User Manual
BCM91250E
01/07/05
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Getting Started
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S e c t i o n 2 : G e t t i n g S t a r t e d
Complete the following steps to get to a BCM91250E CFE (firmware) prompt.
1
Connect a 9-pin null modem cable to the serial port of the BCM91250E and to a serial port on a workstation/PC.
2
Use a terminal program and set it to 115200 bps, 8-bit data, 1-stop bit, no parity, and no flow control.
3
Power up the BCM91250E by plugging in a standard hard drive power connector.
After a short delay, the CFE initialization output and serial console prompt should display. The following is an
example of the output:
CFE version 1.0.37 for SENTOSA (64bit,MP,BE)
Build Date: Fri Jul 11 10:40:26 PDT 2003
Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Initializing Arena.
Initializing PCI. [normal]
HyperTransport not initialized: InitDone not set
Initializing Devices.
SENTOSA board revision 1
PCIIDE: 0 controllers found
Config switch: 2
CPU: BCM1250 B2
L2 Cache Status: OK
Wafer ID: 0x2164E019 [Lot 2137, Wafer 7]
Manuf Test: Bin A [2CPU_FI_FD_F2 (OK)]
SysCfg: 0000000020C20800 [PLL_DIV: 16, IOB0_DIV: CPUCLK/4, IOB1_DIV: CPUCLK/3]
CPU type 0x1040102: 800MHz
Total memory: 0x10000000 bytes (256MB)
Total memory used by CFE: 0x8FE8C880 - 0x90000000 (1521536)
Initialized Data: 0x8FE8C880 - 0x8FE964A0 (39968)
BSS Area: 0x8FE964A0 - 0x8FE96B90 (1776)
Local Heap: 0x8FE96B90 - 0x8FF96B90 (1048576)
Stack Area: 0x8FF96B90 - 0x8FF98B90 (8192)
Text (code) segment: 0x8FF98BA0 - 0x8FFFFFB0 (422928)
Boot area (physical): 0x0FE4B000 - 0x0FE8B000
Relocation Factor: I:F0398BA0 - D:0DF8C880
CFE>
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At the prompt, a program can be run via the network from a TFTP server by doing the following:
a. Connect the BCM91250E Ethernet port E0 with an Ethernet cable to a switch, repeater, or directly to the
Ethernet port of the file server.
b. To initialize Ethernet port E0, type the following:
ifconfig eth0 -auto
Note: Because the Broadcom PHYs handle direct connects automatically, a crossover cable for
direct connects is not needed.
Note: The ifconfig eth0 -auto command can only be used with a DHCP server.
