.kontron.comList of TablesTable 1-1 Board Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55 AM4211www.kontron.com5 Copy watchdog # cp watchdog-5.8.tar.gz [OCTEON_SDK]/linux/embedded_rootfs/storage5.6.3 Build1 Go to OCTEON SDK directory a
A-1 AM4211www.kontron.comA. Connectors PinoutsA.1 USB SSD Flash ModuleA.2 SFP+ Front IOSignal Pin Number Signal Pin NumberV_5V 1 NC 2USB DATA (-) 3 NC
A-2 AM4211www.kontron.comA.3 Serial Port PinoutSignal PinN.C. 1RXD # 2TXD# 3DTR 4GND 5DSR 6RTS 7CTS 8N.C. 9N.C. 10
B-1 AM4211www.kontron.comB. Getting HelpIf, at any time, you encounter difficulties with your application or with any of our products, or if you simpl
B-2 AM4211www.kontron.comB.1 Returning Defective MerchandiseBefore returning any merchandise please do one of the following:•Call1 Call our Technical
B-3 AM4211www.kontron.comB.2 When Returning a Unit• In the box, you must include the name and telephone number of a contact person, in case further ex
C-1 AM4211www.kontron.comC. GlossaryAcronyms DescriptionsACL Access Control List. IP Access Control List.ACPI Advanced Configuration & Power Inter
C-2 AM4211www.kontron.comCRC Cyclic Redundancy CheckCS1 Components Side 1 as describes in PICMG3.0.CS2 Components Side 2 as describes in PICMG3.0.CTCA
C-3 AM4211www.kontron.comFRB2 Fault-Resilient Booting, Level 2.FRT Free-Running TimerFRUField Replaceable Unit. Any entity that can be replaced by a u
C-4 AM4211www.kontron.comIPMB-A Intelligent Platform Management Bus AIPMB-B Intelligent Platform Management Bus BIPMB-L Intelligent Platform Managemen
vii AM4211www.kontron.comSafety InstructionsBefore You BeginBefore handling the board, read the instructions and safety guidelines on the following pa
C-5 AM4211www.kontron.comMSB Most Significant ByteMSI Message Signaled InterruptsMSR Model Specific Register inside IA32 processors.MTBF Mean Time Bet
C-6 AM4211www.kontron.comROMRead Only Memory. Also refers to option ROM or expansion ROM code used during POST to provide services for specific contro
C-7 AM4211www.kontron.comTCLKB Telecom CLocK B. AMC Clock Interface.TCLKC Telecom CLocK C. AMC Clock Interface.TCLKD Telecom CLocK D. AMC Clock Interf
viii AM4211www.kontron.comPreventing Electrostatic DischargeStatic electricity can harm system boards. Perform service at an ESD workstation and follo
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