Kontron AM4100, User Manual

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AM4100 Introduction
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
1.6 Kontron Software Support
Kontron is one of the few AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI vendors providing inhouse support
for most of the industry-proven real-time operating systems that are currently available. Due to
its close relationship with the software manufacturers,
Kontron is able to produce and support
BSPs and drivers for the latest operating system revisions thereby taking advantage of the
changes in technology.
Software
Firmware Kontron NetBootLoader having the following features:
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Terminal communication via the serial port on the front panel or via the
AMC Card-edge connector
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LAN boot capability for diskless systems (DHCP/BOOTP)
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Plug and Play capability (PCI Express device enumeration)
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NetBootLoader (NBL) Firmware parameters are saved in the EEPROM
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Board serial number is saved within the EEPROM
Software IPMI Module Management Controller Firmware providing the following features:
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The MMC is accessible via IPMB-L and KCS interfaces with interrupt
support
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The MMC Firmware can be updated in field through all supported inter-
faces using the free Linux Tool “IPMItool”
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Two MMC Flash banks with automatic roll-back capability in case of an
upgrade Firmware failure
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Board supervision and control extensions such as board reset, power
and NBL Firmware Flash control, and boot order configuration
Operating Systems The AM4100 is offered with various Board Support Packages. Please contact
Kontron for further information concerning the operation of the AM4100 with
other operating systems.
Table 1-2: AM4100 Main Specifications (Continued)
AM4100 SPECIFICATIONS