ADLINK Technology aTCA-3710, User Manual

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aTCA-3710 User's Guide
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Table of Contents
Revision History .................................................................................................................................... ii
Preface................................................................................................................................................... iii
List of Tables......................................................................................................................................... vi
List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................... vi
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Board Overview ....................................................................................................................... 10
1.3 Functional Block Diagram ...................................................................................................... 11
1.4 Package Contents ................................................................................................................... 11
2 Features Summary ........................................................................................................................ 12
2.1 Switch Board Specification .................................................................................................... 12
2.2 Placement................................................................................................................................. 16
2.3 Front panel Layout .................................................................................................................. 16
3 External Interfaces ........................................................................................................................ 17
3.1 Front Panel............................................................................................................................... 17
3.2 Zone 2 Backplane Interfaces.................................................................................................. 19
4 Software Component Overview ................................................................................................... 20
4.1 IPMI Subsystem....................................................................................................................... 20
4.2 LMP Subsystem....................................................................................................................... 21
4.3 Switch Subsystem................................................................................................................... 21
5 IPMI Subsystem ............................................................................................................................. 23
5.1 Platform Management Overview............................................................................................ 23
5.2 Serial Over LAN (SOL) ............................................................................................................ 23
5.3 IPMI Sensors............................................................................................................................ 23
5.4 FRU Information ...................................................................................................................... 31
5.5 IPMI Commands ...................................................................................................................... 34
6 LMP Subsystem............................................................................................................................. 36
6.1 Booting Image Redundancy................................................................................................... 36
6.2 LMP SDK/BSP Porting (U-Boot file system) ......................................................................... 38
6.3 Device Drivers ......................................................................................................................... 38
6.4 LMP State Machines................................................................................................................ 40
6.5 Boot Sequence ........................................................................................................................ 41
6.6 Non-volatile Memory Mapping ............................................................................................... 42
7 Switch Subsystem......................................................................................................................... 43
7.1 Broadcom SDK ........................................................................................................................ 43
7.2 ADLINK Switch Software Overview ....................................................................................... 44
8 Getting Started............................................................................................................................... 46
8.1 Safety Requirements............................................................................................................... 46
8.2 Quick Start ............................................................................................................................... 46
9 Configuring and Managing the Fabric Switch ............................................................................ 57
Appendix I. Advanced Operation ....................................................................................................... 58
Switching I/O between Front Panel and Base Switch................................................................... 58
Switch UART Serial Port between Front Panel and IPMC ............................................................ 59
Appendix II. Software Setup/Update/Recovery ................................................................................ 60