Kontron cPCI-DMXS64GX, Technical Reference Manual

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cPCI-DMXS64GX Technical Reference manual
1.6
INTERFACING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
1.3.1. cPCI
The cPCI-DMXS64GX system processor is provided for rack-mounted systems to offer the
highest modularity. Through the J1/J2 segment, the board can drive up to seven external
CompactPCI slots, supporting individual REQ/GNT arbitration pair signals and clock.
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NOTE
All I/O signals are available in front I/O and rear I/O configuration.
A. In front I/O configuration, the following I/Os signals are
available on the faceplate: SVGA, Serial Port 1, Ethernet 1 and
2, keyboard and mouse. All other I/Os are connected to J3-J5.
B. In Rear I/O configuration, all I/O signals are connected to J3-J5
A backplane dedicated to the cPCI-DMXS64GX is provided by
Kontron and is referred to as cBP08R, CPCI Passive Backplane.
1.3.2. Mezzanine
The mezzanine is a hardware interface concept introduced by Kontron to increase the I/O
connectivity of the cPCI-DMXS64GX, but respecting the dual slot 6U form factor
restrictions.
The onboard mezzanine connector features PCI bus, IDE, floppy, keyboard and mouse
signals, for potential mezzanine applications: Kontron provides an optional storage
mezzanine composed with a hard drive, a floppy disk drive.
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NOTE
A bridge can be added on the mezzanine to support 7 extra slots. These
slots support HA CPCI I/O boards.
A complete CompactPCI development system CxP-0816 is also available from Kontron.